SPOKANE, Wash. –  Gonzaga's Rui Hachimura was named First Team All-American by Sporting News, while Brandon Clarke was tabbed third team Monday.
 
Hachimura was tabbed the WCC Player of the Year. He is third in the West Coast Conference averaging 20.6 points per game. He is sixth in the league shooting 61.3 percent from the field and eighth grabbing 6.6 rebounds per game. The junior also has 23 blocks this season. He made 63.5 percent of his shots from the field in conference play, which ranks fourth in the league.
 
Hachimura has scored in double-digits in each of the Zags' 31 games this season, reaching 20 or more points 19 times. He has four double-doubles so far this season. The Toyama, Japan, native scored a career-high 33 points against Idaho State.
 
Clarke was recently named the West Coast Conference Defender and Newcomer of the Tear. Clarke's 99 blocks are the second-most in the country, while his 3.19 blocks per game ranks third. He's already broken the GU single-season record, and now ranks sixth in program history for most blocks in a career, with all 99 blocks coming this season. The Phoenix, Ariz., native now ranks second in WCC history for most blocks in a single season, 15 away from the record. He finished second in league history with 52 blocks in conference action.
 
Clarke tops the nation shooting 68.8 percent from the field, which is on pace for the WCC record. He leads the conference, and is ninth in country, making 70.5 percent of his shots inside-the-arc. The redshirt junior is averaging 16.6 points per game, which is eighth in the WCC, and 8.5 rebounds per outing, which is third in the league. He leads the conference averaging 3.1 offensive rebounds per game.
 
No. 1/1 Gonzaga (29-2) opens the 2019 West Coast Conference tournament in the semifinals against eighth-seeded Pepperdine tonight at 6.