NAPERVILLE – Nadia Thomas of North Central won the North Central Women’s Open on Sunday, making her the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women’s Wrestling Student-Athlete of the Week on Tuesday afternoon.
Thomas collected five wins en route to the 117-pound title – three tech falls and two pins. The freshman from Lehi, Utah opened the day with an 11-0 blanking of Haley Teter and a 10-0 win over Midland’s Destiny Castillo. Next was a 14-2 tech fall in the quarterfinals versus Alexis Hart-Butcher of Midland.
In the final two rounds, Thomas pinned Ava Miller of Indiana Techin the semifinal in 1:24, then capped the day with a pinfall at 3:47 in the first-place match over William Jewell’s Miyah Palacios.
Thomas earned two five-point throws during competition on Sunday, awarded for “grand amplitude” and extraordinary technical on a scoring throw in freestyle wrestling.
2024-25 CCIW Women's Wrestling Student-Athletes of the Week
Dec. 17: Nadia Thomas, North Central
Dec. 11: Aroma Marrufo, North Central
Nov. 26: Moni Griffin, Augustana
Nov. 19: Kirsten Cortez, Carthage
Nov. 12: Amani Jones, North Central
Nov. 5: Sara Sterner, North Central
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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.).