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MBB | WCC Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Coach of the Year go the Way of the Gaels, as Six Honored with WCC Awards

<span id="docs-internal-guid-fa256abc-7fff-77e1-1026-f1ce2ce06204"></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fa256abc-7fff-77e1-1026-f1ce2ce06204"><strong>SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. —</strong> </span>To the champions go the spoils! The 2024 regular season WCC Champion Saint Mary's Gaels saw a hefty contingent on the All-Conference list, including three major award winners. <br /> <br /> <span id="docs-internal-guid-fa256abc-7fff-77e1-1026-f1ce2ce06204">Augustas Marciulionis was named the WCC Player of the Year after his breakout junior season. The point guard out of Vilnius, Lithuania was the Gaels second leading scorer, averaging 12.4 points per game, while dishing out 159 assists, the most by a Gaels since Emmett Naar's 284 in 2017-18. Marciulionis played more minutes than any other Gael this season, and finished ranked second in the conference in assists, assists per game and assist/turnover ratio.