149 Waves Earn Spot on WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll
7/10/2026 7:50:00 AM | Baseball, Cross Country, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Men's Water Polo, Women's Basketball, Women's Beach Volleyball, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Women's Volleyball
The conference recognizes student-athletes who have maintained a 3.0 cumulative GPA or greater with the annual list.Â
Pepperdine improved from its 145 student-athletes who earned the distinction this past year, marking four straight years with an increase in honorees.Â
The Waves saw 36 athletes earn gold status (3.75-4.00 cumulative GPA), 43 receive silver status (3.50-3.74) and 70 take home bronze status (3.0-3.49). 1,908 athletes were recognized in total from ten institutions, featuring 605 gold honorees, 527 silver members and 774 bronze.
Pepperdine Honorees
Gold
Dane Howell (Water Polo)
Emma Martinez (Women's Cross Country)
Michaela Cyrani (Beach Volleyball)
Evie Doezema (Beach Volleyball)
Lizzy Crawford (Cross Country)
Winston Peterson (Baseball)
Irelynd Lorenzen (Women's Volleyball)
Ava Hartstein (Women's Soccer)
Ryan Gilhooly (Women's Volleyball)
Beckett Sullivan (Men's Cross Country)
Alice Jagielska (Beach Volleyball)
Jessica Guardino (Women's Cross Country)
Daniel Patterson (Baseball)
Chantal Sauvant (Women's Tennis)
Emma Eden (Beach Volleyball)
Peyton Leonard (Women's Soccer)
Sonja Zhiyenbayeva (Women's Tennis)
Finley Buckner (Baseball)
Colin Knowles (Men's Cross Country)
Lucien Wechsberg (Baseball)
Jillian Medvecky (Women's Soccer)
Cadee Borg (Women's Soccer)
Henry Hicks (Men's Cross Country)
Csanád Bella (Water Polo)
Aleksa Pisaric (Men's Tennis)
Emma McMahon (Women's Volleyball)
Tommy Scavone (Baseball)
Bella Green (Women's Basketball)
Shihomi Leong (Women's Tennis)
Elijah Gentry (Men's Cross Country)
Lasse Poertner (Men's Tennis)
Deanie Woodruff (Beach Volleyball)
Joshua Koo (Men's Golf)
Anto Balian (Men's Basketball)
Austin Plisinski (Baseball)
Matty Walsh (Water Polo)
Silver
Kyra Murphy (Women's Soccer)
Lacey Reedy (Women's Cross Country)
Karina Gonzalez (Women's Soccer)
Erin Zeile (Women's Soccer)
Patrick Thomas (Men's Cross Country)
Adam Blum (Water Polo)
Renee Skiera (Women's Cross Country)
Eunseo Choi (Women's Golf)
Max Smirnov (Water Polo)
Ashley Eagan (Women's Cross Country)
Parker Buchheit (Men's Cross Country)
Hannah Miller (Women's Cross Country)
Hugh Winter (Men's Tennis)
Maxi Homberg (Men's Tennis)
Nash Horton (Baseball)
Victoria Alessandrini (Women's Soccer)
Jack Fowler (Baseball)
David Fix (Men's Tennis)
Robin Boeckli (Men's Tennis)
Danny Cook (Baseball)
Grace Simpson (Women's Cross Country)
Taija Sta. Maria (Women's Basketball)
Ava Schall (Women's Soccer)
Kendall Campbell (Women's Soccer)
Chloe Brown (Women's Soccer)
Ivory Finley (Women's Basketball)
Woden Chompff (Water Polo)
Irene Kim (Women's Golf)
Casey Euper (Baseball)
Grace Anderson (Women's Golf)
Alex Nield (Men's Cross Country)
Kenzi McSpadden (Beach Volleyball)
Nalani Muniz (Women's Volleyball)
Hannah Renager (Women's Cross Country)
Edward Winter (Men's Tennis)
Nicole Thorpe (Beach Volleyball)
Elli Guiney (Women's Basketball)
Emma Bubelis (Beach Volleyball)
Charles Warmington (Water Polo)
Bella Larson (Women's Soccer)
Kaitlin Lowry (Women's Soccer)
Sandor Gal (Water Polo)
Emi Erickson (Beach Volleyball)
Bronze
Chloe Pravednikov (Women's Volleyball)
Alex Piccin (Water Polo)
Oscar Bach (Men's Golf)
Meghan Fiso (Women's Basketball)
Ariana Markey (Women's Soccer)
Alice Vigano (Women's Volleyball)
Ella Irwin (Women's Volleyball)
Avery Smith (Women's Cross Country)
Alexia Harmon (Women's Tennis)
Jeneath Wong (Women's Golf)
Alex Pendleton (Women's Soccer)
Nick Bryant (Water Polo)
Kaleb McElfish (Men's Cross Country)
Vladimir Sudar (Men's Basketball)
Kaia Tom (Women's Soccer)
Rowan Nilsen (Men's Cross Country)
Duru Söke (Women's Tennis)
Kayla Renner (Women's Cross Country)
Will Goodman (Baseball)
Dominic Silhol (Men's Cross Country)
Julia Caruolo (Beach Volleyball)
Brynne McGhie (Women's Volleyball)
Gordy Nilsen (Men's Cross Country)
Ariana Salvador (Women's Soccer)
Lily Stewart (Women's Soccer)
Joshua Woodworth (Baseball)
Adam Yost (Water Polo)
Nishna Patel (Women's Golf)
Ella Piskorz (Women's Volleyball)
Carson Kim (Men's Golf)
Astrid Puig (Women's Volleyball)
Kai Laxa (Baseball)
Quinn VanSickle (Women's Basketball)
Cade Anderton (Water Polo)
Melia Kukahiko (Women's Soccer)
Charis Kai (Women's Volleyball)
Arnold Wu (Baseball)
Collin Valentine (Baseball)
Sonia Mancuso (Beach Volleyball)
Julia Quinonez (Women's Soccer)
Yingzhi Zhu (Women's Golf)
Seleh Harmon (Women's Basketball)
Tippi Lane (Beach Volleyball)
Adam Csapo (Water Polo)
Maggie Beauer (Women's Volleyball)
Max Burstein (Water Polo)
Iva Popovic (Women's Volleyball)
Gabbie Perez (Beach Volleyball)
AJ Bianchina (Baseball)
Joe Cardinale (Baseball)
Laine Briggs (Women's Volleyball)
Pierson Howe (Baseball)
Jackson Benners (Water Polo)
Jon Carcarey (Water Polo)
Tristen Raymond (Women's Volleyball)
Julian Nunez (Baseball)
Grace Jackson (Women's Volleyball)
Luke Bailey (Men's Golf)
Cameron Bench (Water Polo)
Sarah Spears (Women's Soccer)
Will Kraemer (Baseball)
Živa Falkner (Women's Tennis)
Luka Vudragovic (Men's Basketball)
ABOUT PEPPERDINE ATHLETICS
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