May 29, 2014

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV junior Dana Finkelstein becomes the fourth UNLV women's golfer in school history to be earn All-America honors after she was named to the Women's Golf Coaches Association All-America Second Team, the WGCA announced on Thursday.

"Dana had an amazing junior year," head coach Amy Bush-Herzer said. "We are very honored to have her named to the WGCA Second Team All-American

The Chandler, Ariz. native had a stellar junior campaign for the Rebels and was named the Mountain West Golfer of the Year for the second consecutive year, won two tournaments and led the league with a 72.11 scoring average, which is the lowest average in school history. She finished runner-up at the NCAA Central Regional and sank her first career hole-in-one at the NCAA Championship, where she finished tied for 33rd.

"It was a great year overall and to be named to an All-American team is a great honor," Finkelstein said.

Finkelstein took top honors this season at the Colonel Wollenberg's Ram Classic and the Peg Barnard Invitational. She earned Mountain West Golfer of the Week/Month honors four of the eight times it was handed out during 2013-14 season. She also turned in five other top-five finishes at tournaments, including three runner-up finishes. Along with being name the MW Golfer of the Year, she picked up All-MW honors for the second straight year. She was also named to the WGCA All-Central Region team. It is the second straight year that Finkelstein has been named to an all-region team.

Finkelstein is the fourth Rebel to earn All-America honors, joining Sunny Oh, who was an honorable mention selection in 2003 and a second team member in 2004, Da Sol Chung, who was a first team member in 2006 and Therese Koelbaek who was an honorable mention in 2007 and 2008 and a second team (NGCA) and third team (Golfweek) member in 2011.

The full list of the three WGCA All-American teams is below:
WGCA 1st Team All-American
Laetitia Beck, Duke University
Celine Boutier, Duke University
Doris Chen, USC
Tonje Daffinrud, University of Denver
Noemi Jimenez, Arizona State University
Kyung Kim, USC
Lauren Kim, Stanford University
Alison Lee, UCLA
Gaby Lopez, University of Arkansas
Ally McDonald, Mississippi State University
Stephanie Meadow, University of Alabama
Grace Na, Pepperdine University
Mariah Stackhouse, Stanford University

WGCA 2nd Team All-American
Matilda Castren, Florida State University
Karen Chung, USC
Simin Feng, Vanderbilt University
Dana Finkelstein, UNLV
SooBin Kim, University of Washington
Erynne Lee, UCLA
Yu Liu, Duke University
Marijosse Navarro, Texas A&M University
Annie Park, USC
Samantha Swinehart, University of South Carolina
Lindsey Weaver, University of Arizona

WGCA Honorable Mention All-American
Daniela Darquea, University of Miami
Justine Dreher, University of South Carolina
Augusta James, North Carolina State University
Chirapat Jao-Javanil, University of Oklahoma
Alexandra Kaui, University of Oklahoma
Bronte Law, UCLA
Brittany Marchand, North Carolina State University
Wad Phaewchimplee, Kent State University
Sophia Popov, USC
Jessica Porvasnik, The Ohio State University
Ashlan Ramsey, Clemson University
Louise Ridderstrom, UCLA
Emma Talley, University of Alabama
Anne-Catherine Tanguay, University of Oklahoma
Charlotte Thomas, University of Washington
Jennifer Yang, University of Washington