In 2011, a BBCOR bat reduced the sweet spot from 5 inches to 3 and the exit speed of a ball by 5 percent. In other words, the sweet spot of a baseball bat is deadened. And for some, like UNLV coach Tim Chambers, it has changed the college game for the better.
Forty-eight UNLV athletes earned the 2012-2013 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award, the league office announced Monday.
UNLV golfer Kevin Penner was named honorable mention All-America for the second straight season by the Golf Coaches Association of America, which announced the Division I All-America teams on Thursday. The Rebels have had a player earn All-America recognition in 23 of the past 25 years.
UNLV’s baseball program will host five camps this summer directed by the Rebels coaching staff.
Junior right-handed pitcher Michael Wagner, a Centennial High School graduate who attends the University of San Diego, was selected in the 15th round on the final day of the Major League Baseball Draft. He taken by the Chicago Cubs with the second pick of the round, the 438th overall selection.
The UNLV women’s soccer team opens next season by playing eight of its first 10 games on the road.
UNLV coach Tim Chambers wasn’t about to argue when the Rebels were picked to finish fifth in the six-team Mountain West baseball league.
It wasn’t anything UNLV did wrong, but more what Georgia Tech’s Ollie Schniederjans did right that ended the Rebels’ season Friday.
