UNLV is 21-11 overall and in first place in the Mountain West, but the Rebels probably will need to win the conference tournament to make the NCAA Tournament.
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On April 8, 1994, former UNLV outfielder Gus Kennedy hit a solo shot, a two-run blast, a three-run dinger and a grand slam at New Mexico State.
Wink Adams and Anderson Hunt lead a group of 11 new members of UNLV’s Hall of Fame in the school’s first induction since 2017.
The Las Vegas Lights and UNLV women’s soccer team will play a doubleheader on Saturday in an attempt to break the record for the highest attended women’s soccer game in Nevada.
Name, image and likeness allow some college athletes to make endorsement deals in six and even seven figures. They, however, are the outliers.
The UNLV club hockey team is a top-four seed heading into its national tournament. Such success is what the program sees as key to someday becoming a Division I sport.
UNLV baseball and Arizona State will try to play at Las Vegas Ballpark for the third consecutive year after COVID-19 cancelled the event the past two seasons.
UNLV baseball begins its season Friday night against Michigan State. Rebels coach Stan Stolte is confident in his team’s depth and hopes it can carry them to many wins.
UNLV freshman Aaron Jarvis still can’t believe he will be part of the biggest golf tournaments in the world this year, his reward for winning the Latin American Amateur.
Kaysha Love made the transition from track to bobsledding and is part of the U.S. team at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
Former UNLV sprinter Kaysha Love will compete for the U.S. bobsled team next month in the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
The university remained in-house when replacing Desiree Reed-Francois, hiring interim athletic director Erick Harper in the full-time role.
UNLV formalized the hiring of athletic director Erick Harper on Monday, effective Jan. 1, university president Keith E. Whitfield announced in a statement.
Erick Harper becomes the 15th athletic director in UNLV history, succeeding Desiree Reed-Francois, who departed in August for the same position at Missouri.
The Mountain West released a new COVID-19 policy Wednesday regarding winter and spring sports.
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