July 8, 2016
Mountain West's Release | Full 734 MW Representatives (PDF)
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV had a total of 49 student-athletes earn the 2015-16 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award, which was announced on Friday by the conference.
The Scarlet & Gray have had at least 43 recipients earn the award in 11 of the past 13 years, including nine straight dating back to the 2007-08 academic year.
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.
The women's swimming & diving team and its 11 representatives paced UNLV's contingent. Both volleyball and women's track & field were represented by six honorees while softball was close behind with five of its own.
Women's golf, women's soccer and men's tennis provided four apiece. Cross country and women's tennis added two each while baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, football and men's golf chipped in one.
Overall, a MW-record 734 student-athletes were named Mountain West Scholar-Athletes, including 47 individuals with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
UNLV's 2015-16 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award Recipients
Baseball (1)
Cooper Esmay, Junior, Communication Studies
Men's Basketball (1)
Barry Cheaney, Senior, Pre-Professional Biology
Women's Basketball (1)
Aley Rohde, Senior, Master's of Public Administration
Cross Country (2)
Lindy Eskin, Sophomore, Communication Studies
Nikki Regalado, Senior, Kinesiological Studies
Football (1)
Kurt Palandech, Junior, Management
Men's Golf (1)
John Oda, Junior, Economics
Women's Golf (4)
Kaylee Benton, Sophomore, Undeclared
Harley Dubsky, Junior, Hospitality Management
Alyssa Getty, Freshman, Undeclared
Texie Petchel, Sophomore, Elementary Education
Women's Soccer (4)
Nicole Candioglos, Senior, Hospitality Management
Isabelle Delgado, Junior, Journalism & Media Studies
Michaela Kelsey, Junior, Kinesiological Studies
Lily Sender, Junior, Mechanical Engineering
Softball (5)
Francesca Foti, Senior, Special Education
Jamie Hatch, Freshman, Elementary Education
Kylie Rasmussen, Freshman, Mechanical Engineering
Madison Rogers, Freshman, Pre-Business
Brooke Stover, Sophomore, Criminal Justice
Women's Swimming & Diving (11)
Lauren Erickson, Senior, Kinesiological Sciences
Julia Fehervari, Senior, Hospitality Management
Leah Fisk, Freshman, Kinesiological Sciences
Elena Gavrilova, Senior, Psychology
Kristina Hendrick, Senior, Hospitality Management
Janelle Nguyen, Senior, Hospitality Management
Ivy Provines, Sophomore, Computer Scienece
Michele Serra, Senior, Kinesiological Sciences
Goezde Tekin, Senior, Economics and International Business
Tessa Thull, Senior, Kinesiological Sciences
Michelle Troup, Senior, Finance
Men's Tennis (5)
Ruben Alberts, Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering
Jakob Amilon, Junior, Pre-Business
Rhett Boss, Freshman, Biological Sciences
Richard Solberg, Freshman, Undeclared
Women's Tennis (2)
Carol Zi Yang, Junior, Kinesiological Sciences
Aiwen Zhu, Freshman, Hospitality Management
Women's Track & Field (6)
Stella Clemens, Freshman, Undeclared
Summer Crawley, Junior, Journalism & Media Studies
Lindy Eskin, Sophomore, Communication Studies
Madison Johonnot, Junior, Elementary Education
Nikki Regaldo, Senior, Kinesiological Sciences
Stephanie Sawicki, Freshman, Kinesiological Sciences
Volleyball (6)
Elsa Descamps, Freshman, Pre-Business
Ashley Owens, Freshman, Pre-Business
Alexis Patterson, Sophomore, Kinesiological Sciences
Carly Riehl, Junior, Biology Pre-Professional
Sadie Stutzman, Junior, Mechanical Engineering
Alyssa Wing, Junior, Kinesiological Sciences
