RENO, Nev. – The Mountain West Conference Board of Directors today moved to indefinitely suspend all remaining spring sports events and competitions due to the effect of the COVID-19 virus in our country and around the globe.

For the University of Nevada, this means that all competitions involving the Wolf Pack's baseball, softball, outdoor track & field, men's and women's golf and men's and women's tennis teams have been suspended. In accordance with the NCAA cancelation of current championships, junior Nicola Ader and coaches from the indoor track and & field team are returning to Reno from NCAA Championships as that event will not be held.

Nevada's ticket office account representatives will be in contact with ticketholders to discuss refunds for baseball and softball tickets.

The Wolf Pack athletics department has also canceled the postseason dinners for the men's and women's basketball programs, as well as the 11th annual Blue Tie Ball, which was scheduled for April 10.  Members of the Wolf Pack special events and development staff will be in touch soon with those who had already purchased Blue Tie Ball tickets or sponsorships, as well as those who had RSVP'd for the basketball postseason dinners.

The Mountain West will allow its institutions to determine practice activities for all sports. Nevada will determine practice activities on a sport-by-sport level. Any practices, if held, will be closed to the public.

"The safety, health and well-being of our student-athletes, along with that of our coaches, staff and the Wolf Pack community are of the utmost importance to us," said athletics director Doug Knuth. "We are in support of this decision by the conference's board of directors and we know that the Mountain West is not alone in these decisions.

"This is a difficult time for a great many of us, and these public-safety decisions to limit the spread of COVID-19 can create more questions than answers. We will fully support our student-athletes, not only in terms of physical and mental health, but also academically and in any issues related to NCAA eligibility."

Knuth, along with Rhonda Lundin Bennett, Nevada's senior woman administrator, and Ryan Mitchell, the Wolf Pack's senior associate athletics director for intercollegiate services, are meeting with Wolf Pack student-athletes and coaches affected by this decision and will be heading up support efforts and resources for the Wolf Pack.

The athletics department is constant contact with University leadership, the Mountain West Conference and healthcare experts to further monitor the situation.