July 19, 2006

LAS VEGAS - UNLV women's golfer Allison Chell was one of 371 collegiate athletes named to the 2006 National Golf Coaches Association Division I All-America Scholar Teams, the organization announced this week. It is the second consecutive year that Chell, a sophomore, has made the team.

Criteria for a student-athlete to be selected to the team included a minimum 3.50 GPA and a player must have played in at least 66 percent of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year.

Chell finished her second year with at UNLV with a 3.79 GPA while majoring in kinesiological sciences. The native of Queensland, Australia, played in 18 rounds for the Rebels last year.

Chell is the fourth Rebel golfer to earn the award, joining two-time winner Christine Hentzner, Tina Mabanta and Erin Borcherts.