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University of Arizona

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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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