SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference is pleased to announce the 2019-20 West Coast Conference Men’s Golf All-Academic Team. This year’s group features no fewer than seven returning first team selections.
For the third straight year, Pacific’s
Beau Forest (Computer Science) posted the highest GPA turned in by a men’s golf student-athlete capping his collegiate career with an unblemished 4.0 GPA. In addition, 22 of the 38 nominated student-athletes posted a GPA of 3.50 or better.
Three student-athletes are making their third and final appearance on the all-academic first team: Pacific’s Forest, Saint Mary’s
Blake Hathcoat and San Francisco’s
Tim Widing.
Pacific’s
Austin Fox, San Francisco’s
Soren Lind, Pepperdine’s
RJ Manke and Santa Clara’s
Matt McCarty each earned their second straight academic first team selection.
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.
2019-20 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN’S GOLF ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Name |
School |
Class |
GPA |
Major |
| Gavin Cohen |
LMU |
Jr. |
3.64 |
Finance |
| Beau Forest*** |
Pacific |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Computer Science |
| Austin Fox** |
Pacific |
Sr. |
3.57 |
Business Administration - Finance |
| Blake Hathcoat*** |
Saint Mary’s |
Sr. |
3.60 |
Business Administration |
| Kelton Hirsch |
BYU |
Jr. |
3.70 |
Strategic Management |
| Derek Hitchner |
Pepperdine |
So. |
3.78 |
Political Science |
| Soren Lind** |
San Francisco |
Jr. |
3.69 |
Economics |
| RJ Manke** |
Pepperdine |
Jr. |
3.63 |
Business Administration |
| Matt McCarty** |
Santa Clara |
Sr. |
3.35 |
Finance |
| Matthew Ruel |
Gonzaga |
Jr. |
3.64 |
Sport Management |
| Zach Stocker |
Gonzaga |
So. |
3.70 |
Undeclared Business |
| Tim Widing*** |
San Francisco |
Sr. |
3.70 |
International Business |
*Indicates number of first team selections
2019-20 WCC MEN’S GOLF ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
BYU: Austin Banz, Chad Hardy
GONZAGA: Holden Backes, Charlie Magruder, Nick Nolan
LMU: Justin Egelske, Kyle Kinnane, Cameron Meeks, Raymond Navis, Samuel Su
PACIFIC: Alex Barclay, Petr Janik, Griffin Long, Maverick Pavletich
PEPPERDINE: Austin Murphy
SAINT MARY’S: Ash Hakim, Kent Kao
SAN DIEGO: Will Grattan, Remington Hirano, Donald Kay, Harrison Kingsley, Yash Majmudar
SAN FRANCISCO: Matthew Anderson, Alex Chin
SANTA CLARA: Jack Avrit, Wil Del Biaggio