Katherine Carling | Posted: 17 May 2019 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

Pearce named to Google Cloud Academic All-District First Team

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PROVO, Utah – BYU senior Matthew Pearce was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District 8 Team on Thursday.

District 8 is made up of eight states in the Western region of the United States – Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average at his current institution. Nominated athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s games.

Academic All-District First Team honorees advance to the Google Cloud Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.

Recently named to the West Coast Conference Men’s Tennis All-Academic Team, Pearce posted a 10-3 singles record for the regular season and a 15-3 doubles record. The team captain and finance major also received the Kimball award for BYU male athlete with the highest GPA.

Pearce is the first BYU men’s tennis player to earn CoSIDA academic honors.

For more information about the Google Cloud Academic All-America program and to see the 2019 Academic All-District Teams, visit CoSIDA.com.

Academic All-District 8 Team
Sport Name School
Golf AJ Armstrong Washington State University
Ice Hockey Anthony Croston Arizona State University
Water Polo Andrea De Nardi University of the Pacific
Tennis  Bailey Gong Fresno State
Tennis Lucas Grego Grand Canyon University
Swimming Grant House Arizona State University
Volleyball Miki Jauhiainen Brigham Young University
Tennis  Sameer Kumar Stanford University
Tennis Matthew Pearce Brigham Young University
Volleyball Stijn van Tilburg University of Hawai'i

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