LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV women's basketball junior center Desi-Rae Young has been named the Raising Cane's Outstanding Rebel of the Week, the school announced Friday.
The award goes to the student-athlete who turned in the best individual performance during the previous week of competition from Monday through Sunday as voted on by the UNLV Athletics Strategic Communications department.
Young, a Las Vegas local out of Desert Oasis High School, led the Lady Rebels in back-to-back wins over San Jose State and New Mexico as they improved to 7-0 in Mountain West play. She scored 15 points and snagged 11 rebounds, while hitting seven of nine field-goal attempts in an 84-58 road win Saturday's win against the Spartans on Wednesday, Jan. 11. In Saturday's (Jan. 14) 79-63 victory over the Lobos, Young earned a double-double with 22 points and 16 rebounds, shooting nearly 70 percent (9-of-13 FG) from the field and a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line.
2022-23 Outstanding Rebel of the Week Award Winners
Sept. 7 - Riley Liebsack, Women's Soccer
Sept. 14 - Isabel Martin, Women's Volleyball
Sept. 21 - Aidan Robbins, Football
Sept. 27 - Austin Ajiake, Football
Oct. 6 - Gabrielle Arretche-Ramos, Women's Volleyball
Oct. 13 - Natalia Ruiz, Women's Cross Country
Oct. 19 - Natalia Ruiz, Women's Cross Country
Oct. 26 - Ellease Crumpton, Women's Volleyball
Nov. 1 - Isabel Martin, Women's Volleyball
Nov. 9 - Isabel Martin, Women's Volleyball
Nov. 26 - Elijah Harkless, Men's Basketball
Dec. 6 - Jonathan Baldwin, Football
Dec. 16 - Keshon Gilbert, Men's Basketball
Jan. 10 - Justice Ethridge, Women's Basketball
Jan. 20 - Desi-Rae Young, Women's Basketball
