May 23, 2018
WCC CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL | 2018 ALL-WCC TEAM
SAN BRUNO, Calif. - The West Coast Conference is pleased to announce the 2018 West Coast Conference Baseball All-Academic Team.
Five WCC student-athletes on the all-academic squad earn academic honors for the second consecutive season: Gonzaga's Daniel Fredrickson (Mechanical Engineering), Loyola Marymount's Brandon Shearer (Entrepreneurship), Pacific's Cooper Casad (Sport Management) and Matthew Tarantino (Business Administration) and Saint Mary's Joey Fiske (Biology).
All told, 11 West Coast Conference baseball student-athletes posted a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better and a whopping 23 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 41 WCC student-athletes met the academic criteria for baseball.
2018 WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Name | School | Class | GPA | Major |
Daniel Bies | Gonzaga | Jr. | 3.62 | Business Administration |
*Cooper Casad | Pacific | Sr. | 3.94 | Sport Management |
*Joey Fiske | Saint Mary's | Sr. | 3.52 | Biology |
*Daniel Fredrickson | Gonzaga | Jr. | 3.81 | Mechanical Engineering |
Matthew Kanfer | Pepperdine | Jr. | 3.41 | Media Production |
Riley Ornido | San Francisco | So. | 3.96 | Economics |
Christian Peters | Portland | So. | 3.78 | Business |
Thomas Ponticelli | San Francisco | Jr. | 3.75 | Business Administration |
Ross Puskarich | San Francisco | Sr. | 3.75 | Business/Finance |
Jay Schuyler | San Diego | Jr. | 3.43 | Finance |
*Brandon Shearer | Loyola Marymount | Jr. | 3.63 | Entrepreneurship |
*Matthew Tarantino | Pacific | Sr. | 3.92 | Business Administration |
Jordan Wood | BYU | Jr. | 3.56 | Exercise Science |
2018 WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
Alex Barden, Santa Clara; Justin Blatner, Gonzaga; Niko Decolati, Loyola Marymount; Freddie Erlandson, Santa Clara; Mark Finkelnburg, Loyola Marymount; Kiko Garcia, Pepperdine; Grant Goodman, San Francisco; Brock Hale, BYU; Cody Hawken, Portland; Ryan Hoogerwerf, Portland; Bradley Jekich, Pacific; Brendan Jenkins, San Francisco; Matt Kelly, Portland; Michael Mahony, Pepperdine; Aharon Modlin, Pepperdine; Michael Perri, San Francisco; Austin Piscotty, Saint Mary's; Benji Post, San Francisco; Brett Rasso, Saint Mary's; Cameron Richman, Portland; Michael Ricupito, Pacific; Joey Steele, San Francisco; Christian Stoutland, Pepperdine; Jacob Talamante, Saint Mary's; Conor Thane, Saint Mary's; Nate Verlin, Pacific; Steven Wilson, Santa Clara; Grant Young, San Francisco