SAN BRUNO, Calif. - The West Coast Conference is pleased to announce the 2020 West Coast Conference Baseball All-Academic Team.
Two WCC student-athletes on the all-academic squad earned first team honors for the second consecutive season: Saint Mary’s
Ryan Novis and Gonzaga's
Michael Spellacy.
In addition, two first team honorees were selected to the 2020 Academic All-District 8 squad: San Diego’s
Adam Kerner and
Thomas Luevano.
All told, 20 West Coast Conference baseball student-athletes posted a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better and a whopping 42 posted a GPA of 3.50 or better.
No fewer than 88 WCC student-athletes met the academic criteria for baseball.
Pacific led all programs with 17 student-athletes meeting the minimum academic standards for consideration, followed by San Francisco (15), Portland (11) and Santa Clara (11).
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.
2020 WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Name |
School |
Class |
GPA |
Major |
| Cooper Chandler |
Pepperdine |
Jr. |
3.38 |
Business Administration |
| Robert Emery |
San Francisco |
Grad. |
3.67 |
Entrepreneurship |
| Freddie Erlandson |
Santa Clara |
Grad. |
4.00 |
Educational Leadership |
| Harry Hibberd |
LMU |
Jr. |
3.76 |
Finance |
| Adam Kerner & |
San Diego |
Jr. |
3.30 |
Real Estate |
| Thomas Luevano & |
San Diego |
Grad. |
3.78 |
Leadership Studies |
| Charles Middleton |
Pacific |
Sr. |
3.45 |
Psychology |
| Ryan Novis** |
Saint Mary’s |
Sr. |
3.50 |
Accounting |
| Christian Peters |
Portland |
Sr. |
3.75 |
Marketing |
| Luke Price |
Pacific |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Communications |
| Michael Spellacy** |
Gonzaga |
Jr. |
3.98 |
Psychology & Philosophy |
| Chad Stevens |
Portland |
Jr. |
3.75 |
Business |
| Tyler Villaroman |
San Francisco |
Sr. |
3.64 |
Business Administration |
& District 8 All-Academic Team | * Multi-Year selection
2020 WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
BYU: Bryan Call, Danny Gelalich, Jaren Hall
GONZAGA: Brett Harris, Daniel Naughton, Nick Trogrlic-Iverson, Mason Wells
LMU: Steven Chavez, Nathan Critchett, Tommy Delgado, Ryan Kawano, Kyle Mora, Josh Robins
PACIFIC: Tommy Costello, Michael Defelippi, Keaton Glover, Hunter Konecny-Peña, Steven Langley, Jeremy Lea, Alex LeForestier, Ben Nemivant, David Rajeski, Henrik Reinertsen, Hunter Schilperoot, Joe Solomon, Joe Standley, Lucas Sweany, Daniel Vitoria
PEPPERDINE: Billy Cook, Gunnar Groen, Michael Mahony, Aharon Modlin
PORTLAND: Peter Allegro, Jacob Biesterfeld, Nathaniel Brezner-Mendoza, Dutton Elske, Brett Gillis, Hunter Montgomery, Eli Morse, Nate Packard, Gabe Skoro
SAINT MARY’S: Casey Candiotti, Marc Goulart, Matt Green, Jackson Hulett, Ty Madrigal, JC Santini, Milton Vrionis
SAN DIEGO: Adam Lopez
SAN FRANCISCO: Landen Bourassa, Ryan Cowdrey, Brandon Greim, Bo Jelinek, Kyle Knell, Thomas McCarthy, Josh Mollerus, Grant Nechak, Riley Ornido, Alex Pham, Riki Urata, Jack Winkler, Grant Young
SANTA CLARA: Tony Boetto, Brendan Ecklebarger, Blake Faddoul, Connor Henriques, Travis Howard, Ryan McCarthy, Matt McGarry, Austin Reyes, Alex Tisminezky, Julian Tristan