NAPERVILLE – The Softball All-College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Teams were announced by the league office on Wednesday afternoon.
 
League champion Illinois Wesleyan saw seven of its players land on the All-CCIW First Team, including CCIW Defensive Student-Athlete of the Year Bailey Turner and CCIW Pitcher of the Year Gianna Certa. The Titans’ coaching staff, headed by eighth-year head coach Tiffany Prager, was voted CCIW Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
Additionally, Carthage sophomore outfielder Clare Rettler earned the CCIW Offensive Student-Athlete of the Year award and North Central freshman pitcher Juliana Maude was voted CCIW First-Year Student-Athlete of the Year.
 
Rettler finished the CCIW schedule as the league leader in batting average (.508), hits (32) and stolen bases (18). She was also in the top-five among conference hitters with a .551 on-base percentage (second) and 15 runs scored (fifth). 
 
The Appleton, Wis. native will enter Thursday’s CCIW Tournament opener as the national leader over the full season with a .569 batting average and 78 hits in 40 starts. Rettler hit safely in all but two games this spring and had 24 multi-hit games. She is Carthage’s first CCIW postseason specialty award winner since Katie Herron was voted Pitcher of the Year in 2017.
 
Turner, a senior, is the second recipient of the CCIW Defensive Student-Athlete of the Year award. The IWU second baseman was perfect in 51 defensive chances in 16 league starts and had a season-best eight putouts in the Titans’ win over North Park on April 21. The effort from the Normal, Ill. native helped IWU produce a league-best .990 fielding percentage during the conference schedule.
 
Certa became the first Titan to receive CCIW Pitcher of the Year honors since Ally Wiegand in 2019 after finishing the 16-game conference schedule atop the individual CCIW leaderboard with eight wins, a 0.41 earned-run average and an opponents’ batting average of .174. Her 39 strikeouts were third-most in the league across 51.0 innings of work.
 
Maude threw 61.1 innings for the Cardinals, second-most among all CCIW pitchers in league action. She stacked up 50 strikeouts, second-most in the league, while her six victories ranked third and 1.26 ERA ranked fourth. 
 
Prager and her coaching staff have earned the CCIW Coaching Staff of the Year two years in a row and three times during Prager’s tenure as coach in Bloomington. The Titans won their second consecutive league title, pacing the CCIW in batting average (.357) and slugging percentage (.490) while ranking third in ERA (2.10).
 
CCIW Offensive Student-Athlete of the Year
Clare Rettler, Carthage
 
CCIW Defensive Student-Athlete of the Year
Bailey Turner, Illinois Wesleyan
 
CCIW Pitcher of the Year
Gianna Certa, Illinois Wesleyan
 
CCIW First-Year Student-Athlete of the Year
Juliana Maude, North Central
 
CCIW Coaching Staff of the Year
Illinois Wesleyan
 
All-CCIW First Team
C, Leah Foreman, Millikin, Sr., Riverton, Ill., Riverton
1B, Ava Khoury, Illinois Wesleyan, Jr., Columbia, Ill., Columbia
2B, Bailey Turner, Illinois Wesleyan, Sr., Normal, Ill., Normal West
3B, Casey Wissmiller, Illinois Wesleyan, So., Bloomington, Ill., Olympia
SS, Jen Kuhn, Illinois Wesleyan, Jr., Normal, Ill., University
SS, Kayla Lorenz, North Park, So., Vernon Hills, Ill., Vernon Hills
OF, Clare Rettler, Carthage, So., Appleton, Wis., Appleton East
OF, Anna Beckman, Illinois Wesleyan, So., Bourbonnais, Ill., Bishop McNamara
OF, Emma Lewandowski, Millikin, Sr., Crown Point, Ind., Crown Point
DP, Katlyn Schraeder, Millikin, Fr., Yorkville, Ill., Yorkville
UTIL, Nadia Ranieri, Augustana, Sr., North Riverside, Ill., Riverside Brookfield
UTIL, Maddie Conway, Carthage, Sr., Midlothian, Ill., Bremen
UTIL, Chiara O'Leary, Elmhurst, Jr., Norridge, Ill., Ridgewood
UTIL, Hailey Milgazo, Illinois Wesleyan, Fr., Poway, Calif., Poway
P, Gianna Certa, Illinois Wesleyan, So., Third Lake, Ill., Grayslake North
P, Juliana Maude, North Central, Fr., Huntley, Ill., Huntley
 
All-CCIW Second Team
C, Morgan Bielfeldt, Augustana, Sr., Chicago, Ill., Saint Viator
C, Madison Palasz, Carroll, Sr., Franklin, Wis., Franklin
1B, Maddy Regan, Millikin, Jr., Frankfort, Ill., Lincoln Way East
2B, Rylee Blake, Millikin, Sr., Muscatine, Iowa, Muscatine
2B, Talia Torosian, North Central, Sr., Schaumburg, Ill., Schaumburg
3B, Claudia Buchholz, Augustana, Sr., Waukesha, Wis., Kettle Moraine
SS, Katie Del Re, North Central, Sr., Hampshire, Ill., Hampshire
OF, Brooke Hartzell, Augustana, So., Wheaton, Ill., Saint Francis
OF, Abby Curtis, Carroll, So., Oshkosh, Wis., Oshkosh West
OF, Eden Baker, North Park, So., Lafayette, Ind., Harrison
DP, Alese Antonello, Wheaton, Sr., Peham, Ala., Restoration Academy
UTIL, McKensey Stontz, Augustana, Fr., Kewanee, Ill., Kewanee
UTIL, Olivia Hristov, Carthage, So., Shorewood, Ill., Minooka
P, Lauren Koster, Augustana, So., Oswego, Ill., Yorkville
P, Charly Warlow, Millikin, Sr., Le Roy, Ill., Le Roy
P, Sam Schilf, North Central, So., Warrenville, Ill., Benet Academy
 
CCIW RESPECT Award Recipients
Allysa Magsombol, Augustana, Jr., Tinley Park, Ill., Andrew
Madison Hoagland, Carroll, Fr., Oak Creek, Wis., Oak Creek
Kirby Peters, Carthage, Sr., New Berlin, Ill., Routt Catholic
Alex Kiriakopoulos, Elmhurst, Jr., Lake in the Hills, Ill., Huntley
Isabelle Piwowarczyk, Illinois Wesleyan, Sr., Hometown, Ill., Oak Lawn
Taylor Young, Millikin, Sr., Lockport, Ill., Lockport Township
Ronnie Latka, North Central, Sr., Sugar Grove, Ill., Kaneland
Kayla Sapolu, North Park, So., Mililani, Hawaii, Mililani
Paige Andrews, Wheaton, Sr., Fayetteville, Ga., Starr’s Mill