April 27, 2021

Official West Coast Conference Baseball News Release

SAN MATEO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference has named its Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week for April 26, 2021.

#WCCSPORTS PLAYER OF THE WEEK – GRAYSON STERLING, SO., INF/OF – GONZAGA

Grayson Sterling led the Zags in batting average for the week, connecting for 6 hits on 12 at bats for a .500 batting average. He had one home run and one doubles to go along with three runs scored while leading Gonzaga to a 4-0 week. Sterling added seven catches and seven putouts on the week with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.

Also Nominated: Javy Espinoza, Saint Mary's; Cole Gambill, BYU; Thomas Luevano, San Diego; Kenny Oyama, LMU

#WCCSPORTS PITCHER OF THE WEEK – LANDEN BOURASSA, SR., RHP – SAN FRANCISCO

Landen Bourassa tied a 75-year-old single-game USF record Friday, striking out 16 in a complete-game shutout of Portland. He had six strikeouts through the first two innings, struck out the side in the seventh, and had at least one strikeout in every inning. He threw only 108 pitches despite the record-tying 16 strikeouts - the fourth-most in the NCAA this season by a pitcher in a single game. The complete-game shutout was the first thrown by a Don in six years and marked the longest outing of Bourassa's career.

Also Nominated: Josh Agnew, LMU; Ky Bush, Saint Mary's; Nathan Diamond, Pepperdine; Alek Jacob, Gonzaga; Jack Sterner, BYU; Conner Thurman, San Diego

2021 #WCCSPORTS Baseball Player of the Week

April 26: Grayson Sterling, Gonzaga

April 19: Brett Harris, Gonzaga

April 12: Chad Stevens, Portland

April 5: Jacob Munoz, San Francisco

March 30: Shane McGuire, San Diego

March 23: Chad Stevens, Portland

March 16: Stephen Lund, Gonzaga

March 9: Ryan Johnson, Pepperdine

March 2: Justin Banks, Saint Mary’s

February 23: Mike Bowes, Santa Clara

2021 #WCCSPORTS Baseball Pitcher of the Week

April 26: Landen Bourassa, San Francisco

April 19: Alek Jacob, Gonzaga

April 12: Gabriel Hughes, Gonzaga

April 5: Alek Jacob, Gonzaga

March 30: Christian Peters, Portland

March 23: Gabriel Hughes, Gonzaga

March 16: Conner Thurman, San Diego

March 9: William Kempner, Gonzaga

March 2: Carlos Lomeli, Saint Mary’s

February 23: Alex Pham, San Francisco