NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Illinois Wesleyan University sophomore Ben Gelven became the second Titan to win a CCIW Men’s Golf Student-Athlete of the Week award this fall, joining teammate Pablo Castro.
Leading his No. 5 Illinois Wesleyan into a loaded field at the NCAA D3 Fall Preview in Williamsburg, Va., Gelven finished the 54-hole event with a 70-66-72 = 208 (-5) that tied for fifth in a field with nearly 100 golfers. In a tournament that featured 14 of the teams ranked in the top 15 in the nation, the Titans placed fourth and were just nine strokes back of the tournament winners from Huntingdon College.
Illinois Wesleyan is back in action on Oct. 5-6 at the Wabash Invitational in Indianapolis.
2026 CCIW Men’s Golf Student-Athlete of the Week
Sept. 10 - Pablo Castro, Illinois Wesleyan
Sept. 17 - Wyatt Brown, Wheaton
Sept. 24 - Wyatt Brown, Wheaton - and - Tayt Hager, Carthage
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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.).