Two honored for academics at UC Merced

"The University of California, Merced athletics department brought in three more awards after it was officially announced that men's basketball players Ben Nguyen and Reggie Nelson...

...In order to be nominated, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status."

Nguyen is a 5-foot-11 senior out of Pleasant Grove High.

Nelson is a 6-foot senior out of College of the Sequoias.