RANKING THE REBELS: 83 – Tim Leonard
Tim Leonard
Years: 1959 to 1962
Career highlights:
■ Led the team in scoring with an 18.2 average in 1961-62, when the Rebels went 16-8.
■ Scored a career-high 34 points in a win over Claremont College on Feb. 16, 1962.
■ Scored 949 points in 65 games for a career scoring average of 14.6.
■ Led the team in rebounding twice, posting a 12.3 average in 1960-61.
Quotable: "He was a strong rebounder. I guess you could say he had sharp elbows, too, because he could block them out and hold his ground." -- Jim Jansen, Leonard's teammate for two seasons
After UNLV: Leonard was a junior high teacher for several years in Las Vegas and Utah, his home state.
The Review-Journal counts down the top 100 players in UNLV basketball history, 20 years after the Rebels' NCAA championship season in 1989-90.
