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Merritt, Shanks, and Hughes All-Conference

Merritt, Shanks and Hughes Earn CCIW All-League Honors

2/19/2019 9:57:00 AM

2019 CCIW All-Conference Teams

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Illinois Wesleyan senior Maddie Merritt and Junior Sydney Shanks were chosen to the first team and sophomore Raven Hughes was named to the second team of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin all-league squads, announced on Tuesday, Feb. 19.
 
Merritt, who has been a second team all-CCIW selection the past two seasons, and  Shanks were unanimous first team selections for IWU. The Titans finished 14-2 in the CCIW and are the No. 2 seed in this weekend's conference tournament in Wheaton.

Hannah Frazier of league champion Wheaton was the winner of the 2019 Lori Kerans Most Outstanding Player and Wheaton's Kent Madsen earned Beth Baker Coach of the Year honor.
Jayla Johnson of North Park was chosen as the CCIW Newcomer of the Year.
 
As a team, the Titans led the conference-only statistics in:
Scoring offense (79.1)
Scoring margin (+15.2)
Field Goal percentage (.458)
Rebound margin (+6.4)
Steals (8.88)
Turnover margin (+4.63)
Offensive rebounds/game (13.63)
 
Where the Illinois Wesleyan all-conference players ranked in the final CCIW-only statistics:
 
Merritt
3rd         Scoring                                         16.1
9th         Rebounding                                 6.6
6th         Field Goal Percentage                 .509 (88-173)
2nd         Free Throw Percentage              .851 (74-87)
8th         Blocks                                           0.94/game
2nd         Offensive Rebounds                   2.50/game
 
Shanks
11th       Scoring                                         12.1
13th       Field Goal Percentage                 .432 (79-183)
4th         Assists/Game                               3.94
3rd         Steals/Game                                2.06
7th         Blocks                                           1.00/game
2nd         Assist/Turnover Ratio                1.70
 
Hughes
1st         Field Goal Percentage                 .657 (67-102)
18th       Scoring                                         10.3
16th       Rebounding                                 5.7
9th         Blocks                                           0.81/game
T-4th     Offensive Rebounds                   2.38/game
 
 
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