July 19, 2001

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- UNLV men's golfers Scott Lander and Travis Whisman were named to the 2001 Academic All-Mountain West Conference Men's Golf team, the league announced on Thursday.

The Rebels boasted two of the 25 men named to the squad. Lander, who graduated from UNLV last May with a bachelor's degree in communications, earned his second career selection to the league's honor roll after posting a 3.18 cumulative GPA. Whisman posted a 3.27 GPA as an undeclared freshman.

Name, School, Year, GPA, Major
*Ben Leestma, Air Force, Jr., 3.24, Management
Andrew Robinson, Air Force, Sr., 3.13, Physics
Olli Nissinen, BYU, Sr., 3.36, International Studies
Jared Overton, BYU, Jr., 3.62, Management
James Kurtenbach, CSU, So., 3.14, Open Option
Martin Laird, CSU, Fr., 3.68, Business Administration
Dallas Massey, CSU, Jr., 3.10, Business Administration
*Tommy Sharp, CSU, So., 3.36, Business Administration
*Robby Stephenson, CSU, Sr., 3.2, Business Administration
Brett Tobyne, CSU, So., 3.39, Business Administration
Jim Anderson, UNM, So., 3.45, Management
*Wil Collins, UNM, Jr., 3.85, Travel & Tourism
*Scott Hailes, UNM, Jr., 3.19, International Management
*Joel Hendry, UNM, Sr., 3.02, General Management
*Rob Kortan, UNM, Sr., 3.56, Travel & Tourism
*Lars Johansson, SDSU , So., 3.56, Business
*Scott Lander, UNLV, Sr., 3.18, Communications
Travis Whisman, UNLV, Fr., 3.27, Undeclared
*Shawn Edwards, Utah, Sr., 3.41, Parks, Rec & Tourism
Lucas Swilor, Utah, So., 3.73, Business
Paul Winterowd, Utah, Sr., 3.73, Economics
*David Hearn, Wyoming, Sr., 3.09, Psychology
*Jacob Hunter, Wyoming, Sr., 3.27, Business
Kurt Kowaluk, Wyoming, Jr., 3.37, Mathematics
Michael Mezei, Wyoming, So., 3.88, Business

* - denotes repeat selection