NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Two College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin football student-athletes earned national recognition Tuesday, Nov. 10, as Illinois Wesleyan University's Nathan Frank and North Central College's Kyler Green were selected to the D3football.com Team of the Week.
Frank, a senior from Hoffman Estates, Ill., earned the honor following a standout performance on special teams in Illinois Wesleyan's 59-20 victory over North Park on Saturday. Playing in his final home game, Frank scored the first touchdown of his collegiate career on a 44-yard fake punt conversion on fourth-and-six. He also contributed defensively, recording three tackles, including 0.5 for loss, and an interception with a 30-yard return.
Frank becomes the fifth Titan to earn D3football.com Team of the Week recognition this season, joining Joey DeMaio (Sept. 15), Will Nazha (Oct. 6), Matt Worthington (Oct. 13) and Bryce Reese (Oct. 27).
Green, a senior safety for North Central, earned his first career D3football.com Team of the Week selection after leading the Cardinals' defensive effort in a 62-12 victory over Millikin on Saturday.
Green finished with six tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, a forced fumble and an interception returned 52 yards. His sacks, tackles for loss and forced fumble marked career-best performances. Through nine games, Green has totaled 39 tackles, including 27 solo stops, six passes defended, three sacks and two interceptions.
The two nationally recognized student-athletes will meet in the regular-season finale Saturday, Nov. 14, when North Central hosts Illinois Wesleyan at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium in Naperville. Kickoff is scheduled for noon.
Past CCIW D3football.com honorees:
Week One-
Special Teams: Sean Ryniec, K, North Central; Aiden Byrne, ST, Wheaton
Week Two-
Defense: Joey DeMaio, LB, Illinois Wesleyan; Matt Janiak, LB, North Central
Week Four-
Defense: August Johansen, DL, Carroll
Week Five-
Offense: Will Nazha, WR, Illinois Wesleyan
Week 6-
Defense: Zeke Harris, LB, Wheaton
Special Teams: Matt Worthington, P, Illinois Wesleyan
Week 8-
Special Teams: Bryce Reese, Illinois Wesleyan
Week 9-
Offense: Caleb Apodaca, Kirk Fisher Jr., Giovanni Fox, Hadyn Turley, Daniel Young, Aaron Burton, Klayton Stevens and Christian Bryce, OL, North Park
Defense: Colin Moore, S, Wheaton
Week 10-
Defense: Kyler Green, S, North Central
Special Teams: Nathan Frank, DB, Illinois Wesleyan
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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.).