April 26, 2011

LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV men's basketball head coach Dave Rice has been invited to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at this Friday night's (April 29) Las Vegas 51s game at Cashman Field.

The local minor league baseball team (Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays) will be hosting the Sacramento River Cats (Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland A's) at 7:05 p.m. The game is being billed as UNLV Baseball Jersey Night (presented by Findlay Toyota), as the first 2,500 fans through the gates will be given a free UNLV baseball jersey. Gates open at 6 p.m.

Rice recently returned to UNLV where he was part of the 1990 National Championship team as a player, and served as a Runnin' Rebel assistant coach for 11 seasons (1991-92 & 1994-2004). The first former player to become head coach of the program, he was hired on April 11.