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Head Coach Amy Bush-Herzer with Freshman Elina Saksa from Finland.

“I’M PROUD OF EVERY Players from Las Vegas have certainly teed it up for the
Rebels (more on that later). But, zoom out from a world map
ONE OF THE STUDENT view and put a pin in sites like nearby Arizona, California,
and Washington that have golfers on the UNLV men’s and
ATHLETES WHO HAVE women’s roster. Zoom out a little more and Canada comes
into play with a couple of players. Then, take that view
COME THROUGH HERE. all the way out and the entire world comes into focus, as
there are players from Spain, England, China, Australia,
Germany, and Finland on the teams.
WE WANT THEM TO

And that’s just this season.
BE GOOD STUDENTS,

The out-of-state and foreign players left the security of their
BUT WE ALSO WANT hometowns, as well as their families, and traveled thou-

sands of miles to place their golf futures—both on and off
TO MAKE SURE THEY the course—in the hands of men’s coach Dwaine Knight and
women’s coach Amy Bush-Herzer.
HAVE A PASSION FOR
It’s something both coaches know can and will be a
THE GAME.” life-changing trip. “We really want them to take advantage
of the opportunity and get a degree,” says Knight, who has
—AMY BUSH-HERZER been the men’s head coach for more than 30 years. “They
WOMEN’S COACH have to be committed to that. A lot of people just want to

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