Unfortunatley I had to miss Charlotte-Anne’s advanced reporting class today, but it was for a good cause. I attended the 29th annual scholar-athlete luncheon this afternoon. 134 student-athletes were honored for achieving GPAs of 3.0 or higher and recognized as MWC and Mountain West Sports Federation (men’s soccer) Academic All-Conference recipients. Honorees must have completed one academic semester at UNLV and have competed in 50 percent of the team’s contests.

    There were 29 student-athletes recognized for being named to the MWC’s Scholar-Athlete Award list for having a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or greater in at least two semesters at UNLV. Forty-three individuals were honored as members of the Rebel Top 10 for attaining a GPA which places them in the top 10 percent of all student-athletes at UNLV. The award is based on cumulative GPA’s of all student-athletes who have completed one full academic year at UNLV.

   Kyle Kretchmer from the men’s baseball team and Jessica Walters from the women’s volleyball team were named UNLV’s Most-Outstanding Scholar-Athletes.

     It was great seeing student-athletes get recognized for the work they put in not just on the field or in the arena, but in the classroom.