We are UConn Nation. One team, achieving greatness together.

We are UConn Nation.
One team, achieving
greatness together.
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One Tradition.
Home Field Advantage
UConn’s modern athletic facilities include:
Greatness is not an accident. Since our first teams formed in the 1890s, generations of
Huskies have given their all to help drive the University’s overall excellence.
21 national championship titles across all sports*:
› 10 women’s basketball (1995, 2000,
2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013,
2014, 2015)
›4 men’s basketball (1999, 2004,
2011, 2014)
›4 women’s field hockey (1981, 1985,
2013, 2014)
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion; Storrs, CT
• Opened 1990, Renovated 2004
• Seats 10,167
• Men’s and women’s basketball, women’s
volleyball
Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler
Field; East Hartford, CT
• Opened 2003
• Seats 40,000
• Football
› 3 men’s soccer (1948, 1981, 2000)
* All NCAA Division I national titles except the 1948 soccer
championship, awarded by the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America
Football: Building a solid foundation.
The UConn football team, under head coach
Bob Diaco, returned to bowl play in 2015 at
the St. Petersburg Bowl. The Huskies have
played in six bowl games, including the 2011
Fiesta Bowl, and have won two conference
championships since making the transition
to the FBS in 2003.
One Pride.
A tradition of coaching outstanding studentathletes ensures UConn is a standout in
Division I sports and fuels our academic spirit.
›UConn is ranked a Top 25
public university in the nation
by U.S. News & World Report.
›Founded 1881
›Enrollment: 31,000+
Our world-renowned faculty includes:
XL Center; Hartford, CT
• Renovated 2014
• Seats 15,564
• Men’s and women’s basketball,
men’s ice hockey
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168
50
endowed professors
Fulbright Scholars
Board of Trustees
Distinguished Professors
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M A S S A C H U S E T T S
Huskies in the Spotlight.
With a strong alumni base and
12.6 million television households
in our vicinity (New England and
New York City markets), UConn is
a power player in the Northeast.
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Home Field Advantage
UConn’s modern athletic facilities include:
79% of those 12.6 million
households pay for cable
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30,000 UConn alumni
in NY metro area
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TV markets in the country: • #1 New York
• #7 Boston
• #30 Hartford-New Haven
Our student-athletes focus just as hard on their books as they do on their games:
›13 UConn teams earned perfect NCAA Academic Performance Rate (APR)
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scores of 1000 for 2013-2014, including the National Champion men’s
basketball and field hockey teams.
2 of the 24 teams have a four-year APR score of 970 or better as of
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2013-2014, including four teams with perfect multi-year scores.
›235 UConn student-athletes were named to the American Athletic
Conference 2014-15 All-Academic team.
UConn is where greatness begins.
Werth Family UConn Basketball
Champions Center
This 78,000 square foot on-campus facility opened
its doors in fall 2014. The $36 million facility boasts
practice gyms, locker rooms, coaches’ offices, study
areas, video rooms, and sports medicine and strength
training spaces for our basketball teams.
The Mark R. Shenkman Training Center
& Burton Family Football Complex
Shenkman, an 85,000- square-foot center with
a two-story strength and conditioning area, is
regarded as one of the best football practice
facilities in the country. Burton houses coaches’
offices, meeting rooms, equipment, a studentathlete lounge, study rooms, and sports medicine
and video viewing areas.
40
18
19
former Huskies have been selected
in the NBA Draft, with 13 lottery
selections.
former Huskies have been
first-round WNBA draft
picks, including four No. 1
selections.
Huskies appeared on
active NFL rosters in
2015 — the most-ever in
UConn history.
34
10
5
former Husky players or coaches
have represented UConn in
Olympic competition for countries
such as the United States, Canada,
Russia, Greece, and Haiti.
former Huskies played in
the MLS in 2015.
former Huskies played in
the MLB in 2015.
One Community.
From Storrs to Hartford to New York City and beyond, UConn Nation spans borders,
united by pride and love for our team and our University.
›UConn’s main campus in Storrs is a vibrant, sprawling college town with theaters, museums, a walkable
downtown, and the iconic Gampel Pavilion.
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NYC is a home-away-from-home for UConn with a
dominating fan base in the metropolitan area and
a regional TV home in SNY, which is based in
Manhattan and serves more than 14 million homes.
Husky teams routinely play at Madison Square
Garden and also make appearances at Yankee
Stadium and the Barclays Center.
UConn Huskies Give Back.
Coming Soon: The Rizza Family
Soccer Complex
Former UConn men’s soccer student-athlete
Tony Rizza ’87 has pledged $8 million to transform
our soccer stadium into a $24 million state-of-the-art
soccer complex.
$6M+
$1M+
2,000
has been donated to the Pat and
Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center
at UConn Health through Jim
Calhoun’s annual Charity Classic
All-Star Basketball Game.
has been raised for Conn.
Children’s Medical Center
by Geno Auriemma’s
‘Fore the Kids’ Charity
Golf Tournament.
hours in community
service are contributed by
UConn student-athletes
annually