UCI honors record 170 scholar-athletes

UC Irvine Athletics honored a school-record 170 student-athletes as

2002-03 Big West Conference Scholar-Athletes at the program’s annual

banquet May 19 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

This year’s list brings UCI’s total to 2,221 conference

scholar-athletes since 1984. The 170 honorees bests the old mark of

148 set in 1998-99.

Requirements for this award include maintaining a 3.0 grade-point

average over three quarters or a 3.2 GPA over two quarters for

freshmen. Student-athletes must also earn letters in their sports.

The Scholar-Athlete award was implemented by the Big West

Conference to honor those student-athletes that have maintained a

high level of scholastic excellence while participating in

intercollegiate athletics. UCI expanded the award to include teams

that do not participate in Big West-sponsored sports.

In addition to the 170 scholar-athletes, UCI also recognized

several individuals. Men’s soccer player Scott Bowman was honored as

Lauds & Laurels Senior Athlete of the Year, the most prestigious

award given by the UCI Alumni Association. Bowman, an international

studies and environmental design major, was a two-time first-team

All-Big West selection, finishing his senior year with nine assists

and one goal for 11 points. He finished his career with 25 assists,

second most in school history and 47 career points, which is the

sixth most in school history. Bowman is a four-time Big West

Scholar-Athlete as well as a two-time conference All-Academic choice.

UCI’s Big West Scholar-Athletes of the Year are seniors Wendy

Gabbe (basketball) and Mike Lavery (golf). Each conference school

honors one male and one female athlete each year.

Gabbe was a second-team All-Big West selection after leading the

team with a 13.1 points-per-game average as a senior. The guard was

also named to the Big West All-Tournament team in 2003. She finished

her career with 1,000 career points and 151 three-pointers. The

English major was named a Verizon Academic District VIII second-team

honoree for women’s basketball. She was a four-time Big West

Scholar-Athlete and was also a three-time Big West Fall All-Academic

honoree.

Lavery, a social ecology major, was the medalist at the Big West

Championship leading UCI to its third consecutive Big West title. He

had four top-10 finishes this season and ended the year with a 72.47

scoring average. He was a two-time, first-team All-Big West

Conference selection and was named to the 2002 PING All-Pacific

Region team. Lavery was also a four-time Big West Conference

Scholar-Athlete.

Men’s soccer player Frankie Clay received the University’s

Academic Challenge Award from the UCI Admissions Office. The women’s

cross-country team accepted the Faculty Athletic Representative Award

for the highest team GPA. It was the 11th time head coach Vince

O’Boyle’s team has won the award.

A complete list of UCI scholar-athletes follows:

Baseball: Jimmy Alstot, Mike Davern, Matt Falk, Paul French, Steve

Guthrie, Michael Koehler, Matt Millett, Steve Schroer, Jordan Szabo,

Phil Tripoli and Greg Wallis.

Men’s basketball: Mike Hood, Ross Schraeder and Stanislav Zuzak.

Men’s crew: Brock Beard, Ryan Booth, David Camacho, Jeffrey Chang,

Michael Chen, Brad Cohn, Roy Culver, John Dashtara, Gabriel Francis,

Daniel Gromis, Salah Haggag, Charles Hine, Stephen Kelly, Joseph

Lynch, Kevin Margulieux, Michael Maxwell, Kevin Mothorn, Jason Park,

Jimmy Pham, Christina Quel, Scott Ritter, Peter Skoutelas, Jerry

Vaysman and Chris Wilderman.

Men’s cross country: Jules Castano and Aaron Jacobsen.

Men’s golf: Nick Asbrock, Jeffrey Coburn, Ryan Cole, Mike Lavery

and Ryne Rindfleisch.

Men’s soccer: Scott Bowman, Ben Bush, Frankie Clay, Josh Murad and

Jesse Peron.

Men’s swimming and diving: Bernardo Bermudez, Kevin Olson and John

Wingender.

Men’s tennis: Greg Biorkman, Arash Bormand, Jonathan Endrikat,

Raymond Hekmat, Chris Prentice, Peter Surapol, Eric Yandoc and Wkwesi

Williams.

Men’s track and field: Brandon Bailey, Aaron Corbett, Viken

Jermakian, William King-Lewis, Travis Morisoli, John Stein, Jonathan

Stewart, Santosh Swamidass, Jeremy Torres and Darrell Tozier.

Men’s volleyball: Dillon Fitch, Greg Ford, Jerome Gemise-Fareau,

Jarett Jensen, David Kniffin, Monte Tucker and Kyle Weichert.

Men’s water polo: Thomas McClusky and Jeff Powers.

Women’s basketball: Lisa Faulkner, Wendy Gabbe, Kristin Thawley

and Joanna Usher.

Women’s crew: Kaylen Amos, Stephanie Anderson, Elizabeth Barrett,

Evelyn Caldwell, Rebecca Estrada, Kristine Koo, Lorna Leopold, Nadia

Moya, Erin O’Donnell, Kristina Pacek, Marissa Palmer, Jessica Raney,

Emilia Ravski, Audra Reed, Erin Sully, Rachel Sung, Alysa Vanderweerd

and Cameron Yahr.

Women’s cross country: Amanda Armstrong, Janelle Del Soldato,

Melinda Fuller, Trisha Harris, Veronica Herrera, Jenna Keith,

Jennifer Liou, Julie Manson, Lisa Massoth, Karin Ragudo and Kaleena

Yee.

Women’s golf: Stella Lee and Channing Lovejoy.

Women’s soccer: Lindsay Duke, Jessica Hakim, Sara Henderson,

Chelsea McCarthy, Robyn Piotrowski, Tiffany Scheibley, Julie

Scheppele and Tara Weldon.

Women’s swimming and diving: Megan Baker, Kristin Buhagiar,

Shannon Coskran, Kim Do, Molly Donelan, Jessica Drake, Cheryl

Jennings, Jennifer Marcus, Stephanie Moore, Sara Showalter, Jackie

Snyder, Alison Vass, Jayme Yahr and Chandra Zern.

Women’s tennis: Anna Bentzer, Tiffany Chang, Carmen Khoury and Amy

Tranckino.

Women’s track and field: Erin Curtis, Angela Lotito, Catherine

Picha, Lina Pimentel, Annmarie Turpin, Kim Ramirez and Kelli

Vanderburg.

Women’s volleyball: Sami Cash, Robyn Chung, Ashlie Hain, Lindsay

Hess, Dana Kurzbard, Jennifer Moser and Brenda Waterman.

Women’s water polo: Justine Basom, Michelle Carey, Sunceray

Chamblee, Margaret Feeney, Melissa Fernandez, Erica Horman, Meghan

O’Donnell, Lauren Volcan and Rebecca Wedemeyer.

Sailing: Daniel Arsenault, Pierre Auroux, Jonathan Boyd, Jordan

Korss, Juliana Long and Emily Robb.