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Tyrone Wallace, other Cal athletes recognized for academics

Tyrone Wallace drives to the hoop during a Cal men’s basketball game against Carroll in Berkeley, California, on Monday, Nov. 9, 2015.

The awards continue to pile up for Tyrone Wallace.

Four days after being honored as Cal men’s basketball’s team MVP, the Bakersfield native received the Tom Hansen Conference Medal at the annual Academic Honors Luncheon. Wallace won the award, which recognizes the top female and male senior athletes at each Pac-12 school, for a season in which he averaged team-highs of 15.3 points and 4.4 assists per game.

The Tom Hansen Conference Medal also went to swimmer Rachel Bootsma, a three-time national champion in the 100-yard backstroke and 2012 Olympic gold medalist.