University of Nevada Las Vegas

To access the complete 2006-07 media guide bio, click here. UNLV: Begins his fourth year with the Rebels ... has played in 14 career tournaments totalling 42 rounds and has a career scoring average of 74.02 ... has finished in the top 20 four times, including one top-10 finish ... has recorded 13 rounds at par or better ... his 2004-05 seasonal scoring average of 72.39 ranks as the 15th best in Rebel golf history. 2005-06: Recipient of the Michael Maze Award, which is presented annually to the Rebel golfer who best exemplifies the spirit of Rebel golf ... played in just one tournament, finishing tied for 36th at UNLV's home tournament, the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship. 2004-05: Earned Academic All-MWC honors for the second straight year ... played in six tournaments and 18 rounds ... his best finish was a tie for 10th at UNLV's home tournament, the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship (216) ... also tied for 11th at the Turtle Bay Intercollegiate (217) ... had three top-20 finishes including one top-10 ... had three rounds in the 60s including a career-low 68 twice ... had eight rounds of par or better ... had a scoring average of 72.39, which ranked fifth on the team. 2003-04: Played in seven tournaments and 21 rounds ... turned in his best finish at the Mountain West Conference Championship, tying for 15th ... recorded his low round of the season with a 70 at the Hall of Fame Invitational ... had three rounds of 71 ... finished in the top 20 once ... recorded a 74.86 scoring average ... turned in five rounds of par or better ... a member of the Academic All-MWC team. HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Rotorua Boys High School in Rotorua, New Zealand ... played high school golf for three years, leading his school to a national championship ... also played for the New Zealand junior national team and New Zealand amateur team ... won three times in 2001, capturing the country's stroke play championship, the junior championship, and the International Schools final in London ... also won the International Schools title in 2000 in Northern Ireland. PERSONAL: Samuel Bernhard Hunt was born July 30, 1984, in Wanganui, New Zealand ... the youngest son of Anne-Marie and Dennis Hunt ... has one brother, Karl (25) ... majoring in kinesiology. KNIGHT ON HUNT: 'Sam has played very well at times for us. He is a solid person and a great student and I hope he will have a big senior year and be able to play at the level that we all thought he could when he arrived at UNLV.'