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	Holmes Becomes Third Lady Rebel To Reach The WNBA Sequoia Holmes will miss her college graduation on Saturday for a good reason, as she learned on Friday that she has become the third player in UNLV women's basketball history to reach the WNBA. The Las Vegas native survived the final roster cut and will be on the Houston Comets opening day roster when the 2008 WNBA season starts on Saturday. [ + ]
	Lady Rebel Summer Camps Ready For New Beginning In 2009 Due to the recent transition of the entire coaching staff over the past two months, the UNLV women's basketball program will be suspending its basketball camps this summer. They will bring back a full set of basketball camps (including individual, elite, team, with others to possibly be added as well) for the summer in 2009. [ + ]
	Three Lady Rebels Looking For WNBA Glory Three former Lady Rebels are currently on the training camp rosters of WNBA teams as they go into their second week of preseason practices. Sequoia Holmes and Constance Jinks signed training camp contracts, while Linda Frohlich is coming back for her second year with the Sacramento Monarchs. [ + ]

Lady Rebels Welcome Back Olivier As New Head Coach
Former Lady Rebel Kathy Olivier has been named head coach for the UNLV women's basketball team, Director of Athletics Mike Hamrick announced on Tuesday. Olivier, who is the eighth head coach in the Lady Rebels' 33-year history, comes back to Las Vegas after spending the past 15 years as head coach at UCLA. [ + ]

Watch Live Video Of New Lady Rebel Head Coach Announcement
UNLV will broadcast Tuesday's press conference announcing the hiring of its new women's basketball coach and fans can watch it for free online at www.unlvrebels.com. [ + ]

Holmes Signs Contract With Houston
UNLV's Sequoia Holmes has signed a free agent contract with the WNBA's Houston Comets, and will join the team in their preseason training camp beginning this weekend in Houston. [ + ]

Miller Out As Lady Rebels Head Coach
Effective as of 5 p.m. on Friday, Regina Miller is no longer serving as head coach of the women's basketball team at UNLV. According to Director of Athletics Mike Hamrick, this is a personnel matter and the University can make no further comment at this time. [ + ]

UNLV Falls To CSU in MWC First Round
Sara Hunter and Elle Queen each scored a game-high 16 points to lead Colorado State over UNLV, 68-49, in the play-in round of the Mountain West Conference tournament Tuesday night. Shamela Hampton led the No. 8 and host Rebels (8-22) with 16 points and six rebounds. Raquel Jupiter had eight points and nine rebounds for UNLV. [ + ]

Lady Rebels Open MWC Tournament Tuesday
The Lady Rebels will open play in the 2008 Mountain West Conference Tournament on Tuesday, as UNLV will be in the No. 8-No. 9 play-in game for the first time in school history. UNLV actually tied Air Force for seventh in the league standings at 4-12, but lost the tiebreaker to the Falcons, due to Air Force finishing three spots higher in the latest NCAA RPI (as of March 5). Thus, the Lady Rebels are the eighth seed in the tournament, and will take on ninth-seeded Colorado State, with the winner going on to meet top-seeded Utah on Wednesday. [ + ]