Millikin University

The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin announced the 2022 softball All-Conference squads and postseason awards on Thursday, May 5 ahead of the CCIW Tournament hosted at the Workman Family Softball Field. Camryn Skundberg (Mt. Zion, Ill.) earned the title of CCIW Batting Champion, with a .545 average in conference play, along with leading the slugging percentage (1.061) and on base percentage (0.579).

The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin announced the 2022 softball All-Conference squads and postseason awards on Thursday, May 5 ahead of the CCIW Tournament hosted at the Workman Family Softball Field. Pitcher Aly Armstrong (Effingham, Ill.) was named to the first team. Armstrong ranked second on the list of Pitcher of the Year, holding her opponents to a .175 batting average in conference play, and third in ERA with a 1.42 ERA in the CCIW.

The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin announced the 2022 softball All-Conference squads and postseason awards on Thursday, May 5 ahead of the CCIW Tournament hosted at the Workman Family Softball Field. Outfielder Kendallyn Davison (Avon, Ind.) tallied the top number of RBI in conference play with 25, led the conference in doubles with nine, and notched the third highest batting average in the conference with a .464 mark in the CCIW to earn a place on the first team. Davison was also selected as the First-Year Student-Athlete of the Year.

The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin announced the 2022 softball All-Conference squads and postseason awards on Thursday, May 5 ahead of the CCIW Tournament hosted at the Workman Family Softball Field. Pitcher Addison Sargent (Mt. Vernon, Ill.) was named to the first team. Sargent was also named the Pitcher of the Year after tallying a 13-1 overall record, 7-1 in the CCIW, and leading the conference in ERA (0.93) and opposing batting average (.153).

Justin Caldwell was named Millikin's RESPECT Award winner. The new CCIW RESPECT award is presented at the conclusion of every sports season with each varsity program recognizing one student-athlete. RESPECT Award recipients have distinguished themselves as an integral member of the team, their institution and community by upholding the values of Responsibility, Enthusiasm, Service, Pride, Excellence, Collaboration and Trust. The RESPECT Award recognizes the intangible traits a student-athlete possesses that exemplify great character and encourages inclusiveness and a positive culture.

The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin announced the 2022 men's tennis all-conference team on Wednesday, May 4. Millikin's Clayton Maack was named to the CCIW second team. Maack, a junior from Chesterfield, Mo. was named to the second team for the second consecutive season. Along with doubles partner Holden Owens, Maack tallied a 4-3 conference record at No. 2 doubles, 16-8 overall.

Kristian Boado won two events at the Millikin Tri-Meet and set a new school record in hammer. Camryn Skundberg has a .583 batting average with three homeruns and 6 RBIs this week.

Millikin University senior men's golfer Jack Patterson (Alton, Marquette Catholic H.S.) was Millikin's recipients of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) RESPECT Award for men's golf presented at the CCIW Men's Golf Champions on April 30. The new CCIW RESPECT award is presented at the conclusion of every sports season with each varsity program recognizing one student-athlete. RESPECT Award recipients have distinguished themselves as an integral member of the team, their institution and community by upholding the values of Responsibility, Enthusiasm, Service, Pride, Excellence, Collaboration and Trust. The RESPECT Award recognizes the intangible traits a student-athlete possesses that exemplify great character and encourages inclusiveness and a positive culture. Patterson is an Accounting major.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Millikin's Camryn Skundberg and Addison Sargent were selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Softball Student-Athletes of the Week on Monday. Skundberg, a junior infielder from Mt. Zion, Illinois and Parkland College, won her second CCIW Hitter of the Week honor on Monday while hitting .583 (7-for-12) with three runs, three home runs, six RBI and a 1.333 slugging percentage. She combined to go 4-for-6 with two runs, two home runs and three RBI in a double-header split against Illinois Wesleyan on April 26. Skundberg then went a combined 3-for-6 with one run, one home run and three RBI in a sweep of Augustana on May 1. Sargent, a junior pitcher from Mt. Vernon, Illinois and Mt. Vernon High School, won her second CCIW Pitcher of the Week honor while leading the Big Blue to a pair of conference wins last week. She went all six innings, struck out five batters and gave up just one walk and two hits in a 4-0 win over Illinois Wesleyan on April 26. Sargent followed up by going all six innings of a 6-0 shutout of Augustana on May 1 as she struck out seven batters and gave up just one hit.

Millikin's Tanner Coleman was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Baseball Student-Athlete of the Week on Tuesday. Coleman, a junior pitcher from Findlay, Illinois and MacMurray College, went the distance in a 9-1 victory at Wheaton on Thursday. He pitched all nine innings, gave up one walk, one earned run in the eighth inning and six strikeouts against the Thunder to move to 4-4 on the season.

The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) announced the Merle Chapman Leadership Award recipients on Wednesday. This award is named after the former Millikin Athletics Director and the CCIW's second commissioner, who served in that capacity from 1997-2002. The award identifies the student-athletes that best exemplify the traits that Chapman displayed and encouraged during his three-plus decades of service as teacher, coach and mentor to the athletes, coaches and administrators of the CCIW. Those traits are loyalty, enthusiasm, leadership, sportsmanship, and a commitment to academic, athletic and personal excellence. Each CCIW institution selects one male and one female from their Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) who participates in a CCIW-sponsored sport. Millikin's honorees are junior women's basketball player Miranda Fox (Effingham, H.S.), a Communication major and senior cross country and track athlete Ben Kuxmann (Bourbonnais, Bradley Bourbonnais H.S.), an English (Secondary Teaching) major. In addition to being leaders on their respective teams both hold leadership roles on the Millikin campus. Fox, a starter for the Big Blue, received this year's CCIW Elite 25 Award for having the highest grade point average from teams playing in the CCIW Women's Basketball Tournament Championship game. Kuxmann was named to the 2020-21 Academic All-America Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Second Team, selected by CoSIDA. He earned All-American honors at the 2022 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships with a third place finish in the 800 Meters. He was third in the 2021 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in the 800 Meters as well.

Ben Kuxmann won the 800 meters in the Meet of Champions with the fourth fastest time in the NCAA Divison III. Aly Armstrong allowed just two hits in a 8-0 win over Caroll with 8 strikeouts.

Caleb Buehrle and Camryn Skundberg are your Big Blue Athletes of the Week for April 18th! Buerhle picked up a win v. Carroll and a save v. Augie within 24 hours to help MU to a 2-1 weekend. Skundberg went 3-for-3 in game 1 v. NPU with a homerun, double, and 3 RBI.

Two Millikin men's golfers finished in the top five at the CCIW Preview on April 13 at the Brown Deer Park Golf Course in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The course will be the site of the upcoming 2022 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Golf Championships. Millikin's Brandon Rowe finished tied for first with Austin Young at even par 71. Tyler Reitz tied for fifth with Alex Lilly of Carthage at two over 73. Millikin finished in fourth place in the team standings with a score of 310. Carthage was the winner at 295.

Three Millikin University wrestlers were named 2022 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Division III Scholar All-Americans on April 8. The wrestlers were recognized for their excellence on the mat and in the classroom. To qualify, wrestlers needed a 3.2 grade point average and to be a national level competitor. Millikin wrestlers earning the NWCA Scholar All-American honors include: Senior Bradan Birt (Epworth, Iowa, Western Dubuque H.S.), a sports management major Senior Jordan Carson (St. Louis, Mo., Triton College), a business management major Junior Peter McCusker (Rantoul, H.S.), a computer science major Birt was the NCAA Division III National Champion at 165 pounds and earned the NCAA Champions Most Outstanding Wrestler Award. Birt won the NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler rankings and won his fifth straight College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW). Birt was 42-0 on the season and ended his career with an 80 match winning streak. On April 8, Birt was named the D3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Year. Carson had a 22-16 record finishing in third place at the CCIW Championships and seventh at the NCAA Lower Midwest Regionals competing at 149 pounds. McCusker was 26-11 overall winning his second CCIW Championship at 157 pounds. He finished in fifth place at the NCAA Regionals.

As if Bradan Birt's list of achievements isn't long enough already, let's add another! The 2021-22 NCAA Division III 165 pound National Champion has been named D3wrestle.com's Wrestler of the Year!

Tanner Coleman and Lanie Chizmark are your Big Blue Athletes of the Week! Coleman picked up a win v. North Park and tallied a double, homerun, and 5 RBI on the week Chizmark hit a walk-off two-run homerun v. Elmhurst to help complete the sweep of the Bluejays

Jensen Mast has been named Big Blue men's volleyball's RESPECT Award winner by the CCIW. RESPECT Award recipients have distinguished themselves as an integral member of the team, their institution and community by upholding the values of Responsibility, Enthusiasm, Service, Pride, Excellence, Collaboration and Trust. The RESPECT Award recognizes the intangible traits a student-athlete possesses that exemplify great character and encourages inclusiveness and a positive culture.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Millikin's Jake Shumaker was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Week on April 5th. Shumaker, a sophomore from Decatur, Illinois and Mt. Zion High School, won the 800-meter run at the Big Blue's Alumni Invitational on April 2nd. His time of 1:53.88 ranks first in the CCIW and 17th on the NCAA Division III national list. Shumaker was also part of the winning 4x400-meter relay (3:31.44).

Kristian Boado and Kendallyn Davison are your Big Blue Athletes of the Week! Boado won the discus at the Big Blue Alumni Meet and placed second in hammer. Davison went 5-for-8 from the plate v. Wheaton hitting a double, a triple, and a homerun.

Millikin's Addison Sargent wwas selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Softball Student-Athlete of the Week on April 5th. Sargent, a junior pitcher from Mt. Vernon, Illinois and Mt. Vernon High School, pitched the Big Blue to a 3-0 shutout of Wheaton on April 2. She pitched all seven innings and gave up just two hits and struck out six batters to complete the double-header sweep of the Thunder in the CCIW opener for Millikin.

DECATUR, Ill.-Millikin University, in conjunction with the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), announces the CCIW Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference team for winter season of 2021-22. Each season the CCIW selects an Academic All-Conference Team. To be recognized, the student-athlete must be enrolled as a full-time student; completed two semesters of study at Millikin; must participate in a varsity sport during the 2021-22 winter season; and must carry at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average. The list below is the team members from Millikin for the winter 2021-22 season. 2021-22 Winter Sports CCIW Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference Men's Basketball Player Year Major Hometown\High School Joe Beardsley So. Accounting Oakville, Mo.\Oakville Calvin Fisher Sr. Business Monticello\Monticello Jake Hampton Sr. Physical Education O'Fallon, Mo.\Fort Zumwalt West Jarius Ingram Jr. Biology (Pre-Med) Decatur\Warrensburg Latham Dawson Jones Sr. Sports Management Mackinaw\Deer Creek Mackinaw Brian Lamar So. Exercise Science Saint Johnsbury, Vermont\Saint Johnsbury Academy Cole Laurence Jr. Elementary Education Farmington, Mo.\Farmington Mitch Pollock So. Sport & Rec. Management Newman\Shiloh Women's Basketball Player Year Major Hometown\High School Jacquelin Anderson So. English (Sec. Teaching) Glen Carbon\Edwardsville Jazmin Brown Sr. Biology Indianapolis, Ind.\Lawrence North Bailey Coffman Jr. Business Heyworth\Bloomington Central Catholic Sophie Darden So. Exercise Science Channahon\Minooka *Miranda Fox Jr. Communication Altamont\Effingham Elyce Knudsen So. Accounting Philo\Tolono Unity Chelsea McCullum Jr. Digital Media Marketing Oswego\Oswego East Sarah Ness Jr. Health Promotion Sandwich\Sandwich Abby Ratsch Jr. Accounting Springfield\Springfield Aubrey Staton Sr. Entrepreneurship El Paso\El Paso Gridley Gabbi Thomason So. Sport & Rec. Management Cottleville, Mo.\Francis Howell Central Swimming Player Year Major Hometown\High School Laura Atkinson Jr. Entrepreneurship Malaysia\International College Subang Shay Buchanan So. Computer Science Orlando, Fla.\Trinity Prep Kathryn Cully Sr. Elementary Education Marion\Crab Orchard Julia Druml So. Nursing McHenry\McHenry West Brigid Duesterhaus Sr. Communication Decatur\MacArthur Avery Fisher Sr. Nursing Phoenix, Ariz.\Desert Vista Olivia Marquardt Sr. Biology (Pre-Med) Vandalia\Vandalia Hope Roderick Sr. Early Childhood Therapy Glen Carbon\Edwardsville Sawyer Wolter Sr. Acting Chandler, Ariz.\Chandler Kaitlin Yelaska Jr. Human Services Bremen, Ind.\Bremen Indoor Track Player Year Major Hometown\High School Katie Abell Jr. Biology Jacksonville\Routt Kristian Boado Jr. Nursing Algonquin\Dundee Crown Quincy Collings So. Nursing Mattoon\Mattoon Avery Damron So. Criminal Justice Santa Rosa, Calif.\Maria Carrillo Nick Fornoff So. Chemistry Pekin\Pekin Kayla Green So. Criminal Justice Berwyn\J.S. Morton West Garrett Jones Sr. Chemistry Mattoon\Mattoon Ben Kuxmann Sr. English (Sec. Teaching) Bourbonnais\Bradley Bourbonnais Anne Longman Sr. Arts Technology Park Ridge\Maine South Josh Martinez So. Cybersecurity Chicago\St. Laurence Madalyne McPheeters So. Human Services Sullivan\Okaw Valley MacKenzie Moyer Jr. Nursing Carlinville\Carlinville Bradyn Olmstead So. Computer Science Bloomington\Bloomington Jessel Prabhu So. Biology (Pre-PT) Saint Ann, Mo.\Pattonville Eryn Renison Sr. Nursing Channahon\Minooka Alyssa Ruiz So. Biology (Pre-Med) San Diego, Calif.\Junipero Serra Aidan Schlichting So. Biology Freeburg\Freeburg Julia Seaman Jr. Early Childhood Ed. Marshall\Martinsville Jake Shumaker So. Computer Science Decatur\Mt. Zion Whitney Smith Sr. Sport & Rec. Management Stewardson\Stewardson Strasburg Brandt Williamson Sr. Physical Education Westville\Westville Hailey Wimberly Sr. Biology Salem\Salem Wrestling Player Year Major Hometown\High School *Bradan Birt Sr. Sports Management Epworth, Iowa\Western Dubuque Jordan Carson Sr. Business Management St. Louis, Mo.\Triton College Peter McCusker Jr. Computer Science Rantoul\Rantoul *=Jack Swartz Award winner

DECATUR, Ill.-Millikin University, in conjunction with the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), announces its Jack Swartz Award Recipient and the CCIW Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference team for winter season of 2021-22. Junior women's basketball player Miranda Fox (Altamont, Effingham H.S.) and senior wrestler Bradan Birt (Epworth, Iowa, Western Dubuque H.S.) were selected as recipients of the Jack Swartz Award. To be considered as a Swartz Award winner, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.50 grade point average and participated in a varsity sport. Fox was the CCIW Elite 25 winner for women's basketball earning recognition for having the highest grade point average on the top team in the CCIW Final. Birt was the NCAA Division III National Champion at 165 pounds while continuing to excel in the classroom. Each season the CCIW selects an Academic All-Conference Team. To be recognized, the student-athlete must be enrolled as a full-time student; completed two semesters of study at Millikin; must participate in a varsity sport during the 2021-22 winter season; and must carry at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average. The list below is the team members from Millikin for the winter 2021-22 season. 2021-22 Winter Sports CCIW Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference Men's Basketball Player Year Major Hometown\High School Joe Beardsley So. Accounting Oakville, Mo.\Oakville Calvin Fisher Sr. Business Monticello\Monticello Jake Hampton Sr. Physical Education O'Fallon, Mo.\Fort Zumwalt West Jarius Ingram Jr. Biology (Pre-Med) Decatur\Warrensburg Latham Dawson Jones Sr. Sports Management Mackinaw\Deer Creek Mackinaw Brian Lamar So. Exercise Science Saint Johnsbury, Vermont\Saint Johnsbury Academy Cole Laurence Jr. Elementary Education Farmington, Mo.\Farmington Mitch Pollock So. Sport & Rec. Management Newman\Shiloh Women's Basketball Player Year Major Hometown\High School Jacquelin Anderson So. English (Sec. Teaching) Glen Carbon\Edwardsville Jazmin Brown Sr. Biology Indianapolis, Ind.\Lawrence North Bailey Coffman Jr. Business Heyworth\Bloomington Central Catholic Sophie Darden So. Exercise Science Channahon\Minooka *Miranda Fox Jr. Communication Altamont\Effingham Elyce Knudsen So. Accounting Philo\Tolono Unity Chelsea McCullum Jr. Digital Media Marketing Oswego\Oswego East Sarah Ness Jr. Health Promotion Sandwich\Sandwich Abby Ratsch Jr. Accounting Springfield\Springfield Aubrey Staton Sr. Entrepreneurship El Paso\El Paso Gridley Gabbi Thomason So. Sport & Rec. Management Cottleville, Mo.\Francis Howell Central Swimming Player Year Major Hometown\High School Laura Atkinson Jr. Entrepreneurship Malaysia\International College Subang Shay Buchanan So. Computer Science Orlando, Fla.\Trinity Prep Kathryn Cully Sr. Elementary Education Marion\Crab Orchard Julia Druml So. Nursing McHenry\McHenry West Brigid Duesterhaus Sr. Communication Decatur\MacArthur Avery Fisher Sr. Nursing Phoenix, Ariz.\Desert Vista Olivia Marquardt Sr. Biology (Pre-Med) Vandalia\Vandalia Hope Roderick Sr. Early Childhood Therapy Glen Carbon\Edwardsville Sawyer Wolter Sr. Acting Chandler, Ariz.\Chandler Kaitlin Yelaska Jr. Human Services Bremen, Ind.\Bremen Indoor Track Player Year Major Hometown\High School Katie Abell Jr. Biology Jacksonville\Routt Kristian Boado Jr. Nursing Algonquin\Dundee Crown Quincy Collings So. Nursing Mattoon\Mattoon Avery Damron So. Criminal Justice Santa Rosa, Calif.\Maria Carrillo Nick Fornoff So. Chemistry Pekin\Pekin Kayla Green So. Criminal Justice Berwyn\J.S. Morton West Garrett Jones Sr. Chemistry Mattoon\Mattoon Ben Kuxmann Sr. English (Sec. Teaching) Bourbonnais\Bradley Bourbonnais Anne Longman Sr. Arts Technology Park Ridge\Maine South Josh Martinez So. Cybersecurity Chicago\St. Laurence Madalyne McPheeters So. Human Services Sullivan\Okaw Valley MacKenzie Moyer Jr. Nursing Carlinville\Carlinville Bradyn Olmstead So. Computer Science Bloomington\Bloomington Jessel Prabhu So. Biology (Pre-PT) Saint Ann, Mo.\Pattonville Eryn Renison Sr. Nursing Channahon\Minooka Alyssa Ruiz So. Biology (Pre-Med) San Diego, Calif.\Junipero Serra Aidan Schlichting So. Biology Freeburg\Freeburg Julia Seaman Jr. Early Childhood Ed. Marshall\Martinsville Jake Shumaker So. Computer Science Decatur\Mt. Zion Whitney Smith Sr. Sport & Rec. Management Stewardson\Stewardson Strasburg Brandt Williamson Sr. Physical Education Westville\Westville Hailey Wimberly Sr. Biology Salem\Salem Wrestling Player Year Major Hometown\High School *Bradan Birt Sr. Sports Management Epworth, Iowa\Western Dubuque Jordan Carson Sr. Business Management St. Louis, Mo.\Triton College Peter McCusker Jr. Computer Science Rantoul\Rantoul * = Jack Swartz Award winner

Your Big Blue Athletes of the Week are Jake Shumaker and Addison Sargent! Shumaker won the 400m at WashU's Mini Meet in 51.01 seconds over the weekend. Sargent struck out five in a 5-1 W over Lake Forest to improve to 8-0 this season with a 1.64 ERA.

Millikin senior wrestler Bradan Birt (Epworth, Iowa, Western Dubuque H.S.) ranked among the best wrestlers in NCAA Division III in the final NCAA Statistical Rankings for the 2021-22 season. Birt won the NCAA Division III National Championship at 165 pounds at the 2022 NCAA Division III Championships held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on March 11-12 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At the Championships, Birt was announced as the winner of the NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler Award that ranks wrestlers based on the average team points, they score at each meet. Birt's average of 5.45 points placed in first in the statistical ranking ahead of Kaidon Winters of RIT. In the final statistical rankings for the season released on March 23, Birt ranks second in NCAA DIII in the country across all weight classes with 23 wins by fall trailing Kaleb Reeves of Coe who had 24 wrestling at 285 pounds. Birt ranked ninth in the country in technical falls with nine. Birt, who became Millikin's only wrestler to win a national title, ended his historic season at 42-0 setting a new Millikin record for wins in a season. Birt's career ended with an 80 match winning streak , which included no losses in 2020-21 and 2021-22. Since the start of the 2019 season, Birt was of 92-1 with 87 bonus point victories. Birt ended his career with a record of 159-13 (.924) setting new Big Blue records for most wins and highest winning percentage.

The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) named Millikin University sophomore guard Elyce Knudsen of Philo, Ill., to its 2022 WBCA NCAA Division III All-American team announced on March 22, 2022. It is the second All-American honor for Knudsen who was named to the 2021-22 D3hoops.com All-American Women's Basketball First Team on March 19. Millikin senior Jordan Hildebrand of Mendon, Ill., was named a WBCA All-American Honorable Mention. In addition to the All-American honors, Knudsen was named the Region 8 Player of the Year by D3hoops.com and selected to the All-Region First Team. She was the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Lori Kerans Player of the Year and a unanimous All-Conference First Team Selection. Knudsen led the conference in scoring in 2021-22 averaging 19.9 points per game. She was fifth in the CCIW in field goal percentage shooting 47.3 percent on the season. Knudsen was fourth in the conference in assists with 82 and fifth in steals with 59. Overall Knudsen averaged 20.8 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. Knudsen was second in NCAA Division III in field goals made with 248 and third in total points with 623. Knudsen averaged 28 points per game in the Big Blue's three games in the recent NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament. Knudsen was named the CCIW Player of the Week three times this season. She was selected to the 2021-22 Academic All-District Women's Basketball Team, selected by CoSIDA. Hildebrand was an All-Region selection by D3hoops.com and a unanimous selection to the CCIW All-Conference First Team after leading the conference in field goal percentage shooting 56.4 percent on the season. She averaged 11.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game this season. Millikin finished the season with a 23-7 record advancing to the Sweet 16 Round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. The Big Blue were Co-CCIW Regular Season Champions with a 14-2 record.

Millikin's Clayton Maack was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Week on March 23. Maack, a junior from Chesterfield, Mo., and Christian Brothers College finished 5-1 during the Big Blue's Spring Break trip March 13-20. He teamed with Holden Owens at No. 2 doubles and beat Lynchburg's Cooper Brewen and Christian Kumar (8-1) on March 14, followed by an 8-1 win over St. Mary's (Maryland) Sam Sheats and Tyler VanValkenburg on March 17. Maack was 3-0 at No. 1 singles, beating Lynchburg's Levi Vigdorchik (6-3, 4-6, 10-7), St. Mary's Stephen Adam (6-3, 6-4), and Washington College's Ryohei Kawai (6-4, 6-3).

Millikin's Leah Foreman was selected as the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Softball Student-Athlete of the Week on March 22, 2022. Foreman, a sophomore catcher from Riverton, Ill., and Riverton High School batted .700 (7-for-10) with two runs, two doubles, one home run, four RBI and a 1.200 slugging percentage for the Big Blue who went 4-0 during the week of March 14-20. She combined to go 3-for-5 with two doubles, and one walk in a 9-1, 9-8 sweep of Fontbonne on March 18. On March 20, she helped lead Millikin to an 8-3, 9-4 sweep of Washington University in St. Louis as she went 4-for-5 with two runs, one home run and four RBI against the Bears.

After finishing in third place in the 800 Meters at the 2022 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 12, Millikin's Ben Kuxmann (Bourbonnais, Bradley Bourbonnais H.S.) was officially named an All-American by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Monday. Athletes who finish in the top eight in individual events earn All-American honors. Kuxmann had a time of 1:52.68 in the 800 Meters taking third place at the finish line. Ryan Wilson of MIT was the winner at 1:50.92 followed by Steven Potter of Wisconsin-Oshkosh at 1:51.07. Kuxmann turned in a school record time of 1:51.62 in the prelims, which was second fastest behind Potter at 1:51.11.

Millikin University senior forward Jordan Hildebrand of Mendon, Ill., was named to the 2021-22 D3hoops.com All-Region Women's Basketball Team on March 15, 2022 Hildebrand averaged 11.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game this season. She was a CCIW All-Conference First Team selection after leading the conference in field goal percentage shooting 56.4 percent on the season. Millikin finished the season with a 23-7 record advancing to the Sweet 16 Round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. The Big Blue were Co-CCIW Regular Season Champions with a 14-2 record.