February 24, 1999
LAS VEGAS - The UNLV Athletics Academic Top 30 was announced Monday evening during a halftime ceremony at the Runnin' Rebels' basketball game with TCU.
UNLV President Dr. Carol C. Harter, Director of Athletics Charles Cavagnaro, Faculty Athletics Advisor Dr. Myrlene Lamancusa and Director of NCAA Academic Services Jaina Preston were all on hand to salute the achievements of the student-athletes from 12 of UNLV's 16 varsity sports and present them with certificates of recognition.
To be included in this year's Academic Top 30, student-athletes were required to have a minimum grade point average of 3.72.
In addition to the half-time ceremony, the student-athletes will be recognized at the annual Student-Athlete Luncheon, which will take place on Monday, April 12 at the Tam Alumni Center on campus.
The complete list of the 1999 UNLV Athletics Academic Top 30 follows:
Clay Belding So. Baseball
John Meyer Jr. Baseball
Garett Shitanishi Fr. Baseball
Karen Webster Sr. Basketball (Women's)
Angela Fortner Jr. Cross Country/Track
Heather Stedham Jr. Cross Country/Track
Kawika Batoon So. Football
John Greer So. Football
Joe Haro Fr. Football
Danny Pacheco So. Football
Nick Palmer Fr. Football
Mike Reily Sr. Football
Nate Rydalch Jr. Football
Jeremy Anderson Jr. Golf
Chris Berry Sr. Golf
Ryan Bledsoe So. Soccer (Men's)
Andrew Hooker Fr. Soccer (Men's)
Paul Lunkwitz So. Soccer (Men's)
Russell Miller So. Soccer (Men's)
Charelle Ainslie Jr. Softball
Danielle Ferreira Jr. Softball
Nicole Truax Jr. Softball
Tricia Healy Fr. Swimming (Women's)
Donna Wu Jr. Swimming (Women's)
Danny Erez So. Tennis (Men's)
Adam Thurgood Fr. Tennis (Men's)
Eric Pelton Fr. Tennis (Men's)
Veronica Goude Jr. Tennis (Women's)
Suzie Kocsis Sr. Tennis (Women's)
Meri-de Boyer Sr. Volleyball
