July 24, 2008
The University of New Mexico Alumni Lettermen’s Association will award 20 scholarships this fall to Lobo student-athletes that have exhausted their eligibility. The scholarship – now called The George Brooks Fifth Year Scholarship in honor of retired head ski coach and UNM lettermen George Brooks – will assist fifth-year athletes to complete their education at UNM. The following athletes will receive financial assistance to finish their degrees at UNM:
Amy Beresford and Laura Van Alst (women’s skiing)
Ian Hollick and Adam Skelton (baseball)
Ashley Allen and Lindsey Elcess (softball)
Amber Wetsch and Anna Neu (women’s soccer)
Darren Prentice (men’s basketball)
Brandi Kimble and Dionne Marsh (women’s basketball)
Jennifer Ryba (women’s tennis)
Max Jones, Kamil Pajkowski and Chris Parkes (men’s tennis)
Tyson Ditmore (football)
Amina Adnan and Ashley LaBree (women’s swimming)
Joseph Garcia (men’s track and field)
Alexandra Phelps (women’s golf; Ralph C. Youngberg Memorial Golf Scholarship for graduate study)
“The UNM Alumni Lettermen’s Association is proud to be in a position to offer awards annually,” said Rick Ronquillo, Chair of the Scholarship Committee and a UNM baseball letterman from 1979-83. “Thanks to all our dues-paying members, we will award 20 scholarships. It is the number one mission of the Alumni Lettermen’s Association. We are proud of the accomplishments of the student athletes here at UNM; they embody the ideal student-athlete.”