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UA's football program has won 5 bowl games (while losing 7 and tying 1).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/arizona_database.htm|work=National Champs|title=ARIZONA FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE|language=English}}</ref> The basketball program won a national championship in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens/history|work=NCAA|title=History - Past Champions|language=English}}</ref> | UA's football program has won 5 bowl games (while losing 7 and tying 1).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/arizona_database.htm|work=National Champs|title=ARIZONA FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE|language=English}}</ref> The basketball program won a national championship in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens/history|work=NCAA|title=History - Past Champions|language=English}}</ref> | ||
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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
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
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
- ↑ http://www.arizonaathletics.com/home/
- ↑ College Search - University of Arizona - U of A - At a Glance (English). College Board. Retrieved on May 28, 2010.
- ↑ About the UA (English). University of Arizona.
- ↑ National Universities: Top Schools (English). US News.
- ↑ UA History: A Proud Beginning (English). University of Arizona.
- ↑ The Old Main (English). University of Arizona.
- ↑ The First Graduating Class, 1895 (English). University of Arizona.
- ↑ ARIZONA FOOTBALL HISTORY DATABASE (English). National Champs.
- ↑ History - Past Champions (English). NCAA.