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Matched their best WCC finish in program history (third place) and reached 10 wins in a season for the 10th time (103-5, 5-1-3 West Coast Conference)

The fifth time in the last six seasons GU has won 10 matches in a season, with the exception being the COVID-shortened season in the spring of 2021

Best conference finish by winning percentage in program history

Lyza Bosselmann was named the WCC Goalkeeper of the Year, First Team All-West Region and Academic AllConference

Sophia Braun was First Team AllWest Region, First Team All-WCC and Academic All-Conference. Erin Healy was Third Team All-West Region and Second Team All-Conference

Bosselmann was selected 28th in the National Women’s Soccer League draft by the Washington Spirit. She is the second Zag ever drafted to the NWSL

Braun and her Argentinian national team won the third-place match at the 2022 Copa America. The 3-1 victory over Paraguay qualified Argentina for the 2023 Women’s World Cup

Competed well against No. 17 Oregon State at home in March

1V8 boat finished second in the Cal Cup at the San Diego Classic

1V8 was ranked No. 25, 2V8 was ranked No. 23 and the 3V8 was also ranked No. 23 in IRA Coaches Poll

Won the Fawley Cup against Washington State by sweeping the races

1V8 boat placed first at the UCSD Invitational with a time of 6:02

Jeremiah Guest, Aidan Smith, Joey Moore and Toby Finn given All-Conference honors

The Zags upset No. 24 Pepperdine, which was the first Top-25 win in program history

Gonzaga set the program record for most aces served in a single season

Zoe Thiros, Kennedy Croft, Alyssa Hughes were all selected All-WCC honorable mention

Thiros named WCC Academic First Team, while Alyssa Hughes, Kelsie White, McKenna Marshall, Dani Batenhorst, Grace Ehler and Keau Kamake’eaina were all tabbed honorable mention

Demitrius Kigeya named All-WCC

First Team

Kigeya started in all 18 games and led the team in shots (47), assists (7) and points (13)

Kigeya was in top five in assists and shots in the WCC

Had home wins over Incarnate Word, Marist College and UC San Diego

Johan Garibay finished the season with 72 saves to lead the WCC and ended his career with 246 to rank third all-time at GU

Climbed to the highest ranking in program history at No. 21

Kristen Garcia’s and Rosina Machu’s 17th and 22nd place finishes was the first time two Zag women’s runners both cracked the Top 25 to get All-West honors at an NCAA Regional since 2015

Garcia and Machu ran the fastest times in program history over a 6K course at NCAA West Regionals

Garcia was named USTFCCA AllAcademic

Garcia and Machu earned All-WCC first team selections after placing 6th and 7th at the conference championships

Alicia Anderson and Garcia were named WCC All-Academic First Team, while Makenna Edwards, and Alyssa Bienfang were honorable mention

Gonzaga placed fourth at the WCC Championships

Gonzaga made its sixth-straight West Coast Conference Tournament appearance

Owen Wild was named Preseason AllAmerican and WCC Pitcher of the Week

Jacob Rutherford was named WCC Pitcher of the Week

Brian Kalmer broke the record for most home runs in a game (will probably include whatever he ranks in single season homers and RBI by end of season)

New renovations at Patterson Baseball Complex and brand new state-of-the-art synthetic playing surface