University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumnus who played baseball at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas AND made it to the Major League level.

"If someone would have told me when I was in high school that I would have been here (part of Team USA), well, I never expected to be one of the elite players in the country. I think through my dedication and hard work I've deserved it." - Ryan Ludwick in the Review Journal (July 4, 1998)

Nevada Southern University "Rebels" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Dave LaRoche	1967 - 1967	05-11-1970
University of Nevada, Las Vegas "Rebels" Major League Baseball Player Alumnus
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
Ralph Garcia	1967 - 1970	09-26-1972
Tom Tellmann^{(Grand Canyon)}	1975 - 1975	06-09-1979
Vance McHenry	1977 - 1978	08-13-1981
Joe Boever	1982 - 1982	07-19-1985
Cecil Fielder	1982 - 1982	07-20-1985
Matt Williams	1984 - 1986	04-11-1987
Todd Stottlemyre	1984 - 1984	04-06-1988
Mel Stottlemyre, Jr.	1983 - 1984	07-17-1990
Scott Lewis	1985 - 1988	09-25-1990
Donovan Osborne	1988 - 1990	04-09-1992
Bob Ayrault	1987 - 1988	06-07-1992
Brian Boehringer	1990 - 1991	04-30-1995
T.J. Mathews	1991 - 1992	07-28-1995
Eric Ludwick	1993 - 1993	09-01-1996
David Lundquist	1992 - 1992	04-06-1999
Toby Hall	1997 - 1997	09-15-2000
Ryan Ludwick	1997 - 1999	06-05-2002
Ryan Braun^{(Wake Forest)}	2003 - 2003	09-02-2006
Efren Navarro	2005 - 2005	09-02-2011
Name [Click for M.L. Stats]	Dates Played	Debut / Box
UNLV M.L.B. Player Alumnus

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas baseball program started in 1967 and Dave LaRoche was their first player to make it to the Major League level. Names that appear on the chart above in bold print are in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Hall of Fame.

So why is the University of Nevada, Las Vegas(UNLV) using the "rebels" as their nickname for the team logo / mascot?

Nickname "Rebels"

The nickname "Rebels" was given to UNLV athletic teams because the school, emerging from the shadow of the University of Nevada, Reno, in effect "rebelled" against its bigger and older brother to the north.

The name "Runnin' Rebels" (always spelled without a "g") was coined in 1974 by then-sports information director Dominic Clark but refers only to the UNLV men's basketball team.

Source: UNLV Traditions (website)

Did you know that there are twenty former UNLV players who made it to the show? Send corrections or updates to Baseball Almanac.

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