10 Wheaton gridders named to All-CCIW Football squad; Mike Swider named "Coach of the Year" and Chad Bradley earns "Offensive Player of the Year"

Wheaton,

Ill. (11/18) - The CCIW Champion Wheaton College football team

has placed 10 players on the 2003 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

(CCIW) All-Conference football team that was announced this afternoon. The

Thunder posted a 10-0 record this season and a 7-0 mark in conference play

to win its second consecutive CCIW Championship and third league title in

four years. Wheaton won the CCIW's automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division

III Playoffs by winning the conference championship. The Thunder will host

Hope College this Saturday in a first round game of the Division III Football

Playoffs. NOTE: All-conference selection is based on performance in CCIW games

only.

Senior quarterback Chad Bradley (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton

North) was selected as the Art Keller "Offensive Player of the Year" and was

a First Team All-CCIW selection. Bradley (LEFT) has posted a 63% (162-257)

completion percentage this season with 2,405 passing yards and 18 touchdowns.

Against conference foes, Bradley passed for a league-best 1,901 yards, completing

66.7% (128-192) of his passes with 14 TD tosses. In his Wheaton career Bradley

has thrown for 4,891 yards with 33 touchdowns and a school record completion

percentage of 62.1% (349-562). Bradley, a three-time CCIW "Offensive Player

of the Week" this season, was also a First Team All-CCIW selection in 2002.

His

peers selected Wheaton head coach Mike Swider (RIGHT) as the co-Bob

Reade "Coach of the Year", along with Paul Krohn of Elmhurst College.

Swider is leading his team to its second consecutive appearance in the NCAA

Division III Playoffs. Swider has guided his team to the first back-to-back

conference titles for the Wheaton program since the 1958-59 seasons. The Thunder

becomes the first program to win an outright CCIW Championship in back-to-back

seasons since Augustana accomplished the feat in 1986 and 1987. Under Swider,

Wheaton is in the midst of a school-record 19-game regular season winning

streak and has been victorious in 17 consecutive CCIW games. Swider is 59-19

in his eight seasons as Wheaton's head coach and his 75.6% winning percentage

is the best in school history. This is Swider's third selection as the CCIW

"Coach of the Year", also earning the honor in 2000 and 2002.

Wheaton

placed six players on the All-CCIW First Team offense, including Bradley.

Senior Dan Price (Monument, Colo./Lewis-Palmer) earned his second consecutive

All-CCIW selection at running back after a Second Team honor last season.

Price (LEFT) has run for 1,049 yards this season, the third-highest single-season

total in school history. Price has averaged 104.9 rushing yards per game,

with 5.4 yards per carry and nine touchdowns on the season. He was second

in the CCIW with 748 rushing yards against league foes for 106.9 yards per

game and seven touchdown runs.

Junior Brad Musso (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central) earned

First Team honors as a wide receiver and kick returner for his third consecutive

All-CCIW selection. Musso has made 52 catches for 1,027 yards with 10 touchdown

receptions this season. He has returned 22 punts this season for an average

of 17.4 yards per return, including two returns for touchdowns. He is ranked

fourth in NCAA Division III in yards per punt return and he is 19th in receiving

yards per game. Musso caught 26 passes for 764 yards with three touchdowns

and recorded a league-leading 109.1 receiving yards per game average against

conference competition. Fellow senior receiver Andrew King (Vista,

Calif./Rancho Buena Vista) has earned his second consecutive all-conference

selection after a Second Team nod last season. King has made 59 receptions

this season for 691 yards with an average of 76.8 yards per game and three

touchdown catches. In CCIW games, King made a league-leading 47 receptions

for an average of 80.9 yards per game with three touchdowns.

Senior

offensive linemen James Hoxworth (Bridgeport, Neb./Bridgeport) and

Chris Dubos (Sumner, Wash./Sumner) both earned First Team All-CCIW

honors. This is the second consecutive all-conference selection for both players

as Hoxworth (LEFT), a left guard, was a First Team pick last season and Dubos,

a right tackle, was a Second Team honoree in 2002. Dubos (RIGHT) and Hoxworth

block for a Thunder offense that is fifth in Division III in total offense,

racking up 473.6 yards per game. The balanced Thunder offense is 29th in the

country in rushing offense with 228.2 yards per game and 32nd in passing offense

with 245.4 yards per game.

Wheaton

placed three players on the First Team defense and one player was a member

of the Second Team defensive unit. Senior defensive tackle (RIGHT) Ben

Reedy (Bourbonnais, Ill./Bradley-Bourbonnais) earned First Team honors,

collecting 39 tackles this season with 20 solo hits, including 11 tackles

for lost yardage of -71 yards and 5-1/2 sacks for -56 yards. Reedy made 30

tackles in conference games with eight tackles for lost yardage of -56 yards

and 3-1/2 quarterback sacks for -42 yards. Senior linebacker Jeff Mumm

(Grapevine, Texas/Colleyville Heritage) was a First Team honoree, as the second-leading

tackler on the team with 66, including 41 solos. Mumm is second on the squad

with 10-1/2 tackles for lost yardage of -50 yards, three quarterback sacks

for -34 yards and two interceptions. Mumm made 41 tackles in conference action

with 24 solo hits and four tackles for lost yardage (-16 yards).

Senior strong safety Shawn Wildt (Victoria, Texas/Victoria)

earns a First Team selection after being tabbed with Second Team accolades

last season. Wildt (LEFT) led the Thunder secondary with four interceptions,

two forced fumbles and 61 total tackles. In CCIW games Wildt made 43 tackles,

with two quarterback sacks (-20 yards) and two interceptions. Cornerback Michael

Drach (Marshfield, Wis./Marshfield) was a Second Team selection with three

interceptions and 42 total tackles. In conference action Drach made 31 total

tackles with an interception.