BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan men's golf team will play in its ninth consecutive NCAA Division III championships, being held May 12 to 15 at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The Titans, who are No. 5 in the latest Golf Coaches Association rankings, missed the cut in the 2014 tournament. The school's highest finish ever in an NCAA golf tournament was a second place showing in 2011.

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Playing for Illinois Wesleyan in the 2015 tournament will be seniors Gabe Aprati (New Lenox, Ill./Providence Catholic HS), Tony Albano (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South HS), Kenny Wienckowski (Schaumburg, Ill. /St. Viator HS) and Spencer Groessl (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South HS) and junior Tim Tynan (Orland Park, Ill. / Fenwick HS). They are the same five who teed it up for IWU in the 2014 event.

Wienckowski is IWU's low scorer with an average of 73.0 over 25 rounds. The other IWU golfers are bunched closely behind Wienckowski with Albano at 73.6, Aprati at 73.7, Groessl and Tynan both at 74.4.

Wienckowski was the medalist in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin tournament while Groessl tied for third and Albano tied for fifth. The Titans won the tournament by 21 strokes.

The Illinois Wesleyan men's golf team is in as a result of winning the CCIW tournament, the seventh time IWU has received the league's automatic bid (others were 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014). IWU was an at-large selection in 2011 and 2007, its first time in the NCAA Division III tourney.

A total of 210 participants and 41 teams will compete at the 2015 championships as 32 conferences received automatic qualification. Each team will play one round on the Grandover East and West courses before the 36-hole cut, which will narrow the field to 15 after Wednesday's second round. IWU's first round is on the 7,210-yard, par-72 East Course with tee times beginning at 12:45 p.m. (Eastern time).

2014: Illinois Wesleyan finished in 22nd place (of 41), missing the cut of the top 15 after day two of the 2014 NCAA Division III Championship tournament at the Grandover Resort & Conference Center in Greensboro, N.C. The Titans had a two-day total of 32-over par 610 (303-307) after a second day team score of 17-over par 307 playing on the par 72, 6,770-yard West Course. It ended a string of six straight final round appearances for Illinois Wesleyan as the last time an IWU team missed the cut in the NCAA tournament was in 2007.

2013: A difficult final day sent the Illinois Wesleyan men's golf team into a tie for ninth place in the four-round NCAA Division III national golf championships at the Sandestin (Fla.) Golf and Beach Resort. With three of five players carding scored of 80 and higher, Illinois Wesleyan shot a final day 313 and finished at 1206, tied with St. John Fisher. The team champion was Texas-Tyler at 1167. Titan sophomore Kenny Wienckowski shot a 1-over par 72 on the final day and finished tied for 16th with a total of 294 (77-75-70-72). He had a hole-in-one on the 130-yard 12th hole. Senior Stefan Johnson tied for 43rd individually as he had a 305 score (71-71-83-80).

2012: Illinois Wesleyan finished ninth in the 2012 NCAA Division III Tournament at the Mission Inn Resort & Club at Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. After a final day score of 303, IWU ended at 51-over par 1203. The national champion and wire-to-wire leader was Oglethorpe with a total of 1171, 20 strokes better than second place Transyvania at 1191 and third place Methodist at 1192. Illinois Wesleyan senior Dex Reese finished tied for third with a 290 total [72-74-75-69] as he shot a final day 3-under 69, two shots better than any of the other 81 final day players. Freshman Teddy Kon finished with a 305 total, tied for 47th place. The individual national champion was Oglethorpe's Anthony Maccaglio with a score of 6-under par 282.

2011: Illinois Wesleyan finished second with a four day total of 1173, just six shots behind the champion Greensboro (N.C.) at 1167 in the national tourney at the Grandover Resort & Conference Center in Greensboro, N.C. The Titans had two players finish in the top 10 and earn Division III Ping All-American honors. Senior Ryan Dorner finished tied for seventh with 288 (72-71-74-71) and was named to the first team All-American squad and junior Dex Reese was a second team All-American as he shot a 69 on the final day and placed ninth with a 289 score (72-72-76-69). Centre's Chris Morris shot a 14-under 274 to take home the top individual honor.

2010: The Titans finished tied for 15th with a team score of 1217 at the Hershey Links Course and Hershey Country Club in Hershey, Pa. Dorner was IWU's low finisher with a score of 302, tied for 42nd place. Methodist University defeated Guilford College by one stroke to claim its tenth national title in school history at the 2010 NCAA Division III Men's Golf National Championship. Tain Lee of Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges shot a seven-under 280 to take home the top individual honors.

2009: The Titans placed fifth in the 2009 championships at Port St. Lucie, Fla., finishing with a score of 1187 as Oglethorpe was the team champion (1164) and LaVerne was second (1168). IWU's Bennett Blakeman tied for eighth place with a four-day total of 5-over 293. Dorner ended up in a 41st place tie with his 303 score.

2008: IWU finished 12th in the four-day event in 2008 in Braselton, Ga. Junior Chris Green finished second in the national NCAA Division III men's golf championships, carding a final day 73 to finish at 290, five shots behind medalist Scott Harris Jr. of St. John Fisher College (285). As a result of his second place finish, Green was one of 11 named to the first team of the PING All-American team chosen by members of the Golf Coaches Association of America.

2007: IWU finished 27th after the second day of the 2007 championships but only the low 23 teams made the cut to participate in the final two days.

As a team, Illinois Wesleyan competed frequently in the NAIA District 20 tournament and was in the NAIA national meet in 1967 but missed the 36-hole cut.

IWU's Dan Stoerzbach played as an individual in the 1978, 1979 and 1980 NCAA Division III championships. He earned All-America honors for his 11th place finish in 1979 and placed 33rd in 1978 and 36th in 1980.