General 6/13/2018 1:00:00 PM

Wheaton student-athletes receive spring academic honors from the CCIW

General 6/13/2018 1:00:00 PM

Wheaton student-athletes receive spring academic honors from the CCIW

PICTURED ABOVE: Leif Van Grinsven (LEFT) and Hannah Roeske (RIGHT) are Wheaton's honorees for the 2017-18 Spring CCIW Jack Swartz awards.

Wheaton, Ill. – Several Wheaton student-athletes from Thunder spring sports have been recognized for their efforts in the classroom by the CCIW. The 2018 CCIW Academic All-Conference Team for the spring season includes 88 Wheaton student-athletes. The Academic All-Conference team consists of letterwinners from CCIW member institutions who achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or higher.

Wheaton's Academic All-CCIW honorees for spring 2016
Baseball	Softball	Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Men's Golf	Men's Tennis	Women's Outdoor Track & Field

Two Thunder student-athletes earned recognition as the school's spring recipients of the Jack Swartz Award. Leif Van Grinsven of the Thunder men's track and field team was Wheaton's male Jack Swartz Award honoree for the spring and Hannah Roeske of the women's track team was Wheaton's female honoree. Van Grinsven, a junior, is an Interdisciplinary Studies major at Wheaton. Roeske, a freshman is an Applied Health Science major.

The Jack Swartz Award is given to one male and one female athlete from each conference school at the conclusion of each of the three athletic seasons (fall, winter and spring). The honor is given by the CCIW and each of the eight schools in the league picks their own representatives. The winners from each school must earn a varsity letter in his/her sport and have a grade point average of at least 3.50. The award is named after the late Jack Swartz, a former Wheaton student-athlete, coach and athletic administrator who served as the first Commissioner of the CCIW until his death in 1998.