LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV Athletics has announced that it is embarking on its first comprehensive capital campaign: "Rebel Up."
With a fundraising goal of $150 million, the campaign is designed to enhance many areas within UNLV Athletics, including the student-athlete experience, provide funding for new facilities, elevate current facilities, and build a stronger endowment program.
In addition to the $1 million donation to UNLV Football from the Las Vegas Raiders Foundation announced last week, UNLV Athletics has recently received the following commitments to help launch the campaign.
$250,000 (anonymous donor)
$200,000 (Aldo Madrigrano Family)
$150,000 (Rebel Football Foundation)
"UNLV Athletics' mission is: Graduate Leaders, Win Championships, and Excel In All That We Do," said Director of Athletics Erick Harper. "This campaign and plan for UNLV will enhance and embolden opportunities for Rebels to succeed across all three areas: academics, competition, and in life. Thank you to those who have already generously committed to contributing to this important initiative."
Rebel Up includes the following to enhance the Student-Athlete Experience:
Academic & Scholarship Support
Will give UNLV student-athletes the opportunity to continue setting academic records and achieve graduation rates never before imagined.
Career Development/Life after Sport (Rebels Go Pro)
Mental Wellness
Sports Nutrition (training table, Grab-N-Go fueling stations)
Sports Science Studio and Research
The Switch Sports Science Studio will provide our Director of Sports Science the opportunity to enhance data collection that will give coaches pre-, post-, and in-game strategies for optimal performance.
Rebel Up includes the following new facilities:
Academics and Athletics Administration Center
Multi-Use Indoor Facility (benefitting all sports)
Softball Clubhouse at Eller Media Softball Stadium
Track & Field Operations Building at Myron Partridge Stadium and Sheila Tarr Smith Field
Rebel Up includes enhancements to the following facilities:
- Cox Pavilion
- Earl E. Wilson Baseball Stadium
- Fertitta Football Complex
- Fertitta Tennis Complex
- Jim Reitz Pool/Buchanan Natatorium
- Lied Athletic Complex
- Mendenhall Center
- Resurfacing Peter Johann Memorial Soccer Game and Practice Fields
- Resurfacing Track at Myron Partridge Stadium
- Thomas & Mack Center
Recent enhancements made as part of the Rebel Up Campaign ($2M+):
- Cox Pavilion In-Arena Lighting
- Thomas & Mack Center In-Arena Lighting
- Football Practice Fields
- Sports Science Research (metrics to optimize student-athlete performance)
- Student-Athlete Nutritional Enhancements (partnership with William F. Harrah College of Hospitality)
- New Track & Field (High Jump, Hammer Cage, Training Hill)
- New Soccer Scoreboard
- New LED Scoreboard at Eller Media Softball Stadium
"This athletics facilities' vision and plan is crucial to the sustained and long-term success for UNLV Athletics," said Harper. "To win at the highest levels, we must add to, enhance, and maintain our facilities to provide the best experience for student-athletes and coaches. We need our alumni, donors, fans and friends to join and help drive the Rebel Up Campaign for sustained Rebel success."
To learn more about this initiative, which is in its conceptual stage, and to contribute, please contact Deputy Director of Athletics for External Mike Ketcham (
michael.ketcham@unlv.edu) or Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development and Revenue Generation Patrick Sojka (
patrick.sojka@unlv.edu). You can also reach out to the UNLV Rebel Athletic Fund with any questions at 702-895-1533 or
rebelathleticfund@unlv.edu.
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