Murray and Alamo Named 2007-08 Big West Scholar Athletes
12/17/2008 8:04:19 PM | Men's Soccer, Softball
C Riverside senior softball player April Murray and senior men's soccer player Charles Alamo were named Big West Scholar Athletes at the conference's annual breakfast held on March 13th at the Crowne Plaza Resort Anaheim in Anaheim, CA. Murray and Alamo were among student-athletes from each of the Big West's nine member schools to be honored.
Murray is the second Highlander softball player to receive the Scholar Athlete award after Jennifer Thompson received the honor last year. April has started at second base the past three seasons and started at both second base and in right field for UCR this season. Last season, she was named the team's offensive and defensive player of the year. Murray graduated cum laude with a degree in business administration in June of 2007 after just three years at UCR. She has also been named to the Big West All-Academic team twice and is currently working on her MBA.
This is the second consecutive year that Alamo has received the award. He finished his career in goal as the Highlander's Division I all-time leader in wins, games played, saves, and minutes all as a goalkeeper. Alamo became the program's first player to receive a major men's soccer award after being named the Big West Goalkeeper of the Year and placed on the all-conference first team in 2007. He was also selected in the Major League Soccer Supplemental Draft by the LA Galaxy. Alamo graduated cum laude with a degree in Political Science this past December and plans on attending the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Murray is the second Highlander softball player to receive the Scholar Athlete award after Jennifer Thompson received the honor last year. April has started at second base the past three seasons and started at both second base and in right field for UCR this season. Last season, she was named the team's offensive and defensive player of the year. Murray graduated cum laude with a degree in business administration in June of 2007 after just three years at UCR. She has also been named to the Big West All-Academic team twice and is currently working on her MBA.
This is the second consecutive year that Alamo has received the award. He finished his career in goal as the Highlander's Division I all-time leader in wins, games played, saves, and minutes all as a goalkeeper. Alamo became the program's first player to receive a major men's soccer award after being named the Big West Goalkeeper of the Year and placed on the all-conference first team in 2007. He was also selected in the Major League Soccer Supplemental Draft by the LA Galaxy. Alamo graduated cum laude with a degree in Political Science this past December and plans on attending the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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