June 11, 1998

LAS VEGAS - UNLV sophomore golfer Jeremy Anderson has been named to the 1997-98 men's GTE Academic All-America At-Large Third Team, which was announced Thursday.

Selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America, there were 15 student-athletes selected to each of the three teams.

Anderson, who was one of only three golfers selected, has a 3.38 grade point average majoring in business management. He was also recently selected by the Golf Coaches Association of America as a second-team All-American.

Anderson was a major factor this season for the 1998 National Champions recording the teams only two individual championships. He was named to the All-WAC and All-District 8 teams, received WAC Golfer of the Week and Month honors as well as the College Golf Foundations Rolex National Golfer of the Month award for November.

Anderson was also selected to participate in the second annual Palmer Cup in St. Andrews, Scotland, Aug. 3-4, which matches the best U.S. collegians with their counterparts from Europe.

1997-98 GTE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA MENS AT-LARGE FIRST-TEAM PLAYER              SPORT       SCHOOLDaniel Anderson     Tennis      Virginia CommonwealthSteve Baldas        Tennis      GeorgiaMichael Bonanni     Lacrosse    MarylandBarry Cantrell      Track       FordhamSebastian DeChaunac Tennis      MississippiRyan Gabel          Tennis      Bowling GreenBrian Gallagher     Track       LaSalleSteve Iorio         Lacrosse    GeorgetownTim Jenkins         Tennis      ColoradoNeal McNamara       Tennis      Southwest Missouri StateDerrick Mitchell    Track       Fresno StateMattias Ohlsson     Track       South CarolinaKevin Sullivan      Track       MichiganCalvin Thigpen      Track       MississippiErrol Williams      Track       Notre Dame

1997-98 GTE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA MENS AT-LARGE SECOND-TEAM PLAYER              SPORT       SCHOOLChris Bender        Tennis      Rhode IslandKevin Betts         Track       Georgia TechJake Buntin         Lacrosse    DrexelPhil Carter         Track       TennesseeJames Cook          Track       Penn StateThomas Dupre        Tennis      Mississippi StateDave Emanuelson     Golf        Northern IllinoisTom Hand            Tennis      Louisiana State+Robert Howard       Track       ArkansasJerome Jourdon      Tennis      South CarolinaJoey Pitts          Tennis      GeorgiaIvan Poullaos       Tennis      Tennessee-ChatanoogaJason Rexing        Track       Notre DameIan Roberts         Track       Coppin StateDylan Williams      Tennis      Providence

1997-98 GTE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA MENS AT-LARGE THIRD-TEAM PLAYER              SPORT       SCHOOLJeremy Anderson     Golf        UNLVXavier Avila        Tennis      KansasHarold Drumm        Lacrosse    MassachusettsBrendon Falconer    Track       KentHerbert Forster     Golf        PacificJosh Johnson        Track       UCLARussell Johnson     Track       TennesseeJon Judisch         Track       Northern IowaRamin Kazemi        Tennis      TowsonRichard McDonald    Track       Texas A&MKian Raiszadeh      Tennis      CaliforniaVesa Rantanen       Track       MinnesotaMike Seymour        Track       CincinnatiStaffan Strand      Track       MinnesotaJoe Wirgau          Track       North Carolina State