North Central’s Villar Voted CCIW Student-Athlete of the Week

| By: Bryan Moore, Associate Executive Director
NAPERVILLE – North Central junior Alex Villar has been named College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Wrestling Student-Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.
 
Villar, ranked #7 by the NWCA at 157 pounds, delivered for the Cardinals in last Thursday’s CCIW win at Millikin. The Plainfield, Ill. native defeated Millikin’s Nathan Callaway – ranked #9 by the NWCA – via fall in the third period. Villar also had a forfeit win Saturday over Concordia Wisconsin that helped secure the regular-season league title for the Cardinals.

2022-23 CCIW Men's Wrestling Student-Athlete of the Week
Jan. 24: Alex Villar, North Central
Jan. 17: Ethan Harsted, Wheaton
Jan. 10: Bradley Rosen, North Central
Dec. 20: Josh Woodrey, Augustana
Dec. 13: Robert Precin, North Central
Dec. 6: Javen Estrada, North Central
Nov. 22: Robert Precin, North Central
Nov. 15: Nathan Callaway, Millikin; Luke Silva, Aurora; Julian Valtierrez, North Central
Nov. 8: Ethan Renager, Wheaton
 
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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.), Carroll University (Waukesha, Wis.), Carthage College (Kenosha, Wis.), Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Ill.), Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.), North Central College (Naperville, Ill.), North Park University (Chicago, Ill.) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.).

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