RANKING THE REBELS: 55 – Wendell White
WENDELL WHITE
YEARS: 2005 TO 2007
Career highlights:
■ Started 35 games in 2006-07, when the Rebels went 30-7 and reached the NCAA Sweet 16.
■ Averaged 20.5 points in NCAA Tournament victories over Georgia Tech and Wisconsin.
■ Posted averages of 14.4 points and 6.1 rebounds as a senior, leading UNLV in both categories.
Quotable: "We used to call him 'Bull' because he was so powerful. He played so much bigger than he was physically." -- Greg Grensing, UNLV assistant coach
Currently: Played last season for the Hamamatsu Phoenix in Japan, where he averaged 21.7 points and was the league's Player of the Year. Previously played in Korea and for Los Angeles in the NBA Development League.
The Review-Journal counts down the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history, 20 years after the Rebels' NCAA championship season in 1989-90.
