SAN BRUNO, Calif. – LMU won its sixth straight West Coast Conference Championship last Friday in Santa Monica, Calif., and the Lions nearly pulled off a clean sweep of the 2025 West Coast Conference all-conference and major awards, as announced by the Conference on Wednesday.
LMU's major awards include John Mayer winning Coach of the Year, Chloe Hooker winning Defensive Player of the Year, and the Pair of the Year went to Isabelle Reffel and Magdalena Rabitsch. LMU's Tanon Rosenthal was named Co-Freshman of the Year with Pepperdine's Emma Eden.
All-conference honors and major individual awards were selected solely by the seven conference head coaches.
Reffel and Rabitsch finished the 2025 campaign with an overall record of 35-4. Playing primarily on the No. 4 court, the tandem went 32-4 there and 3-0 on the third court. Going back to April 11, the pair is enjoying a 10-match winning streak, including three wins in last week's West Coast Conference Tournament. Reffel and Rabitsch own three wins over UCLA this season and wins over Stanford and USC, as well. Reffel and Rabitsch won West Coast Conference Pair of the Week two times this season.
Mayer collected his sixth straight West Coast Conference Coach of the Year honor after leading the Lions back into the NCAA Championship as a No. 4 seed. LMU concluded the regular season with a record of 35-6, and Mayer's Lions enter the NCAA Tournament riding a seven-match winning streak. LMU boasts multiple wins over the top-ranked teams in the country according to the AVCA national polls including No. 1 TCU and No. 3 UCLA.
The 2023 West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year, Hooker adds another Conference major award to her resume. Compiling a record of 28-10 on the courts this season, Hooker primarily teamed with Vilhelmiina Prihti on either the No. 1 or No. 2 court. She and Prihti garnered a win on April 11 over No. 1 TCU. Hooker also played on LMU's second court with Jaeya Brach and Anna Pelloia. Hooker and Pelloia boasted Conference Pair of the Week accolades once in 2025. Hooker becomes the fifth straight Lion to claim this award.
Rosenthal is the third Lion to capture West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year accolades, and the first since Hooker in 2023. Rosenthal boasted Conference Pair of the Week recognition three times this season, the most among the Lions who won all but one of the conference weekly awards this season. She totaled a record of 33-5 this season, playing primarily on the No. 5 court with Giuliana Poletti-Corrales. They will head to the NCAA Tournament having won their last eight matches in a row.
Eden compiled an overall record of 25-8 this season. She competed primarily on the No. 3 court with Ella Foti, notching a record of 23-7 with her between the No. 2 and No. 3 courts. She also went 2-1 with Madison Oriskovich on the No. 2 court. Eden becomes the fourth Wave to win Freshman of the Year. Kaydon Myers won the award last season, while McKenna Thomas earned a share of the award in 2022 and Brook Bauer won it in 2018.
The Lions and Pepperdine comprised the entire all-conference first team with seven Lions and three Waves being named to the all-conference first team. Three more Lions made the all-conference second team with Santa Clara matching that total on the second team, while Saint Mary's picked up a pair of second-team selections.
Pepperdine's Kate Clermont and McKenna Thomas earned first-team accolades for the third straight season. Hooker garnered all-conference recognition for the third straight season, and she made her second appearance on the all-conference first team after also being named to that team as a freshman in 2023. Michelle Shaffer garnered first-team recognition for the third time, second time at LMU, after also being an honoree in 2022 with Santa Clara. Pelloia garnered first-team recognition for the second straight season.
2025 WCC Coach of the Year
John Mayer, LMU
2025 WCC Pair of the Year
Isabelle Reffel and Magdalena Rabitsch, LMU
2025 WCC Defensive Player of the Year
Chloe Hooker, LMU
2025 WCC Co-Freshmen of the Year
Emma Eden, Pepperdine
Tanon Rosenthal, LMU
2025 All-WCC Beach Volleyball First Team
Kate Clermont, Pepperdine
Emma Eden, Pepperdine
Chloe Hooker, LMU
Lisa Luini, LMU
Anna Pelloia, LMU
Isabelle Reffel, LMU
Tanon Rosenthal, LMU
Michelle Shaffer, LMU
McKenna Thomas, Pepperdine
Abbey Thorup, LMU
2025 All-WCC Beach Volleyball Second Team
Allie Cataldo, Saint Mary’s
Hannah Couch, Saint Mary’s
Giuliana Poletti-Corrales, LMU
Vilhelmiina Prihti, LMU
Magdalena Rabitsch, LMU
Sadie Snipes, Santa Clara
Ava Stoddard, Santa Clara
Alexandra Urbina, Santa Clara
2025 All-WCC Beach Volleyball All-Freshman Team
Ciara Cantlen, Santa Clara
Kawena Chillingworth, Santa Clara
Emma Eden, Pepperdine
Caroline Loughran, Santa Clara
Tanon Rosenthal, LMU
Burkleigh Smith, San Francisco
Sadie Snipes, Santa Clara