University of Nevada Las Vegas

To access the complete 2007-08 media guide bio, click here. UNLV: Begins his fifth season with the Rebels ... has played in 14 career tournaments and 42 rounds ... has a 73.71 career scoring average, which ranks 19th in program history ... has recorded three career top-10 finishes, including a victory at UNLV's home tournament, the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship in 2006 ... has carded 13 rounds at par or better. 2006-07: One of three Rebels to be named a MWC Scholar-Athlete (third straight year earning the honor) ... played in four tournaments totalling 12 rounds ... had one top-10 finish - a sixth-place showing at the District 7 Shootout ... shot par once and had four rounds under par ... shot in the 60s twice, including a career-low 68 at the District 7 Shootout ... had a scoring average of 73.83. 2005-06: Won the Parker Award for the third-straight year, which goes to the Rebel with the highest grade point average on the team ... one of six Rebel golfers to be named to the 2006 Academic All-MWC team ... marked the second straight year earning Academic All-MWC honors ... only Rebel to be named a MWC Scholar-Athlete (also second straight year earning the honor) ... won his first collegiate title with a two-under 214 at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship, UNLV's home tournament ... played in six tournaments totalling 18 rounds ... other top-10 finish was a tie for sixth at the MWC Championship ... had three rounds in the 60s, all 69s with two of them coming in the final two rounds of the Southern Highlands Collegiate ... was fifth on the team in scoring average with 74.28 ... won the 2006 Nevada State Amateur. 2004-05: Earned Academic All-MWC honors and was named a MWC Scholar-Athlete ... won the Parker Award for the second-straight year ... played in four tournaments and 12 rounds ... recorded his best finish at UNLV's home tournament, the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship (222), where he finished tied for 25th ... recorded his low round of the year (71) during the first and second rounds of the Nelson Invitational ... had a scoring average of 72.75, which ranked sixth on the team ... his 72.75 scoring average ranks tied for 30th on the all-time UNLV chart for scoring average in a season ... during the summer of 2005, he lost by one shot at the state amateur. 2003-04: Used the season as a redshirt year ... won the Parker Award. HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 honors graduate of the Galena High School in Reno ... a two-sport star for the Grizzlies, lettering eight times in both golf and skiing ... led the golf team to four consecutive top-four finishes in the state ... broke the state record for low round, firing a 66 during his senior year ... was the individual state runner-up as a senior ... won two junior tournaments over the summer: the Nevada State Junior Championship and the California Junior Classic on the Future Collegiates World Tour ... also helped the ski team to two state titles. PERSONAL: Matthew Maurice Kinsinger was born Aug. 25, 1985, in Bakersfield, Calif. ... the son of Tim and Heidi Kinsinger ... is the oldest of five siblings: Lindsey (19), Alexa (13), and twins Adam and Erin (11) ... majoring in business with an emphasis in finance. KNIGHT ON KINSINGER: 'Matt has done a wonderful job academically. He has been one of our leaders in GPA almost every year here and has worked very hard. He is a very smart young man and he will have a bright future in a lot of different ways. I am very proud of him winning our tournament a couple of years ago. I know his goals are still to play golf at the highest level, but he has done so many good things. He is probably one of the most balanced student-athletes we have ever had here. He has played some good golf and has had a chance to play in our program at the highest level and he has really enjoyed that.'