UNLV volleyball retires Mariena Hayden’s No. 7 jersey, a first in program history

Mariena Hayden, 1 of the astir decorated players successful the past of UNLV’s volleyball program, had her No. 7 jersey retired Oct. 17, 2026. Photo by: Vegas Thrill

Mariena Hayden, 1 of the astir decorated players successful UNLV volleyball history, had her No. 7 jersey retired by the programme contiguous earlier the Rebels’ lucifer with UNR.

She is the archetypal Rebel to person her jersey retired.

“To person my jersey retired astatine UNLV means everything, particularly coming from a tiny town,” Hayden said successful a quality release. “I ne'er thought thing similar this would beryllium possible. This conscionable shows the hard enactment my squad and I had enactment successful during my clip arsenic a Rebel. It’s truly peculiar to maine to person my jersey beryllium the archetypal 1 up successful the rafters. This means a batch and I’m grateful.”

Hayden spent 5 years astatine UNLV done 2021, finishing arsenic the program’s vocation person successful aces with 352. She was a two-time Mountain West Player of the Year.

Hayden ranks archetypal successful programme past successful single-season work aces (114 successful 2018), kills (543 successful 2018) and full attempts (1,323 successful 2017). She besides ranks archetypal successful vocation full attempts (5,144) and kills (1,997) and 3rd successful digs (1,445).

Hayden led the Rebels to a 91-56 grounds and 4 postseason appearances.

Hayden, an extracurricular hitter, is acceptable to instrumentality to Las Vegas aft signing with the Vegas Thrill for the upcoming 2027 Major League Volleyball season.

“I’m ace excited to play with the Thrill,” Hayden said. “I fell successful emotion with Las Vegas erstwhile I archetypal came present for school. It’s bully to person a afloat ellipse infinitesimal from wherever I finished my assemblage vocation and to present beryllium backmost successful Las Vegas successful my pro career. This metropolis and UNLV has showed maine truthful overmuch love.”

Hayden has besides played professionally successful France and Greece.

“Our enactment is thrilled that Mariena has earned the grant of being the archetypal UNLV volleyball subordinate to person her fig retired,” Vegas Thrill proprietor Michael Landier said successful a statement. “We are precise excited to person a subordinate of her caliber vie for our squad successful the 2027 Major League Volleyball season.”