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UNLV sports will resume as scheduled after a shooting on campus, including Saturday’s men’s basketball game against Loyola Marymount at the Dollar Loan Center.
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.
UNLV Director of Athletics Erick Harper said the hope is to raise funds for new facilities, upgrades and improved resources for student-athlete wellness.
Voting the Lady Rebels first were the conference’s coaches and media members, who assigned them 24 of 27 possible first-place votes.
McKenzi Hall won the Dick Maguire Invitational and equaled a Rebel scoring record in the process.
New UNLV coach Malia Shoji has one of the most recognizable surnames in volleyball, but her path to UNLV has been defined by her hunger to build something of her own.
What happens with the four remaining Pac-12 schools could determine which conference UNLV eventually calls home.
A major stumbling block to UNLV leaving the Mountain West for a reconstituted Pac-12 is the exit fee, UNLV athletic director Erick Harper said Monday.
The Mountain West is a possible option to take in the four remaining Pac-12 schools, “but this is pretty doggone fluid right now,” former UNLV AD Jim Livengood said.
Former Bishop Gorman first baseman Easton Shelton led the state in home runs last season and had originally committed to play college baseball at UNLV.
UNLV and other Group of Five schools are not among the Big 12’s preferred list. Instead, the conference is focused on Arizona, while monitoring Utah, Arizona State and even Oregon and Washington.
UNLV pitcher Jack Sellinger and catcher Jacob Sharp and Bishop Gorman pitcher Kamdyn Perry were selected in the MLB draft Tuesday.
It’s been 25 years since the Rebels won the NCAA golf title, making them just the second team in school history in any sport to accomplish that goal.
A capsule look at what has happened to the key members of the UNLV men’s golf 1998 NCAA championship team.