Dupage Policy Journal

Carroll University's Ava Butt has been named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Bowling Student-Athlete of the Year. This announcement comes as part of the All-CCIW honors revealed ahead of this weekend's CCIW Championship.

Annie Honsik from Aurora was recognized as the CCIW First-Year Student-Athlete of the Year, while Mason Petrin, in his first year as Carroll's head coach, was voted CCIW Coach of the Year by his peers.

Butt earned a spot on the All-CCIW First Team after being on the Second Team last season. She achieved an overall average score of 18.62 over 140 frames in league events and excelled in Baker frames with an average of 18.74, leading with a sum-of-fill rate of 84.3%. This marks her as Carroll’s first recipient of the CCIW Student-Athlete of the Year award.

Honsik averaged 16.87 per frame over 117 frames during CCIW events and ranked 14th in Baker play at 17.25 per frame.

Petrin led Carroll to a second-place finish during the regular season with a 9-3 record, securing them a #2 seed for their upcoming participation in Westmont, Illinois.

The All-CCIW First Team includes repeat honorees Annemarie Ruzevich from Aurora, Lorrie Decker and Jocelynn Eggert from Elmhurst, and Brenna Schiekiera from Marian.

Maddie Lathrop from Augustana joined Jenna Betts from Marian as one of only three athletes to earn four-time All-CCIW honors by being named to this year's Second Team.

Seven student-athletes received recognition through the CCIW RESPECT Award for embodying values such as Responsibility, Enthusiasm, Service, Pride, Excellence, Collaboration, and Trust within their teams and communities.