NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- North Park freshman forward Jayla Johnson was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday.

A native of Wheaton, Illinois and Wheaton Warrenville South High School (Nursing major), Johnson helped lead the Vikings to a pair of wins last week, which secured their first appearance in the CCIW Women's Basketball Tournament for the first time since 2006. She finished with 16 points and six rebounds in a 62-58 win over Elmhurst on Wednesday, and added a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds, along with three assists and five steals in a 77-66 win at Millikin on Saturday. She finished the regular season with nine-straight games in which she scored in double figures. 

2018-19 CCIW Women's Basketball Players of the Week
Jayla Johnson – North Park (2/18/19)
Hannah Frazier – Wheaton (2/11/19)
Hannah Frazier – Wheaton (2/4/19)
Yanni Saddler – Millikin (1/28/19)
Bailey Gilbert – Carthage (1/21/19)
Madie Kaelber – Carthage (1/14/19) 
Alexis Jones – Augustana (1/7/19)
Hannah Frazier – Wheaton (12/31/18)
Hannah Frazier – Wheaton (12/17/18)
Maddie Merritt – Illinois Wesleyan (12/10/18)
Izzy Anderson – Augustana (12/3/18)
Maddie Merritt – Illinois Wesleyan (11/26/18) 
Devin Kyler – Wheaton (11/19/18) 
Alanna Newsome – North Central (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.