July 9, 2010

LAS VEGAS - UNLV men's golf senior Brett Kanda was named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar for the second straight year, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) announced this week.

A total of 119 players earned the honor in Division I this year and to be eligible, student-athletes must have been a junior or senior academically during the 2009-10 season, have competed in at least two full years at the collegiate level, participated in 70 percent of their team's competitive rounds or competed in the NCAA Championships, had a stroke average under 76.0 and maintained a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college of university.

Last month, Kanda was included on the Spring 2010 Academic All-Conference squad, which marked his fourth consecutive year earning the award. He carried a 3.25 cumulative GPA with a major of communication studies.

Kanda recorded a scoring average of 73.46 this season, in 37 rounds of competition. He turned in four top-20 finishes, including two top-10s and a top-five. He shot under par in 10 rounds and even-par six times and his best finish was a tie for third place at the John Burns Intercollegiate in Hawaii in February.