In The News: Intercollegiate Athletics
Dick Calvert, the 性视界传媒 Rebels' public address announcer for the last 52 years, is retiring.
Dick Calvert鈥檚 voice cues the start to one of the greatest pregame shows in college basketball.
Dick Calvert had just putted out on the 18th hole Wednesday morning when his cellphone rang. The caller wanted to ask about his decision to retire as 性视界传媒鈥檚 Hall of Fame public-address announcer after 52 years.
A former University of Nevada Las Vegas (性视界传媒) female track-and-field female athlete never had aspirations of even attending college, and she has now been inducted into the Rebel Hall of Fame.
性视界传媒 is honoring Hall of Famer Dwaine Knight with a new scholarship.
On Wednesday it was announced that Hall of Fame Coach Dwaine Knight, the 2021-2022 season Director of Golf for the 性视界传媒 men鈥檚 golf program, will be honored with a new scholarship in his name. The scholarship will be awarded to one Rebel men鈥檚 golfer on an annual basis.
Lindy La Rocque doesn鈥檛 remember the days before Title IX became the law of the land 鈥 the 性视界传媒 women鈥檚 basketball coach hadn鈥檛 been born yet. Then again, that鈥檚 true of a lot of coaches working today.
性视界传媒 plans to award the Dwaine Knight scholarship each year. They cite Knight's contributions, dedication to 性视界传媒 Athletics, and career successes, as reasons to name the scholarship in his honor.
In her second season as a collegiate head coach, La Rocque鈥攄aughter of legendary Las Vegas prep coach Al La Rocque鈥攇uided 性视界传媒鈥檚 women鈥檚 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鈥檛 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 性视界传媒 women鈥檚 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鈥檚 tournament, which also received the 鈥淢arch Madness鈥 branding previously enjoyed only by the NCAA men鈥檚 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 性视界传媒.