UNLV hired Jenny Ruiz-Williams, a former standout player for the Rebels, as its women’s soccer coach, the school announced Tuesday.
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UNLV athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois has a track record of hires. Here is a look at how they have worked out.
Former UNLV baseball coach Tim Chambers died because of atherosclerotic hypertensive heart disease, the Clark County coroner’s office ruled Monday.
An anonymous donor pledged to match up to $1 million in gift toward the Student-Athlete Excellence Center, which will be created to improve nutrition and sports performance among UNLV athletes.
UNLV women’s soccer coach Chris Shaw went 66-48-9 over six seasons, including 6-13-1 this year.
UNLV has created the Rebel Rewards Program for season-ticker holders. Rewards are based on how many times tickets are scanned at each sport’s events.
It will receive $2 million in product in each year of the three-year deal, with the ability to purchase an additional $1 million annually.
LeAnn (Kazmer) Golembiewski, among the top athletes in basketball and track, died Saturday at 45 after a long fight with cancer.
Jolene Watanabe’s name remains throughout the UNLV women’s tennis record book. She died on Saturday at 50 after a nearly two-year battle with cancer.
The junior shortstop, who starred at Desert Oasis High School, hit .356 with 10 home runs and 36 RBIs this season and was named the Mountain West’s co-player of the year.
UNLV last appeared in an NCAA regional in 2014, and the Rebels have had a difficult time getting back. But coach Stan Stolte said the Rebels aren’t far away.
Officials from college athletics’ governing body spoke on a panel Tuesday at the International Conference on Gambling Risk Taking at Caesars Palace.
UNLV shot 16 over par Sunday and fell six strokes shy of advancing past the third round of the NCAA men’s golf championship at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The Bulldogs scored six runs in the seventh inning and defeated the Rebels on Saturday night in the Mountain West tournament championship game at Reno.
The Rebels shot 4 over par to move up seven places after the second round at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Justin Kim shot a team-best 2-under 70.