SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference officially announced its Men's Soccer All-Academic team for the 2024 season on Friday afternoon.
 
For San Francisco, Mason Dougherty, Kian Jones, Reid Roberts, and Olivier Sylvain received First Team honors, the conference's highest academic award. Zane Alafranji, TJ Knight, Gabriel Bracken Serra, Rylan Smith, and Alex Solomis were also honored, obtaining Honorable Mention selections.
 
The following criteria was used to select the 2024 honorees:

1. A minimum 3.20 cumulative grade point average (GPA) based on the most recently completed term at the time of the nomination.
2. Be a starter or important reserve with legitimate athletic credentials.
3. Have at least sophomore athletic and academic standing with at least one year in residence completed at the nominating institution. (True freshmen, redshirt freshmen and ineligible athletic transfers may not be nominated).
4. Participate in at least 50 percent of the institution's completed contests.

The maximum number of individuals selected to the specific sport's All-Academic team is similar to the number of student-athletes selected to the specific sport's all-conference team. 
 
The full 2024 West Coast Conference Men's Soccer All-Academic First Team can be viewed below: 

2024 WCC MEN'S SOCCER ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
 

Name	School	Class	GPA	Major
Vicente Ayala	San Diego	Jr.	4.00	Finance and Real Estate
Mason Dougherty	San Francisco	Jr.	3.93	Finance
Kian Jones	San Francisco	So.	4.00	Finance
Nicklas Lund	Oregon State	Sr.	3.89	Business Administration
Josh Martinez	San Diego	Jr.	3.87	Biomedical Engineering
Drew Pedersen	Gonzaga	So.	3.84	Undeclared - Business
Massimo Pomponi	LMU	Sr.	3.98	Finance
Reid Roberts	San Francisco	Jr.	3.93	Finance
Olivier Sylvain	San Francisco	Jr.	4.00	Finance
Jack Vestberg	Saint Mary's	Sr.	3.99	Data Science
Jude Zamora	Saint Mary's	Sr.	3.91	Business Administration

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