PEORIA, Ill. – Illinois Wesleyan senior Bobby Beaubien was the medalist at the 2024 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Men’s Golf Championship with a 54-hole total of 211, vaulting the Titans to their 12th straight conference championship at WeaverRidge Golf Club in Peoria, Ill.
The top five individuals on the final leaderboard were Titans – Beaubien (211), Michael Spitzer (212), Griffin Pohl (214), Juney Bai (216) and Quinn Clifford (217). IWU won the tournament by a margin of 48 strokes in front of second-place Carthage (895). Beaubien is the third consecutive medalist from IWU.
In addition to his tournament win on Saturday, Beaubien was voted CCIW Student-Athlete of the Year by league head coaches prior to Saturday’s final round. NCC freshman Mitchell Mazzei – who placed ninth in the tournament with a three-round total of 221 – was named CCIW First-Year Student-Athlete of the Year. IWU head coach Jim Ott was voted CCIW Coach of the Year for the 11th time.
In a tie for sixth on the leaderboard were Wheaton’s Sam Obitts and Millikin’s Jack Bollinger. Both players carded identical scores of 74, 72 and 73 for a 219. The Big Blue finished fourth as a team and the Thunder fifth.
Tayt Hager was Carthge’s top finisher at the event, placing eighth with a four-over-par 220.
Bai and Clifford were the recipients of the CCIW Elite 26 award, modeled after the NCAA's Elite 90 program and presented to the student-athlete who excels academically and athletically at the conference level in each of the CCIW's 26 sponsored sports.
CCIW Student-Athlete of the Year
Bobby Beaubien, Illinois Wesleyan
CCIW First-Year Student-Athlete of the Year
Mitchell Mazzei, North Central
CCIW Coach of the Year
Jim Ott, Illinois Wesleyan
CCIW Elite 26 Award
Juney Bai, Illinois Wesleyan
Quinn Clifford, Illinois Wesleyan
CCIW RESPECT Award Recipients
Adam Soczka, Augustana
Evan Bridges, Carroll
Brett VanDeWostine, Carthage
Dino DiGrazia, Elmhurst
Raj Sethi, Illinois Wesleyan
Luke Bradley, Millikin
Brendan Joy, North Central
Tommy Taylor, North Park
Lance Otremba, Wheaton
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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, Ill.), Carroll University (Waukesha, Wis.), Carthage College (Kenosha, Wis.), Elmhurst University (Elmhurst, Ill.), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, Ill.), Millikin University (Decatur, Ill.), North Central College (Naperville, Ill.), North Park University (Chicago, Ill.) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.).