Carlson named Raising Cane’s outstanding Rebel of the week

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - UNLV swimming junior Erika Carlson has been named the Raising Cane's Outstanding Rebel of the Week, the school announced Thursday.

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.

Carlson, a native of Seattle, Washington, earned six individual wins and went undefeated in UNLV's dual meet split against Utah and BYU. In a road win against the Cougars, she picked up three victories in the 200 free (1:48.86), 100 free (50.30) and in the 200 IM (2:02.05). Adding to her impressive weekend, Carlson won another three events in the 200 free (1:51.18), 100 free (51.47) and in the 500 free (4:58.75) against the Utes.

Additionally, Carlson was the anchor leg of a 400 free relay victory (3:22.35) against the Cougars. Along with that, she swam the third leg for the Rebels' 200 free relay team that posted a second-place time of 1:33.54 against the Utes.

Sept. 5 - Jordyn Freeman, Volleyball

Sept. 12 - Ricky White III, Football

Sept. 19 - Jackson Woodard, Football

Sept. 26 - Caden Fioroni, Men's Golf

Oct. 3 - Hajj-Malik Williams, Football

Oct. 10 - Illia Maksymchuk, Men's Tennis

Oct. 17 - Jackson Woodard, Football

Oct. 24 - Hugo Lemos, Men's Soccer

Oct. 31 - Nico Lopez, Men's Soccer

Nov. 7 - Erika Carlson, Swim & Dive

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