February 24, 1999

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV Athletics Academic Top 30 was announced Monday evening during a halftime ceremony at the Runnin' Rebels' basketball game with TCU.

UNLV President Dr. Carol C. Harter, Director of Athletics Charles Cavagnaro, Faculty Athletics Advisor Dr. Myrlene Lamancusa and Director of NCAA Academic Services Jaina Preston were all on hand to salute the achievements of the student-athletes from 12 of UNLV's 16 varsity sports and present them with certificates of recognition.

To be included in this year's Academic Top 30, student-athletes were required to have a minimum grade point average of 3.72.

In addition to the half-time ceremony, the student-athletes will be recognized at the annual Student-Athlete Luncheon, which will take place on Monday, April 12 at the Tam Alumni Center on campus.

The complete list of the 1999 UNLV Athletics Academic Top 30 follows:

Clay Belding           So. BaseballJohn Meyer          Jr. BaseballGarett Shitanishi   Fr. BaseballKaren Webster       Sr. Basketball (Women's)Angela Fortner      Jr. Cross Country/TrackHeather Stedham     Jr. Cross Country/TrackKawika Batoon       So. FootballJohn Greer          So. FootballJoe Haro            Fr. FootballDanny Pacheco       So. FootballNick Palmer         Fr. FootballMike Reily          Sr. FootballNate Rydalch        Jr. FootballJeremy Anderson     Jr. GolfChris Berry         Sr. GolfRyan Bledsoe        So. Soccer (Men's)Andrew Hooker       Fr. Soccer (Men's)Paul Lunkwitz       So. Soccer (Men's)Russell Miller      So. Soccer (Men's)Charelle Ainslie    Jr. SoftballDanielle Ferreira   Jr. SoftballNicole Truax        Jr. SoftballTricia Healy        Fr. Swimming (Women's)Donna Wu            Jr. Swimming (Women's)Danny Erez          So. Tennis (Men's)Adam Thurgood           Fr. Tennis (Men's)Eric Pelton         Fr. Tennis (Men's)Veronica Goude      Jr. Tennis (Women's)Suzie Kocsis        Sr. Tennis (Women's)Meri-de Boyer       Sr. Volleyball