NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- For the third-straight week and seventh time this season, Wheaton senior guard Aston Francis was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday. 

Francis is the first CCIW men's basketball player since Carthage's Steve Djurickovic in 2010 to win this award three-straight weeks. Francis is the only player on record to win seven times in one season and this is also the 14th win of his career. 

A native of Tyler, Texas and All Saints Episcopol School (Business/Economics major), Francis set a new King Arena scoring record with 49 points, along with 11 rebounds in a 77-65 win over North Park on Saturday. He moved into fifth place on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,894 career points. Francis also set a program record with his seventh career game of 40 points or more, and he became the first player in Wheaton history to surpass 300 career three-pointers. Additionally, his final basket of the night was the 600th field goal of his career. On Wednesday, Francis finished with 30 points and nine rebounds in a 77-73 loss to second-ranked Augustana. 

2018-19 CCIW Men's Basketball Players of the Week
Aston Francis – Wheaton (1/21/19)
Aston Francis – Wheaton (1/14/19)
Aston Francis – Wheaton (1/7/19)
Jake Rhode – Elmhurst (12/31/18)
Aston Francis – Wheaton (12/17/18)
Aston Francis – Wheaton (12/10/18)
Connor Raridon – North Central (12/3/18) 
Aston Francis – Wheaton (11/26/18)
Aston Francis – Wheaton (11/19/18)
DaVante Harrell – Millikin (11/12/18)
 
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.