June 9, 1999
UCLA football player Shawn Stuart (Saugus, CA) and Bruin gymnast Kiralee Hayashi (Kailua, HI) were named today as 1998-99 Pacific-10 Conference Medal winners. A Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.
Stuart, a center on UCLA's 1999 Rose Bowl team, is a two-time GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American and a recipient of an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship. The second-team All-Pac-10 selection did not allow a sack in 1998 and finished his career with 35 consecutive starts. He played his senior season as a graduate student and as an undergraduate made the Director's Honor Roll (3.0+ GPA) in each of his 14 quarters.
Hayashi, co-captain of UCLA's 1999 Pac-10 Gymnastics Championship team, won the NCAA balance beam title this season and ended her career as a nine-time All-American. She earned Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year honors in 1999 and was a two-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection. Hayashi was a finalist for the AAI American Award, given annually to the nation's most outstanding all-around senior gymnast.
1998-99 Pacific-10 Conference Medal Winners
School Men Women Arizona Abdi Abdirahman, Track & Field Amy Skieresz, Track & Field Airzona State Bobby Lazor, Basketball Amy Shelton, Gymnastics California Gordan Kozulj, Swimming Marylyn Chiang, Swimming Oregon Josh Bidwell, Football Kaarin Knudson, Track & Field Oregon State Larry Ramirez, Football Megan Murphy-Barcroft, Gymnastics Stanford Josh Hochgesang, Baseball Tracye Lawyer, Soccer/Track & Field UCLA Shawn Stuart, Football Kiralee Hayashi, Gymnastics USC Adam Abrams, Football Adrain Williams, Basketball Washington Todd MacCulloch, Basketball Becky Newbry, Softball Washington St. Boyd Robertson, Baseball Anna Carlson, Rowing