NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Carthage's Bryce Lowe, Wheaton's Jake Holaday and Illinois Wesleyan's Andrew Stange were selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Football Student-Athletes of the Week on Monday.

Lowe, a freshman quarterback from Lutz, Florida and Steinbrenner High School, earned his second-straight CCIW Offensive Athlete of the Week honor after leading the Firebirds to a 63-42 win at Millikin on Saturday. He completed 17-of-23 passes for 336 yards and six touchdowns including a long of 50 yards. Lowe became the first Carthage quarterback to pass for 300-plus yards in back-to-back games since Evan Jones in 2009. He also established a new program record for touchdown passes, while four of those passes went for 30 yards or more.

Holaday, a senior defensive lineman from Brandon, Mississippi and Hartfield Academy, totaled five tackles (five solo) including four tackles-for-loss (three sacks) in the Thunder's 40-10 win at Washington University in St. Louis on Monday. His four tackles-for-loss went for minus 22 yards including three sacks for minus 18 yards. All three of his sacks occurred in the second quarter, with the first (-4 yards) on third down to end a WashU drive. His second sack (-5 yards) and third (-9 yards) came on the first two plays of a Bears' drive late in the second quarter.

Stange, a junior kicker from Lake Zurich, Illinois and Lake Zurich High School, went a perfect 7-for-7 on extra point attempts and had a season-long 44-yard field goal in the Titans' 52-3 win over Elmhurst on Saturday. His 44-yard field goal was the longest by a Titan since Stange converted a 46-yarder against Carthage on October 12, 2019. He also recorded five touchbacks on eight kickoffs for an average of 63.9 yards per kick. 

2021 CCIW Football Student-Athletes of the Week

Offense
Bryce Lowe - Carthage (10/4/21)
Bryce Lowe - Carthage (9/27/21)
Austin Eichstaedt - Carroll (9/20/21)
Ethan Greenfield - North Central (9/13/21)

Defense
Jake Holaday - Wheaton (10/4/21)
Quinton Miller - Millikin (9/27/21)
Jake Beesley - North Central (9/20/21)
Ryan Schwartz - Wheaton (9/13/21)

Special Teams
Andrew Stange - Illinois Wesleyan (10/4/21)
Chris Vartanian - WashU (9/27/21)
Chris Vartanian - WashU (9/20/21)
John Bickle - Wheaton (9/13/21)
   
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).