SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference officially announced the 2020 West Coast Conference Men's Tennis All-Academic Team Friday morning.
Pacific teammates
Akram El Sallaly and
Nathan Hampton, who both were WCC All-Academic Team selections in 2019, earned a spot on the team for the second consecutive year.
Alongside these Tigers,
Philip Hjorth,
John Horoz Garner,
Toi Kobayashi,
Manroop Saini,
Levent Sever and
Ross Watson were named WCC All-Academic Honorable Mentions.
Overall, UOP led the conference with eight All-Academic selections in 2020, with Saint Mary's and Gonzaga tied for second with six selections each.
In addition, 23 of the 45 nominated student-athletes posted a GPA of 3.50 or better while 13 achieved a 3.75 GPA or above.
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.
The full list of recipients can be viewed below:
2020 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S TENNIS ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Name |
Institution |
Class |
GPA |
Major |
| David Ball |
BYU |
Sr. |
3.86 |
Philosophy |
| Daniel De Jonge |
Pepperdine |
So. |
3.78 |
Economics |
| Akram El Sallaly** |
Pacific |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Business Administration |
| Kyle Everly*** |
Gonzaga |
Sr. |
3.85 |
Business Administration |
| Matheus Ferreira Leite |
BYU |
Jr. |
3.58 |
Civil Engineering |
| Nathan Hampton** |
Pacific |
Sr. |
3.86 |
Bioengineering |
| Tom Hann** |
Portland |
Jr. |
3.60 |
Accounting |
| Simon Homedes Dualde** |
Gonzaga |
Sr. |
3.90 |
Accounting |
| Eleftherios Neos |
Portland |
So. |
3.70 |
Business |
| Gui Osorio*** |
San Diego |
Sr. |
3.65 |
Finance |
| Ethan Prost** |
LMU |
Jr. |
3.98 |
Finance |
| Nitzan Ricklis |
San Francisco |
So. |
4.00 |
Chemistry |
| Tim Zeitvogel |
Pepperdine |
So. |
4.00 |
Mathematics |
*Indicates number of first team selections
2020 WCC MEN'S TENNIS ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
BYU: Vinicius Feijao Nogueira, Sean Hill, Sam Tullis
GONZAGA: Hunter Egger, Sam Feit, Matthew Perkins, Vincent Rettke
LMU: Ryan Brown, Cartier Juan, Max Kaiser
PACIFIC: Philip Hjorth,
John Horoz Garner,
Toi Kobayashi,
Manroop Saini,
Levent Sever,
Ross Watson
PEPPERDINE: Enrique Luque Rico
PORTLAND: Carlos Donat, Nicklas Oberg, Issa Yoshida
SAINT MARY'S: Matis Bot, Nick Combs, Karlo Divkovic, Jackson Hawk, Boris Reckow, Andy Watterson
SAN DIEGO: August Holmgren, Garrett Kurtz
SAN FRANCISCO: Paul Giraud, Phuc Huynh, David Woodland
SANTA CLARA: Vasileios Iliopoulos
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