SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference has announced its Baseball All-Academic Team for the 2023 season, with
Owen Wild and
Ezra Samperi both earning All-Academic First Team honors and eight other Zags making the honorable mention list.
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 and in at least their second year at their school. This year's 13-member first team encompasses WCC student-athletes who excelled both on the diamond and in the classroom.
Majoring in Kinesiology with a 3.98 cumulative GPA since joining the Bulldogs last season, Samperi was named the department-wide Gonzaga Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year for 2022-23 in recognition of his academic accomplishments and College Sports Communicators Academic All-District. He has accumulated an impressive academic resume in just two years, making the President's List each semester, earning an WCC All-Academic First Team nod last season and becoming a member of Chi Alpha Sigma student-athlete honors society this year. He started 39 games at catcher for GU this season, driving in 16 runs with nine extra base hits in that span.
Wild, the Zags' Friday night starter all season and a WCC Pitcher of the Week honoree, was also named to the All-Academic team after posting a cumulative 3.68 GPA in Mechanical Engineering. The junior righty led GU's staff in innings pitched (95.0) and strikeouts (105) in a team-high 15 starts.
Enzo Apodaca (3.65, Sports Management),
Brock Bozett (3.49, Sports Management),
Connor Coballes (3.60, Sports Management),
Dylan Johnson (3.67, Business Administration MA),
Mason Marenco (3.60, Business Administration MA),
Bradley Mullan (3.66, Criminology; Political Science),
Jacob Rutherford (3.4, Human Physiology) and
Grayson Sterling (3.78, Psychology; Economics) rounded out the rest of GU's representatives on the honorable mention list, with all but Bozett and Rutherford earning Academic All-Conference honors for the second year in a row.
2023 WCC BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Name |
School |
Class |
GPA |
Major |
| Sam Biller |
LMU |
So. |
3.90 |
Economics |
| Nick Brink |
LMU |
Jr. |
3.97 |
Computer Science |
| Cole Gambill |
BYU |
Sr. |
3.93 |
Finance |
| Nich Klemp |
Portland |
Sr. |
3.90 |
MS Business Administration |
| Quintt Landis |
Pepperdine |
Sr. |
3.96 |
Sports Medicine |
| Weston Lombard |
San Francisco |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Sport Management |
| Greg Mehlhaff |
Pepperdine |
Sr. |
4.00 |
MS in Business Analytics |
| Ben Nemivant |
Pacific |
Sr. |
3.88 |
Business Administration - Finance |
| Michael O'Hara |
Santa Clara |
Sr. |
3.88 |
Finance |
| Angelo Peraza |
San Diego |
Jr. |
3.68 |
Real Estate |
| Ezra Samperi |
Gonzaga |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Kinesiology |
| Coleman Schmidt |
Saint Mary's |
Jr. |
3.73 |
Physics |
| Owen Wild |
Gonzaga |
Jr. |
3.68 |
Mechanical Engineering |
WCC Baseball All-Academic Honorable Mention
BYU
Peyton Cole
Carter Foss
Boston Mabeus
Gonzaga
Enzo Apodaca
Brock Bozett
Connor Coballes
Dylan Johnson
Mason Marenco
Bradley Mullan
Jacob Rutherford
Grayson Sterling
LMU
Diego Barrera
Connor Blough
Benny Casillas
Dylan Dennis
Owen Hackman
Pacific
Michael Defilippi
Marvcus Guarin
Jeremy Lea
Owen McWilliam
Pepperdine
Jack Baird
Grant Schoen
Portland
Peter Allegro
Jacob Dobmeier
Jack Folkins
Joey Gartrell
Brock Gillis
Jake Holcroft
Briley Knight
Henry Muench
Ben Patacsil
Ryan Rembisz
Ty Saunders
Evan Scavotto
Spencer Scott
Jake Tsukada
Saint Mary's
Nathan Chong
Blake McDonald
Bill Ralston
San Diego
Jack Costello
James Sashin
Will Worthington
San Francisco
JT Amaral
Jesse Barron
Darius Foster
Will Hearn
Max Jones
Patrick Keighran
Oscar Lepe
Ryan Martinez
Tyler Martinez
Matthew McConnell
Adam Shew
Harris Williams III
Ryan Yerby
Santa Clara
Coleman Brigman
Jared Feikes
Blake Hammond
Cole Kitchen
Cade Pilchard
Nick Sando
