Three Zags Earn WCC Men's Tennis All-Academic Accolades
4/24/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
SAN BRUNO, Calif., - Gonzaga University men's tennis players Levin Guillermo and Zhia Hwa Chong were named to the West Coast Conference All-Academic Team, while Scott Sullivan received honorable mention accolades, the league office announced Monday.
Guillermo, a junior from Walnut, Calif., carries a 3.95 grade-point average in civil engineering. Guillermo also carries an 11-15 overall record in singles and an 8-12 record in doubles play. Guillermo owns a 5-12 when playing at No. 2 singles during the dual season. He also picked up a win in his only appearance at the No. 1 spot.
Chong, a senior from Kuching, Sarawak, carries a 3.79 GPA in computer science. He owns a 19-10 overall record in singles play and is 14-11 in doubles. Chong posted perfect records at No. 5 singles (4-0) and No. 6 singles (5-0) before being elevated to courts three and four. He has one win in his only appearance at No. 3 singles and is 5-6 when playing on court four. Chong also jumped right out of the gate when he won the first nine singles matches to start the spring season.
Sullivan, a senior from Puyallup, Wash., owns a 3.26 GPA in management information systems. On the court, he carries a team-best 23-12 overall record in singles and a 15-11 record in doubles. Sullivan went 4-4 at No. 5 singles before finishing the spring season at the No. 6 spot, going 8-4. Sullivan put together an impressive run in singles play during the spring as he set a team-best nine-match win streak in singles play from Feb. 4-March 23.
Chong and Sullivan have also proved to be a dangerous team in doubles play as they enter post-season play with a 14-8 record. The two seniors also became the first players in Gonzaga history to receive a national ranking, checking in at No. 79 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Top 90 doubles teams polls last week.
At the conclusion of each athletic season, the WCC selects 12 individuals to the all-academic squad to mirror the all-conference men's tennis team. To be nominated, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA based on the most recently completed term at the time of nomination, be at least a sophomore in both academic and athletic standing, and prove to be a significant contributor to his team.
The Bulldogs will now turn their attention to the WCC Championships in San Diego, Calif., April 25-28. The Bulldogs enter the tournament as the ninth seed and will face fourth-seed BYU Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.
The complete 2012 West Coast Conference Men's Tennis All-Academic Team is as follows:
| Name | School | Class | GPA | Major |
| Richard Bucalem | San Francisco | Junior | 3.94 | Business Administration |
| Michael Eraso | BYU | Senior | 3.41 | Nutritional Science |
| Levin Guillermo | Gonzaga | Junior | 3.95 | Civil Engineering |
| Michel Hu Kwo | Portland | Sophomore | 3.80 | Business Administration |
| Zhia Hwa Chong | Gonzaga | Senior | 3.79 | Computer Science |
| Maxime Olivan | Saint Mary's | Senior | 3.47 | Business Administration |
| Thomas Pham | Santa Clara | Junior | 3.57 | Electrical Engineering |
| Patrick Pohlmann | San Diego | Senior | 3.39 | Finance |
| William Schumacher | San Francisco | Junior | 3.56 | History |
| David Sofaer | Pepperdine | Sophomore | 3.41 | Marketing |
| Thibaut Visy | San Diego | Junior | 3.25 | Finance |
| Alex Wilton | Loyola Marymount | Sophomore | 3.71 | Management |
Honorable Mention: Germain Bahri, USF; Daniel Coelho, POR; Jacob Hartwig, USF; Geoff Hernandez, POR; Kyohhei Kamono, SCU; Joakim Norstrom, SMC; Scott Sullivan, GON; Thai Tu, USF
