NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- North Central junior Sydney Sawyer was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin *(CCIW) Women's Tennis Player of the Week on Wednesday.

A native of Leesburg, Virginia and Riverside High School, Sawyer joined the Cardinals this spring and has gone a combined 8-1 so far this season. She defeated Oglethorpe's Kendall Kramer (6-3, 6-4), Concordia-Moorhead's Izzi Nankivel (6-2, 6-0) and Hampton's Laura Peralta (7-5, 2-6, 10-8) at No. 3 singles, as well as Houghton's Catie Moore (6-0, 6-0) and Emerson's Annie Woodbury (6-2, 6-2) at No. 2 singles. Sawyer also went a combined 3-1 at Nos. 1 and 2 doubles with partners Hannah Hougland and Linsy Jante, with her only loss coming against Division I Hampton.

2019-20 CCIW Women's Tennis Players of the Week
Sydney Sawyer - North Central (3/11/20)
Bethany Hoogerheide - Wheaton (10/15/19)
Sam Ramsey - Carthage (10/9/19)
Grace Krueger - Carroll (10/2/19)
Giana Apostoli - Carthage (9/25/19)
Annie Timm - Augustana (9/18/19)
Hannah Hougland - North Central (9/11/19)
Alaina Kanthaphixay - North Central (9/4/19)
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 2018-19 academic year, the CCIW honored over 2,200 academic all-conference recipients, 18 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 43 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, and over 100 all-Americans.