Former UNLV and NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham was named an assistant coach for the school’s track and field program. He played at UNLV in the 1980s.
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The Rebels finished one shot out of fourth as they wrapped up their golf season at Mission Hills Country Club.
The former track and field star thrower is among those who will be part of UNLV’s Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2022 on Saturday.
Kevin Higgins’s son Kade is excelling as a freshman at Arizona State, but UNLV won the recent game, 10-9.
Brooklyn McDavid hit a go-ahead putback with three seconds left in the second overtime to lift Pacific past UNLV 77-75 in the Duel in the Desert women’s basketball tournament Sunday.
The schools tied at 13.5 points apiece, but the tiebreaker went to the Rebels for winning the Fremont Cannon when they defeated UNR 33-30 on the football field.
If no college football is played next season, Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson said Monday he thinks the other college sports seasons would be canceled, too.
Jocelyn Willoughby had 17 points, 10 rebounds and four steals to lead Virginia past UNLV 63-55 in the Duel in the Desert women’s basketball tournament Friday at Cox Pavilion.
UNLV junior Jack Trent shot a 5-under-par 67 to share the first-round lead in the three-round Tavistock Invitational men’s golf tournament Sunday in Windermere, Florida.
In a field featuring 11 teams ranked among Golfstat’s top 25, UNLV was 14 strokes behind pace-setting Georgia Tech after one round of the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational.
Andrea Mitrovic had 16 kills on .483 hitting and added nine digs to lead Arizona State past UNLV 3-2 in the Rebel Challenge volleyball tournament Thursday at Cox Pavilion.
Aiwen Zhu became the second Rebel to win a match in multiple NCAA Singles Championships, upsetting 26th-ranked Oleksandra Korashvili of Oklahoma 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 on Monday.
Madison Aurin hit a go-ahead two-run single to cap San Jose’s four-run seventh-inning rally as the Spartans edged UNLV 6-5 in a Mountain West softball game Saturday at Eller Media Stadium.
Bryson Stott, Dillon Johnson and Edarian Williams each drove in two runs to back Ryan Hare, who pitched eight strong innings in leading UNLV past UNR 7-4 in a Mountain West baseball game Friday in Reno.
UNLV freshman Jada Hicks was named Mountain West track and field outdoor athlete of the week after placing second in the 100-meter hurdles at the UNLV Spring Invitational in 13.45 seconds
