Skip Kendall, Charley Hoffman, Bill Lunde, Andres Gonzales, and Garrick Higgo. They won the NCAA Division I Men's National Golf Championship in 1998. In February 2011, the Rebel men's swimming and diving team won their seventh-straight Mountain West Conference titles. Three Rebel swimmers competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics; Joe Bartoch and Richard Hortness represented Canada and Jonas Anderson represented Sweden.
== Notable people ==
=== Faculty ===
Notable faculty include:
=== Alumni ===
Many former students have gone on to local and national prominence. This includes many athletes who have excelled at the collegiate and professional levels:
Former Rebels in the entertainment world include:
UNLV has also produced politicians, including:
Other notable alumni include:
Francis J. Beckwith (b. 1960), Christian philosopher
Justin Favela (b. 1986), mixed-media artist
George J. Maloof, Jr. (b. 1964), president of Maloof Hotels and former owner of the Sacramento Kings
Danny Tarkanian (b. 1961), attorney, …
