May 27, 1999
LAS VEGAS - UNLV has three student-athletes that were named to the 1999 GTE Academic All-District VIII
Spring At-Large team, which was selected by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of
America).
Jeremy Anderson from men's golf, Asaf Tishler from men's tennis and Susie Kocsis from women's
tennis were UNLV's selections to the respective men's and women's teams.
Ten student-athletes representing nine schools from the western United States were selected
to the Men's University Division Spring At-Large GTE Academic All-District VIII team, while
12 student-athletes from eight schools make up the women's team. The teams were selected by
CoSIDA members in the district. Each member of the team will now represent the district -
which is comprised of schools in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawai'i, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon,
Utah, Washington and British Columbia - on the GTE Academic All-America ballot.
UNLV is the only school with more than one representative on the men's team, while Anderson
is a repeat selection as he went on to be selected to the 1998 GTE Academic All-America team.
To be eligible for consideration for the team, a student-athlete must carry a grade point
average of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale, must be in at least their second year of
participation at the school and must be an important squad contributor.
1999 Spring Men's District VIII Team
Student-Athlete, Sport, School, Yr., Hometown, GPA, Major
Jeremy Anderson, Golf, UNLV, Jr., Lake Mary, Fla., 3.54, Business Management
Eric Bell, Track & Field, Idaho State, So., Eugene, Ore., 3.975, Business
Ed Carter, Tennis, Arizona State, Jr., Columbus, Ohio, 3.82, History
Adam Connolly, Track & Field, Stanford, Sr., Silver Spring, Md., 3.54, English
Ola Larsen, Track & Field, Arizona, So., Oslo, Norway, 3.89, Engineering
Chris Maier, Track & Field, California, Sr., Pleasanton, Calif., 3.88, Political Science
Neil Mason, Volleyball, Long Beach St., Jr., Scarborough, Canada, 3.50, Communication Studies
C.J. Nakayama, Track & Field, Fresno State, So., Clovis, Calif., 3.93, Pre-Business
Asaf Tishler, Tennis, UNLV, Sr., Tel Aviv, Israel, 3.61, Hotel Management
Nils Wiklund, Track & Field, N. Arizona, Jr., Lulea, Sweden, 4.00, Civil Engineering
1999 Spring Women's District VIII Team
Student-Athlete, Sport, School, Yr., Hometown, GPA, Major
Emily Allison, Ind./Out. Track, N. Arizona, Jr., San Jose, Calif., 3.87, Speech Pathology
Karolina Bakalarova, Tennis, USC, Sr., Trebic, Czech Republic, 3.91, Business Administration
Annica Cooper, Tennis, UCLA, Jr., Chicago, Ill., 3.72, Business Economics
Dora Djilianova, Tennis, Fresno State, Sr., Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 4.00, Business Economics
Susie Kocsis, Tennis, UNLV, Sr., Budapest, Hungary, 3.94, Management Information Systems
Sabine Krieger, Ind./Out. Track, N. Arizona, Sr., Dingelstadt, Germany, 3.67, Exercise Science
Molly Moore, Ind./Out. Track, Washington St., Sr., Kalispell, Mont., 3.73, Biology
Andrea Neary, Ind./Out. Track, Arizona, Jr., Flagstaff, Ariz., 4.00, Pre-Physiological Sciences
Kelly O'Connor, Ind./Out. Track, UCLA, Jr., Anaheim, Calif., 3.93, Linguistics/Computer Science
Melissa Price, Ind./Out. Track, Fresno State, Sr., Kingsburg, Calif., 3.58, Business, Accountancy
Sarna Renfro, Ind./Out., Track, Stanford, Sr., Federal Way, Wash., 3.81, Human Biology
Myriam Tschomba-Fariala, Ind./Out. Track, USC, Jr., Brussels, Belgium, 3.47, Communications
