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Intercollegiate Athletics News

UNLV Athletics graduates leaders, wins championships, and excels in all that we do. Our core values are integrity, excellence, service, accountability, and innovation.

Current Athletics News

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People |

UNLV Athletics' director of performance nutrition helps give student-athletes the winning edge.

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Campus News |

New year, new you! Students can fulfill their resolutions with a course focused on developing their best selves.

A rear view of UNLV students, dressed in red caps and gowns, filtering into the Thomas & Mack Center with the stage in the background
Campus News |

An enduring UNLV end-of-semester tradition is to highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

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People |

From groundbreaking researcher to UNLV president, Marta Meana reflects on the unexpected moments of her long career.

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UNLV is inspiring our students, fostering innovation, and transforming communities. Here in Nevada and around the world, Rebels Thrive.

Wearing a blue checkered blazer, blue checkered dress shirt and gray pants, Joe Murphy, winner of the 2024 Silver State Award, poses in the shop at Murphy Electric
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After launching his electrical contracting business, Joe Murphy plugs into his spirit of generosity to support UNLV.

Athletics In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal

To the casual observer, the UNLV women’s golf team’s new Excellence Center at Las Vegas Country Club might look like a routine golf simulator facility. To the Rebels, however, it means everything.

KSNV-TV: News 3

UNLV Athletics celebrated a milestone achievement as 80 student-athletes were named to the Fall 2024 Academic All-Mountain West Team, the conference announced Thursday.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

On Saturday, UNLV and the Las Vegas Aces hosted a free sports clinic to celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day, empowering the next generation of athletes. The clinic, held at the Thomas & Mack Center, gave kids the chance to learn from top athletes in Las Vegas, including players from the Aces and UNLV sports teams.

Las Vegas Sun

Six teams at UNLV established program grade-point average records in the fall semester, the university said today.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

UNLV Athletics has announced a remodeled fundraising program that is focused on more philanthropic support for the department to better support its fundraising priorities: the new Rebel Athletic Fund.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

UNLV isn't just winning on the field and on the court, but the Rebels are bringing in wins for their community— with a new study saying UNLV Athletics brings the Las Vegas economy over $109 million in added income per year.

Athletics Experts

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Recent Athletics Accomplishments

Kyle Wilson (Athletic Training) along with alumni Yvonne Tapia and Ulises Sanchez-Flores (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Science) spoke on “Athletic Trainers in the Industrial Setting” at the 2024 Far West Athletic Trainers Association Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium. Tapia is also part-time instructor at UNLV.
Corrie Van Tuyl, Nestor Talon, Oscar Colmenero, Libby Mckindley, Breanna Romo, Madison Walker, Juan Aurelio Garcia, and Lauryn Dawes (all Athletic Training) competed in the 14th Annual Bailey Arnheim Games hosted by California State University, Long Beach on April 2, 2023. UNLV's team won 1st place in the Quiz Bowl, a Jeopardy!-like academic…
Benjamin Burroughs (Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies) recently published in the International Review for the Sociology of Sport a manuscript titled "Content analysis of biological sex-specific media coverage of sport: The case of National Collegiate Athletic Association athletic department home webpages." The article was…
Desiree Reed-Francois (Athletics) has been recognized by the publication Diverse Issues in Higher Education as one of its "Top 25 Women in Higher Education." In its annual special report the publication recognized women who were selected for making a difference in higher education by tackling some of its toughest challenges,…
UNLV Athletics' marketing unit was recognized during the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators' Best Of Awards at the organization's 28th annual convention in Orlando, Florida, earlier this month. The Rebels' marketing department was awarded the silver medal in the Fan Engagement Video category for its "This is UNLV Athletics…
Nancy Lough, James Hines (both Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Margo Malik (Athletics) participated in the Sport and Recreation Law Association's 30th annual conference in Las Vegas this month. Lough, the invited keynote speaker, titled her talk, "If We Build It, Will They Come? Considering 30 Years of Sport Law and Policy."…