NAPERVILLE – North Park second baseman Justin Swanson and North Central right-handed pitcher Ryan Behling have been selected College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Baseball Student-Athletes of the Week, the league office announced Monday.
Swanson went 7-for-13 over four starts on the Vikings’ trip to the Central Florida Invitational. The junior from Johnson Creek, Wis. was for 3-for-3 with two home runs, a double, four RBI and two walks in the first game of the trip, a 9-7 win over Greenville last Tuesday. He added another three-hit game on Friday against St. Norbert, drilling a go-ahead three-run home run in the eighth inning as part of a four-RBI effort in NPU’s 6-5 win.
Behling ran his 2023 record to 2-0 after putting up 7.0 scoreless innings in the Cardinals’ 6-2 win over Illinois Tech on Sunday. He struck out five, scattered four hits and induced nine ground-ball outs. The performance marked his 13th career win and lowered his season earned-run average to 0.98.
2023 CCIW Baseball Student-Athlete of the Week (Hitter)
March 20: Justin Swanson, North Park
March 13: Dymitri Kanellakis, Augustana
March 6: Trey Romay, Elmhurst
Feb. 27: Rob Marinec, North Central
Feb. 21: Rob Marinec, North Central
2023 CCIW Baseball Student-Athlete of the Week (Pitcher)
March 20: Ryan Behling, North Central
March 13: Harrison Boushele, Augustana
March 6: Caleb Buehrle, Millikin
Feb. 27: Drew Detmers, Millikin
Feb. 21: Harrison Boushele, Augustana
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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.).