NORMAN, Okla. - The Golf Coaches Association of America announced the Cobalt All-America Scholars Thursday, July 25. The Illinois Wesleyan University men's golf team was well-represented as five Titans garnered the distinction, tying for the second-most across NCAA Division III. Receiving the accolade were sophomores Juney Bai (Mokena, Ill.-Lincoln-Way Central) and Michael Spitzer (Hinsdale, Ill.-Hinsdale Central), juniors Quinn Clifford (Chicago, Ill.-Brother Rice) and Griffin Pohl (Western Springs, Ill.-Lyons Township), and fifth-year Bobby Beaubien (Barrington, Ill.-Barrington).

To be eligible for Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar nomination, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior both academically and athletically in NCAA Division I, II, III, and NAIA, or receiving their Associate's Degree and in their last year of athletic eligibility in the NJCAA. In addition, they must participate in 50% of their team's competitive rounds, have a stroke average under 76.0 in NCAA Division I, under 78.0 in NCAA Division II, under 79.0 in NCAA Division III, under 78.0 in NAIA, and under 77.0 in NJCAA, and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at their college or university.

In all, 208 NCAA Division III athletes from 81 schools earned 2023-24 Cobalt Golf All-America Scholar honors. Trine had six recipients, tied with Georgia Southern, Mercer, Texas Tech, Yale (NCAA Division I), Missouri S&T (NCAA Division II), and Texas Wesleyan (NAIA) for the most recipients from one school across all six divisions in 2023-24. Eight NCAA Division III schools had at least five recipients, including Emory (5), Illinois Wesleyan (5), LeTourneau (5), Mary Hardin-Baylor (5), RPI (5), Stevens (5), Trine (6), and Washington & Lee (5).

Bai, a business major, collects his first Cobalt All-America Scholar honor after his sophomore campaign. Playing in 28 rounds and 11 tournaments, Bai posted an average of 73.5 strokes per round en route to his second PING All-Region honor of his young career. He recorded two top-five finishes, three top-10 finishes, and eight top-20 placements, posting 10 rounds of par-or-better. Bai earned All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin honors with a fourth-place finish behind a score of even par (216) at the league championship and placed tied for 73rd at the NCAA Division III Championship with a 72-hole score of 299.

A sophomore entrepreneurship major, Spitzer grabbed the award for the first time in his career. A GCAA All-America Honorable Mention, Spitzer posted an average of 73.5 strokes over 22 rounds. He totaled 10 rounds of par-or-better, collected four top-10 finishes and one top-five placement on the year. Spitzer tied for eighth at the NCAA Division III Championship, finishing five-under at 221. The runner-up at the CCIW Championship, he was named All-CCIW, PING and All-Region.

Clifford, a business major with a 4.00 grade point average, adds the honor to a list of academic nods that include College Sports Communicators First Team Academic All-America, CCIW Elite 26 recipient, and Academic All-CCIW. Competing in 11 tournaments, Clifford turned in five top-10 finishes with a 73.2 stroke average over 28 rounds. The junior totaled seven rounds of par-or-better and was named the CCIW Golfer of the Week twice this season. He rounded out the Titans' sweep of the top-five placings at the CCIW Championship to earn all-conference accolades and also reeled in PING All-Region honors.

Pohl posted a scoring average of 73.0 over 28 rounds and 11 tournaments. A business major, Pohl was Illinois Wesleyan's top finisher at the NCAA Division III National Championship as he tied for third at the national tournament to mark the highest finish by a Titan since 2012. The Western Springs, Ill. native posted the lowest single round and 72-hole scoring totals by a Titan at the national tournament ever. He totaled 13 rounds of par-or-better with five top-five finishes. Pohl placed third at the Millikin Butts Classic, tied for second at the IWU Invitational and the Take Back the Night Challenge, and finished third at the CCIW Championship. In addition to being named a PING All-America Honorable Mention, Pohl garnered all-region CSC Academic All-America Third Team status, CSC Academic All-District, Academic All-CCIW, and All-CCIW honors, as well as two CCIW Golfer of the Week accolades this season.

Beaubien capped off a sensational career with a strong senior campaign. The CCIW Men's Golf of the Year, Beaubien was also named PING All-Region, a PING Third Team All-American, as well as All-CCIW. He recorded IWU's best scoring average of the season, tallying 72.8 strokes per round over 28 rounds and 11 tournaments. A marketing major, he tallied a single-round low of 67, while totaling three top-five finishes and five top-10 placements. Beaubien won both the CCIW Preview and the CCIW Championship and added a runner-up finish at the Millikin Butts Classic. 

NCAA Division III
 
Adrian
Gabe Campbell
Christian Long
Joe Renfer
Allegheny
Bergas Anargya
Carter Hassenplug
Zachary Melzar
Augsburg
Fritz Belisle
River Goodmanson
Stellan Orvick
Aurora
Scott Boyajian
Braeden Duncan
Jack Vercautren
Babson
Shane Quinn
Benedictine (IL)
James Keck
Bluffton
Evan Kujawa
Bridgewater
Brandon Washburn
California Lutheran
Adam Cartozian
JP Guimaraes Jr.
Hudson Solters
Tanner Stewart
Carleton
Ryan Choi
Gordon Walker
Carnegie Mellon
Justin Chan
Brian Xu
David Zhang
Carthage
Alex Lilly
Central (IA)
Jacob Moffett
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Adrian Chiu
Kevin Jiang
Joshua Kwon
Yuefeng (Michael) Ma
Coe
Alec Brockmeyer
Lucas Geiger
Concordia (TX)
CJ Reitmeyer
Parker Smith
Denison
Drew Brasky
Andrew Gallagher
Davis Johnson
DePauw
Joe Murdock
Drew
Elliot Parker
Earlham
Charles Bowen-Rayner
Vassily Lombard
Edgewood
Raymond Jordan
Emory
Michael Burry
Brian Hanson
Jackson Klutznick
Tony Li
Josh Qian
Farmingdale State
Chris Iguchi
Mackenzie Kim
Franklin
Zayne Spangler
Gettysburg
Cameron Deiuliis
Christian Deussing
Daniel Suter
Grinnell
Thornton Walker
Guilford
Parker Cumbea
Evan Mendyk
Gustavus Adolphus
Chris Gutuza
Teddy Kaste
Pelayo Perez Crespo
Jack Reinardy
Hampden-Sydney
Tommy Bishop
Hardin-Simmons
Anthony Browning
Luke Jun
Tyler Merchant
Hood
Sam Driscoll
Tanner Leonard
Huntingdon
Tyler Bjorgum
Jack Burr
Zackery Coker
Jack Hundley
Illinois Wesleyan
Juney Bai
Bobby Beaubien
Quinn Clifford
Griffin Pohl
Michael Spitzer
John Carroll
Zach Brinks
Jack Gerborg
Grant Lumley
Kalamazoo
Tyler Omness
Kenyon
Armand Ouellette
Garrett Thesing
LaGrange
Jeremy Edmunds
Martin Prlender
Eli Rogers
Lake Forest
Luke Duffer
LeTourneau
Zach Bollinger
Reed Gesse
Easton Lampi
Logan Moore
Kaiden Schneider
Linfield
Chris Cayford
Zack LaPlaca
Riley Lynch
Trevor Price
Luther
Haakon Rustad
Peter Stinar
Lynchburg
Harrison Smith
Alan Van Asch
Andrew Watson
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Grant Carter
Luke Lohman
William Mullin
William Sammons
Kyle Wandel
McDaniel
Ethan Crabb
Matt Messenger
Hogan Schulze
Methodist
Cooper Hrabak
Caleb Ryan
Aiden Spampinato
Millikin 
Jack Bollinger
Luke Bradley
North Central
Zachary Lunde
Northwestern-St. Paul
Jackson Nyhus
Oglethorpe
Sam Karman
Beck Lewis
Michael O'Sullivan
Ohio Wesleyan
Payne Johnson
Otterbein
Colin Bibler
Ethan Johnson
Ian Johnston
Jake Morgan
Penn College
Gavin Baer
Peyton Mussina
Penn State Altoona
Jack DiTrani
Pomona-Pitzer
Yuki Bannai
John Kim
Tucker Lee
Max Rockrohr
Randolph-Macon
Jay Carr
Daniel Jones
Redlands
Aaron Buck
Spencer Leader
Zane Mularski
Jake Yim
Rochester
Brendan Frain
Tom Liu
Kerry Wang
RPI
Matt Buckley
Owen Himmer
Ryan Komp
Jacob Lindsay
Rodrigo Muelas
Saint John's (MN)
Mark Longhenry
Nate Loxtercamp
Skidmore
Tommy Carr
Evan Forrest
Southern Virginia
Brogan Bennett
Southwestern (TX)
Matthew Peesker
Bryce Stiemert
St. Olaf
Tyler Leibl
Josh Sansom
Isaac Schmidt
Stevens
Sebastian Beaver
Maxime Debets
Brock Dickson
Austin Liao
Gus Vickers
Stevenson
Sean Dowd
Brett Ostroski
Swarthmore
Andy Xin
Dylan Zhang
Neil Zhu
Texas Lutheran
Caleb Kruse
Tobey Wills
Transylvania
Tom Buchert
Connor Calhoun
Lachlan Tatterson
Trine
Asher Caldwell
Mark Civanich
Charlie Eriksen
Kyler Rod
Carter Schnipke
Wade Shafer
Trinity (TX)
Carter Code
Jacob Mason
UW-Eau Claire
Nick Amtmann
Corey Boerner
Carson Brock
Ben Pausha
UW-Stout
Hunter Neumann
Cole Noreen
Virginia Wesleyan
John Wampler
Wabash
Miles Patterson
Brayden Weiss
Wartburg
Josh Nichols
Taylor Thompson
Washington & Jefferson
Luke Lestini
Cade Patterson
Andrew Platt
Washington & Lee
Will Braxton
Cannon Crane
Turner Edwards
Elias Malakoff
Walker McPhail
Whitman
Jack Garnsey
Alexander Knox
Parker Krovisky
Ben Sweet
Willamette
Brock Olson
Oliver Smith
Williams
Phillip Clifton
Ben Sapovits
Wittenberg
J.F. Aber
Nicklaus Pidgeon
Joshua Wright
Jake Yarbrough
 
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