Dan Price and Justin Knapp each earn CCIW "Player of the Week" honors

Wheaton, Ill. (10/14) - Wheaton College

junior Dan Price (Monument, Colo./Lewis Palmer) has been named a College

Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) "Co-Offensive Player of the Week"

and senior Justin Knapp (Ames, Iowa/Ames) has been named the "CCIW

"Defensive Player of the Week".

In

Saturday's 39-20 win at #18-ranked Millikin Price (PICTURED ABOVE LEFT) came

off the bench when starting tailback Mike Whalen was injured on Wheaton's

first offensive play of the game. The Thunder offense did not miss a beat

as Price carried the ball 28 times for 157 yards, averaging 5.6 yards per

carry. He scored on three touchdown runs with scampers of 25 yards, 19 yards

and seven yards into the end zone.

In the victory over the Big Blue on Saturday Knapp (PICTURED

RIGHT) led the Wheaton defense with 11 total tackles, with four solo tackles

and a tackle for lost yardage (minus-five yards). Knapp, a preseason All-America

selection by D3Football.Com, leads the Thunder with 39 total tackles this

season (11 solo).