Jerry
Koloskie going into UNLV Hall of Fame
Jerry
Koloskie, Class of 1975, has been named to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas
sports Hall of Fame.
Jerry began
his UNLV tenure in 1982 and stayed till he left in 2014 with Coach Jerry
Tarkanian turning the Running Rebels into a formidable national basketball
power that beat Duke by THIRTY POINTS in the 1990 March Madness title game.
The Koloskie
Jerry then turned his talents in 2015 to improving the Albany University sports
fortunes in upstate New York.
Jerry was
born in Monongah to John Koloskie,
Jr. and Julia Monell Koloskie, both Class of 1944. They both have passed away.
Julia’s brother is the late Raymond “Soak” Monell, whose widow
is Elaine Hewitt Monell, Class of 1949, of the Dayton, Ohio suburb of
Riverside.
Jerry played baseball for two years at Marietta (Ohio) College
before graduating with a bachelor's degree from West Virginia University in
1980.
He and his wife, portrait artist Annette, have three children:
sons John and Jim, and a daughter, Megan, as well as a granddaughter, Kayden.
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