NAPERVILLE, Ill. - The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) announced the 2025 All-CCIW Men's Basketball awards Monday afternoon, with Elmhurst graduate student Tagen Pearson and junior Dominic Trelenberg garnering accolades from the conference.

Pearson earned First Team All-CCIW honors after leading the Bluejay offense during the 2024-25 campaign. Pearson ranked first on the team in points (414), points/game (16.6), three pointers made (80), three pointers/game (3.2), free throws (90) and free throws/game (4.1), and ranking second on the team in assists (53) and assists/game (2.1). In the conference, Pearson led in three point percentage (43.7%) and ranked third in both three pointers/game and total three pointers made. In addition, Pearson ranked second in free throw percentage (87.4%) and third in both points and points/game. Pearson recently joined the 1,000 career points scored club, surpassing the mark with a 40 point game at North Park on Feb. 15, also ranking as the second-highest individual point scoring game in the CCIW this season. 

Trelenberg gained Second Team All-CCIW honors as the second leading scorer for the Bluejays this season. The junior ranked just behind Pearson in points (376) and points/game (15.0), three-pointers (41) and three pointers/game (1.6), while leading the team in field goals (140), field goals made/game (5.6), rebounds (151) and rebounds/game (6.0). Trelenberg's scoring average ranked eighth in the CCIW this season, while he ranked third in minutes per game, averaging 33:23 minutes per game this season after starting and playing in all 25 regular season contests. 

Junior Sebastian Blachut was Elmhurst's RESPECT Award recipient, given to the student-athletes from each conference team that have distinguished themselves as an integral member of the team, their institution and community by upholding the values of Responsibility, Enthusiasm, Service, Pride, Excellence, Collaboration and Trust.

The Bluejays qualified for the CCIW Tournament for the seventh-straight season, and are set to begin postseason action on Tuesday, Feb. 25, traveling to Augustana for a CCIW Tournament Quarterfinal matchup beginning at 7:00 p.m. in Rock Island, Ill. Full live coverage information can be found at the Bluejay men's basketball schedule page linked HERE.

2025 ALL-CCIW MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS

CCIW Fred Young Most Outstanding Student-Athlete
Ryan Johnson, Carthage

CCIW First-Year Student-Athlete of the Year
Josh Fridman, Illinois Wesleyan

CCIW Coach of the Year
Steve Djurickovic, Carthage

All-CCIW First Team
Tyler Knuth, Augustana
*AJ Johnson, Carthage
*Ryan Johnson, Carthage
Tagen Pearson, Elmhurst
*Nick Roper, Illinois Wesleyan
Hakim Williams, Illinois Wesleyan
Rico Powell, North Park
*Soren Richardson, Wheaton

* -- Unanimous selection

All-CCIW Second Team
Evan Ambrose, Augustana
Erik Victorson, Carroll
Riley Brooks, Carthage
Dominic Trelenberg, Elmhurst
Harrison Wilmsen, Illinois Wesleyan
Lane Thomann, Millikin
Terrance Moncrief, North Central
Lance Nelson, North Park

CCIW RESPECT Award Recipients
Nic Giliberto, Augustana
Dominic Burns, Carroll
AJ Williams, Carthage
Sebastian Blachut, Elmhurst
Trey Bazzell, Illinois Wesleyan
Anthony Lewis, Millikin
Tyler Swierczek, North Central
DJ Wallace, North Park
Nathan Clark, Wheaton

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