General 2/8/2017 12:00:00 AM

Amilon Named Outstanding Rebel of the Week

Feb. 8, 2017

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV Men's Tennis senior Jakob Amilon has been named the Outstanding Rebel of the Week presented by Air Force Reserve, the school announced Wednesday. This is the second time this academic year Amilon has earned the honor.

The award goes to the student-athlete who turned in the best individual performance during the previous week of competition from Monday through Sunday as voted on by the UNLV Athletic Communications department.

The Stockholm, Sweden, native went a combined 5-0 in singles and doubles matches over the weekend, helping UNLV to a 4-0 mark in dual matches. Playing at the No. 1 position in both singles and double, he swept New Mexico State's top player, Chris Goncalves, 6-3, 6-4. In the doubles competition, Amilon and Evaldo Neto won the No. 1 doubles matches against New Mexico State, Weber State, Youngstown State and then UC Riverside to help keep the Rebels undefeated.

The Rebels will put their undefeated dual mark on the line this weekend in the Bay Area as they face Stanford on Friday, Feb. 10 and Santa Clara on Sunday, Feb. 12.

2016-17 Outstanding Rebel of the Week Award Winners
Aug. 31 - Dakota Blazak, Women's Soccer

Sept. 7 - Devonte Boyd, Football

Sept. 14 - John Oda, Men's Golf

Sept. 21 - Sophie Cortes, Women's Soccer

Sept. 28 - Katie Ballou, Women's Soccer

Oct. 5 - Alexis Patterson, Volleyball

Oct. 12 - John Oda, Men's Golf

Oct. 19 - Evan Pantels, Football

Oct. 26 - Jakob Amilon, Men's Tennis

Nov. 2 - Lily Sender, Women's Soccer

Nov. 9 - Tom Paco-Pedroni, Men's Swimming

Nov. 16 - Danny Musovski, Men's Soccer

Nov. 23 - Oscar Velazquez, Men's Soccer

Nov. 30 - Nikki Wheatley, Women's Basketball

Dec. 7 - Bree Hammel, Volleyball

Dec. 14 - Nikki Wheatley, Women's Basketball

Jan. 11 - Brooke Johnson, Women's Basketball

Jan. 18 - Carol Zi Yang, Women's Tennis

Jan. 25 - Jovan Mooring, Men's Basketball

Feb. 1 - Dylan Gonzalez, Women's Basketball

Feb. 8 - Jakob Amilon, Men's Tennis

-UNLV-

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Players Mentioned

#30 Jovan Mooring: Guard; 6' 2"; Junior; JC

#30 Evan Pantels: P/PK; 5' 10"; Sophomore; 1L

#83 Devonte Boyd: WR; 6' 1"; Freshman; HS

John Oda: 5' 7"; Freshman; HS

#3 Danny Musovski: Forward; 6' 0"; Freshman; HS

#18 Oscar Velazquez: Midfielder; 5' 9"; Freshman; HS

Tom Paco-Pedroni: Free; 6' 2"; Freshman

Jakob Amilon: 5' 11"; Freshman; HS

#11 Dylan Gonzalez: Guard; 6' 0"; Sophomore; TR

#2 Brooke Johnson: Guard/Forward; 5' 11"; Freshman; HS

#10 Nikki Wheatley: Guard; 5' 5"; Freshman; HS

#6 Katie Ballou: Midfielder; 5' 6"; Freshman; HS

Players Mentioned

#30 Jovan Mooring
: 6' 2"; Junior; JC
: Guard

#30 Evan Pantels
: 5' 10"; Sophomore; 1L
: P/PK

#83 Devonte Boyd
: 6' 1"; Freshman; HS
: WR

John Oda
: 5' 7"; Freshman; HS

#3 Danny Musovski
: 6' 0"; Freshman; HS
: Forward

#18 Oscar Velazquez
: 5' 9"; Freshman; HS
: Midfielder

Tom Paco-Pedroni
: 6' 2"; Freshman
: Free

Jakob Amilon
: 5' 11"; Freshman; HS

#11 Dylan Gonzalez
: 6' 0"; Sophomore; TR
: Guard

#2 Brooke Johnson
: 5' 11"; Freshman; HS
: Guard/Forward

#10 Nikki Wheatley
: 5' 5"; Freshman; HS
: Guard

#6 Katie Ballou
: 5' 6"; Freshman; HS
: Midfielder