Six Titans Named CSC Men’s Academic All-District

All move forward to Academic All-America ballot

6/16/2026 11:06:00 AM

GREENWOOD, Ind. - Following the second consecutive runner-up finish at the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship, the Illinois Wesleyan University men's golf team saw four named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team, while men's lacrosse and men's volleyball each added one announced Tuesday, June 16.

The senior golf trio of Juney Bai (Mokena, Ill.-Lincoln-Way Central), Aidan Healy (New Lenox, Ill.-Lincoln-Way West), and Michael Spitzer (Hinsdale, Ill.-Hinsdale Central), alongside sophomore Pablo Castro (Palatine, Ill.-Palatine) earned the honor. Senior Billy McHugh (Orland Park, Ill.-Mount Carmel) and sophomore Ethan Kuziela (Chicago, Ill.-Marist) represented men's lacrosse and men's volleyball, respectively.

Bai holds the program record for most career rounds played as a Titan (114) and has impressed in the classroom through it all. With a 3.98 GPA in business, Bai earns CSC Academic All-District honors for the third time in his career. The senior helped IWU to back-to-back national runner-up finishes, as he tied for 24th with a 72-hole score of 288 at this year's national championship. Bai finishes his career with the 10th-lowest career stroke average in program history at 73.61. He looks to repeat as a CSC Academic All-America honoree, as he was a first team selection a season ago.

Healy was also a member of the Titan's consecutive second-place finishes and graduated in May with a 3.59 GPA in marketing. The New Lenox, Ill. native was named GCAA PING All-Region in his junior and senior seasons and boasts a career stroke average of 73.99. Healy was named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Golfer of the Week twice throughout the season.

Rounding out the seniors is Spitzer, who graduated from Illinois Wesleyan with a degree in entrepreneurship and a 3.56 GPA. Spitzer ended his Titan career with the third-lowest career stroke average in program history over 81 rounds (72.68). Over the previous three national championships, Spitzer has finished in the top-20 in all of them including an 18th-place finish at this season's national tournament. He recorded one tournament win this season at the Cochran Collegiate and earned CCIW Golfer of the Week honors.

Castro recently wrapped up one of the most successful seasons in IWU men's golf history. A PING First Team All-American, Castro played in six spring tournaments at a combined 21-under par. Following his CCIW Championship win, Castro also earned the CCIW's Elite 26 award with his 3.68 GPA in business. The sophomore compiled a 71.6 stroke average through 31 rounds this season and recorded eight top-10 finishes. He also finished tied for seventh at the national championship and led IWU to back-to-back national runner-up finishes.

A 2025 CSC Academic All-America Third Team selection, McHugh collects his second straight academic all-district accolade after one of the best defensive seasons ever by a Titan. McHugh, who transferred in prior to his junior year, graduated with a degree in economics behind a 3.66 GPA. A co-captain, McHugh shattered the record for caused turnovers in a season, finishing with 41, while his 2.41 per game average was also the best in a season all-time. The senior added four goals and five assists for nine points and 43 ground balls en route to his second First Team All-CCIW honor. An Inside Lacrosse's Nike Lacrosse Preseason All-American Honorable Mention, McHugh graduated as the program's record holder for career caused turnovers per game with an average of 2.21.

After leading the men's volleyball team to unprecedented heights, Kuziela becomes the second in program history to earn academic all-district honors. Holding a 3.52 GPA in computer science, Kuziela wiped out nearly every record in the record book this season. He became the first Titan to earn First Team All-America honors, as well as All-Region and First Team All-CCIW accolades. The sophomore led the team with 330 kills behind a .343 attack percentage, 635 assists, and was second on the team with 29 aces, 184 digs, and 68 blocks. Kuziela led all of the NCAA with five triple-double performances this season, was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Week once, CCIW Setter of the Week five times, and CCIW Hitter of the Week once. He led the Titans to the most kills per set (13.41) and assists per set (12.35) in all of Division III.

All six Titans advance to the CSC Academic All-American ballot, with the team set to be released Wednesday, July 8.

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