NAPERVILLE – The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) announced its Softball Student-Athletes of the Week for games played between Monday, April 7 and Sunday, April 13.
Hitter: Clare Rettler, Carthage, Junior (Appleton, Wis.)
Rettler continued her hitting spree last week, collecting 19 hits in 24 plate appearances (.792) to help the Firebirds sweep CCIW doubleheaders from North Central and Elmhurst. She also tallied eight runs scored, five runs batted in and eight stolen bases.
Included in the week was another five-hit game last Tuesday at North Central. The performance gave Rettler 11 consecutive plate appearances with a hit from April 5 through the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader versus NCC – the seventh-longest stretch in Division III history. She had seven hits in the doubleheader at Elmhurst on Saturday – including her fifth triple of the season – and went 4-for-7 in a non-league twin bill at Wisconsin-Whitewater on Sunday.
Pitcher: Kelsey Bruno, Millikin, Senior (Springfield, Ill.)
Bruno notched a pair of five-inning complete-game wins for the Big Blue last week with 18 strikeouts in 10.0 innings. She limited Wheaton and North Park to a .194 combined batting average in the two starts, walking only four. Her earned-run average for the week was 1.40.
2025 CCIW Softball Student-Athletes of the Week
Hitter
April 14: Clare Rettler, Carthage
April 7: Clare Rettler, Carthage
March 31: Gwen Hendrick, Carthage
March 24: Jen Kuhn, Illinois Wesleyan
March 17: Clare Rettler, Carthage
March 10: Jen Kuhn, Illinois Wesleyan
Pitcher
April 14: Kelsey Bruno, Millikin
April 7: Shylah Dozeman, Wheaton
March 31: Gianna Certa, Illinois Wesleyan
March 24: Kelsey Bruno, Millikin
March 17: Maddie Conway, Carthage
March 10: Mallory Holland, Illinois Wesleyan
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.), Carroll University (Waukesha, Wis.), Carthage College (Kenosha, Wis.), Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Ill.), Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.), North Central College (Naperville, Ill.), North Park University (Chicago, Ill.) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.).
