Football December 16, 2019 Mountain West Suspends Four UNLV Football Student-Athletes and Reprimands a Fifth

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – UNLV football student-athletes Evan Austrie, Noah Bean, Giovanni Fauolo Sr. and Justin Polu are being issued suspensions, while Steve Jenkins has been issued a public reprimand, for violations of Mountain West Rule 4 – Sportsmanship.



For their roles in the UNLV-Nevada football postgame altercation on November 30, Fauolo will serve a two-game suspension, Austrie and Bean will serve a one-game suspension and Polu is suspended for one-half game.



Fauolo is suspended for the first two games of the 2020 season, while Bean will miss UNLV’s 2020 season opener. Since Austrie and Polu have exhausted their college eligibility, the Mountain West will defer to UNLV for appropriate disciplinary action.



The provisions of the MW Sportsmanship Policy can be found in Rule 4 of the MW Handbook – which can be accessed via TheMW.com.