NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Pablo Castro of Illinois Wesleyan University earned the first College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Men’s Golf Player of the Week award of 2026 after firing a 9-under-par 207 (70-70-67) at the Transylvania Fall Invitational. Castro earned medalist honors against a high-caliber field at the University Club of Kentucky.

The individual victory was the third of Castro’s Titan career and helped fourth-ranked Illinois Wesleyan to a third-place team finish of 847 (-18) in a 17-team field, topped only by two other ranked opponents in Mary Hardin-Baylor and Trinity (Texas).

Castro and Illinois Wesleyan return to action on Sept. 13-14 at the Wrigglesworth Invitational, hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire at the Eau Claire Country Club. 

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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.).