SANTA CLARA, Calif. – With the season finishing this weekend, Santa Clara baseball had two players named to the West Coast Conference All-Academic team on Friday. Junior Zach Looney was honored for his 3.31 GPA in Civil Engineering while junior Peter Summerville was honorable mention.
Santa Clara wraps-up the season with three games at LMU May 17-19. Games times will be 3 p.m., 2 p.m. and 1 p.m.
"I am very proud of these two guys for getting it done in the classroom during a tremendously rigorous college baseball season," said Santa Clara head coach Dan O'Brien. "Sometimes these awards come and go without people truly understanding what an impressive accomplishment it is. I'm just very proud of the ball players in our program, especially those two."
Looney is third on the team in batting with a .277 (36-130) batting average. In 45 games, including 31 starts, he has scored 18 runs and driven in four while hitting four doubles, three triples and a home run to go with three stolen bases. In WCC play Looney leads the team with a .288 average. It is the second consecutive year Looney has been honored.
Summerville, a Finance major with a 3.20 GPA, has appeared in 33 games and made 24 starts. He has collected 14 hits that include two doubles. He has scored five runs and driven in four while swiping two bases. It is the first time being recognized for Summerville.
2013 WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
| Player | School | Class | GPA | Major |
| Abe Bobb | San Francisco | Jr. | 3.87 | Accounting/Finance |
| Alex Bonczyk | Gonzaga | Sr. | 3.36 | Sociology |
| Kris Bryant | San Diego | Jr. | 3.2 | Finance |
| Christian Cecilio | San Francisco | So. | 3.53 | Business |
| Travis Forbes | Gonzaga | Sr. | 3.57 | Accounting |
| Zac Fujimoto | Loyola Marymount | Sr. | 3.40 | Finance |
| Marco Gonzales | Gonzaga | Jr. | 3.30 | Sports Management |
| Ben Grubb | Portland | Sr. | 3.67 | Communication |
| Mitchell Gunsolus | Gonzaga | S0. | 3.32 | (Undeclared) |
| Drew Hacker | Pepperdine | So. | 3.95 | Pre-Business Administration |
| Steven Halcomb | Gonzaga | Sr. | 3.42 | Civil Engineering |
| Haden Hinkle | San Francisco | Sr. | 3.68 | Physics |
| Brandon Horth | Loyola Marymount | So. | 3.42 | Marketing |
| Brenden Kalfus | Saint Mary's | Sr. | 3.42 | Kinesiology |
| Adam Law | BYU | Jr. | 3.29 | Sociology |
| Cody Lenahan | Portland | So. | 3.21 | Business |
| Zach Looney | Santa Clara | Jr. | 3.31 | Civil Engineering |
| Bret Lopez | BYU | Jr. | 3.28 | Exercise Science |
| Cullen Mahoney | Loyola Marymount | Sr. | 3.49 | Communication Studies |
| Jason Mahood | San Francisco | Sr. | 3.57 | Sport Management |
| Bob Mott | San Francisco | Sr. | 3.59 | International Studies |
| Kramer Scott | Portland | Sr. | 3.33 | Business Administration |
| Mat Snider | Pepperdine | So. | 3.58 | Pre-Business Administration |
| Caleb Whalen | Portland | So. | 3.29 | Business |
| Kurt Yinger | Portland | So. | 3.53 | Business |
Honorable Mention: Jeremy Burright, Portland; Peter Summerville, Santa Clara