IRVINE, Calif. – The Big West has announced the 2026 Academic All-Conference Spring Teams, including 87 Gauchos in the awards. Baseball and Women's Track and Field earned the most spots for the Gauchos, each featuring 17 athletes. Men's Track and Field followed with 14, and Women's Water Polo with 11. 

To qualify for the Academic All-Conference Team, athletes must maintain at least a 3.00 cumulative grade point average and have completed at least one academic year at their institution prior to when they are honored. Athletes must compete in 50% of their teams' contests throughout the seasons in which they receive the award. The 36 Gauchos who were honored are as follows.

Baseball (17)
Hudson Aber
Nathan Aceves
Liam Barrett
Xavier Esquer
Van Froling
Chase Hoover
Donovann Jackson
Rowan Kelly
Cole Kosciusko
AJ Krodel
Jonathan Mendez
Kellan Montgomery
Raymond Olivas
Nic Peterson
Calvin Proskey
Cole Tryba
Nate Vargas

Golf (5)
Ryan Gay
Dylan Ma
Andrew Reyes
Nick Waldock
Jack Watters 

Softball (7)
Tehya Banks
Emily Carr
Bella Fuentes
Kaylin Garcia
Delaina Ma'ae
Jazzy Santos
Ainsley Waddell

Men's Tennis (5)
Miguel Avendano
Carson Lee
Diogo Morais
Dominique Rolland
Charlie Underwood

Women's Tennis (5)
Caroline Beard
Raphaelle Leroux
Shachf Liebermann
Lily Pradkin
Emma Tutoveanu

Men's Track and Field (14)
Finn Andrews
Sean Beihoffer
Manny Correia
Denny Dong
Pyrce Edwards
Zach Galvez
Liam Ghalam
Parker Herbert
Jarod Nunnemaker
Nate Osborn
Miles Paris
Zachary Parker
Hudson Shaver
Julian Singell

Women's Track and Field (17)
Hanna Barmettler
Briana Bartone
Lexi Darley
Amanda Eames
Avery Groves
Parker Halgren
Kennedy Johnson
Anna Josephson
Natalie Lyons
Lindsey Reed
Madison Rust
Ryann Strawn
Allison Tito
Alison Tjoe
Isabella Vally
Dimitra Vitogiannis
Kayla Yap

Men's Volleyball (7)
Mikey Denver (4.0)
Riggs Guy
Owen Loncar
Ben Pearson
Ethan Saint
Cole Schobel
Joe Wallace

Women's Water Polo (10)
Zoe Gabriel
Hadley Hall
Loretta Hovey
Molly Souza
Mia Sullivan
Brynn Tully
Isabel Valaika
Keira Wall
Lainey Weintre
Athena Wigo