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Zhu Named Outstanding Rebel of the Week

March 29, 2017
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV Women's Tennis sophomore Aiwen Zhu has been named the Outstanding Rebel of the Week presented by Air Force Reserve, the school announced Wednesday.

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.

Zhu, a native of Wuxi, China, went a combined 4-1 over the week to help the Rebels win two of three matches, with the victories coming over Boise State and Southern Utah. Zhu recorded her first win over a ranked player as she defeated 63rd-ranked Sammi Hampton of Arizona State 7-6, 5-7, 1-0 (11-9) in Tempe, Ariz., last Wednesday. Over the weekend, she took down Boise State's Hanna Kantenwein 6-4, 6-0 to help the Rebels win their second conference match of the season in a 6-1 defeat of the Broncos. She followed that performance by beating Southern Utah's Evgenia Marushko 6-0, 6-1 at the top position as part of a 7-0 Scarlet & Gray win over the Thunderbirds. In doubles competition, she teamed up with En Pei-Huang at the top position to defeat SUU's Mikala Lowrance and Teresa Enrique Schmidt 6-3.

UNLV will head out on the road this weekend for a pair of conference matches at San Diego State and San Jose State on Friday and Sunday, respectively.

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
Feb. 15 - Dakota Gonzalez, Women's Basketball
Feb. 22 - Mackenzie Raim, Women's Golf
Mar. 1 - Tom Paco-Pedroni, Men's Swimming
Mar. 8 - Harry Hall, Men's Golf
Mar. 15 - Carol Zi Yang, Women's Tennis
Mar. 22 - Shintaro Ban, Men's Golf
Mar. 29 - Aiwen Zhu, Women's Tennis

-UNLV-
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Players Mentioned

Jovan Mooring

#30 Jovan Mooring

Guard
6' 2"
Junior
JC
Evan Pantels

#30 Evan Pantels

P/PK
5' 10"
Sophomore
1L
Devonte Boyd

#83 Devonte Boyd

WR
6' 1"
Freshman
HS
Harry Hall

Harry Hall

6' 3"
Freshman
HS
Shintaro Ban

Shintaro Ban

5' 8"
Freshman
HS
John Oda

John Oda

5' 7"
Freshman
HS
Danny Musovski

#3 Danny Musovski

Forward
6' 0"
Freshman
HS
Oscar Velazquez

#18 Oscar Velazquez

Midfielder
5' 9"
Freshman
HS
Tom Paco-Pedroni

Tom Paco-Pedroni

Free
6' 2"
Freshman
Jakob Amilon

Jakob Amilon

5' 11"
Freshman
HS
Dakota Gonzalez

#12 Dakota Gonzalez

Guard
6' 0"
Sophomore
TR
Dylan Gonzalez

#11 Dylan Gonzalez

Guard
6' 0"
Sophomore
TR

Players Mentioned

Jovan Mooring

#30 Jovan Mooring

6' 2"
Junior
JC
Guard
Evan Pantels

#30 Evan Pantels

5' 10"
Sophomore
1L
P/PK
Devonte Boyd

#83 Devonte Boyd

6' 1"
Freshman
HS
WR
Harry Hall

Harry Hall

6' 3"
Freshman
HS
Shintaro Ban

Shintaro Ban

5' 8"
Freshman
HS
John Oda

John Oda

5' 7"
Freshman
HS
Danny Musovski

#3 Danny Musovski

6' 0"
Freshman
HS
Forward
Oscar Velazquez

#18 Oscar Velazquez

5' 9"
Freshman
HS
Midfielder
Tom Paco-Pedroni

Tom Paco-Pedroni

6' 2"
Freshman
Free
Jakob Amilon

Jakob Amilon

5' 11"
Freshman
HS
Dakota Gonzalez

#12 Dakota Gonzalez

6' 0"
Sophomore
TR
Guard
Dylan Gonzalez

#11 Dylan Gonzalez

6' 0"
Sophomore
TR
Guard