SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Not only excelling on the field, four Gaels were recognized for their accomplishments in the classroom as Ryan Novis, Austin Chauvin, JC Santini, and Conor Thane each landed on the 2019 West Coast Conference All-Academic Team.
 
All-Academic Team
 
Ryan Novis (3.56 GPA, Accounting)
 
Novis has posted a .335 batting average this season while starting all 53 games for
the Gaels. His 40 RBI are the third-most on the team and he has seven doubles, two triples, and two homeruns, along with a .415 slugging percentage, and a .380 on-base percentage…he also leads the team with 10steals and went on a 13-game hitting streak earlier this season.
 
Honorable mentions:
 
Austin Chauvin (3.25 GPA, Business Administration)
 
Chauvin is batting .288 this season while playing in 52 games…he has three
triples, three doubles, four home runs, and 27 RBI. He has an .820 OPS and a .397 on-base percentage.
 
JC Santini (3.80 GPA, Business Administration Major)
 
Santini has been the primary catcher for SMC this season, playing in 51 games thus far.
He has collected a .213 batting average, a .388 on-base percentage, along with 12 doubles, 12 RBI and two homeruns.
 
Conor Thane (3.37 GPA, Business Administration Major)
 
Thane has been the everyday shortstop for Saint Mary's this season, collecting a
.229 batting average, a triple, home run, and 21 RBI.
 
2019 WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

Name	School	Class	GPA	Major
Chris Clements	Portland	Grad.	3.83	M.A. Management Communications
Jackson Cluff (CoSIDA)	BYU	So.	3.85	Pre-Business
**Daniel Fredrickson (CoSIDA)	Gonzaga	Sr.	3.85	Mechanical Engineering
*Matthew Kanfer	Pepperdine	Sr.	3.43	Media Production
Eric Lex	Santa Clara	Grad.	3.83	M.A. Educational Leadership
Ryan Novis	Saint Mary's	Jr.	3.56	Accounting
*Riley Ornido	San Francisco	Jr.	3.69	Economics
Ripken Reyes	San Diego	Grad.	3.45	Leadership Studies
**Brandon Shearer	LMU	Sr.	3.58	Entrepreneurship
Michael Spellacy	Gonzaga	So.	3.96	Psychology & Philosophy
Jack Winkler (CoSIDA)	San Francisco	So.	3.85	Biology
Jordan Wood	BYU	Sr.	3.61	Exercise Science
Nate Verlin	Pacific	Grad.	4.00	Engineering

 
*Multi-Year selection
 
2019 WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
BYU: Bo Burrup, Danny Gelalich, Brock Hale, Blake Inouye, Justin Sterner
GONZAGA: Justin Blatner, Austin Pinorini, Trent Schulte
LMU: Giuseppe Benedetti, Ryan Ruley
PACIFIC: Samson Abernathy, Keaton Glover, Alex LeForestier, Henrik Reinertsen, Michael Ricupito, Lucas Sweany
PEPPERDINE: Billy Cook, Aharon Modlin, Michael Mahony, Christian Stoutland
PORTLAND: Cody Hawken, Matt Kelly, Daniel Lopez, Jace McKinney, Hunter Montgomery, Eli Morse, Nate Packard, Christian Peters, Cameron Richman, Gabe Skoro, Chad Stevens
SAINT MARY'S: Austin Chauvin, JC Santini, Conor Thane
SAN DIEGO: Adam Kerner
SAN FRANCISCO: Robert Emery, Thomas McCarthy, Scott Parker, Alex Pham, Riki Urata, Tyler Villaroman, Grant Young
SANTA CLARA: Tony Boetto, Jason Dicochea, Ryan McCarthy, Andre Nnebe