April 5, 2000
LAS VEGAS -
The UNLV Department of Athletics honored more than 50 student-athletes for their academic achievements at the 21st Annual UNLV Scholar-Athlete Luncheon on Wednesday at the Richard Tam Alumni Center.
Seniors Ryan Bledsoe and Donna Wu captured the event's top honors as they were named UNLV's Most Outstanding Male and Female Scholar-Athlete, respectively. Bledsoe, a goalkeeper for the men's soccer team, is in graduate school at UNLV and recorded a 4.00 GPA in economics last semester. Wu, who competes on the women's swimming team, turned in a 3.89 GPA in hotel administration.
UNLV also announced the top GPA Award winners in each sport and honored the members of the Rebel Academic Top 30 and selections to the Fall Academic All-Mountain West Conference and Academic All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation teams, which were released earlier this year.
UNLV Most Outstanding Male Scholar Athlete
Ryan Bledsoe, Sr., Men's Soccer, Las Vegas, NV
UNLV Most Outstanding Female Scholar Athlete
Donna Wu, Sr., Women's Swimming, Richmond, B.C., Canada
2000 UNLV Top GPA Award Winners
Charelle Ainslie, Sr., Softball, Melbourne, Australia
Jeremy Anderson, Sr., Men's Golf, Winter Park, Fla.
Clay Belding, Jr., Baseball, Reno, Nev.
Ryan Bledsoe, Sr., Men's Soccer, Las Vegas, Nev.
Linda Frohlich, So., Women's Basketball, Oldendorf, Germany
Veronica Goude, Sr., Women's Tennis, Stockholm, Sweden
Kaspars Kambala, Jr., Men's Basketball, Riga, Latvia
Marni Polakow, So., Women's Soccer, Buffalo Grove, Ill.
Michael Short, So., Men's Swimming, San Jose, Calif.
Toby Smeltzer, Fr., Football, Las Vegas, Nev.
Heather Steadham, Sr., Women's Track and Field, Moapa, Nev.
Angie Sylvas, Sr., Volleyball, Las Vegas, Nev.
Adam Thurgood, Jr., Men's Tennis, Salt Lake City, Utah
Donna Wu, Sr., Women's Swimming, Richmond, B.C., Canada
