Wheaton, Ill. - Senior quarterback
Curtis McWilliams was named this week's College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Offensive Player of the Week by the conference office on Monday afternoon. He is the second Thunder football player to pick up a weekly award from the conference this season, the first on offense. This week's selection is the second of McWilliams' career, he also received the recognition October 17, 2017 for leading Wheaton to a win against North Central.
McWilliams accounted for three touchdowns, passing for two and rushing for one, in Wheaton's 52-30 victory at fifth-ranked North Central last Saturday night. McWilliams was 22-of-27 on passing attempts against the Cardinals as he completed 81.5% of his passes, the
eighth-highest single-game completion percentage in a Division III game this season. He threw an 80-yard touchdown pass to
Carter Roberts in the second quarter to increase Wheaton's lead to 24-9 and in the final minute of the first half he scored on a three-yard touchdown run to extend Wheaton's lead to 31-16. Late in the fourth quarter he connected with tight end
Tyler Pace for a 16-yard touchdown pass to account for Wheaton's final touchdown.
McWilliams has thrown for 1,117 yards this season with nine touchdown passes. He has completed 73 of his 110 passing attempts for a completion percentage of 66.4-percent.
Wheaton will next be in action this Saturday at 1:00 p.m. as North Park visits McCully Stadium.