NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Elmhurst's
Freddie March and Illinois Wesleyan's
Scott Monocchio were selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Baseball Student-Athletes of the Week on Tuesday.
March, a senior catcher from Itasca, Illinois and Lake Park High School, hit .500 (8-for-16) with seven runs, four home runs, one double, eight RBI and a 1.313 slugging percentage for the 3-1 Bluejays last week. He was 4-for-5 with two runs, two doubles, one home run and two RBI in a 15-6 win over Hamilton on March 20. March then went 2-for-4 with three runs, two home runs, one walk and three RBI in a 16-6 Game One victory over Union on March 21. In Game Two, March was 2-for-3 with two runs, one home run, two walks and three RBI in a 17-10 victory.
Monocchio, a junior pitcher from Glen Ellyn, Illinois and Glenbard West High School, was 1-0 with a 0.90 ERA and 11 strikeouts in two appearances last week. He pitched all nine innings in a 9-0 shutout of Ripon on March 17 as he scattered four hits, struck out 10 batters and walked three. Monocchio pitched one inning with one strikeout in a 25-13 win over Anderson on March 15.
2022 CCIW Baseball Student-Athletes of the Week
Hitter
Freddie March - Elmhurst (3/22/22)
Jalen Ping - Illinois Wesleyan (3/15/22)
Rob Marinec - North Central (3/8/22)
Alec McGinnis - Augustana (3/1/22)
Rob Marinec - North Central (2/22/22)
Pitcher
Scott Monocchio - Illinois Wesleyan (3/22/22)
Ethan Sund - North Park (3/15/22)
Caleb Buehrle - Millikin (3/8/22)
Caleb Buehrle - Millikin (3/1/22)
Luke Lamm - North Central (2/22/22)
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).