NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Following a week that included a big College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) road win and three victories overall, North Central’s Aidan Brown and Maddi Barickman have swept the league’s Student-Athlete of the Week awards, the conference office announced Monday afternoon.
 
Brown is a repeat winner of the league's Hitter of the Week award after averaging 3.83 kills per set and recording a .307 attack percentage last week. She had 13 kills or more in all three matches during the week, including a 19-kill effort in the Cardinals’ huge five-set win at Illinois Wesleyan last Wednesday. The Sterling, Ill. native also put down 14 kills with only three errors in NCC’s home win over Alma on Friday night.
 
Barickman, the Defense/Setter/Libero winner, was also a key player in the Cardinals’ 3-0 week. The sophomore setter distributed 52 assists in the Wednesday victory over the Titans, then followed with 38 versus Alma on Friday and 44 more assists Saturday to help the Cardinals to a four-set win over Wisconsin-River Falls. She also added 29 digs for the week and logged double-doubles in the matches versus Illinois Wesleyan and Wisconsin-River Falls.

2022 CCIW Women’s Volleyball Student-Athletes of the Week
Hitter
Oct. 10: Aidan Brown, North Central
Oct. 3: Aidan Brown, North Central
Sept. 26: Taylor French, Illinois Wesleyan
Sept. 19: Tori Stuart, Millikin
Sept. 12: Molly Skoda, Carthage
Sept. 5: Adriana Rodriguez, North Park
 
Defense/Setter/Libero
Oct. 10: Maddi Barickman, North Central
Oct. 3: Grace Vranicar, Augustana
Sept. 26: Faith Washko, Illinois Wesleyan
Sept. 19: Amelie Baehr-Ross, Augustana
Sept. 12: Christian Gatta, North Park
Sept. 5: Jessi Kreder, Millikin