SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Two days after San Diego claimed its second West Coast Conference Men’s Golf Championship in program history, the WCC announced its men’s golf all-conference and major award winners for the 2023-24 season. LMU took two of the three major awards elected.
WCC all-conference selections and major individual awards were selected solely by the eight conference head coaches.
Riley Lewis from LMU earned WCC Player of the Year honors. Lewis is the WCC’s top-ranked golfer, currently ranked No. 59 on Clippd with two wins and five top 3 finishes on the year. For the third consecutive season, Lewis found himself at the top of the field in a three-way tie at the WCC Championship after 54 holes. Lewis became the first golfer in Conference history with three consecutive first-place or tied-for-first-place finishes at the WCC Championships.
San Diego head coach Chris Riley captured WCC Coach of the Year honors marking the first time since 2011 that USD earned the recognition. Riley guided his Toreros to their first WCC title since 2008 last Sunday at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash. USD had three finish top 10 in stroke play and won 3-0 in the semifinals and 3-1 in the finals of match play.
Mason Snyder of LMU was tabbed the WCC Freshman of the Year, becoming the second Lion to earn the award in four seasons (Lewis, 2021). This is LMU’s fifth WCC Freshman of the Year, including current Head Coach Jason D’Amore winning in 2005. Snyder shot 6-under 66 in the final round of stroke play at the WCC Championship last weekend, helping the Lions advance to the match play semifinals. He turned in a three-round score of 4-over 220 to finish tied in 27th place and land him on the all-conference team.
LMU’s Lewis earned recognition for the third time while Andi Xu from San Diego picked up his second straight all-conference honor.
2023-24 Men’s Golf Major Awards
Player of the Year: Riley Lewis, LMU
Freshman of the Year: Mason Snyder, LMU
Coach of the Year: Chris Riley, San Diego
2023-24 All-WCC Men’s Golf All-Conference Team
Kristian Bressum, Saint Mary’s
Mahanth Chirravuri, Pepperdine
Muzzy Donohue, Santa Clara
Riley Lewis, LMU
Jakob Melin, San Francisco
Connor Reis, Saint Mary’s
Craig Ronne, San Diego
Brady Siravo, Pepperdine
Mason Snyder, LMU
William Walsh, Pepperdine
Andi Xu, San Diego
2023-24 All-WCC Men’s Golf Honorable Mention
Carlos Astiazaran, Pacific
Guillermo Polo Bodart, Gonzaga
Jack Jerge, Saint Mary's