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UNLV: Begins his fourth season with the Rebels ... has played in 31 tournaments for his career, tallying 92 rounds ... has a career scoring average of 72.32, which ranks fourth in program history ... has 19 top-20 finishes in his career, including 12 top-10s and six top-fives ... has shot par or better in 45 rounds.
2007-08: Named to the PING All-Pacific Region team for the second straight year and was one of three Rebels selected All-Mountain West Conference, which marks his third selection on the all-conference squad ... won the UNLV program's Earl E. Wilson award as the team's most valuable player ... led the MWC in scoring average with 71.33, which ranks as the fifth-best seasonal scoring average in program history ... was named the MWC Co-Golfer of the Month for October and earned the award by himself for September ... has won the award three times for his career ... was on the Ben Hogan Award watch list for the second straight year ... became the first college golfer to ever advance to the PGA Tour's Qualifying Tournament finals ... decided to not turn professional and remained a student-athlete at UNLV ... played in 10 tournaments totalling 30 rounds ... had eight top-20 finishes, including six top-10s and two top-fives ... his best finish was second at the Shoot-Out at Angel Park ... shot par three times and was under par in 14 rounds ... shot in the 60s 10 times, including a career-low-tying 65 at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate and the Turtle Bay Intercollegiate ... the 65s tie him for the 13th-lowest round in program history ... ranked 58th in the country by Golfweek at the conclusion of the 2007-08 season.
2006-07: One of two Rebels named to the PING All-Pacific Region team and one of two Rebels selected All-Mountain West Conference ... recipient of the Michael Maze award, which is presented annually to the Rebel golfer who best exemplifies the spirit of Rebel golf ... finished the year ranked 73rd in the country by Golfweek ... was a member of the 23-player 2007 Ben Hogan Award watch list ... played in nine tournaments totalling 26 rounds ... had five top-20 finishes, including four top-10s and two top-fives ... his best finish was eighth (twice - John Burns Intercollegiate and ASU Thunderbird Invitational) ... shot par three times and was under par in 11 rounds ... shot in the 60s seven times, including a career-low 65 during the first round of the MWC Championship ... the 65 ties him for the 13th-lowest round in program history and the lowest round in the conference tournament by a Rebel in school history ... was second on the team in scoring average with 72.38, which was the 15th-best in program history ... was ranked as the eighth-best amateur golfer in the country by Golfweek heading into 2006-07.
2005-06: Named the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year ... one of three Rebels named to the All-MWC team ... earned Co-MWC Golfer of the Month for November ... one of six Rebel golfers to be named to the 2006 Academic All-MWC team ... played in all 12 of UNLV's tournaments totalling 36 rounds ... had six top-20 finishes, including two top-fives ... tied for first at the University of Hawaii Fall Intercollegiate, but lost in a playoff ... tied for second at UNLV's home tournament, the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship ... shot six rounds in the 60s, with a then-career-best 6-under 66 during the final round of the Cougar Classic ... was third on the team in scoring average with 73.08 ... captured the 2006 Porter Cup championship by two shots at 10-under 270 and tied for second at the 2006 Sunnehanna Amateur, one shot back at three-under (both major amateur events) ... finished second at the Scratch Players Championship during the 2005 summer, finishing one stroke behind former Rebel teammate Andres Gonzales as the pair were two of only three golfers at the event to finish under par.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2005 graduate of Edison Academic Center in Bradenton, Fla. ... named the AJGA's 2002 Player of the Year and the 2002 California Junior Player of the Year ... won five tournaments in 2002, which was the most of any junior player in a single year ... the five wins exceeded Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, who both won four in one year ... three-time All-American ... advanced to the round of 16 at the 2004 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.
PERSONAL: Seung-Su Han was born Sept. 10, 1986, in Incheon, South Korea ... also goes by Steve Han ... the son of Hyo-Sook Kim and Mun-Sug Han ... has one brother, Josh (12) ... majoring in university studies ... is a black belt in tae kwan do.
KNIGHT ON HAN: "He is one of the best players we have ever had. His overall knowledge of the game and fundamentals are very strong and he has had a lot of success. The fact that he got all the way to the Tour finals last year as the first college player to ever get there was significant. He had limited status on the Nationwide Tour last year and he turned it down to come back to school. He is a big part of what we need to have to be successful, but he will go through the Tour school again this year and see where he comes out. He is definitely our leader. He is very dedicated and very sincere and I know if he doesn't make the tour, he will add a lot to our program."
