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The following bio is entering the 2008-09 season...
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UNLV: Begins his fourth season with the Rebels ... has played in 15 career tournaments, tallying 44 rounds ... has a career stroke average of 73.77, which ranks 21st in program history ... has recorded seven top-20 finishes, including four top-10s ... has recorded 14 rounds of par or better golf ... won the 108th Southern California Golf Association Amateur Championship in July, 2007, and tied for eighth at the 41st Pacific Coast Amateur Championship.
2007-08: One of four Rebel golfers to be named to the 2008 Academic All-Mountain West Conference team ... was his second straight year on the academic team ... played in eight tournament totalling 24 rounds ... recorded three top-20 finishes, including two top-10s ... his best finish was a tie for seventh at the Shoot-Out at Angel Park ... shot par twice and was under par in four rounds ... shot in the 60s twice, including a 66 in the Shoot-Out at Angel Park's final round ... had a scoring average of 74.46.
2006-07: One of four Rebel golfers to be named to the 2007 Academic All-Mountain West Conference team ... played in seven tournaments totalling 20 rounds ... recorded four top-20 finishes, including two top-10s ... his best finish was a tie for seventh at the District 7 Shootout ... shot par three times and was under par in five rounds ... shot in the 60s four times, including a career-low 65 at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate ... his 67 during the MWC Championship's third round ties him for the lowest third-round score ever by a Rebel in the conference tournament ... had a scoring average of 72.95.
2005-06: Did not play in 2005-06, using the season as his redshirt year.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2005 graduate of Flintridge Peparatory School in La Canada, Calif. ... lettered four years in golf and was the team captain his junior and senior years ... was a first team all-league selection all four years of high school ... was a two-time all-area selection and the MVP of the Prep League ... his senior year he was first team All-CIF and an L.A. Times first-team selection ... was a Southern California Junior Player of the Year ... finished second at the 2003 Las Vegas Founders Junior Golf Championship ... also was a two-time United States Junior participant.
PERSONAL: Brett James Kanda was born May 10, 1987, in Glendale, Calif. ... son of James and Patricia Kanda ... has a brother, Cameron (17) ... majoring in communications with an emphasis in print journalism ... his dad played tennis at Santa Clara.
KNIGHT ON KANDA: "Brett has had a lot of experience playing the last couple of years. He seems to be getting comfortable with his role on the team and is a strong player, who hits the ball a long way. He has a lot of pro-type qualities in his game and he is gaining confidence in himself. He can be a big factor for us. He has really put up some low numbers for us over the years and if we can get consistency from that, it will really help us."
