SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Santa Clara men's basketball senior guard Adama-Alpha Bal has been named to the 2024-25 WCC Men's Basketball All-Conference First Team, as announced by the conference on Tuesday. It is the second consecutive season that Bal has been honored as a first team selection. Three Broncos in total were honored with Carlos Stewart Jr. and Christoph Tilly both earning a spot on the second team.
 
Bal's selection makes this the fifth-consecutive season that at least one Bronco has earned first team honors. It is the longest such streak since 2004-05 through 2008-09. It is also the fourth-straight year in which at least three Broncos were honored
 
A native of Le Mans, France, Bal leads the team and ranks 15^th in the WCC in scoring at 13.1 points per game and is second in the league with an average of 2.3 3-pointers per contest. He also leads the team in assists (3.1) and has a team-high 21 double figure scoring outings, including a career-high 27-point outing against Kennesaw State.
 
Stewart is also now a two-time All-WCC selection after garnering a first team pick as a sophomore in 2022-23. The Baton Rouge, La. product led the Broncos in scoring in league play at 13.2 points and is the team leader through all games in steals with an average of 1.2 per contest. Stewart has 20 double figure scoring outings on the year, including a team-high six 20-point games. His best of the bunch was a 25-point performance on 5-of-8 3-point shooting – all in the second half alone – in Santa Clara's home victory over San Francisco.
 
After receiving an honorable mention nod as a sophomore, Tilly finds himself as a second team selection after averaging 12.4 points per game overall and 12.5 points in league play despite missing three games due to injury. The Berlin, Germany product shot a team-high 55.0 percent from the field and tied Stewart with 20 double figure scoring outings, including a pair of double-doubles. His most recent double-double came in the regular season finale at Pacific where the big man pulled down a career-best 12 rebounds to go with 21 points.
 
Santa Clara concluded the regular season with a 20-11 record overall and was 12-6 in conference play to lock up fourth place in the final WCC standings. The Broncos will be the No. 4 seed in the upcoming 2025 Credit Union 1 WCC Men's Basketball Championship in Las Vegas and will take on the winner of Pepperdine/Portland and Oregon State in Sunday's quarterfinal round.
 
The full list of 2024-25 WCC Men's Basketball Awards and All-Conference Teams are below:
 
2024-25 West Coast Conference Major Awards
Coach of the Year - Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's
Player of the Year - Augustas Marciulionis, Saint Mary's
Defensive Player of the Year - Mitchell Saxen, Saint Mary's
Newcomer of the Year – Paulius Murauskas, Saint Mary's
Sixth Man of the Year – Mikey Lewis, Saint Mary's
Freshman of the Year – Austin Rapp, Portland
 
All-Conference First Team:
Adama-Alpha Bal, Santa Clara
Nolan Hickman, Gonzaga
Graham Ike, Gonzaga
Augustas Marciulionis, Saint Mary's
Paulius Murauskas, Saint Mary's
Ryan Nembhard, Gonzaga
Michael Rataj, Oregon State
Mitchell Saxen, Saint Mary's
Malik Thomas, San Francisco
Marcus Williams, San Francisco
 
All-Conference Second Team:
Parsa Fallah, Oregon State
Max Mackinnon, Portland
Carlos Stewart Jr., Santa Clara
Christoph Tilly, Santa Clara
Lamar Washington, Pacific
 
All-Conference Honorable Mention
Luke Barrett, Saint Mary's
Nate Calmese, Washington State
Nate Kingz, Oregon State
Jevon Porter, LMU
Caleb Stone-Carrawell, LMU
Stefan Todorovic, Pepperdine
Lejuan Watts, Washington State
 
All-Freshman Team
Tony Duckett, San Diego
Mikey Lewis, Saint Mary's
Austin Rapp, Portland
Tyrone Riley IV, San Francisco
Tomas Thrastarson, Washington State