UNLV stands tied for fifth after tying for lowest team score of the day.
UNLV Returns as a junior following her first season as a full-time starter ... Has one of the best short games on the team and is an exceptional putter ... Has the game to score low in any round and will be looked upon as the vocal leader of the team ... A very hard worker with a great personality.
2010-11 Registered 24 rounds on the year, becoming a full-time starter following the UNLV Spring Invitational ... Carried the fourth lowest stroke average on the team at 77.38 ... Helped the Rebels to a fifth-place finish at the Dale McNamara Invitational after posting a 237 (78-80-79, +21) ... Tied for 13th at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational in Honolulu, shooting a 228 (80-75-73, +12) ... Stood atop the leader board through two rounds at the Mountain West Championship after opening with a tournament low 68 in the first round ... Finished tied for fifth and helped the Rebels to a second place finish at the MW Championship, finishing with a 216 total (68-73-75, Even) ... Participated in her first NCAA Regional Tournament, carding a 243 (80-86-77, +27).
2009-10 Played in 15 rounds during her freshman season with the Rebels ... Carried the second-best scoring average on the team and 13th best in the Mountain West Conference at 75.93 ... Started her career at UNLV off with back-to-back top-25 finishes ... Posted a 223 (76-75-72, +7) in her season-opener at the Golfweek Conference Challenge, taking 18th place overall ... Followed that up with a 22nd-place finish at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational after closing with a 223 (74-74-75, +4).
HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Canbury School ... Won the state Under-18 Championship in 2005 and 2006 ... Played for the Ladies County Squad in 2008 and 2009 ... Won two English Order of Merit events in 2008: The Hampshire Rose and the Bridget Jackson Bowl ... South of England Ladies Champion in 2008 and the county champion in 2009 ... Finished eighth in the English Ladies Stroke Play event in 2009.
PERSONAL Ellis Elizabeth Keenan was born on July 13, 1990, in Isleworth, England ... The daughter of Delena and Joe Keenan ... Has an older brother, Farren ... Brother played collegiate golf at the University of Texas from 2003-07 ... A criminal justice major.
