WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[scottiedawg]

It absolutely looks like IWU will be stronger. And I expect the bulk of the CCIW to be stronger as well. A conference on the rise.

[iwu70]

Scottie, agreed.  Looks to be a great year in CCIW women's basketball. 

IWU has improved, has more depth now, losing little from last year's good squad.  Really great that Heller came back.  Of course, IWU will have to solve the Knudsen problem down at MU. 

I expect Powers and Palmer to come back strong . . .  and Knutsen too.  Gonna be lots of players battling for minutes.  A good depth chart for Mia Smith to play with . . .

IWU'70

[lmitzel]

Not sure what the exact shakeup is, but yesterday was the first day on the job for new assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Kristin Ison at North Central.

Ison was previously an assistant at Lake Forest College, and played college ball at Northwestern.

[RogK]

Wheaton introduces four new WBB players :
https://athletics.wheaton.edu/news/2023/6/20/womens-basketball-the-thunder-womens-basketball-program-announces-its-newcomers-for-the-2023-24-season.aspx
Four of them sound pretty good.

[RogK]

Esther Miller of North Park wins the '22-'23 CCIW Women’s Student-Athlete of the Year honor :
https://cciw.org/news/2023/6/27/general-north-parks-esther-miller-named-cciw-womens-student-athlete-of-the-year.aspx
We who follow CCIW WBB know she's very good on the basketball courts, but the linked article lists a bunch of her other achievements, several involving athletic excellence.
Congrats to Esther!

[iwu70]

Congrats to Esther Miller . . . an outstanding record on and off the field of play! 

IWU'70

[Gregory Sager]

Esther Miller of North Park wins the '22-'23 CCIW Women’s Student-Athlete of the Year honor :
https://cciw.org/news/2023/6/27/general-north-parks-esther-miller-named-cciw-womens-student-athlete-of-the-year.aspx
We who follow CCIW WBB know she's very good on the basketball courts, but the linked article lists a bunch of her other achievements, several involving athletic excellence.
Congrats to Esther!

She's the most well-rounded collegian that I've seen in a long time. Yet with all of her myriad athletic and extracurricular activities, she still graduated with honors in a difficult major.

We'll miss having her around at NPU.

[Gregory Sager]

North Park's 2023-24 schedule is up:

https://athletics.northpark.edu/sports/womens-basketball/schedule

I think that Annie's still looking for another game, as there's only 24 games listed.

[RogK]

and Millikin announces its schedule :
https://athletics.millikin.edu/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
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[RogK]

and we have Augustana's new sked :
https://athletics.augustana.edu/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
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[scottiedawg]

and we have Augustana's new sked :
https://athletics.augustana.edu/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
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Nice! I'll check it out.

These are the ones I think are out for CCIW:
Augustana
Illinois Wesleyan
Millikin
North Central
North Park
Wheaton

[RogK]

Recent Elmhurst coach Tethnie Carrillo has signed on with the Dominican WBB program :
https://dustars.com/news/2023/7/20/womens-basketball-stars-add-carrillo-to-full-time-staff.aspx
She will probably be able to commute with her husband Carlos some days, when their schedules allow, as he is the Stars' women's soccer head coach.

[lmitzel]

During Homecoming festivities every year, North Central inducts a new class into its Athletic Hall of Fame. For the first time, the college is inducting teams into the Hall of Fame, and among that inaugural induction class is the 1983 women's basketball team that won the national title.

[Gregory Sager]

During Homecoming festivities every year, North Central inducts a new class into its Athletic Hall of Fame. For the first time, the college is inducting teams into the Hall of Fame, and among that inaugural induction class is the 1983 women's basketball team that won the national title.

Hat tip to the Chicago Metro Conference, the all-women's-sports conference consisting of Carthage, Concordia IL, Elmhurst, George Williams, North Central, North Park, and Wheaton that produced three national champions in its brief five years of existence:

1983 North Central women's basketball
1983 Elmhurst women's volleyball
1985 Elmhurst women's volleyball

[mr_b]

Congratulations to Greg Sager on his induction into the North Park Viking Hall of Fame!  He is well deserving of this honor, given his dedication to and support of all Viking sports and his work as announcer in many of them (and at times, two different sports on the same day!).  The ceremony will take place on December 2nd.