Wheaton senior Jamie Busch named CCIW "Defensive Player of the Week"

Wheaton,

Ill. (10/16)

- Wheaton College (Ill.) senior Jamie Busch (Batavia, Ill./Batavia)

has been named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin's (CCIW) "Defensive

Player of the Week" for football. Busch helped lead Wheaton to a 41-14 win

at Carthage College last Saturday night. The talented defensive end made four

total tackles in the win over the Redmen, including two tackles for lost yardage

(-17 yards) and a quarterback sack (-13 yards). The defensive captain led

a Thunder defense that held Carthage to just 177 yards of total offense with

127 rushing yards and 50 passing yards.

On the season

Busch has 24 total tackles (16 solo) and leads the team in tackles for lost

yardage with nine for -41 yards. He has made a team-best two sacks for -18

yards on the year and is tied for team lead in quarterback hurries with six.

In his four-year career at Wheaton he has made 105 total tackles with 11

sacks (-115 yards) and 23 tackles for lost yardage (-127 yards).

Wheaton continues

its conference schedule this Saturday with a 1 PM battle at Illinois Wesleyan.

Wheaton enters the contest with a 3-3 overall record and a 2-1 mark in CCIW

play. The Titans are 3-2 overall and 2-1 in league play. Wheaton has won the

last four meetings with Illinois Wesleyan and owns a 6-3-1 advantage in the

last 10 meetings between the two teams. Wheaton has won the last four contests

between the two clubs in Bloomington, beginning with a 13-9 win there in the

1993 season.