Wheaton, Ill. – The Wheaton men's basketball program placed two players on the 2018-19 All-CCIW Team, announced by the league on Tuesday morning. Senior guard Aston Francis was honored as a unanimous First Team selection for the third-consecutive year and was chosen by the league's coaches as the recipient of the "Fred Young Most Outstanding Player" award for the second-straight season. Senior Luke Peters is a Second Team All-CCIW honoree for the second time in his career.

Francis' selection as the "Fred Young Most Outstanding Player" marks the tenth time a Wheaton player has received the award. Wheaton's previous Outstanding Player honorees from Wheaton are: Wesley Pitts (1996); Rob Hamann (1999); Joel Kolmodin (2003); Kent Raymond (2007-09); Tim McCrary (2012) and Tyler Peters (2014). Raymond and Francis are the only Wheaton players to win the award more than once.

Francis is averaging 32.4 points per game this season, leading Division III and all NCAA levels. He has broken his own school record for three-pointers in a single-season with 127 treys and leads Division III with an average of 5.08 three-pointers per game. The Thunder guard has a team-high average of 7.6 rebounds per game and is second on the team with 3.32 assists per game

Francis posted outstanding numbers in 16 CCIW games this season. He averaged 32.0 points per game, with 8.0 rebounds per game and 2.9 assists per game. Francis' 512 points in CCIW play is the second-highest single-season scoring total in conference history, behind the 568 points scored by Millikin's Leon Gobczynski in 1975. Francis led the CCIW in scoring (32.0 PPG); three-pointers (5.25 3PPG) and defensive rebounds (6.56 DRPG) this season. He finished the conference schedule second in the conference in rebounds (8.0 RPG), third in free throw percentage (89.3%), seventh in steals (1.13 SPG) and 10th in assists (2.94 APG).

Peters (PICTURED LEFT) picked up Second Team All-CCIW recognition for the second time in his career, also earning the recognition as a sophomore in 2016-17. He is averaging 8.6 points per game this year, with a team-high 4.32 assists per game and 5.9 rebounds per game. In CCIW play, the senior averaged 8.1 points and was ninth in the conference in rebounds during conference play with an average of 5.8 boards per game. In league action he averaged 4.4 assists per game, ranking third in the CCIW in assists per game. An outstanding defensive player, Peters was often called upon to guard the the top offensive players in the CCIW and in several cases this season, Division III.