MORAGA, Calif. - Saint Mary's surged to end their conference season and finish in third place in the WCC standings. They matched that success with seven total WCC All-Academic selections as Brian Duroff represented the Gaels as the lone recipient on the First Team. Duroff finished the semester with an impressive 3.87 GPA as a Communications major and earned his first career All-Academic selection. 

Daniel Guevara Castro, John Damozonio, Derik Eaquinto, Cody Kashimoto, Ryan Pierce and Aiden Taurek were the six Honorable Mention selections for the Gaels. This is the second straight year Saint Mary's has earned at least seven All-Academic selections after they had nine named to the All-Academic team in 2024. 

Eaquinto finished with a 3.26 GPA majoring in Management and Technology, earning his second consecutive All-Academic selection. Castro, Damozonio, Kashimoto, Pierce and Taurek all earned their first career All-Academic selections. The full 2025 WCC All-Academic team selections can be found below:  

2025 West Coast Conference Baseball All-Academic Team

JT Amaral, San Francisco
Brian Duroff, Saint Mary's
Tommy Eisenstat, Gonzaga
Thomas Ferroggiaro, Santa Clara
Matty Fung, San Francisco
Carter Gaston, Portland
Tyler Howard, Portland
Dylan Joyce, Santa Clara
Patrick Keighran, San Francisco
Johnny Luetzow, Santa Clara
Henry Muench, Portland
Jonas Salk, Portland
Zach Toglia, Portland
 
2025 West Coast Conference Baseball All-Academic Honorable Mention
 
Gonzaga
Justin Feld
Garrett Gores
Payton Knowles
Gage Mestas
Finbar O'Brien
Hudson Shupe
Sam Stem
 
LMU
Sam Brady
Jacob Hughes
 
Pacific
Drake Bicknell
John-Howard Bobo
Jakob Guardado
Ethan Shaver
Jake Tandy
 
Pepperdine
Justin Rubin
 
Portland
Brady Bean
Curtis Hebert
Riley McCarthy
Ryan Rembisz
Spencer Scott
 
Saint Mary's
Daniel Guevara Castro
John Damozonio
Derik Eaquinto
Cody Kashimoto
Ryan Pierce
Aiden Taurek
 
San Francisco
Gabriel Barrett
Dylan Brown
Trevor Harmon
Hunter Holzemer
Quentin Pohorski
Lance Santerre
Joe Soberon
 
San Diego
Austin Smith
 
Santa Clara
Max Bayles
Koen Carston
Jace Gillmore
Brandon Gomez
Henry Stewart
Caden Wooster

The Gaels season continues as they take on San Francisco on Wednesday, May 21st in the first round of the WCC Tournament in Las Vegas. Additional tournament information, tickets and media links can be found at wccsports.com. 

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