2021 D3football.com All-America Team
CANTON, Ohio -- The CCIW was represented by 12 student-athletes on the D3football.com All-America Team including six each from North Central and Wheaton.
Six of the seven First Team selections were repeat selections by D3football.com. North Central's Ethan Greenfield, Andrew Kamienski, Sharmore Clarke, and Jake Beesley were all First Team selections in 2019 along with Wheaton's Dallas McRae. Wheaton's Ryan Schwartz was a Third Team selection in 2019. Fourth Team center Jake Hibben (Wheaton) was a Third Team honoree in 2019.
2021 D3football.com All-Americans (CCIW recipients)
| Name (Institution) |
Pos. |
Yr. |
Hometown/H.S. |
Team |
| Ethan Greenfield (North Central) |
RB |
Sr. |
Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley |
First Team |
| Andrew Kamienski (North Central) |
WR |
Sr. |
Pingree Grove, Ill./South Elgin |
First Team |
| Spencer Peterson (Wheaton) |
TE |
Sr. |
Grand Rapids, Mich./Northpointe Christian |
First Team |
| Sharmore Clarke (North Central) |
G |
Sr. |
Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest |
First Team |
| Dallas McRae (Wheaton) |
DT |
Sr. |
Crown Point, Ind./Diamond Ranch Academy |
First Team |
| Ryan Schwartz (Wheaton) |
LB |
Sr. |
Burbank, Ohio/Northwestern |
First Team |
| Jake Beesley (North Central) |
CB |
Sr. |
Champaign, Ill./Central |
First Team |
| Jake Holaday (Wheaton) |
DT |
Sr. |
Brandon, Miss./Hartfield Academy |
Second Team |
| Giovanni Weeks (Wheaton) |
RB |
Jr. |
Kent City, Mich./Kent City |
Third Team |
| Dan Gilroy (North Central) |
DE |
Sr. |
Cary, Ill./Cary-Grove |
|
| Jake Hibben (Wheaton) |
C |
Sr. |
Littleton, Colo./Valor Christian |
Fourth Team |
| Ben Wong (North Central) |
LB |
Gr. |
Bloomington, Ill./Normal Community |
Third Team |
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.