University of Evansville juniors Matt Hunsaker and Ryan Linsner were honored today by the Missouri Valley Conference by earning a place on the 2008 MVC Men's Golf Scholar-Athlete Team. This marks the fourth straight year in which Evansville has had at least one member of the scholar-athlete squad. The 11-man team was chosen by the league's sports information directors. Hunsaker was chosen for the first team while Linsner was an honorable mention selection. Hunsaker has a 3.88 grade point average, and is majoring in accounting. He was number one on the team in 2007-08 with a 74.3 average. He finished in the top 20 at six of the 10 tournaments in which Evansville played, including a sixth place finish in the 88-player Adidas Hoosier Invitational and an eighth place finish in the 84-player Skyhawk Classic. Hunsaker shot a career-low 68 at the Treasure Coast Classic at Ft. Pierce, Fla. in March. Linsner has a 3.98 GPA and is majoring in business. The 2006 transfer from Clemson University was UE's number five player in 2007-08 with a 77.67 average. His best finish was 22nd in a field of 70 golfers at the Southern Showdown at Birmingham, Ala. Linsner's low round of 71 came at the Jacksonville State Invitational at Tunica, Miss. 2008 Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete Team FIRST TEAM, School Yr. GPA Major Hometown ^Damaso Carrera, Missouri State Sr. 3.21 Business Admin. (Graduate) Zaragoza, Spain Blake Driskell, Southern Illinois So. 3.87 Civil Engineering Cape Girardeau, Mo. #Matt Hunsaker, Evansville Jr. 3.88 Accounting Henderson, Ky. #Matt Kouri, Creighton Sr. 3.78 Finance Sioux Falls, S.D. Brook Maher, UNI Sr. 3.75 Pre-Medicine Monroe, Iowa Todd Obergoenner, Southern Illinois Jr. 4.00 University Studies Cape Girardeau, Mo. Zach Wanken, Bradley So. 3.88 Mechanical Engineering Galesburg, Ill. Honorable Mention Yr. GPA Major Hometown John Cronly, Missouri State Sr. 3.67 Journalism Easy Hagbourne, England Ryan Linsner, Evansville Jr. 3.98 Business Itasca, Ill. Ben Murphy, Illinois State Jr. 3.06 Accounting Dunlap, Ill. Ty Sanders, Wichita State Jr. 3.03 Communication Tulsa, Okla. #2007 first-team scholar-athlete selection; ^2007 honorable-mention selection