SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference is pleased to announce the 2018-19 West Coast Conference Men’s Golf All-Academic Team. This year’s team features six newcomers to the 10-member first team.
Pacific’s
Beau Forest (Computer Science) posted the highest GPA turned in by a men’s golf student-athlete in 2018-19 with an unblemished 4.0 GPA. All told, four student-athletes earned a spot on the first team for the second straight season: Forest, Saint Mary’s
Blake Hathcoat, Gonzaga’s
Tyler Munetake and San Francisco’s
Tim Widing. Nine honorees on the first team or honorable mention list 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.
2018-19 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN’S GOLF ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Name |
School |
Class |
GPA |
Major |
| Alex Chin |
San Francisco |
So. |
3.83 |
Finance |
| Beau Forest |
Pacific |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Computer Science |
| Austin Fox |
Pacific |
Jr. |
3.52 |
Business Administration - Finance |
| Chad Hardy |
BYU |
So. |
3.68 |
Undecided |
| Blake Hathcoat |
Saint Mary’s |
Jr. |
3.56 |
Business Administration |
| Soren Lind |
San Francisco |
So. |
3.85 |
Economics |
| RJ Manke |
Pepperdine |
So. |
3.46 |
Business Administration |
| Matt McCarty |
Santa Clara |
Jr. |
3.35 |
Finance |
| Tyler Munetake |
Gonzaga |
Sr. |
3.43 |
Business Administration |
| Tim Widing |
San Francisco |
Jr. |
3.57 |
International Business |
2018-19 WCC MEN’S GOLF ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
Derek Ackerman, Santa Clara; Holden Backes, Gonzaga; George Gardner, San Diego; Kelton Hirsch, BYU; Charlie Magruder, Gonzaga; Yash Majmudar, San Diego; Cameron Meeks, LMU; Chris Mogg, Gonzaga; David Ricciardelli, San Diego; Matthew Ruel, Gonzaga; Michael Slesinski, Saint Mary’s; Samuel Su, LMU