April 28, 2011

SAN BRUNO, Calif. - Gonzaga University's Levin Guillermo earned his All-West Coast Conference accolade as the sophomore was received honorable mention in singles as voted by the conference coaches Thursday.

The Walnut, Calif., native moved to the No. 1 position fulltime and for the second consecutive season he posted a 10-win season. He started the spring 3-4 but would go on to win the next five matches including an upset over the University of Idaho's then-105th-ranked Marius Cirstea. Also during the streak, he posted singles victories against Eastern Washington University, Montana State University, College of Charleston and Occidental College.

"It's great for Levin to achieve this recognition," Bulldogs head coach Peter MacDonald said. "He really had to step up and play at that one position this year. He had some really good wins so that's great for him to get honorable mention."

Individual Awards
Player of the Year: Dean Jackson, San Diego
Freshman of the Year: Clarke Spinosa, San Diego
Coach of the Year: Brett Masi, San Diego

2011 All-WCC First Team - Singles
Alex Llompart, Pepperdine
Dean Jackson, San Diego
Finn Tearney, Pepperdine
Kyle Dandan, Santa Clara
Nikola Bubnic, San Diego
Patrick Pohlmann, San Diego
Sebastian Fanselow, Pepperdine

2011 All-WCC Second Team - Singles
Alex Ferrero, Portland
Clarke Spinosa, San Diego
Lucas Tirelli, Saint Mary's
Maxime Armengaud, Santa Clara
Nicholas Bjerke, Loyola Marymount

Honorable Mention: John Lamble, SCU; Levin Guillermo, GON; Mark De Castro, USF; Maxime Olivan, SMC; Ola Bakke, USF; Thibaut Visy, USD; Tom Pham, SCU

2011 All-WCC First Team - Doubles
Dean Jackson/Patrick Pohlmann, San Diego
Jenson Turner/Sebastian Fanselow, Pepperdine
Gavin Leon/Maxime Olivan, Saint Mary's

2011 All-WCC Second Team - Doubles
Clarke Spinosa/Thibaut Visy, San Diego
Mark De Castro/Richard Bucalem, San Francisco
Nikola Bubnic/Nils Schive, San Diego

Honorable Mention: Aris Andreasian/Nicholas Bjerke, LMU; Jacob Hartwig/Ola Bakke, USF