Bolanos Named Raising Cane's Outstanding Rebel Of The Week
3/4/2023 12:43:00 PM | General, Men's Swimming & Diving
The senior earns the honor after sweeping the backstroke gold medals at WAC Championships
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV men's swimming and diving senior Panos Bolanos 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.
Bolanos led the UNLV men's swimming and diving team to a third straight team title at the 2023 WAC Championships. He swept the backstroke gold medals in the 100 back (45.80) for the second straight consecutive year and the fourth straight consecutive year in the 200 back with a time of 4:40.64. Bolanos also helped contribute to two of the Rebels' five relay gold medal wins, including the 400 free relay (Ratiu, Bolanos, Matusexewsji, Hemmens) with a time of 2:51.02 and the 400 medley relay (Bolanos, Beji, Page-Jones, Hemmens) with a conference championship record of 3:07.45.
Additionally, Bolanos' 100 back time was a school record and his 200 back time marked a new conference record.
2022-23 Outstanding Rebel of the Week Award Winners
Sept. 7 - Riley Liebsack, Women's SoccerÂ
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
Jan. 25 - Essence Booker, Women's Basketball
Jan. 31 - Rosa Santana
Feb. 16 - Rosa Santana
Feb. 24 - Blanka Bokros
Mar. 4 - Panos Bolanos
