Phillip Nichols named the CCIW's Offensive Player of the Week & to the D3football.com Team of the Week

Senior wide receiver Phillip Nichols was named this week's College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Offensive Player of the Week by the conference office on Monday. Today's selection marks Nichols' first career recognition as a CCIW Player of the Week. He is the first Wheaton player to earn the conference's Offensive Player of the Week award this season, and overall he joins Defensive Player of the Week selections Spencer Rowland (Sept. 30) and Robby Schwartz (Sept. 23) along with John Bickle's selection as the Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 9).

On Tuesday, Nichols was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week.

Nichols scored three touchdowns in the second half of Wheaton's 35-21 win against fifth-ranked North Central on Saturday. He caught 10 passes for 207 yards as four of his 10 receptions went for more than 20 yards. Nichols' first touchdown was a 47-yard catch midway through the third quarter that tied the game at 14-14. He came back to tie the game again at 21-21 late in the third quarter on a five-yard catch in the corner of the end zone. Nichols' final touchdown catch was for 58 yards early in the fourth quarter to give Wheaton its first lead at 28-21.

In four seasons at Wheaton, Nichols has 159 career receptions with 17 touchdown catches. His 2,273 career receiving yards ranks seventh in program history.

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