SAN BRUNO, Calif. — The West Coast Conference announced their men's golf All-Academic Team today and for the third time in his career, Blake Hathcoat has made the list. The senior posted a 3.60 GPA while studying business administration. 

Two other Gaels were named All-Academic honorable mentions: Kent Kao and Ash Hakim. Kao had a 3.95 GPA while earning his master's degree in business analytics this year while the junior Hakim recorded a 3.87 GPA in business administration. 

Hathcoat has been named to the All-Academic Team every year he has been eligible while at Saint Mary's. To be eligible for the award this spring, student-athletes were required to have at least a 3.20 GPA and be in sophomore standing. 

In addition to excelling in the classroom, Hathcoat was one of the Gaels' top performers this season with a 72.10 stroke average, one top-10 finish, and three top-20 places. His best showing of the season came at the Arizona Intercollegiate in January where he wrapped up play tied for ninth in a field of 83. 

Hakim competed in all but one of the team's tournaments this year and recorded a 73.29 stroke average with two top-20 finishes. He posted the team's best score in the first tournament of the season at the Husky Invitational. Kao competed as an individual at the Saint Mary's Invitational and shot a 73 in the final round. 

The full list of recipients can be seen below...
 

Name	School	Class	GPA	Major
Gavin Cohen	LMU	Jr.	3.64	Finance
Beau Forest***	Pacific	Sr.	4.00	Computer Science
Austin Fox**	Pacific	Sr.	3.57	Business Administration - Finance
Blake Hathcoat***	Saint Mary's	Sr.	3.60	Business Administration
Kelton Hirsch	BYU	Jr.	3.70	Strategic Management
Derek Hitchner	Pepperdine	So.	3.78	Political Science
Soren Lind**	San Francisco	Jr.	3.69	Economics
RJ Manke**	Pepperdine	Jr.	3.63	Business Administration
Matt McCarty**	Santa Clara	Sr.	3.35	Finance
Matthew Ruel	Gonzaga	Jr.	3.64	Sport Management

 
2019-20 WCC MEN'S GOLF ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
BYU: Austin Banz, Chad Hardy
GONZAGA: Charlie Magruder, Nick Nolan
LMU: Justin Egelske, Kyle Kinnane, Cameron Meeks, Raymond Navis, Samuel Su
PACIFIC: Alex Barclay, Petr Janik, Griffin Long, Maverick Pavletich
PEPPERDINE: Austin Murphy
SAINT MARY'S: Ash Hakim, Kent Kao
SAN DIEGO: Will Grattan, Remington Hirano, Donald Kay, Harrison Kingsley, Yash Majmudar
SAN FRANCISCO: Matthew Anderson, Alex Chin
SANTA CLARA: Jack Avrit, Wil Del Biaggio