UNLV REBELS

Calvin Kupeyan

Class: Senior Hometown: Tecumseh, Ont., Canada High School: Bradenton (Fla.) Academy

Height / Weight: 5-8 / 175 Birthdate: 04/06/1981 Experience: 3L

UNLV: One of two seniors returning to this year’s squad ... The team’s most experienced golfer with 77 rounds of play to his credit ... The top-ranked player in Canada will look to bounce back from a down junior season in which he played just six tournaments.

2001-02: Played in the Rebels’ first six tournaments, but lost his starting slot after failing to break 70 ... Rolled to a tie for 27th place at the Carpet Capital Collegiate, his best finish of the season.

2000-01: Only Rebel to play in all 31 rounds … Ranked No. 23 in the MasterCard preseason rankings … Started off the year impressive, leading the Rebels to a second-place finish at the Tucker Intercollegiate after finishing second individually with rounds of 71, 68 and 72 … Finished fourth on the team with a 74.48 stroke average … Enjoyed an impressive summer during which he won the Ontario Amateur, finished second at the Porter Cup and placed third at the Glencoe Club Tournament in Calgary, Alberta.

1999-00: Played in nine tournaments as a freshman and set the school record for lowest season scoring average by a freshman (72.75) … Peaked at just the right time of year as the Rebels headed into the postseason … Was the runner-up at the NCAA West Regional after shooting 68 in two rounds and finishing eight-under par … Posted his first career top-10 finish at the Mountain West Conference Championships, finishing sixth overall at one-under par and helping the team to a 23-stroke victory … Shot even par at the NCAA Championships to finish tied for 41st individually and help UNLV to a sixth-place team finish … Was one of five Rebels to play a round with President Bill Clinton after UNLV was invited to the nation’s capital following the 1998 national championship victory … Ranked as high as 68th by the end of the season … Carded 15 of his 28 rounds at par or better.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 1999 graduate of the Bradenton (Fla.) Academy … Won the state and district title under Chris Justice in 1999 … Was the AJGA Eastern Lucent Technologies Champion in 1997 and 1999 … Won the 1998 AJGA Polo Golf Junior Championship after recording rounds of 69 and 67 … Won the 1999 Atlantic International Junior Championship in Bermuda … Won the AJGA Clubcorp Junior Qualifier … Was the 1997 Provincial Junior Champion … Finished fifth at the World Junior Championship in England in 1999 … Finished sixth at the Doral Publinx Junior Invitational … Finished 18th at the 1997 World Junior Championship in San Diego … Won the psychology award and biological science award at his high school.

PERSONAL: Calvin J. Kupeyan was born April 6, 1981, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada … The son of Herman and Susan Kupeyan … Has one sister, Kristin, who was a four-year letterwinner in golf at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn. … Majoring in communications.