SAN MATEO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference has announced its Men’s Tennis All-Academic Team for the 2021 season. This year’s 12-member first team encompasses WCC student-athletes who excelled both on the court and in the classroom.
Seven men’s tennis programs placed at least one student-athlete on the first team led by three each from Gonzaga and San Francisco. Defending WCC Champion Pepperdine placed a pair on the first team.
This year’s squad features four repeat appearances: Pepperdine’s
Daniel De Jonge, Portland’s
Eleftherios Neos, San Francisco’s
Nitzan Ricklis and Pepperdine’s
Tim Zeitvogel. All four make the first team for the second straight season.
No fewer than 34 men’s tennis student-athletes qualified for academic honors. More than 20 posted a GPA of at least 3.50, while 12 posted marks of 3.75 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.
2020-21 WCC MEN’S TENNIS ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM
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School |
Class |
GPA |
Major |
| Matis Bot |
Saint Mary's |
Gr. |
3.85 |
Master of Business Administration |
| Daniel De Jonge* |
Pepperdine |
Jr. |
3.82 |
Economics |
| Johan Garpered |
San Francisco |
So. |
3.74 |
Finance |
| Paul Giraud |
San Francisco |
Gr. |
4 |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
| Matthew Hollingworth |
Gonzaga |
So. |
4 |
Biochemistry |
| August Holmgren |
San Diego |
Sr. |
3.6 |
Theater Arts/Performance Studies |
| Vasileios Iliopoulos |
Santa Clara |
Gr. |
3.87 |
MS Finance and Analytics |
| Theo McDonald |
Gonzaga |
Jr. |
4 |
Business Administration |
| Eleftherios Neos* |
Portland |
Jr. |
3.68 |
Business Administration |
| Matthew Perkins |
Gonzaga |
Sr. |
3.87 |
Business Administration |
| Nitzan Ricklis* |
San Francisco |
Jr. |
3.98 |
Chemistry |
| Tim Zeitvogel* |
Pepperdine |
Jr. |
3.98 |
Mathematics |
| *Previous years on the first team |
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| BYU |
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| Matheus Ferreira Leite |
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| Ben Gajardo |
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| Sean Hill |
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| Sam Tullis |
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| Gonzaga |
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| Oliver Andersson |
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| Hunter Egger |
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| Leon Roider |
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| Loyola Marymount |
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| Max Kaiser |
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| Ethan Prost |
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| Emin Torlic |
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| Pepperdine |
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| Pietro Fellin |
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| Portland |
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| Nicklas Oberg |
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| Issa Yoshida |
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| Saint Mary's |
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| Caelan Potts |
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| Boris Reckow |
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| San Diego |
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| Garrett Kurtz |
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| David Norfeldt |
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| San Francisco |
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| Phuc Huynh |
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| Mitch Johnson |
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| David Woodland |
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| Santa Clara |
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| Dominic Barretto |
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| Nick Cmager |
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