2/15/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Feb. 15, 2006
LAS VEGAS - UNLV cross country athletes Ali Ainsworth, Ashley Pierce-Callihan and Katie Hughes were named to the 2005 Academic All-Mountain West Conference Academic, the league announced Wednesday.
Hughes has been named to the team four-consecutive years and the senior from Green Valley High School in Henderson, Nev., has a 3.39 GPA in kinesiology.
This is the second consecutive year that Callihan, a senior from Las Vegas who prepped Silverado High School, earned the accolade. This is the first award for Ainsworth, a freshman from Schuylerville High School in Schuylerville, N.Y.
To be eligible for selection student-athletes must have completed at least one academic term at the member school while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better, and be a starter or significant contributor on their athletic team.
UNLV MEMBERS OF THE 2005 ACADEMIC ALL-MWC CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
Ali Ainsworth Freshman 3.12 Hotel AdministrationAshley Pierce-Callihan Senior 3.49 Elementary EducationKatie Hughes Senior 3.39 Kinesiology
