UNLV softball player wins GTE award

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Friday, May 12, 2000 | 11:44 a.m.

UNLV senior Charelle Ainslie has been named to the 2000 GTE Academic All-District VIII softball team. Ainslie, a first baseman from Melbourne, Australia, boasts a career grade point average of 3.84 -- the second-highest among all first-team selections.

She is hitting .278 with three home runs and 20 RBIs. To be eligible for Academic All-America honors, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA, be a starter or an important reserve and be in at least his or her second season at the school. UNLV's district consists of schools from Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. The national winners will be announced June 8.