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 nominate one male and one female student-athlete from its Student Athlete Advisory Committee. The winners were honored on Monday, April 24 at the CCIW’s year-end S.A.A.C. luncheon.

The 2005-06 winners from each of the eight CCIW institutions are:

Augustana
Jeanna Dalton, Volleyball
Nick Stirrett, Cross Country & Track & Field

Carthage
Jen Glesne, Track
Tom Buhrmann, Golf

Elmhurst
Katie Ackerman, Volleyball
Todd Evans, Football

Illinois Wesleyan
Katie Frawley, Softball
Adam Dauksas, Basketball

Millikin
Amber Rock, Softball
Michael Gavic, Basketball

North Central
Rachael Williams, Track & Field
Kam Kniss, Football

North Park
Dana Wilson, Volleyball
Chris Wada, Football

Wheaton
Leah Moberg, Tennis
Johnny Standard, Basketball