12/12/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Dec. 12, 2008
LAS VEGAS - The UNLV men's golf program received signed national letters of intent from Karsten Majors and Kevin Penner during November's early signing period - to enroll at UNLV next fall and play for the Rebels starting with the 2009-10 season, head coach Dwaine Knight announced.
Majors, who is from Tulsa, Okla., and attends Bixby High School, was the champion at the 2007 Red River Shootout, which pits the top players from Texas against their counterparts from Oklahoma. He was the runner-up at the 2007 Oklahoma 5A High School State Championship and won the 2008 regional championship. He also claimed medalist honors at the 2008 conference championship and finished in the top 10 at the 2008 state championship. Majors' brother, Draegen, is currently a junior at SMU.
"Karsten is a real up-and-coming player," Knight said. "I have had conversations with his teacher Randy Smith in Dallas and he really thinks he has a terrific future in the game. This is our first signee from Oklahoma and we are very pleased to have him join us."
Penner is from Sammamish, Wash., and attends Eastlake High School. He was the 2007 Washington 4A High School State Champion and finished third in 2008. He is ranked as the No. 37 player among juniors in the country and played in the 2008 USGA Junior Amateur National Championship where he finished 18th out of 154 golfers. He was also a 2007 second-team All-America by the Future Collegiate World Tour and was the 2008 Washington Boys Junior Golfer of the Year.
"Kevin has become one of the premier players out of Washington," Knight said. "His improvement over the last few years has been dramatic as we have been following him. He has come onto the national scene with good results. He has improved a lot up to this point and I see that continuing. He is an outstanding competitor and we look forward to having him."
