Malec, Simon chosen

Friday, June 23, 2000 | 10:41 a.m.

UNLV women's tennis star Katarina Malec and men's swimming standout Jacint Simon have been named the school's sportswoman and sportsman of the year, the UNLV Women's Sports Foundation announced this week. Malec is the second tennis player to win the UNLV Sportswoman of the Year Award; Marianne Vallin was honored in 1996 and 1997. A senior from Warsaw, Poland, Malec turned in the greatest season in UNLV women's tennis history. The Mountain West Conference player of the year led her team to its first league title and broke seven major school records this spring.

Simon was the MWC swimmer of the year, UNLV swimmer of the year, a three-time conference champion (200, 500 freestyle and 200 butterfly), and became the first Rebel swimmer to achieve All-America status in three events in one year at the NCAA Championships in March.

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