General 3/29/2017 12:00:00 AM

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

#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

Harry Hall: 6' 3"; Freshman; HS

Shintaro Ban: 5' 8"; 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

#12 Dakota Gonzalez: Guard; 6' 0"; Sophomore; TR

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

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

Harry Hall
: 6' 3"; Freshman; HS

Shintaro Ban
: 5' 8"; Freshman; HS

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

#12 Dakota Gonzalez
: 6' 0"; Sophomore; TR
: Guard

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