Salvador Bernal, Dana Finkelstein honored by UNLV

Dana Finkelstein. UNLV women's golf team during the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown held at Boulder Creek Golf Course in Boulder City on October 28, 2014. (R. Marsh Starks / UNLV Photo Services)

UNLV Men's Soccer leading scorer Salvador Berna during practice at Peter Johann Soccer Field on Monday, Nov.10, 2014. The 2014 WAC conference champions depart this week for the conference tournament in Seattle. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Men’s soccer standout Salvador Bernal was named the UNLV Sportsman of the Year for 2014-15, and women’s golfer Dana Finkelstein won the Sportswoman of the Year award for the second straight year, the UNLV athletic department announced Wednesday.

Bernal, a product of Clark High School, capped his senior season by becoming the first Rebels soccer player since 1991 to gain All-America designation, named to the second team by College Soccer News and to the third team by the National Soccer Coaches Association. He is the first UNLV player to be a four-time first-team all-conference pick and a three-time all-region selection in helping the Rebels (14-5-3) to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1988.

Finkelstein, from Chandler, Ariz., posted three victories as a senior in 2014-15, including in the St. George Regional to lead UNLV to the NCAA Championships. A unanimous All-America selection, her average score of 71.82 was tops in the Mountain West, and her career average of 73.26 is best in UNLV history.