Meet some UNLV grads who've had a hand in shaping the city's sports identity. 

As Southern Nevada’s image as a mecca for professional sports continues to grow, so too do employment opportunities for UNLV graduates. 

The Patrick T. Smith Achievement in Service Award winner helped establish scholarship funds and launch a new center at Lee Business School.

The Outstanding Alumnus of the Year helps raise millions of dollars in his 28 years with the UNLV Foundation.

The Urban Affairs Alumna of the Year works to encourage self-success and eliminate generational poverty.

The College of Science Alumnus of the Year has taken a learning-by-doing approach as a professor and now dean at the College of Southern Nevada.

The College of Education Alumnus of the Year on what our educational system gets right, and where Rebels are needed to make a difference.

The School of Public Health's Alumna of the Year has used her many roles in the medical field to better understand the needs of patients and bring equity to her practice.

The author, assistant professor, and University Libraries Alumnus of the Year has become a go-to expert on the history of slavery in the Americas and cultures in the African diaspora.

Nursing's Alumna of the Year opens free-standing birth center to provide a home-like environment for women in labor.

The College of Liberal Arts Alumnus of the Year went from being uncertain about the future of his education to being one of the top residential real estate agents in the Las Vegas Valley.

Making her way from the sugar beet fields of Idaho to the stage of a professional opera company — the College of Fine Arts Alumna of the Year is out to prove the genre is for everyone.