WCC Announces 2023-24 End Of The Year Awards (2024)

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – At the conclusion of each academic year, the West Coast Conference announces its major individual year-end honors as a celebration of the best and brightest to represent the Conference and its member institutions.

Today, the West Coast Conference is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 Commissioner’s Cup winner, All-Sports Award winners, Mike Gilleran WCC Scholar-Athletes of the Year, Postgraduate Scholarship recipients and the WCC Champion of Change Award winners.

2023-2024 WCC Awards
Commissioner’s Cup
Pepperdine
Men’s All-Sports Award
San Diego
Women’s All-Sports Award
Pepperdine
WCC Male Mike Gilleran Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Angelo Peraza, San Diego Baseball
WCC Female Mike Gilleran Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Nikki Redelijk, Pepperdine Women's Tennis
WCC Male Postgraduate Scholarship
Johnathan Flint, Pepperdine Men's Cross Country
WCC Female Postgraduate Scholarship
Georgia Guinan, LMU Rowing
WCC Champion of Change Award
McKenna Braegelmann, San Diego Softball

The WCC 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 WCC athletic excellence.

This is the first time Pepperdine has won the Commissioner's Cup since the Waves won the award the first three seasons of the award's existence from 2001-02 through 2003-04. Pepperdine also won both the Men's and Women's All-Sports Awards during that trio of years, as well. The last time Pepperdine won the Women's All-Sports Award was in 2009-10, and this is the sixth time in program history the Waves have won this award. During the 2023-24 season, the Waves won WCC championships involleyball, women's tennis, women's golf, and also came in second in beach volleyball and tied for second in women's soccer.

San Diego won the Men's All-Sports Award for the first time since 2014-15. This also marks the fourth time in program history the Toreros won this award. USD won the Conference titles in baseball and men's golf, and tied for first in men's soccer and men's tennis.

2023-24Commissioner's Cup Standings

Men's All-Sports Award Standings

Women's All-Sports Award Standings

MIKE GILLERAN SCHOLAR-ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
The Mike Gilleran Scholar-Athlete of the Year is selected by a vote of the WCC's Executive Council to recognize the finest accomplishments in athletics, academics and community service by individuals who have completed their collegiate eligibility. The award is named in honor of the conference's first full-time commissioner, Mike Gilleran.

Angelo Peraza, San Diego Baseball
Angelo Peraza was most recently named to the WCC Baseball All-Tournament Team after picking up WCC All-Academic Team honors for the second straight year. He led San Diego to the 2024 WCC Baseball Regular Season and Tournament Championships, starting every game in 2024. He led the league in doubles in conference games.
A two-time Presidential Honor Roll honoree, Peraza participated in numerous community service activities in addition to his achievements on the field and in the classroom. He donated his time this school year to Imperial Beach Little League, the Tecolote Youth League, as well as causes like the ALS Walk and Earth Day.

Nikki Redelijk, Pepperdine Women's Tennis
Part of four-straight WCC Champion Women's Tennis teams, Nikki Redelijk garnered All-WCC Second Team recognition honors and was part of a Waves squad that advanced to the national semifinals after she was also part of the NCAA runner-up team in 2021. Redelijk will graduate Summa Cum Laude and won Scholar-Athlete of the Year at Pepperdine after earning WCC All-Academic honors for three straight years from 2022-24. She also made the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll in 2023.
An active member in her community, Redelijk was a member of Pepperdine's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and the Waves Leadership Council from 2023-24. She helped organize events like the Malibu Tiny Tot Olympics, a hygiene kit drive for unhoused neighbors and a blood drive donation to help fight cancer.

WCC POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
To be eligible for a WCC Postgraduate Scholarship, a student-athlete must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25, demonstrate significant athletic contributions to his or her sport for a minimum of two years, and have a record of participation in campus or community activities. He or she also must submit a personal statement of intention to attend graduate or professional school for which this scholarship would be awarded.

Johnathan Flint, Pepperdine Men's Cross Country
Garnering a 4.0 GPA with a degree in finance and a minor in applied mathematics, Johnathan Flint will be attending the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School to pursue a master's in financial economics. Flint hopes to work at a venture capital firm emphasizing emerging markets.
During his time at Pepperdine, Flint served as President of the Waves Leadership Council, running meetings covering all topics from improved competition engagement on campus to community service and mental health awareness. He was also part of the Malibu Community Labor Exchange, working on a student-led consulting team to collaborate on volunteer organization plans. Some of the volunteerism Flint was part of included: beach cleanup in Santa Monica, the Tiny Tots Olympics and mental health trivia night.
He was named Pepperdine's 2024 Scholar Athlete of the Year after being a four-time school scholar-athlete. Flint is a three-time WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll honoree and made the WCC All-Academic Team this past fall.
A two-time WCC Runner of the Week, Flint scored in the WCC Cross Country Championships all four years. He competed in the NCAA regionals three times (none held in 2020). His time of 24:17.2 in the 8K ranks in the top 10 all-time in program history,

Georgia Guinan, LMU Rowing
Earning her degree in health and human sciences, Georgia Guinan desires to work in collegiate athletics with a goal to continue enhancing the student-athlete experience. Inspired by the athletic trainers who helped her thrive in rowing, Guinan hopes to provide similar support for future student-athletes.Guinan will pursue a master's in athletic training at Thomas Jefferson University.
She has been a member of SAAC since 2019, serving as chairperson for LMU on WCC's SAAC from 2023-24. She was the recipient of the Leader of the Pride Award, which is given to the student-athlete who displays exemplary leadership in their sport, athletic community and university relationships.
Guinan is a two-time Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar Athlete and a two-time WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll recipient. She made the Dean's List five times and won the LMU Female Graduate Student Scholar Athlete Award.
Guinan competed on LMU's varsity eight boat for the last three seasons, earning All-WCC First Team accolades in 2021-22.

WCC CHAMPION OF CHANGE AWARD
The WCC Champion of Change Awardrecognizes an individual student-athlete or group ofstudent-athletes that have made strides to advance the WCC’s We areCommitted to Change platform by making a consistent and positive impact totheir institution’s student-athlete experience.

McKenna Braegelmann, San Diego Softball
McKenna Braegelmann has served in numerous leadership roles both on the San Diego softball team and in other on-campus activities. She served as the President of SAAC as well as the team captain for her Torero softball team. A major advocate for mental health, Braegelmann served as the Mental Health and Wellness Chair from 2022-23. She spoke on behalf of mental health for student-athletes in front of the USD Board of Trustees and served as the scholar-athlete representative on the USD Board of Trustees Athletic Committee. Among her other mental health initiatives, Braegelmann created a survey regarding the mental health rates among USD student-athletes which led to advancements like increased mental health staff, an eating disorder specialist on staff, increased mandatory programming for student-athletes and increased conversations with the athletic department. Her actions also led to the creation of Scholar-Athlete Wellness Week. Braegelmann is also the founder of the I Wish I’d Heard project, which seeks to achieve the goal of defeating the stigma around mental health while raising money for multiple mental health non-profit organizations.