SAN BRUNO, Calif. — The West Coast Conference announced its annual All-Academic team for baseball on Wednesday morning, and the Gaels were represented in large numbers in the announcement. Senior outfielder Ryan Novis returns with first team honors on the All-Academic team, while seven other Gaels earned nods with honorable mention designations.
 
In order to qualify for All-Academic WCC honors, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average and hold at least a sophomore standing.
 
This marks the second time in his Gaels career that Novis has been named first team All-Academic in the WCC, one of just two members on the first team who earned repeat honors (Michael Spellacy, Gonzaga). Novis continued his excellence in the classroom to the tune of a 3.50 grade point average as an accounting major during his senior season, though he will have a chance to make it a three-peat next year as he returns for his fifth season. Batting at .286 during the 2020 season, Novis led the Gaels in runs scored and finished second on the team in hits while starting every game during the shortened season.
 
Seven other Gaels found themselves making the honorable mention section of the All-Academic selection from the WCC. Casey Candiotti (3.30, Business Administration), Marc Goulart (3.23, Business Administration), Matt Green (3.82, Business Administration), Jackson Hulett (3.40, Math Applied Track), Ty Madrigal (3.65, Business Administration), JC Santini (3.80, Business Administration), and Milton Vrionis (3.33, Business Administration) all found themselves on the list.
 
The entire list of 2020 WCC Baseball All-Academic selections can be found below.

2020 WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

Name	School	Class	GPA	Major
Cooper Chandler	Pepperdine	Jr.	3.38	Business Administration
Robert Emery	San Francisco	Grad.	3.67	Entrepreneurship
Freddie Erlandson	Santa Clara	Grad.	4.00	Educational Leadership
Harry Hibberd	LMU	Jr.	3.76	Finance
Adam Kerner &	San Diego	Jr.	3.30	Real Estate
Thomas Luevano &	San Diego	Grad.	3.78	Leadership Studies
Charles Middleton	Pacific	Sr.	3.45	Psychology
Ryan Novis**	Saint Mary's	Sr.	3.50	Accounting
Christian Peters	Portland	Sr.	3.75	Marketing
Luke Price	Pacific	Sr.	4.00	Communications
Michael Spellacy**	Gonzaga	Jr.	3.98	Psychology & Philosophy
Chad Stevens	Portland	Jr.	3.75	Business
Tyler Villaroman	San Francisco	Sr.	3.64	Business Administration

 
& District 8 All-Academic Team | * Multi-Year selection
 
2020 WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
BYU: Bryan Call, Danny Gelalich, Jaren Hall
GONZAGA: Brett Harris, Daniel Naughton, Nick Trogrlic-Iverson, Mason Wells
LMU: Steven Chavez, Nathan Critchett, Tommy Delgado, Ryan Kawano, Kyle Mora, Josh Robins
PACIFIC: Tommy Costello, Michael Defelippi, Keaton Glover, Hunter Konecny-Peña, Steven Langley, Jeremy Lea, Alex LeForestier, Ben Nemivant, David Rajeski, Henrik Reinertsen, Hunter Schilperoot, Joe Solomon, Joe Standley, Lucas Sweany, Daniel Vitoria
PEPPERDINE: Billy Cook, Gunnar Groen, Michael Mahony, Aharon Modlin
PORTLAND: Peter Allegro, Jacob Biesterfeld, Nathaniel Brezner-Mendoza, Dutton Elske, Brett Gillis, Hunter Montgomery, Eli Morse, Nate Packard, Gabe Skoro
SAINT MARY'S: Casey Candiotti, Marc Goulart, Matt Green, Jackson Hulett, Ty Madrigal, JC Santini, Milton Vrionis
SAN DIEGO: Adam Lopez
SAN FRANCISCO: Landen Bourassa, Ryan Cowdrey, Brandon Greim, Bo Jelinek, Kyle Knell, Thomas McCarthy, Josh Mollerus, Grant Nechak, Riley Ornido, Alex Pham, Riki Urata, Jack Winkler, Grant Young
SANTA CLARA: Tony Boetto, Brendan Ecklebarger, Blake Faddoul, Connor Henriques, Travis Howard, Ryan McCarthy, Matt McGarry, Austin Reyes, Alex Tisminezky, Julian Tristan