JONSON NAMED ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR
Senior golfer adds another academic honor to his impressive resume
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UNLV men’s golf senior Carl Jonson was named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar for the second straight year, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced Wednesday.
A total of 206 players earned the honor in Division I this year. To be eligible, student-athletes must have been a junior or senior academically during the 2014-15 season, have competed in at least three full years at the collegiate level, participated in 50 percent of their team’s competitive rounds, had a stroke average under 76.0 and maintained a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.2. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college of university.
Jonson was also recently named a Mountain West Scholar-Athlete and was selected Academic All-Conference. He has earned each of the MW academic honors in each of his four years of college.
On the course this season, Jonson earned All-MW honors for the second straight year as he recorded a career-low scoring average of 72.13 in 13 tournaments (39 rounds). He had 17 rounds of par or better and shot in the 60s 11 times. His best finish was a third-place showing at the Jackrabbit Invitational and he tied for fourth at the MW Championship. His other top-10 finish was sixth at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate. His low round of the season was a 66.
Jonson was also named the UNLV Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the athletics department’s Scholar-Athlete Honors Banquet, which was held in May.