NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- As the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) continues its 75th anniversary celebration, the conference honors the past student-athletes, coaches and administrators who helped shaped the CCIW during its seven-plus decades of competition.
Each week during the summer of 2021, CCIW.org will spotlight student-athletes through its Conference Legacy Series.
Today, we highlight the career of former Illinois Wesleyan University men's basketball student-athlete Jack Sikma.
Jack Sikma
Sport - Men's Basketball
Class - 1977
- Three-time NAIA All-American (1975, 1976, 1977)
- Three-time CCIW Most Outstanding Player (1975, 1976, 1977)
- One of only 17 players in CCIW history to score 2,000 career points (2,272)
- Illinois Wesleyan's all-time career scoring leader and rebounder (1,405)
- Led the Titans to three-straight CCIW titles (1975-77) and three-straight NAIA Tournament appearances
- Drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft (1977 - Pick 8)
- Played 14 years in the NBA including nine seasons with the Seattle Supersonics and five with the Milwaukee Bucks
- Averaged 15.6 points, 9.8 rebounds in 1,107 career NBA games between 1977 and 1991
- Inducted into the Small Schools Basketball Hall of Fame (2017) and the NAIA Hall of Fame
- Member of the NAIA 50th &75th All-Anniversary Team
- Two-time Academic All-American and was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame (1999)
- Inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (2019)
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 University (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).