Four Waves Earn All-WCC Postseason Honors

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Four members of the Pepperdine baseball team were recognized with West Coast Conference postseason awards, the league announced Tuesday, including one to the second team, two honorable mentions, and one to the all-freshman team.

Senior outfielder Connor Walsh (Niceville, Fla.) received All-WCC second team, senior outfielder Connor Bradshaw (New Rochelle, N.Y.) and graduate infielder Brady Renck (Longmont, Colo.) earned All-WCC honorable mentions and freshman LHP Collin Valentine (Dallas, Texas) earned a spot on the WCC All-Freshman team.

Walsh's award comes on the tail of a stellar performance this weekend in Spokane, Wash. Over the three games, Walsh had three home runs, including two in one game, averaging .583 with seven hits. With the series sweep over the Bulldogs, Walsh helped send the Waves to Vegas for the team's first WCC tournament appearance in six years. On the season, Walsh is batting a .299 with 36 RBIs. Starting all but one game, Walsh has scared 28 times in his 51 games played. Earlier this week, Walsh also earned the WCC player of the week, his first of the season.

Bradshaw and Renck as a duo have consistently been the two most dangerous hitters in the Waves lineup, combining for 12 home runs on the year. Renck leads the team with five triples while Bradshaw leads the Waves with 62 hits throughout the season. Amongst all the WCC, Bradshaw lands in the top-10 in hits, doubles, and batting average. Renck was also honored March 25, earning his first WCC Player of the Week award with 10 hits on the week, including an inside-the-park home run and three doubles, averaging .625 at the plate.

Last but not least, Valentine earned a spot on the WCC All-Freshman squad for the WCC. Valentine is 1-0 off a win at California State Bakersfield. Recently, Valentine started in a pitcher's duel with the Portland Pilots where the freshman threw for 5.0 innings, only giving up one hit with no runs allowed. He is slotted to make the start for Pepperdine in the upcoming postseason game against Saint Mary's.

The complete list of conference postseason awards are as follows:
WCC Coach of the Year: Brock Ungricht, San Diego
WCC Player of the Year: Jakob Christian, San Diego
WCC Pitcher of the Year: Carter Gaston, Portland
WCC Freshman of the Year: Logan Reddemann, San Diego
WCC Defensive Player of the Year: Ariel Armas, San Diego

All-WCC first team: Christian Almanza (Saint Mary's), Ariel Armas (San Diego), Nick Brink (Portland), Jakob Christian (San Diego), Christian Dicochea (LMU), Derik Eaquinto (Saint Mary's), Carter Gaston (Portland), Blake Hammond (Santa Clara), Jake Holcroft (Portland), Ben Patacsil (Portland) Logan Reddemann (San Diego), Coleman Schmidt (Saint Mary's), and Austin Smith (San Diego)

All-WCC second team: Brendan Bobo (LMU), Jack Gurevitch (San Diego), Owen Hackman (LMU), Dalton Mashore (Saint Mary's) Michael O'Hara (Santa Clara), Ryan Pierce (Saint Mary's), Josh Randall (San Diego), Joe Soberon (San Francisco), Sam Stuhr (Portland), Conner Thurman (San Diego), Connor Walsh (Pepperdine), Ryan Wiltse (Saint Mary's), and Will Worthington (San Diego)

All-WCC honorable mention: Connor Bradshaw (Pepperdine), Jack Costello (San Diego), Justin DeCriscio (San Diego), Khadim Diaw (LMU), Tanner Douglas (Portland), Drian Duroff (Saint Mary's), Tommy Eisenstat (Gonzaga), Justin Feld (Gonzaga), Erik Hoffberg (Gonzaga), Tyler Howard (Portland), Payton Knowles (Gonzaga), Brady Renck (Pepperdine), Spencer Scott (Portland), Vincent Temesvary (Gonzaga), and Jack Thomson (Portland)

All-WCC freshman team: Max Bayles (Santa Clara), Gabe Camacho (Pacific), Ben Cleary (Santa Clara), Morgan Codron (Portland), Miles Gosztola (Gonzaga), Connor Harrison (Saint Mary's), Erik Hoffberg (Gonzaga), Myles Kallinger (San Francisco), Payton Knowles (Gonzaga), Logan Reddemann (San Diego) and Collin Valentine (Pepperdine)

UP NEXT

The Waves start WCC tournament play tomorrow against the Gaels of Saint Mary's with first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m.

Players Mentioned

Connor Bradshaw

Brady Renck

Collin Valentine

Connor Walsh

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