WCC CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL
SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- The West Coast Conference is pleased to announce the 2017 West Coast Conference Baseball All-Academic Team.
Four WCC student-athletes on the all-academic squad earned a spot on the 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 First Team: Pepperdine seniors Aaron Barnett (Economics) and Matt Crowder (Economics) and Gonzaga senior Sam Brown (Physical Education) and sophomore Daniel Fredrickson (Mechanical Engineering).
Barnett (third) and Crowder (second) are multi-year recipients for academic achievement on both the All-District and All-WCC academic squads. Two Pacific junior student-athletes Cooper Casad (Sport Management) and Matthew Tarantino (Business Administration) maintained perfect 4.0 cumulative GPAs.
All told, seven West Coast Conference baseball student-athletes posted a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better and 15 posted a GPA of 3.50 or better.
At the conclusion of each athletic season, the WCC selects an all-academic squad for each WCC-sponsored sport. To be considered, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average, while also being a significant contributor to his team. No fewer than 40 WCC student-athletes met the academic criteria for baseball.
2017 WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Name | School | Class | GPA | Major |
| Aaron Barnett | Pepperdine | Sr. | 3.84 | Economics |
| Sean Barry | San Diego | Sr. | 3.57 | Finance |
| Jeff Bohling | Gonzaga | Sr. | 3.57 | MBA (Accounting) |
| Sam Brown | Gonzaga | Sr. | 3.61 | Physical Education |
| Cooper Casad | Pacific | Jr. | 4.00 | Sport Management |
| Matt Crowder | Pepperdine | Sr. | 3.91 | Economics |
| Joey Fiske | Saint Mary's | Jr. | 3.49 | Biology |
| Daniel Fredrickson | Gonzaga | So. | 3.81 | Mechanical Engineering |
| Sam Granoff | San Francisco | Jr. | 3.92 | History |
| Tyler Meditz | Santa Clara | Sr. | 3.48 | Finance |
| Brandon Shearer | Loyola Marymount | So. | 3.56 | Entrepreneurship |
| Drew Strotman | Saint Mary's | Jr. | 3.70 | Accounting |
| Matthew Tarantino | Pacific | Jr. | 4.00 | Business Administration |
2017 WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
Alex Barden, Santa Clara; Daniel Bies, Gonzaga; Jimmy Boras, Pacific; Bo Burrup, BYU; Brandon Caruso, Pepperdine; Niko Decolati, Loyola Marymount; Spencer Erdman, Loyola Marymount; Nate Favero, BYU; Kiko Garcia, Pepperdine; Nico Giarratano, San Francisco; Brock Hale, BYU; Cody Hawken, Portland; Matthew Kelly, Portland; Marty Luckenbach, Portland; Kendall Motes, BYU; Cameron Neff, Saint Mary's; Scott Parker, San Francisco; Thomas Ponticelli, San Francisco; Ross Puskarich, San Francisco; Brett Rasso, Saint Mary's; Jake Roberts, Gonzaga; Ben Rodriguez, Pepperdine; Jay Schuyler, San Diego; Logan Steinberg, Saint Mary's; Conor Thane, Saint Mary's; Justin Vernia, Gonzaga; Jordan Wood, BYU