Ruel and Stocker Named Academic All-WCC
6/4/2020 2:01:00 PM | Men's Golf
Backes, Magruder and Nolan tabbed honorable mention
SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Gonzaga's Matthew Ruel and Zach Stocker were named Academic All-West Coast Conference, while Holden Backes, Charlie Magruder and Nick Nolan were selected honorable mention. The league office announced the All-Academic team and honorable mention selections Thursday.
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At the conclusion of each athletic season, the WCC selects an all-academic squad for each WCC-sponsored sport. To be considered, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average, while also being a significant contributor to his team.
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Ruel, who was Academic All-WCC honorable mention last season, appeared in five tournaments, and had a team-low 72.43 scoring average. He had four top-30 finishes in 2019-20. The Sports Management major has a 3.64 grade point average.
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Stocker appeared in all five tournaments, with a 73.64 scoring average. He finished the season three-over relative to par. The sophomore carded season-low round of 69 in the final round of the Nick Watney Invitational. He has a 3.70 GPA and is an undeclared business major.
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Backes and Magruder were honorable mention for the second consecutive year, and Nolan earns the honor for the second time in his career. Backes boasts a 3.90 GPA as a Business Accounting major. Both Magruder (3.47 GPA) and Nolan (3.42 GPA) are Business Administration majors.
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2019-20 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S GOLF ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
 *Indicates number of first team selections
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2019-20 WCC MEN'S GOLF ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
BYU: Austin Banz, Chad Hardy
GONZAGA: Holden Backes, Charlie Magruder, Nick Nolan
LMU: Justin Egelske, Kyle Kinnane, Cameron Meeks, Raymond Navis, Samuel Su
PACIFIC: Alex Barclay, Petr Janik, Griffin Long, Maverick Pavletich
PEPPERDINE: Austin Murphy
SAINT MARY'S: Ash Hakim, Kent Kao
SAN DIEGO: Will Grattan, Remington Hirano, Donald Kay, Harrison Kingsley, Yash Majmudar
SAN FRANCISCO: Matthew Anderson, Alex Chin
SANTA CLARA: Jack Avrit, Wil Del Biaggio
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At the conclusion of each athletic season, the WCC selects an all-academic squad for each WCC-sponsored sport. To be considered, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average, while also being a significant contributor to his team.
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Ruel, who was Academic All-WCC honorable mention last season, appeared in five tournaments, and had a team-low 72.43 scoring average. He had four top-30 finishes in 2019-20. The Sports Management major has a 3.64 grade point average.
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Stocker appeared in all five tournaments, with a 73.64 scoring average. He finished the season three-over relative to par. The sophomore carded season-low round of 69 in the final round of the Nick Watney Invitational. He has a 3.70 GPA and is an undeclared business major.
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Backes and Magruder were honorable mention for the second consecutive year, and Nolan earns the honor for the second time in his career. Backes boasts a 3.90 GPA as a Business Accounting major. Both Magruder (3.47 GPA) and Nolan (3.42 GPA) are Business Administration majors.
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2019-20 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S GOLF ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Name | School | Class | GPA | Major |
| Gavin Cohen | LMU | Jr. | 3.64 | Finance |
| Beau Forest*** | Pacific | Sr. | 4.00 | Computer Science |
| Austin Fox** | Pacific | Sr. | 3.57 | Business Administration - Finance |
| Blake Hathcoat*** | Saint Mary's | Sr. | 3.60 | Business Administration |
| Kelton Hirsch | BYU | Jr. | 3.70 | Strategic Management |
| Derek Hitchner | Pepperdine | So. | 3.78 | Political Science |
| Soren Lind** | San Francisco | Jr. | 3.69 | Economics |
| RJ Manke** | Pepperdine | Jr. | 3.63 | Business Administration |
| Matt McCarty** | Santa Clara | Sr. | 3.35 | Finance |
| Matthew Ruel | Gonzaga | Jr. | 3.64 | Sport Management |
| Zach Stocker | Gonzaga | So. | 3.70 | Undeclared Business |
| Tim Widing*** | San Francisco | Sr. | 3.70 | International Business |
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2019-20 WCC MEN'S GOLF ALL-ACADEMIC HONORABLE MENTION
BYU: Austin Banz, Chad Hardy
GONZAGA: Holden Backes, Charlie Magruder, Nick Nolan
LMU: Justin Egelske, Kyle Kinnane, Cameron Meeks, Raymond Navis, Samuel Su
PACIFIC: Alex Barclay, Petr Janik, Griffin Long, Maverick Pavletich
PEPPERDINE: Austin Murphy
SAINT MARY'S: Ash Hakim, Kent Kao
SAN DIEGO: Will Grattan, Remington Hirano, Donald Kay, Harrison Kingsley, Yash Majmudar
SAN FRANCISCO: Matthew Anderson, Alex Chin
SANTA CLARA: Jack Avrit, Wil Del Biaggio
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