Oct. 8, 2008

LAS VEGAS - UNLV junior men's golfer Eddie Olson has been selected as the Mountain West Conference Men's Golfer of the Month for September, the league announced Wednesday.

Olson, an Aptos, Calif., native, opened the 2008-09 season guiding UNLV to a second-place finish at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational in Colorado Springs, Colo. He claimed third overall out of 96 golfers and was under par all three rounds after carding a 7-under 209 (69-71-69) on the par 72, 7,301-yard Eisenhower Blue Course.

At the William H. Tucker Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M., the 2008 MWC individual champion earned co-medalist honors and led the Rebels to the team title with a 5-under 211 (67-74-70) on the par 72, 7,403-yard Championship Course.

Olson shot three of six rounds in September in the 60s, and five of six rounds under par.

For the season, Olson owns the MWC's lowest scoring average at 70.00. Ranked individually at No. 31, Olson has led the Rebels to a league-best ranking of No. 9 in the country (Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index).

This marks Olson's first MWC golfer of the month award.

UNLV's next action will be Oct. 13-14 at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate in Birmingham, Ala.