6/2/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
June 2, 2011
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV men's golfer Derek Ernst was named to the PING All-West Region team for 2010-11 as the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) handed out its annual awards this week.
Ernst, a junior from Clovis, Calif., earned the regional honor for the second straight year after also claiming the Mountain West Conference Men's Golfer of the Year award, also for the second straight year, last month.
Ernst led the Rebels this year in rounds played (41), scoring average (71.93), top-20 finishes (11), top-10 finishes (8) and top-five finishes (3). He also led the team in rounds at par or better (20) and with 14 rounds under par.
Ernst tied for first at this year's MWC Championship and won the title outright with a birdie on the third playoff hole to break a three-way tie. His 7-under 64 during the second round of that tournament marked the lowest round by a Rebel golfer this season.
A total of 152 players were named all-region across six regions this year - Northeast, East, Southeast, Midwest, Central and West. Members of the all-region teams are automatically eligible for PING All-America honors.
2010-11 PING All-West Region Team
Todd Baek, San Diego State
Zachary Blair, BYU
Patrick Cantlay, UCLA
Alex Ching, San Diego
Nick Delio, Cal State Northridge
Derek Ernst, UNLV
Stephen Hale, California
Matt Hansen, UC Davis
Max Homa, California
Charlie Hughes, Washington
Alex Kang, San Diego State
Steve Lim, Southern California
Timothy Madigan, New Mexico State
Gregor Main, UCLA
Daniel Miernicki, Oregon
Alex Moore, Oregon State
Ryan Peterson, Colorado State
Scott Pinckney, Arizona State
Andrew Putnam, Pepperdine
J.J. Spaun, San Diego State
Martin Trainer, Southern California
Andrew Vijarro, Oregon
Pontus Widegren, UCLA
Chris Williams, Washington
Andrew Yun, Stanford
