SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Portland guards Alec Wintering and Jazz Johnson earned All-West Coast Conference honorable mention awards, the league announced on Tuesday. It marks the third year in a row that Wintering earned all-conference recognition, despite missing the final 13 games with a season-ending knee injury. Johnson earned his first WCC award after averaging 15.5 points per game.

Gonzaga junior guard Nigel Williams-Goss captured Player and Newcomer of the Year honors for the Bulldogs, while Mark Few extended his own conference record, capturing his 11th Coach of the Year plaque. Saint Mary's senior guard Joe Rahon collected Defensive Player of the Year accolades after propelling the No. 20/18 Gaels to new heights during the regular season.
 
All four individual awards – along with the All-WCC Teams and the All-Freshman Team – were voted on by the league's 10 head coaches.
 
Wintering was averaging 19.5 points per game when he was injured on Jan. 19 at San Francisco. He was among the national leaders in scoring, assists (5.6), steals (2.0) and minutes per game (37.1) this season. He ranked in the top three of each of those categories in the West Coast Conference. The Charlotte, N.C. native earned All-WCC first team honors a season ago and second team recognition as a sophomore.

Wintering finishes his career with 568 total assists, five shy of the school record held by Pilot Hall of Famer and former NBA standout Darwin Cook. He also ranks second all-time in steals (177), fifth in points (1,548) and games started (110), sixth in three-point percentage (.401) and is the school's career leader in free throws made (499).

Johnson has had a breakout sophomore season and is one of two Pilots to start all 31 games. He has reached double figures in scoring 30 times and is shooting 44 percent from the field, 41 percent from three-point range and 81 percent at the foul line. The Portland native ranks second in the conference in free throw percentage, seventh in scoring and 11th in three-point percentage.

Portland and the rest of the conference will now travel to Las Vegas for the 2017 WCC Championships hosted at the Orleans Arena. The Pilots will face San Diego on Friday at approximately 8 p.m. in the opening round with the winner advancing to take on No. 18 Saint Mary's on Saturday at 9 p.m. on ESPN2. To follow all WCC Championships action, visit the 2017 #WCCHOOPS CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL.
  
2016-17 All-WCC Men's Basketball Major Individual Honors
Player of the Year: Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga
Coach of the Year: Mark Few, Gonzaga
Defensive Player of the Year: Joe Rahon, Saint Mary's
Newcomer of the Year: Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga
 
2016-17 All-WCC Men's Basketball First Team

Name	Yr.	Pos.	School
Jared Brownridge	Sr.	G	Santa Clara
TJ Haws	Fr.	G	BYU
Calvin Hermanson	Jr.	F	Saint Mary's
Przemek Karnowski	Sr.	C	Gonzaga
Jock Landale	Jr.	C	Saint Mary's
Eric Mika	So.	C	BYU
Lamond Murray Jr.	Sr.	G	Pepperdine
Joe Rahon	Sr.	G	Saint Mary's
Johnathan Williams	Jr.	F	Gonzaga
Nigel Williams-Goss	Jr.	G	Gonzaga

 
2016-17 All-WCC Men's Basketball Second Team

Name	Yr.	Pos.	School
Brett Bailey	Sr.	F	San Diego
Ronnie Boyce III	Sr.	G	San Francisco
Brandon Brown	Sr.	G	Loyola Marymount
Zach Collins	Fr.	C	Gonzaga
KJ Feagin	So.	G	Santa Clara

 
2016-17 All-WCC Men's Basketball Freshman Team

Name	Pos.	School
Yoeli Childs	F	BYU
Zach Collins	C	Gonzaga
TJ Haws	G	BYU
Charles Minlend	G	San Francisco
Jordan Ratinho	G	San Francisco

 
2016-17 WCC Men's Basketball Honorable Mention Selections
Olin Carter III, San Diego; Jazz Johnson, Portland; Nate Kratch, Santa Clara; Jordan Mathews, Gonzaga; Emmett Naar, Saint Mary's; Josh Perkins, Gonzaga; Chris Reyes, Pepperdine; Buay Tuach, Loyola Marymount; T.J. Wallace, Pacific; Alec Wintering, Portland