SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- The West Coast Conference regular season champion Saint Mary's Gaels were featured prominently in the league's annual postseason awards, highlighted by Randy Bennett's third selection as the conference's Coach of the Year.
SMC junior Joe Rahon, a transfer from Boston College, earned WCC Newcomer of the Year honors and joined sophomore guard Emmett Naar on the league's first team all-WCC. Redshirt freshman Evan Fitzner was named to the WCC All-Freshman Team.
Each of the league's individual awards – along with the all-WCC teams and the All-Freshman Team – were voted on by the league’s 10 head coaches.