NAPERVILLE, Ill. – The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) announced the winners of the Merle Chapman Leadership Award Wednesday.
The award, which began during the 2002-03 academic year, is named after the longtime football coach/athletics director at Millikin University and the second commissioner of the CCIW. Chapman served in that capacity from 1997-2002. The award identifies the student-athletes from the eight member institutions that best exemplify the traits that Chapman displayed and encouraged during his three-plus decades of service as teacher, coach and mentor to the athletes, coaches and administrators of the CCIW. Those traits are loyalty, enthusiasm, and commitment to academic, athletic and personal excellence, leadership and sportsmanship.
Each school is allowed to name one male and one female student-athlete. The winners were honored on Monday, April 19 at the CCIW’s year-end SAAC luncheon.
2009-10 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Merle Chapman Award Winners
Augustana
Valerie Bustle - Track & Field (International Business & Spanish major)
Blaine Westemeyer - Football (Biochemistry & Pre-Medicine major)
Carthage
Karen Jackson - Cross Country/Track & Field (Biology major)
Scott Danly - Baseball (Business Administration & Marketing major)
Elmhurst
Janelle Thompson - Volleyball (Political Science major)
Blair Kessler - Football (Finance major)
Illinois Wesleyan
Katelyn Draths - Cross Country/Track & Field (Accounting major)
Nick Nikolich - Football (Finance major)
Millikin
Kaley Wittrock - Swimming (Elementary Education major)
Keith Burczak - Football (Biology & Pre-Medicine major)
North Central
Carolyn Sutphen - Cheer (Marketing major)
Joe Norton - Wrestling (Sport Management major)
North Park
Mallory Bieritz - Volleyball/Softball (Elementary Education major)
Alan Hall - Football (Business Accounting major)
Wheaton
Kelly Brooks - Basketball (Applied Health & Science major)
Tim McCrary - Basketball (Business & Economics and Christian Formation & Ministry major)