UNLV
The program[apos]s second two-time All-American ... An honors candidate who is one of the top players in UNLV and Mountain West Conference history after three years ... Will vie for MWC Player of the Year as well as All-America honors once again this season ... Name is etched all over the Rebel record book following a dominating career to date ... Posted the lowest tournament to par in school history, a 16-under 200 at the Las Vegas Collegiate Open, which also featured a school-record 6-under 66 in both the second and third rounds ... Has a wealth of international experience, including playing in the 2008 World Amateur Team Championships, representing her native Denmark ... Possesses a well-rounded game that is among the best in the MWC and the country ... Will be the No. 1 player in the Rebel lineup ... Last name is pronounced 'ko-ELL-beck.'
2009-10
Led the Rebels and finished second in the Mountain West Conference in scoring with an average of 73.63 ... Tied for a team-high 32 rounds played on the season ... Scoring average ranks as the third-best in school history and gives her three of the top four spots on the season average list ... Collected five top-10 finishes on the year, giving her 16 for her career ... Finished in the top 20 in nine out of 11 tournaments ... Opened the UNLV Spring Invitational with a 68 (-4), tying the third-lowest round and third lowest round to par ever at UNLV ... Her first-place finish at the spring invitational marked tied the third-best tournament score over 54 holes at 210 (68-71-71, -6) , tied the second-lowest score to par in a tournament and put her in a tie for first with the most medalist honors in program history at three ... Tied for ninth at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational after shooting a 217 (70-72-75, -2) ... Followed that up with a sixth-place finish at the Stanford Fall Intercollegiate ... Shot a 217 (70-73-74, +1) at the Bruin/Wave Invitational, finishing in a tie for 10th place and marking the start of four straight tournaments with a finish 11th or higher ... Earned All-MWC honors for the third straight season ... Named to the 2009-10 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 8 At-Large Second Team for the second straight year ... Selected as an NGCA All-American Scholar, was a member of the Academic All-MWC team and was a MWC Scholar-Athlete for the third consecutive year.
2008-09
Named Honorable Mention All-America by Golfweek for the second consecutive year ... Led the Rebels with a scoring average of 73.24, which is the second-best single-season scoring average in school history ... That scoring average was also second in the Mountain West Conference, and she was named to the All-MWC team for a second straight season ... Posted five top-five finishes, one top 10 and two top-20s ... Carded a team-best eight sub-par rounds and five rounds of par ... Opened the year by finishing tied for 10th at the Dick McGuire Invitational and then tied for 14th at the Stanford Intercollegiate ... Between those two tournaments she played at the 2008 World Amateur Team Championship, which was held in Adelaide, Australia ... Representing Denmark, she finished 27th overall ... Turned in a record-breaking performance at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, shattering the UNLV record and coming one-stroke shy of the NCAA record, carding a 16-under 200 to finish second overall ... She opened the tournament with a 4-under 68 and then caught fire, firing back-to-back rounds of 6-under 66, which set the Rebel record for lowest round in a tournament ... Posted a fifth-place finish at the Wave Invitational with a score of even-par 144, beginning a string of five straight tournaments in which she finished 13th or better ... Tied for fifth at the MountainView Collegiate (215, -1), tied for second at the Indiana Invitational (229, +13) and then closed the run with a third-place finish at the MWC Championships with an 8-over 228 ... She opened the MountainView with a four-under 68 in the first round, which is the (get it) lowest round by a Rebel ... Earned a spot on the NGCA All-American Scholar and Academic All-MWC teams, and was a MWC Scholar-Athlete for the second consecutive year ... Named to the 2008-09 CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 8 At-Large Second Team.
2007-08
The Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year, led the league in scoring average with a 73.78, which tied for the second-best single-season average in UNLV history ... Named Honorable Mention All-America by Golfweek ... Became just the second Rebel to win two tournaments in a single season ... Recorded four top-fives and one top-10 finish while rolling in seven sub-par and five even-par rounds ... Played in 36 rounds, which is tied for the second-most in a season by a Rebel ... Following a slow start, ended the fall by finishing 15th at the Las Vegas Collegiate Open with a score of 219 (+3) and then winning the USF-Richmond Country Club Invitational with a score of 215 (+2), which included first career sub-par round, a final-round 69 (-2) ... Finished fifth at the UNLV Spring Invitational, carding three consecutive rounds of one-under 71 to finish with a total of 213 (-3) ... Two tournaments later finished tied for fifth at the Indiana Invitational with an even-par 216, which featured a four-under 68 in the second round ... That started a run of three-straight top-five finishes ... Tied for fourth at the MWC Championships with a 223 (73-76-74, +4) ... Put together most complete performance of the season two weeks later at the NCAA West Regional, opening with rounds of 69 (-3) and 68 (-4) on the way to a total of 210 (-6), sharing medalist honors ... Became just the second Rebel to earn medalist honors at an NCAA Regional event ... Capped rookie year by tying for 34th at the NCAA Championships (75-76-74-75--300, +12) ... Earned a spot on the NGCA All-American Scholar and Academic All-MWC teams, and was a MWC Scholar-Athlete ... Was a notable newcomer by Golfweek entering the season, along with fellow freshman Alejandra Guacaneme.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Naerum High School in Naerum, Denmark ... Currently is a member of Denmark[apos]s three-person national team and was a three-year member of the country[apos]s junior national squad from 2004-06 ... Played in three European Team Championships with Denmark, placing 12th in 2004, fourth in 2005 and 10th in 2006 ... Finished second in both the Finish Open Championship and Dutch Junior Masters in 2006 ... Notched two third-place finishes (2004 and 2005) as well as a second-place showing (2006) in the Danish National Junior Championships ... While having a plethora of international experience as a junior, also competed in the United States, finishing 10th in the 2006 Doral-Publix Junior Classic and tying for 15th at the 2006 Junior Orange Bowl.
PERSONAL
Therese Koelbaek was born on Feb. 1, 1988, in Gentoftte, Denmark ... The daughter of Jan and Karin Koelbaek ... Has an older brother, Martin ... Majoring in management.
