Bree Hammel (9), Alexis Patterson (4) and the rest of the UNLV women's volleyball team celebrate beating Fresno State 3-0 at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Females make up 59 percent of the UNLV student body. That statistic presents a special challenge for Lisa Kelleher, who is in charge of Title IX compliance for UNLV’s 10 women’s sports programs.
Title IX, which was enacted in 1972, bans sex discrimination in any educational program receiving federal funding. The main requirement for a school to be in compliance with the law is that it provides participation opportunities for female and male student-athletes that are proportionate to their respective rates of enrollment.