2014-15 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV had a total of 56 student-athletes named to the 2014-15 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award. The 56 Rebels honored are the most in school history and three more than the previous best of 53 tallied during the 2008-09 and 2010-11 campaigns.

The MW Scholar-Athlete Award is one of the highest academic honors bestowed by the Conference. To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least two academic terms at the member institution, while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better, and have participated in varsity competition in a MW-sponsored sport.

UNLV has had at least 43 recipients earn the award 10 of the past 12 years, including eight straight dating back to 2007-08.

The Scarlet & Gray were paced by the women's swimming & diving team and its record-setting haul of 14 representatives -- the second highest in the MW.

Rebel volleyball produced the Conference's highest output for the sport with eight honorees. The women's soccer and women's track & field programs were not far off volleyball's figure with seven and six members, respectively.

The football program added four of its own to the list, while men's golf, women's tennis and softball had three apiece. The haul for men's golf is tired for the teams most with the 2006-7 and 2013-14 squads.

In addition, men's basketball, women's basketball and women's golf had two each, while one more came from both baseball and men's tennis.

Overall, a league-record 730 student-athletes were named Mountain West Scholar-Athlete, including 53 individuals with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

UNLV's 2014-15 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award Representatives

Baseball (1)
D.J. Myers, Sophomore, Hospitality Management

Football (4)
Henri Jussila, Sophomore, Hospitality Management
Jared Lebowitz, Sophomore, Political Science
Andrew Oberg, Sophomore, Political Science
Trent Riley, Freshman, Undeclared

Men's Basketball (2)
Barry Cheaney, Junior, Biological Sciences (Pre-Professional)
Cody Doolin, Senior, Master of Public Administration

Men's Golf (3)
Ben Davis, Freshman, Pre-Business
Carl Jonson, Senior, Accounting
John Oda, Freshman, Political Science

Men's Tennis (1)
Jakob Amilon, Freshman, Pre-Business

Softball (3)
Francesca Foti, Junior, Special Education
Brooke Stover, Freshman, Criminal Justice
Jadelyn Yadao-Valdez, Freshman, Kinesiological Sciences

Women's Basketball (2)
Alyssa Anderson, Freshman, Secondary Education
Aley Rohde, Junior, Master of Public Administration

Women's Golf (2)
Harley Dubsky, Freshman, Hospitality Management
Avery French, Sophomore, Accounting

Women's Soccer (7)
Chidera Akubuilo, Freshman, Kinesiological Sciences
Nicole Candioglos, Junior, Hospitality Management
Isabelle Delgado, Sophomore, Journalism & Media Studies
Addy Guida, Junior, Biological Sciences
Michaela Kelsey, Sophomore, Kinesiological Sciences
Katie Vanderzwaag, Sophomore, Biological Sciences
Samantha Weber, Senior, Kinesiological Sciences

Women's Swimming & Diving (14)
Erin Cox, Senior, Accounting
Lauren Erickson, Junior, Kinesiological Sciences
Julia Fehervari, Junior, Hospitality Management
Elena Gavrilova, Junior, Psychology
Kristina Hendrick, Sophomore, Hospitality Management
Margot Monmousseau, Senior, Allied Health Sciences
Janelle Nguyen, Sophomore, Hospitality Management
Natalie Sanchez, Senior, Accounting
Madeline Schmidt, Senior, Anthropology
Michele Serra, Junior, Kinesiological Sciences
Taylor Shillingburg, Sophomore, Photography
Gözde Tekin, Sophomore, International Business & Economics
Tessa Thull, Freshman, Kinesiological Sciences
Michelle Troup, Junior, Finance

Women's Tennis (3)
Paola Artiga, Sophomore, Pre-Business
Anett Ferenczi-Bako, Senior, Hospitality Management
Alexis Garrett, Senior, Accounting

Women's Track & Field (6)
Erin Bowers, Sophomore, Hospitality Management
Lindy Eskin, Freshman, Communication Studies
MacKenna Howard, Freshman, Biological Sciences
Madison Johonnot, Sophomore, Elementary Education
Janeek Mollique, Sophomore, English
Kylee Vandenberg, Sophomore, Kinesiological Sciences

Volleyball (8)
Allison Davies, Senior, Accounting
Madison Harper, Freshman, Undeclared
Ashley Owens, Freshman, Business
Alexis Patterson, Freshman, Kinesiological Sciences
Carly Riehl, Sophomore, Biological Sciences
Sadie Stutzman, Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering
Alyssa Wing, Sophomore, Kinesiological Sciences
Katlin Winters, Senior, Master of Public Administration