IWU Lands Three on all-CCIW Teams

 BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Illinois Wesleyan seniors Adam Dauksas and Keelan Amelianovich have been chosen to the first team of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin all-star squads and junior Zach Freeman was named to the second team in voting today by league coaches.

       A 6-foot-3 guard from Flossmoor (Homewood-Flossmoor HS), Dauksas was a second team all-CCIW selection as a sophomore and a first team all-CCIW choice and the league's "Most Outstanding Player" as a junior. He led the CCIW with 6.21 assists per game, was tied for fourth with 2.57 3-pointers made per game, tied for sixth with a .424 3-point field goal percentage and was 11th with a 14.4 scoring average.

    Amelianovich, a 6-foot-6 forward from Naperville (Neuqua Valley HS), is a three-time first team selection and was CCIW "MVP" as a sophomore. He led the CCIW with 3.07 3-pointers per game, was third with a .453 3-point field goal percentage, sixth in scoring (18.3), and 11th in field goal percentage (.520).

     Freeman, a 6-foot-7 forward from Blooomington (Normal Community HS), was also a second team honoree in 2005 and a third team selection as a freshman.

   The Titans were 9-5 and tied for second in the CCIW regular season and finished second in the first-ever CCIW men's postseason tournament. With 27 conference championships since the league started in 1946, IWU has had 14 teams finish second in league play.

        IWU senior Cory Jones (Calumet City, Thornwood HS) led the conference in field goal percentage (.624, 53 of 85). As a team, IWU led the conference statistics in scoring offense (79.6), rebounds (35.1), field goal percentage defense (.449), and 3-point accuracy (.397).

    Augustana's Rick Harrigan is the winner of the 2006 "Fred Young Most Outstanding Player" award and his coach, Grey Giovanine, was tabbed "Coach of the Year."

   The player award is named for 1915 IWU graduate Fred Young, who was the conference's first commissioner and served in the position for 17 years. He was a longtime sports editor of The Pantagraph and starred at IWU in basketball, baseball and tennis. The former fieldhouse at Illinois Wesleyan was named in his honor.