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MSOC | Brighton Among Nine Gaels on WCC All-Academic Team
6/14/2021 10:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
SAN MATEO, Calif. — Not only has the Saint Mary's Men's Soccer program compiled the best three-year record of any program in the NCAA DI, but they have also found a lot of success off the pitch. Just announced by the West Coast Conference, Greg Brighton lands on the WCC All-Academic First Team, while eight other Gaels are honorable mention recipients, giving SMC a grand total of nine honored by the conference. Only Santa Clara featured more scholar-athletes.
Greg Brighton saw time in eight games this season for Saint Mary's, including his first two collegiate starts. He played a season-high in minutes during the Gaels season opener when they took down Pacific in the second overtime. While he didn't register a point, he came close to scoring with a pair of shots on goal in the Gaels home win over Gonzaga on March 14. Brighton has the second-highest GPA of any soccer player in the conference, carrying a 3.98 GPA as a Biology major, and is one of five sophomores who made first team.
Eight other Gaels find themselves receiving honorable mention nods from the WCC, including some of the team's top performers. Sebastian Schacht was on the All-WCC First Team and the All-Region team, and carries a 3.34 GPA as a Business Administration major in the process. Boyd Curry joined Schacht on the All-Region team and also excelled as a Business Administration major, with a 3.36 GPA. Lucas Andrews was recently named an All-Region Scholar while graduating with a 3.45 GPA as a Kinesiology major (Sports and Recreation Management). The other Gaels to earn honorable mention selections were Miguel Bowden (3.61, Business Administration), David Brog (3.80, Business Administration), Younes Dayekh (3.64, Communication), Valentin Kurz (3.86, Psychology – Neuroscience), and Philippe Van der Lof (3.48, Economics).
2020-21 WCC MEN'S SOCCER ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM
Greg Brighton saw time in eight games this season for Saint Mary's, including his first two collegiate starts. He played a season-high in minutes during the Gaels season opener when they took down Pacific in the second overtime. While he didn't register a point, he came close to scoring with a pair of shots on goal in the Gaels home win over Gonzaga on March 14. Brighton has the second-highest GPA of any soccer player in the conference, carrying a 3.98 GPA as a Biology major, and is one of five sophomores who made first team.
Eight other Gaels find themselves receiving honorable mention nods from the WCC, including some of the team's top performers. Sebastian Schacht was on the All-WCC First Team and the All-Region team, and carries a 3.34 GPA as a Business Administration major in the process. Boyd Curry joined Schacht on the All-Region team and also excelled as a Business Administration major, with a 3.36 GPA. Lucas Andrews was recently named an All-Region Scholar while graduating with a 3.45 GPA as a Kinesiology major (Sports and Recreation Management). The other Gaels to earn honorable mention selections were Miguel Bowden (3.61, Business Administration), David Brog (3.80, Business Administration), Younes Dayekh (3.64, Communication), Valentin Kurz (3.86, Psychology – Neuroscience), and Philippe Van der Lof (3.48, Economics).
2020-21 WCC MEN'S SOCCER ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM
| Name | School | Class | GPA | Major |
| Greg Brighton | Saint Mary's | So. | 3.98 | Biology |
| Noel Caliskan | LMU | So. | 3.64 | Marketing |
| Andreu Cases Mundet | Santa Clara | Gr. | 3.85 | MA Educational Leadership |
| Joe Corner* | Gonzaga | Sr. | 3.96 | Business Administration |
| Nick Dauchot* | LMU | Gr. | 3.88 | Business Administration |
| Derek Goodman | LMU | So. | 3.95 | Finance |
| Alejandro Munoz | San Francisco | Gr. | 3.78 | Entrepreneurship |
| Emory Rapaport | Pacific | So. | 3.98 | Economics |
| Javier Ruiz Duran | Santa Clara | Gr. | 4.00 | MA Educational Leadership |
| Dylan Shockey | LMU | Jr. | 3.90 | Health and Human Services |
| Avery Whipple | Pacific | So. | 3.98 | Biological Sciences |
| *Previous first team selections | ||||
| Honorable Mention | ||||
| Gonzaga | ||||
| Gideon Davis | ||||
| Sebastian Karlhom | ||||
| Frankie Ljucovic | ||||
| LMU | ||||
| Alex Liu | ||||
| Christian Wood | ||||
| Leo Zulli | ||||
| Pacific | ||||
| Mylo Hall | ||||
| Mathias Saether | ||||
| Samuel Villalta | ||||
| Portland | ||||
| Jake Arteaga | ||||
| Yusu Cueceoglu | ||||
| Michael Hamilton | ||||
| Caua Soares | ||||
| Greg Tracey | ||||
| Saint Mary's | ||||
| Lucas Andrews | ||||
| Miguel Bowden | ||||
| David Brog | ||||
| Boyd Curry | ||||
| Younes Dayekh | ||||
| Valentin Kurz | ||||
| Sebastian Schacht | ||||
| Philippe Van der Lof | ||||
| San Diego | ||||
| Aaron Frey | ||||
| Ross Meldrum | ||||
| Jake Schneider | ||||
| San Francisco | ||||
| Easton Harryman | ||||
| Connor Mcauslan | ||||
| Ruben Stuiver | ||||
| Santa Clara | ||||
| Alex Achramowicz | ||||
| Sakari Carter | ||||
| Emil Christensen | ||||
| Nicholas Cudini | ||||
| Jack Murphy | ||||
| Juan O'Neill | ||||
| Alejandro Perez | ||||
| Tennyson Stevens | ||||
| Oladayo Thomas |
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