May 21, 2009

Nashville, Tenn. - Belmont senior golfer Danny Amundson was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV Second Team as announced Thursday afternoon.

The native of Sioux Falls, South Dakota was named to the University Division Spring At-Large Second Team after posting a 3.75 grade point average (GPA). He graduated last week from Belmont with a degree in Finance. During the 2008-2009 season, Amundson led the team in scoring with a 73.7 average and posted three top-10 and five top-20 finishes. His best finish was a third place showing at the TSU Big Blue Intercollegiate last month where he helped lead the Bruins to the team championship. Amundson also ranked fifth in the Atlantic Sun Conference in the Golfstat rankings.

For his career, Danny finished with a scoring average of 74.5, which ranks fourth all-time in Belmont's Division I era. He also posted six top-10 and 13 top-20 finishes. He also earned Academic All-Conference honors three times and was named to the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Cleveland Golf All-American Scholar Team last summer.

Amundson becomes just the second BU golfer in the school's Division I era to earn Academic All-District honors, joining Jon Webb, who was honored during the 2000-2001 season. He is also the fourth Belmont athlete this year to earn this honor, joining Brett Parker, Cat Mundy, and Andy Wicke.