6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
April 24, 1998
LAS VEGAS - The following awards were given out at the 1997-98 UNLV Runnin' Rebels Basketball Banquet, Thursday night at the Las Vegas Hilton.
ACADEMIC AWARD - Grant Rice
LEADING SCORER - Tyrone Nesby with 1,050 points
OUTSTANDING REBOUNDER - Kaspars Kambala
MOST IMPROVED - Brian Keefe
BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER - Greedy Daniels and Issiah Epps
MR. HUSTLE AWARD - Mark Dickel
COACHES LEADERSHIP AWARD -Tyrell Jamerson
UNSUNG HERO AWARD - Donovan Stewart
MR. "GO TO" AWARD - THE BIG PLAY MAKER - Kevin Simmons
ARTHUR NEWMAN MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD - Tyrone Nesby
2 YEAR LETTER WINNERS / JUNIOR COLLEGE TRANSFERS: Cornelius "Corky" Ausborne Keon Clark Tyrone Nesby
2 YEAR LETTER WINNERS: Mark Dickel Justin Thacker Grant Rice
1 YEAR LETTER WINNERS: Tyrell Jamerson Kaspars Kambala Brian Keefe Edwin "Greedy" Daniels Issiah Epps Kevin Simmons Donovan Stewart
WAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kaspars Kambala - Mountain Player of the Week - November 17
WAC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Brian Keefe - Set WAC Tournament record with 13 - 3 pointers Tyrone Nesby Mark Dickel - Set WAC Tournament record (single game) with 12 assists
WAC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR - MOUNTAIN DIVISION: Kaspars Kambala
WAC ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM - MOUNTAIN DIVISION: Kaspars Kambala Edwin "Greedy" Daniels
BUDGET AWARDS PLUS SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD: Tyrone Nesby Also - Scored 1,050 career points Back to back seasons of playing over 1,000 minutes
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES ALL-STAR GAME SELECTION: Tyrone Nesby Also - Scored second highest total at event with 17 points.
SENIORS: Tyrone Nesby Corky Ausborne Tyrell Jamison Keon Clark Justin Thacker
REBEL AIR - FREQUENT FLYER AWARD - Bill and Cheryl Lastra, Jan Jones
REBELS IN HEAVEN: Chris Stambach Karl Miller Hal Ruparcich Pat Hull
SPECIAL COACHES AWARD: Hank Zawicki
Tuesday, November 03
Wednesday, October 28
Monday, October 26
Saturday, October 24
