RENO, Nev. – A pair of Nevada women's basketball newcomers, junior Megan Ormiston and sophomore Bethany Carstens, have been granted immediate eligibility for the remainder of the 2020-21 season as part of a ruling by the NCAA Division I Council on Wednesday. The council granted a proposal to allow all players with pending waiver requests to be eligible to play this season.
 
Ormiston joined the Wolf Pack after transferring from UC Santa Barbara where she spent two seasons with the Gauchos. In her two seasons at UCSB she appeared in 57 games, averaging just over 10 minutes per game. Ormiston posted above 50 percent shooting in each of her two seasons with her single-season high coming in 2019-20 when she connected on 54.5 percent of her shots.
 
A native of Murrieta, Calif., Ormiston graduated from Murrieta Valley High School where she recorded 1,294 points, 1,167 rebounds and 300 blocks in her four years. During her senior season she averaged a double-double, registering 18 points and 15 rebounds per game. She helped lead her team to the first round of the CIF playoffs in her senior season for the fourth consecutive year. Ormiston twice pulled down a school-record 23 rebounds in a single game during her junior campaign.
 
Carstens joined the Wolf Pack after transferring from Chicago State where she spent one season with the Cougars. During her freshman season she played in 27 games, making 17 starts as a rookie. Carstens ranked second on the team averaging 12.3 points per game and connected on close to 40 percent of her shots. In her high school career she totaled 1,819 points in her three years on varsity at Nikiski High School in her home state of Alaska. During that time she received many accolades including three selections to USA Today's All-USA Alaska Girls Basketball first team, was twice named the Alaska 3A Player of the Year, was a three-time first team all-state honoree, earned two South Central Conference MVP awards and was named first team all-conference her senior year.
 
Ormiston and Carstens will mesh in with a Wolf Pack team that is already 3-0 on the season and has two non-conference games remaining on its schedule.
 
Nevada will host Fresno Pacific for its next contest this Friday, Dec. 18 at 1 p.m. inside Lawlor Events Center.