NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- North Central's Rob Marinec and Luke Lamm were selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Baseball Players of the Week on Tuesday. 

Marinec, a senior catcher from Alsip, Illinois and Shepard High School, helped lead the Cardinals to a two-game sweep of Ripon to open the season on March 7. He finished with an on-base percentage of .750 by going a combined 3-for-5 with a double, triple, walk and two hit-by-pitches. Marinec was 2-for-3 with two runs, one double and one RBI in a 12-0 win over Ripon in Game 1. In Game 2, Marinec was 1-for-2 with two runs, one triple, a walk and three RBI in a 12-1 victory over the Red Hawks.
 
Lamm, a junior pitcher from Bolingbrook, Illinois and Plainfield East High School, struck out a career-high 13 batters over just six innings of work during a 12-1 win over Ripon on March 7. Lamm gave up just two hits and no walks against the Red Hawks. He leads the nation averaging 19.5 strikeouts per nine innings.

2021 CCIW Baseball Players of the Week

Hitters
Rob Marinec - North Central (3/9/21)

Pitchers
Luke Lamm - North Central (3/9/21)
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).