Malec Earns Academic Kudo
6/5/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
June 5, 2000
LAS VEGAS - UNLV women's tennis star Katarina Malec, who last week became the school's second-ever All-American in her sport, has added an academic accomplishment to her growing list of honors.
Malec was named second-team GTE At-Large Academic All-District VIII as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced Monday.
Malec, a senior from Warsaw, Poland, boasts a 3.68 GPA while pursuing a double major in hotel administration and finance. The spring at-large team included student-athletes from the sports of tennis, track and field, golf and crew. The lowest GPA on the district's first team was 3.70.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average, must be a starter on their team and be in at least their second season at the school.
District VIII includes schools in the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
CoSIDA'S 2000 GTE WOMEN'S ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT VIIIFIRST TEAM Sport School YearAmanda Basica Tennis UCLA Sr.Darian Chappell Tennis UC Irvine Jr.Petra Eklund Track Northern Arizona Sr.Michelle Gough Tennis Arizona Jr.Francesca Sewell Tack Washington State Grad. StudentKelly Hansen Track Weber State Sr.Meredith Johnson Crew San Diego State Grad. StudentAndrea Neary Track Arizona Jr.Susan Taylor Track BYU Sr.Susanna Wallin Tennis Northern Arizona Jr.
SECOND TEAM Sport School YearKirsten Bolm Track BYU Sr.Cassie Bouska Crew Oregon State Sr.Cicely Clinkenbeard Track Washington State Jr.Annica Cooper Tennis UCLA Sr.Brianna Glenn Track Arizona So.Marissa Irvin Tennis Stanford So.Kristina Kraszewski Tennis Washington Jr.Katarina Malec Tennis UNLV Sr.Kyla McFarland Track Nevada, Reno Jr.Carina Olsson Golf Oregon State Jr.
