LOS ANGELES – Rui Hachimura was named the West Coast Conference 2018-2019 Player of the Year on Tuesday after helping lead Gonzaga University, currently the nation’s No. 1 team, to its seventh straight regular-season title and 20th consecutive win.
The 21-year-old junior was also named to the All-WCC First Team, featuring the league’s top 10 players, for the second season in a row. He averaged 20.6 points and 6.7 rebounds per game for the Bulldogs, shooting 61.3 percent from the floor in more than 30 minutes per game.
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