Wheaton student-athletes receive spring academic honors from the CCIW

6/23/2021 6:45:00 PM

PICTURED ABOVE: Favor Ezewuzie and Andrew Lauber were selected as Wheaton's Jack Swartz Award honorees for spring 2021.

Wheaton, Ill. – Several Wheaton student-athletes from Thunder spring sports have been recognized for their efforts in the classroom by the CCIW. The 2021 CCIW Academic All-Conference Team for the spring season includes 108 Wheaton student-athletes. The Academic All-Conference team consists of sophomores, juniors and seniors from CCIW member institutions who achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or higher.

Despite the cancellation of spring competition during COVID-19, the CCIW continues the CCIW Academic All-Conference Team and Jack Swartz Award for spring sports, utilizing each team's roster at the start of the spring season.

Wheaton's Academic All-CCIW honorees for spring 2020
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. Favor Ezewuzie of the women's track and field team was Wheaton's female honoree for the Jack Swartz Award and Andrew Lauber of the Thunder men's track and field team was Wheaton's male recipient. Ezewuzie recently graduated with her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education. Lauber graduated from May with a degree in Biblical/Theological Studies.

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.