SIDELINE EPORT
Honors Luncheon Recognizes Golden Bear Accomplishments
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elebrating the academic, athletic and community service accomplishments of the Golden Bears, Cal Athletics honored its student-athletes at the annual Academic Honors Luncheon in mid-May. The event was co-sponsored by the Big C Society and the Athletic Study Center. The list of attendees included student-athletes who have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher, or have earned conference, regional
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or national academic honors, or have served the community as leaders or mentors. Three of the postgraduate scholarship recipients – Daniel Sebescen (men’s tennis), Andre Bastos (men’s crew) and Elizabeth Mayeda (women’s cross country) – are profiled in this issue of the Cal Sports Quarterly. Anna Key accepts the Haas
Award from Athletic Study Center director Derek Van Rheenen
Left to right: Alex Pribble, Elyse Wong, Erin Reilly, Daniel Sebescen
Pac-10 Postgraduate Scholarships Erin Reilly, Women’s Swimming Elyse Wong, Women’s Gymnastics Daniel Sebescen, Men’s Tennis Alex Pribble, Men’s Basketball
Oscar Geballe Postgraduate Scholarships Andre Bastos, Men’s Crew Elizabeth Mayeda, Women’s Cross Country Jenny Wendell, Women’s Soccer
Pac-10 Medal (outstanding senior student-athlete) Jillian Davis, Volleyball John Mann, Men’s Water Polo Jake Gimbel Award (Golden Bear Spirit) Andrija Vasiljevic, Men’s Water Polo
Jillian Davis
Golden Bear Team Award Women’s Soccer (highest GPA, 3.356)
Anna Espenschade Award (Golden Bear spirit) Jillian Davis, Volleyball Joseph McDonnell Kavanagh Award (most improved student) Nu’u Tafisi, Football
Neufeld Scholar-Athlete Awards (senior with highest GPA) Jenny Wendell, Women’s Soccer Andre Bastos, Men’s Crew Andre Bastos (left) and Jenny Wendell
Walter A. Haas Jr. Community Service Award Anna Key, Women’s Soccer
Nu’u Tafisi
Golden Bear Achievement Awards (highest GPA on each team)
Baseball: Michael Capbarat (English) Men’s Basketball: Nikola Knezevic (Mass Communications) Women’s Basketball: Julia Numair (Business Administration) Men’s Crew: Andre Bastos (Cognitive Science) Women’s Crew: Tricia Davitt (Mass Communications) Men’s Cross Country: Chris Chavez (Economics) Women’s Cross Country: Rebecca Yau (Public Health) Field Hockey: Anja Kuhk (Mass Communications) Football: Jordan Kay (American Studies) Men’s Golf: Freddy Wolfe (Interdisciplinary Studies)
Women’s Golf: Shannon Yocum (Economics) Men’s Gymnastics: Zach Boone (Spanish) Women’s Gymnastics: Elyse Wong (Civil Engineering) Lacrosse: Liz Reifsnyder (American Studies) Rugby: Jason Lee (Business Administration) Men’s Soccer: Michael Nieraeth (Integrative Biology) Women’s Soccer: Nkechi Kanu (Business Administration) Softball: Carly Winger (Business Administration) Men’s Swimming & Diving: Justin Pollard (Economics) Women’s Swimming & Diving: Kelly Stravers (Political Science)
Men’s Tennis: Pierre Mouillon (PEIS) Women’s Tennis: Claire Ilcinkas (Economics) Men’s Track & Field: Alex Beitashour (Business Administration) Women’s Track & Field: Francesca Weems (Mass Communications) Volleyball: Angie Pressey (History) Men’s Water Polo: Andrew Nesbit (Business Administration) Women’s Water Polo: Erika Hanson (Political Science) summer 2007
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