LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV Athletics had a total of 113 student-athletes earn the 2021-22 Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award, the conference announced Tuesday. 

To be eligible, student-athletes must have competed at least two semesters or three quarters at the member institution, while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better. 

Four programs hit double digits in honorees, with women's soccer (20 representatives), women's swimming & diving (14) and baseball and women's track & field each with 13. Football had nine total representatives, followed by cross country with eight and women's tennis and women's basketball with seven each.

Additionally, softball had six student-athletes qualify for the award, while volleyball (five), men's golf (four), and women's golf and men's tennis with three apiece rounded out the Rebel sports sponsored by the MW. Overall, a conference-record 1,427 student-athletes earned the award, which included 172 individuals who achieved a 4.00 cumulative grade point average. The previous MW best was 1,351 set in 2020-21.

2021-22 ACADEMIC YEAR: The Scarlet & Gray had a total of 228 student-athletes earn Academic All-MW Team honors this year: 72 for Fall 2021, 35 honorees from football, 12 representatives from volleyball, 18 for women's soccer and seven from women's cross country. Additionally, UNLV had 19 student-athletes earn 2021-22 Academic All-WAC, as 12 were recognized from men's swimming & diving and seven more from men's soccer.

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