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CCIW Press Release

May 7, 2019 – In the final installment of the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Player of the Week awards, North Central College baseball senior center fielder Jeremy Quade earned Hitter of the Week as award by the conference on Tuesday, his first career weekly award.

Quade hit .600 (12-for-20) last week to lead the Cardinals to their fifth-consecutive CCIW regular season championship.  Quade led the team with 14 total bases, a .700 slugging percentage and .652 on-base percentage, to go along with four runs scored, five RBI, a pair of walks and a hit by pitch.

Quade led the conference reaching base at a .500 clip while drawing 19 walks over the 24-game schedule, while finishing second in stolen bases, third in hits and runs scored and fourth in batting average.

With his name scattered amongst the program's career record book, Quade has played in more games (174) than anyone in the history of the baseball program dating back to 1898.  He also broke Ken Ritter's '88 runs scored record that stood for nearly 31 years, now ranking atop the list with 185.  Quade has also set new career bench marks in at-bats (729) and stolen bases (68), while his 239 career hits are six shy of Ritter's all-time record.  He also ranks second in walks (105), fifth in total bases (288), seventh in sacrifice flies (eight) and 10^th in RBI (110) and hit by pitches (22).

The weekly award is the fifth for North Central this season, as Rob Marinec and Colin Weilbacher were each named Hitter of the Week, and Charlie Klemm earned Pitcher of the Week honors twice.

North Central finished the regular season with an overall record of 28-11 and will host the CCIW Tournament beginning on Thursday, May 9.  The top-seeded Cardinals will take on the winner of fourth-seeded Illinois Wesleyan University and fifth-seeded Wheaton College at 3 p.m. at Zimmerman Stadium.  The CCIW Tournament website is available HERE.