PROVO, UT – BYU's John Pearce, a sophomore on the men's tennis team, was named to the West Coast Conference 2015-16 Men's Tennis All-Academic Team on Thursday.
Pearce, from Provo, Utah, boasts a conference-high 3.96 GPA as an economics major. He finished the season with a 12-8 singles record, playing mostly at the No. 4 slot, and posted a 14-6 doubles record to help the Cougars to a second place regular season WCC finish.
At the end of each season, the WCC selects an all-academic squad for each WCC-sponsored sport. A student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average while also being a significant contributor to his team to be considered.
2015-16 WCC Men's Tennis All-Academic Team
| Name | Insitution | Class | GPA | Major |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Alameh | Pacific | Senior | 3.61 | Business Administration-Finance |
| Luke Bohuslav | Loyola Marymount | Junior | 3.29 | Finance |
| Guilherme Hadlich | Pepperdine | Junior | 3.61 | Pre-International Business |
| Pedro Iamachkine | Pepperdine | Sophomore | 3.47 | Pre-Business Administration |
| Woravin Kumthonkittikul | San Francisco | Junior | 3.84 | Finance |
| James Markiewicz | Saint Mary's | Senior | 3.31 | Business Administration |
| Lautaro Pane | Pepperdine | Sophomore | 3.33 | Economics |
| John Pearce | Brigham Young | Sophomore | 3.96 | Economics |
| Hayden Smith | Gonzaga | Senior | 3.21 | Accounting |
| Vincente Varas | Gonzaga | Senior | 3.63 | Civil Engineering |
| Sam Verbeek | Pacific | Senior | 3.94 | Health and Exercise Science |
| Alex Wallace | Portland | Sophomore | 3.67 | Psychology |