Pearce named to WCC All-Academic Team

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