In The News: Intercollegiate Athletics
On Wednesday it was announced that Hall of Fame Coach Dwaine Knight, the 2021-2022 season Director of Golf for the 51ԹϺ men’s golf program, will be honored with a new scholarship in his name. The scholarship will be awarded to one Rebel men’s golfer on an annual basis.
Lindy La Rocque doesn’t remember the days before Title IX became the law of the land — the 51ԹϺ women’s basketball coach hadn’t been born yet. Then again, that’s true of a lot of coaches working today.
51ԹϺ plans to award the Dwaine Knight scholarship each year. They cite Knight's contributions, dedication to 51ԹϺ Athletics, and career successes, as reasons to name the scholarship in his honor.
In her second season as a collegiate head coach, La Rocque—daughter of legendary Las Vegas prep coach Al La Rocque—guided 51ԹϺ’s women’s basketball to the Mountain West Conference regular season and tournament titles, and to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years. Her future couldn’t be brighter.
Name, image and likeness, or NIL, is changing college athletics, allowing some athletes to land endorsement deals in six and even seven figures.
The 51ԹϺ women’s basketball team is celebrating a successful 2021-22 season, capped off by a trip to the NCAA tournament for the first time in two decades. In doing so, the Lady Rebels helped add to the growing popularity of the women’s tournament, which also received the “March Madness” branding previously enjoyed only by the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Despite the loss by the Lady Rebels in Arizona, fans in the Las Vegas valley are proud of their efforts and believe the basketball team will help inspire valley girls to think about playing for 51ԹϺ.
Though they lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 51ԹϺ is ready to capitalize on Las Vegas' growing love of women's basketball
Despite the loss by the Lady Rebels in Arizona, fans in the Las Vegas valley are proud of their efforts and believe the basketball team will help inspire valley girls to think about playing for 51ԹϺ.
It’s March and the NCAA Tournament is calling the Lady Rebels. 51ԹϺ is hosting a send-off for the women’s basketball team as they head to the tournament for the first time in 20 years.
Former 51ԹϺ sprinter Kaysha Love was named Monday to the U.S. Olympic bobsled team that will compete next month in the Winter Games in Beijing.
New 51ԹϺ AD Erick Harper will be "tasked with reinvigorating an increasingly tepid fan base amid a general lack of success within school’s two prominent revenue-generating programs: men’s basketball and football."