Rebel Academic Top 30 Announced
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
