DENVER ? Idaho track and field star Jason Giuffre and Nevada volleyball player Christine Harms have been named as the 2005-06 Western Athletic Conference Stan Bates Award winners. The award is named in honor of former WAC Commissioner Stan Bates and honors the WAC’s top male and female scholar-athletes, recognizing the recipients’ athletic and academic accomplishments. In addition, the awards carry a $2,000 postgraduate scholarship.
Giuffre earned all-conference honors in all four seasons with the Vandals. He was a member of the 4 x 400m relay teams that placed first and third at Big West Championships events, placed second at the 2006 WAC Outdoor Championships and placed seventh at the 2004 NCAA Regionals. Additionally, Jason has placed within the top 5 in the 400 meter dash during individual competition at various Big West and WAC Championship events.
Giuffre is a mechanical engineering major who is expected to graduate in December 2006 and has a 3.77 GPA. He is a three time All-Academic Big West team member and a 2006 Academic All-WAC selection.
Giuffre is also a three-year member of the University of Idaho Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and has volunteered in the Moscow community at the Palouse Habitat for Humanity and the American Red Cross.
Harms is a four-year letterwinner for the Wolf Pack volleyball program. She ranks second all-time at Nevada with 1,432 career digs and set the single season school record with 473 digs during the 2005 season. Christine ranks fourth at Nevada with 732 career points. She captained the volleyball team in 2005 during her final season for the Wolf Pack. Additionally, Harms was a three-year letterwinner for the Wolf Pack indoor track and field program.
Harms is a civil engineering major expected to graduate in December 2006 and has a 4.00 GPA. She has been named the Nevada Volleyball Scholar Athlete of the Year and been selected to the Academic All-WAC team for four consecutive years. She was also selected for the CoSIDA Academic All-District team in 2004 and 2005 and was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Volleyball Second Team in 2005.
Harms has volunteered in the Reno community at the Read Across America, Angel Tree, Penny Drive, and Children’s Ministry Programs during her four years at Nevada.
Previous Bates Award Winners
Men
Year, School-Sport
2006, Jason Giuffre, Track and Field, Idaho
2005, James Adam Davis, Track and Field, Rice
2004, William Barker, Tennis, Rice
2003, Taylor Pullins, Baseball, Nevada
2002, Chad Stoloff, Tennis, Nevada
2001, Sebastian Iannariello, Tennis, TCU
2000, Jeffery Piper, Cross Country, Rice
1999, Nate Kvamme, Football, Colorado State
1998, Byron Shefchik, Swimming and Diving, BYU
1997, Obadele Thompson, Track and Field, UTEP
1996, Greg Myers, Football, Colorado State
1995, Stoney Case, Football, New Mexico
1994, Justin Hall, Football, New Mexico
1993, Jason Elam, Football, Hawai?i
1992, Chris Nelson, Track and Field, Air Force
1991, Robert Clayton, Swimming and Diving, Wyoming
1990, Collin Davie, Track and Field, Utah
1989, Randy Welniak, Football, Wyoming/Chuck Cutler, Football, Brigham Young
1988, Chad Hennings, Football, Air Force
1987, Steve Bartalo, Football, Colorado State
1986, Rich Strong, Basketball, Colorado State
1985, Ed Eyestone, Track and Field, Brigham Young
1984, Jeff Kubiak, Football, Air Force
1983, David Schreck, Football, Air Force
1982, Frankie Sedillo, Football, New Mexico
1981, Blane Gaison, Football, Hawai?i
Women
Year, School-Sport
2006, Christine Harms, Volleyball, Nevada
2005, Tracie Uchima, Softball, Hawai?i
2004, Allison Beckford, Track and Field, Rice
2003, Stephanie Pascucci, Volleyball, San Jose State
2002, Jennifer Ashcroft, Track and Field, Nevada
2001, Becky Witt, Softball, Fresno State
2000, Jennifer Cafferty, Basketball, Rice
1999, Shelly Borrman, Track and Field, Colorado State
1998, Christina Bell, Soccer, Fresno State
1997, Angelica Ljungquist, Volleyball, Hawai?i
1996, Teresa James, Basketball, Colorado State
1995, Amy Burnett, Basketball, Wyoming
1994, Heidi Standteiner, Skiing, Utah
1993, Anu Kaljurand, Track and Field, Brigham Young
1992, Missy Marlowe, Gymnastics, Utah
1991, Laura Zaugg, Track and Field, Brigham Young