May 11, 2000

LAS VEGAS - UNLV senior Charelle Ainslie has been named to the 2000 GTE Academic All-District VIII Softball Team, the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced Thursday.

Ainslie, a first baseman from Melbourne, Australia, boasts a career grade point average of 3.84 - the second-highest among all first-team selections. She currently is batting .278 with three home runs and 20 runs batted in.

In order to be eligible for Academic All-America honors, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA, must be a starter or an important reserve and be in at least their second season at the school.

UNLV's district consists of schools from the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. The national winners, which also will be voted on by members of CoSIDA, will be announced on June 8.

2000 GTE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT VIII SOFTBALL FIRST TEAM
POS PLAYER                  SCHOOLINF Charelle Ainslie UNLVINF Sarah Beeson            StanfordINF Meghan Cunningham   Sacramento StateOF  Kelly Hauxhurst         WashingtonC   Breanne Nickle          Utah StateOF  Jennifer Price          Saint Mary's (Calif.)P   Amanda Scott            Fresno StateP   Jennifer Spediacci  WashingtonINF Sandy Taylor            Utah StateINF Nicole Wilkinson    UtahOF  Becky Witt          Fresno State