University of Arizona

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City:  | Tucson, Arizona
Type:  | Public
Sports:  | baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming/diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball[1]
Colors:  | red, blue
Mascot:  | Wilbur Wildcat (Wildcats)
Degrees:  | Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral[2]
Website:  | http://www.arizona.edu/

The University of Arizona (or UA) is an Arizona public university established in 1885.[3] The school ranked #96 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.[4]

## History[edit]

Three (primary) Arizona cities (Tucson, Phoenix and Prescott), were vying for two prizes: either an asylum or the capital. Phoenix was given the asylum, and a $100,000 appropriation; Prescott was given the capital; and C.C. Stevens, who was Tucson's representative, returned to Tucson with the rights to the new university, and a mere $25,000 for it (some reports have citizens showering Stevens with ripe eggs, rotten vegetables and a dead cat).[5]

The university would open its doors 6 years later in 1891.[6] The first graduating class consisted of only 3 people (down from the 6 who were admitted): Mercedes Anna Shibell, Charles Oma Rouse and Mary Flint Walker.[7]

## Athletics[edit]

UA's football program has won 5 bowl games (while losing 7 and tying 1).[8] The basketball program won a national championship in 1997.[9]

Its most successful program is softball, which has won eight national titles.

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ http://www.arizonaathletics.com/home/
2. ↑ College Search - University of Arizona - U of A - At a Glance (English). College Board. Retrieved on May 28, 2010.
3. ↑ About the UA (English). University of Arizona.
4. ↑ National Universities: Top Schools (English). US News.
5. ↑ UA History: A Proud Beginning (English). University of Arizona.
6. ↑ The Old Main (English). University of Arizona.
7. ↑ The First Graduating Class, 1895 (English). University of Arizona.
8. ↑ ARIZONA FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE (English). National Champs.
9. ↑ History - Past Champions (English). NCAA.

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