Therese Koelbaek Class: Sophomore Hometown: Holte, Denmark High School: Naerum HS Height: 5-8 Experience: 1L

UNLV

An honors candidate who is already emerging as one of the top players in UNLV and Mountain West Conference history after just one year ... Will vie for MWC Player of the Year as well as All-America honors ... Name is etched in the Rebel record book following a dominating freshman season ... Posted the lowest tournament to par in school history, a six-under 210 at the NCAA West Regional and shared medalist honors ... Possesses a well-rounded game despite relative young age ... Will be the No. 1 player in the Rebel lineup to start the season ... Last name is pronounced "ko-ELL-beck."

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-Scholar and the Academic All-MWC teams ... 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 ... Brings a wealth of international experience to the Rebels ... Currently is a member of Denmark's three-person national team and was a three-year member of the country'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 ... Has not declared a major.