The following article was published on June 18, 2019, via Illinois Wesleyan Athletics (www.iwusports.com). It was reprinted with permission from Stew Salowitz, Sports Information Director for Illinois Wesleyan. The article highlights Ben Johnson (Beta Rho/Illinois Wesleyan 2019).

NORMAN, Okla. – Four Illinois Wesleyan men's golfers who played for the national championship team last month were chosen to the Division III PING All-America Teams, announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America on Tuesday, June 18.

Seniors Ben Johnson and Drew Pershing and sophomore Rob Wuethrich were chosen to the second team while sophomore Andrew Abel was a third-team honoree.

Pershing led Illinois Wesleyan with a 72.5 stroke average in 28 total rounds while Johnson was at 72.8, Wuethrich at 73.2 and Abel at 73.4.

Division III PING All-America Teams

FIRST TEAM
Jacob Arnett, Oglethorpe
Josh Gibson, Hope
Sam Goldenring, Williams
Jason Li, Carnegie Mellon
Drew Mathers, Huntingdon
James Mishoe, Guilford
Brian Peccie, Washington & Lee
Stephen Shephard, Huntingdon

SECOND TEAM
Josh Hill, Guilford
Ben Johnson, Illinois Wesleyan
Colin Laszlo, Wittenberg
Matt Organisak, Emory
Cade Osgood, Southwestern (TX)
Drew Pershing, Illinois Wesleyan
Cameron Willis, Wittenberg
Rob Wuethrich, Illinois Wesleyan

THIRD TEAM
Andrew Abel, Illinois Wesleyan
Henry Gee, Huntingdon
Larkin Gross, Methodist
Daniel Harcourt, Gettysburg
Emmet Herb, St. Thomas (MN)
Ken Kong, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Will Rosenfield, Trinity (CT)
Colin Uecker, Texas Lutheran

HONORABLE MENTION
Zane Brownrigg, Methodist
Reid Buzby, Middlebury
Scott Campell, Greensboro
Mason Chiu, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Matthew Christl, Southwestern (TX)
Mark Connelly, Huntingdon
Preston DeSantis, Berry
Julian Gonzalez, Goucher
Jake Hollander, Redlands
Seger Howell, Concordia (TX)
William Kim, Concordia (TX)
Ben Kramer, Hope
Brendon Lowrance, McMurry
Ryan Mallette, Wittenberg
Addison Manring, Guilford
Logan Ryan, Emor
David Schneider, Saint John's (MN)
Dan Shepherd, Methodist
Mariano Silvestri, North Carolina Wesleyan
Luke Smith, Hardin-Simmons
Alex Wrenn, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Connor Yakubov, Emory
Eric Yiu, Emory