POCATELLO, Idaho – Idaho State tennis players
Gary Rendek and
Hristina Cvetkovic have been named Idaho State's Big Sky Conference Scholar Athletes recipients for the 2020-21 academic year.
"Our annual Scholar-Athlete awards always shine a light on some of the best and brightest representatives that our league has to offer, and that is especially so for our 2020-21 recipients," Commissioner Tom Wistrcill said. "This group navigated a global pandemic while not only performing well in their respective sport but also being amongst the top of their peer group academically. On behalf of the Big Sky, we are incredibly proud of these individuals, and we are eager to see what a difference they will make in their future endeavors."
Rendek finished his playing career at Idaho State this spring. He was 8-7 in doubles this season on a team that advanced to the Big Sky Conference title match. He leaves Idaho State with his master's in business administration. Rendek was 8-2 in doubles play during the 2019-20 season. In 2019, he earned all-conference honors after posting a 13-2 record.
Cvetkovic came to Idaho State from Serbia in 2017 and played No. 1 singles for the majority of her career. She is leaving Idaho State with her master's in athletic administration.
To be eligible for this award, the student-athlete must have exhausted his or her intercollegiate athletic eligibility and/or be a member of the graduating class, earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2 (on a 4.0) scale, been a participant in a Big Sky-sponsored sport, completed at least two (2) years of intercollegiate competition at the institution, and been a letter winner.
2020-21 Big Sky Scholar-Athletes
Eastern Washington
Morgan Fossen, Track & Field, Communicative Sciences & Disorders, Medford, Ore.
Parker Bowden, Track & Field, Masters of Business Administration, Spokane, Wash.
Hartford
Ryan Tomaso, Men's Golf, Marketing, Milford, Mass.
Idaho
Malaina Thacker, Cross Country/Track & Field, Exercise Science, Puyallup, Wash.
Zack Short, Track & Field, Educational Leadership, Lebanon. Ore.
Idaho State
Gary Rendek, Men's Tennis, Masters of Business Administration, Budapest, Hungary
Hristina Cvetkovic, Women's Tennis, Athletic Administration, Nis, Serbia
Montana
Alexa Coyle, Soccer, Business Adinistration, Bozeman. Mont.
Montana State
Kyle Finch, Football, Mechanical Engineering, Dillon, Mont.
Tori Martell, Women's Basketball, Nursing, Somerset, Wis.
Northern Arizona
Anthony Sweeney, Football, Sociology, American Canyon, Calif.
Jessa Hanson, Cross Country/Track & Field, Biology, Spicer, Minn.
Northern Colorado
Darren DaLaCroix, Foorball, Business Administration, Greeley, Colo.
Maddie Barkow, Soccer, Sports and Exercise Science, Longmont, Colo.
Portland State
Kaila Gibson, Track & Field, Pre-Clinical Health, Santa Cruz, Calif.
Anthony Adams, Football, Applied Health and Fitness, Newberg, Ore.
Sacramento State
Milee Enger, Women's Basketball, Communications Studies, Herriman, Utah
Alec Foster, Track & Field, Kinesiology, Livermore, Calif.
Southern Utah
Jordan Porcaro, Track & Field, Exercise Science, Spanish Fork, Utah
Launa Wilson, Women's Golf, Masters of Business Administratio, Lantana, Texas
Weber State
Jared Schiess, Football, Masters of Health Administration, Manti, Utah
Summer Allen, Cross Country/Track & Field, Exercise and Sport, Orem, Utah
