NAPERVILLE – Carroll guard Olivia Rangel has been named College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Student-Athlete of the Week in women’s basketball for the second time this season, according to a Monday afternoon announcement from the conference.
Rangel – who is now a three-time weekly recipient of the conference award for her CU career – averaged 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists for the Pioneers in two starts last week. She is the first player to earn multiple Student-Athlete of the Week awards during the 2023-24 season after previously collecting the honor on Nov. 27.
The Franklin, Wis. native scored a career-high 30 points to lift Carroll over #9 Millikin on Saturday in overtime in Waukesha, 101-98. Rangel was 11-of-16 from the field, 8-for-8 from the free-throw line and dished seven assists in helping CU to its first win over the Big Blue since Feb. 22, 2020.
Prior to Saturday’s thriller, Rangel scored 10 points and notched a career-best 13 rebounds in the Pios’ 77-51 triumph over North Park.
2023-24 CCIW Women's Basketball Student-Athletes of the Week
Dec. 11, Olivia Rangel, Carroll
Dec. 4: Elyce Knudsen, Millikin
Nov. 27: Olivia Rangel, Carroll
Nov. 20: Kadence Tatum, Augustana
Nov. 13: Caroline Sikkink, 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.).