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Two Las Vegas Golfers Earn Accolades for 2007 Season Success |
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May 30, 2007--Two UNLV men's golfers were named to the PING All-Pacific Region as the Golf Coaches Association of America handed out its annual awards. Junior Jarred Texter and sophomore Seung-su Han were UNLV's two representatives selected to the Pacific Region squad. This year marks the second straight season that Texter was named all-region. Both Texter and Han were also named to the All-Mountain West Conference team in April. UNLV golf's home course is Las Vegas golf course Southern Highlands Golf Club.
Each of the nine PING All-Region teams consist of the tip 15 individual golfers in their respective region in the individual ranking system. Additionally, any player ranked in the top 75 nationally according to Golfstat or the Sagarin rankings not included in their region's top 15 were added to their all-region team. Members of the team are now eligible for PING All-America honors, which will be announced following the NCAA Division I Championships. Official Las Vegas golf course Tee Times and Information Texter lef the Rebels in scoring average this season with 71.40 over 35 rounds. He finished in the top 20 eight times, which included six top 10 finishes and two top fives. Han was second on the team in scoring average with 72.38 over 26 rounds, and showed major improvement, something which UNLV Head Coach Dwaine Knight was sure to note at the end of the year.
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