Juan Pedro Etchecoin (4/21/2026) - Athlete Awards

Juan Pedro Etchecoin

Award:
Student-Athlete of the Week
Week:
4/21/2026
Sport:
Men's Tennis
Bio:
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The Saint Mary's men's tennis team recorded its two biggest wins of the 2026 season last weekend, defeating Pacific and Gonzaga to secure the sixth and final seed in the 2026 West Coast Conference Tournament. At the center of that success was true freshman Juan Pedro Etchecoin who went a combined 4-0 over the two matches to be named this week's Shamrock Office Solutions Student-Athlete of the Week. He is the first Gaels men's tennis player to earn this award since Finn Dyer last season.

Etchecoin has had a solid freshman campaign for the Gaels, earning WCC Freshman of the Week back on February 24. He concludes the regular season as the team's wins leader in singles play with a 9-8 overall record. He started the weekend off with a 6-2 doubles win with his older brother Paulo Hugo Etchecoin before winning in straight sets out of the four-spot for Saint Mary's. His brother and he won handily again on Sunday, 6-2 out of the second doubles position, before winning another singles match 6-4 6-1 over Gonzaga's Nicholas Reeves.

Date	Athlete	Sport
4/21/2026	Juan Pedro Etchecoin	Men's Tennis
4/16/2026	Ian Armstrong	Baseball
4/6/2026	Mia Nishikawa	Softball
3/30/2026	John Damozonio	Baseball
3/23/2026	Braxton Brown	Softball
3/16/2026	Hannah Ferguson	Softball
3/9/2026	Bella Reyes	Women's Beach Volleyball
3/9/2026	Clarissa Klein	Women's Beach Volleyball