NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- North Central's Hiromitsu Washizu was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Golfer of the Week on Tuesday.

Washizu, a junior from Funabashi, Chiba, Japan (Finance, Economics, Accounting major), achieved second and third place finishes in two events last week. Washizu was second by one stroke at the Naperville Intercollegiate on April 22 as he shot a 73 against a field of 37 golfers. He then tied for third at the Fighting Scot Invitational on April 28 as he shot a 72 (against a field of 78 players) including a 33 on the back nine. He also finished one stroke behind the two first place finishers. The Cardinals placed second in the eight-team Naperville Intercollegiate and third in the 13-team Fighting Scot Invitational. 

2019 CCIW Men's Golfers of the Week
Hiromitsu Washizu – North Central (4/30/19)
Ben Johnson – Illinois Wesleyan (4/23/19)
Ben Johnson – Illinois Wesleyan (4/16/19)
Drew Pershing – Illinois Wesleyan (4/9/19)
Drew Engelking – Wheaton (4/2/19)
Zach Bohmer – North Central (3/26/19)
Michael Barber – Millikin (3/19/19)
Ben Johnson – Illinois Wesleyan (3/19/19)
 
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.