NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- North Central's Ian Mullen was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Wrestler of the Week on Tuesday.

Mullen, a junior from McHenry, Illinois and McHenry West High School (Elementary Education major), went 5-0 for the Cardinals last week including the 125-pound title at the Coe Invitational on Saturday. He pinned all four of his opponents, beginning with Simpson's Dylan McChesney just 38 seconds into the match. In the quarterfinals, Mullen defeated Coe's Brady Wilsie with a fall at 4:59, followed by a pin of Coe's Tyler Bossom at 2:23 in the semifinal match. Mullen ended the day with a pin of Coe's Diego Ortega at the 1:44 mark to win the championship. Both Wilsie and Ortega were high school state champions and Fargo All-Americans before arriving at Coe. Additionally, Mullen helped lead the Cardinals to a 40-3 win at Augustana last Wednesday as he pinned the Vikings' Ben Gruenstein at the 1:27 mark to put North Central up 6-0.  

2018-19 CCIW Wrestlers of the Week
Ian Mullen – North Central (11/20/18)
Danny Harris – North Central (11/13/18)
Isaac Odell – Wheaton (11/6/18)
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2017-18 academic year, the CCIW honored over 2,100 academic all-conference recipients, 15 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 28 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, and over 100 all-Americans.