SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The Portland Pilots had 10 student-athletes earn WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention on Friday: Efetobo Aror; Nick Fernandez; Micaah Garnette; Michael Hatcher; Sebastian Hernandez; Oliver Jeppe, Kash Oladapo; Jose Olmos; Wylie Trujillo; and Muslim Umar.
 
To qualify for the team, a WCC student-athlete must be at least a sophomore athletically and academically, hold a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or better and must have participated in at least 50% of their team's contests. The All-Academic First Team usually comprises of 11 student-athletes who put on display their athletic and academic prowess, with all other qualifiers earning honorable mention.
 
The Pilots finished the season at 7-4-7 overall and 4-0-4 in WCC play, ending the year on a 10-game unbeaten streak that was the longest on the West Coast and the third longest in the country. They earned four wins over teams that finished in the top 35 in RPI this season as well.
 
Below is the full list of athletes who earned WCC All-Academic Honors.
 
2024 WCC Men's Soccer All-Academic Team
Vicente Ayala, San Diego
Mason Dougherty, San Francisco
Kian Jones, San Francisco
Nicklas Lund, Oregon State
Josh Martinez, San Diego
Drew Pedersen, Gonzaga
Massimo Pomponi, LMU
Reid Roberts, San Francisco
Olivier Sylvain, San Francisco
Jack Vestberg, Saint Mary's
Jude Zamora, Saint Mary's
 
Honorable Mention 
Gonzaga
Ben Augee
Jesse Riodil
Chris Swider
 
LMU
Steven Anderson
Braden Fidelak
Gael Quintero
Tyler Trusner
 
Oregon State
Andrew De Gannes
Enzo Newman
Fabian Straudi
 
Pacific
Massimo Erfani
Kai Sullivan
 
Portland
Efetobo Aror
Nick Fernandez
Micaah Garnette
Michael Hatcher
Sebastian Hernandez
Oliver Jeppe
Kash Oladapo
Jose Olmos
Wylie Trujillo
Muslim Umar
 
Saint Mary's
Bastian Toelhoej
Fynn Allmon
Luke Lawrence
Ian Smith
Justin Sosa
 
San Diego
Donovan Parisian
Steven Ramirez
Oliver Rhoades
Sami Tsipena
 
San Francisco
Zane Alafranji
TJ Knight
Gabriel Bracken Serra
Rylan Smith
Alex Solomis
 
Santa Clara
Itamar Efrat
Naji Elder
Yoni Aidlberg
Jack Civitts
Pierce Dyal
Brennan Mallett
Jack Stoecker
Will Wiersdorf

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