Pepperdine Athletics Claims 2025-26 WCC Commissioner's Cup & Women’s All-Sports Award
6/3/2026 10:00:00 AM | General, Featured
SAN BRUNO, Calif. — Pepperdine Athletics has secured the 2025-26 West Coast Conference (WCC) Commissioner's Cup and Women's All-Sports Award, announced today by the conference.
In addition, men's tennis senior Maxi Homberg won the men's Mike Gilleran Scholar-Athlete Award and will receive a postgraduate scholarship from the league.
The West Coast Conference Commissioner's Cup is an all-sports award presented at the end of each academic year to the league's top performing school in conference play and is based on a point system, reflecting the finish of each team in conference play. The institution with the highest point total after combining the men's and women's point totals is honored with the Commissioner's Cup. Stretching back to the 2001-02 school year, the Commissioner's Cup has become an annual tradition celebrating West Coast Conference athletic excellence.Â
This marks the fifth time that Pepperdine has secured the Commissioner's Cup, and second time in the past three years. It marks the eighth Women's All-Sports Award as well for the department, having now won in three consecutive years.
Pepperdine claimed conference titles in five different WCC sports throughout the year.Â
Women's soccer, women's golf, men's golf and women's tennis each won their respective WCC Championships while men's and women's tennis also claimed WCC regular season titles.
Women's volleyball claimed a runner-up finish in the league, with men's water polo and beach volleyball finishing third. Women's basketball also posted its best conference record since 2018-19, with baseball seeing its most wins in conference play since 2018.
The Mike Gilleran Scholar-Athlete Award recognizes a male and female graduating student-athlete each year who best exemplifies service & leadership, athletic excellence and academic achievement.
Homberg earned ITA All-American and WCC All-Conference honors throughout his career with the Waves, while graduating this past month with high marks as a business administration major.
Homberg's service to the Malibu community includes volunteering with the Greenline Housing Foundation while participating in service initiatives such as the Red Cross Blood Drive, Student Care Team, Malibu Labor Exchange, and Gratitude Day.
The full standings and end of year award winners from the West Coast Conference can be seen below.
WCC Commissioner's Cup
| Rank | Institution | Score |
| 1  | Pepperdine          | 105.26 |
| 2 | Santa Clara | 102.23 |
| 3 | Saint Mary's | 90.33 |
| 4 | Gonzaga | 88.23 |
| 5 | Portland | 82.30 |
| 6 | San Diego | 81.33 |
| 7 | LMU | 75.83 |
| 8 | San Francisco | 68.03 |
| 9 | Pacific | 58.80 |
| 10 | Seattle | 39.60 |
WCC Women's All-Sports Award
| Rank | Institution | Score |
| 1  | Pepperdine          | 63.30 |
| 2 | Santa Clara | 61.30 |
| 3 | Saint Mary's | 52.60 |
| 4 | LMU | 52.10 |
| 5 | Gonzaga | 49.90 |
| 6 | Portland | 47.60 |
| 7 | San Diego | 43.80 |
| 8 | San Francisco | 31.30 |
| 9 | Pacific | 20.70 |
| 10 | Seattle | 16.00 |
Men's All-Sports Award
| Rank | Institution | Score |
| 1Â Â | Santa Clara | 40.93 |
| 2 | Gonzaga | 38.33 |
| 3 | Pepperdine | 38.26 |
| 4 | San Diego | 37.33 |
| 5 | Pacific | 37.30 |
| 6 | San Francisco | 36.73 |
| 7 | Saint Mary's | 36.46 |
| 8 | Portland | 34.70 |
| 9 | LMU | 23.73 |
| 10 | Seattle | 23.60 |
Men's Mike Gilleran Scholar-Athlete: Maxi Homberg, Pepperdine men's tennis
Women's Mike Gilleran Scholar-Athlete: Caroline Penner, Seattle U women's soccer
Men's Postgraduate Scholarship: Maxi Homberg, Pepperdine men's tennis
Women's Postgraduate Scholarship: Caroline Penner, Seattle U women's soccer
Champion of Change: Sydney Wilson, Braxton Brown and Nalani Jihad, Saint Mary's
ABOUT PEPPERDINE ATHLETICS
Pepperdine University boasts one of the most successful athletic programs in the country for a school of its size. The Waves have claimed 10 NCAA Division I team championships and 26 team or individual national championships in their history. Located in scenic Malibu, California, the university overlooks a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean. Pepperdine is a Christian university committed to the highest standards of academic excellence and Christian values, where students are strengthened for lives of purpose, service, and leadership.
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