Athletics

Local residents, travelling fans and students alike all pitch in to make the world a cleaner place, as evidenced by this local resident donating three bottles to Isabelle Umland (’22).

Catching Recyclables Before the Football Game

Students took to the tailgating area outside of Pratt & Whitney Stadium Saturday to collect recyclables.

(Brynn Anderson/AP)

Op-ed: Dangerous Stereotypes Stalk Black College Athletes

A long-standing and deadly stereotype that views black males as subhuman and superhuman all at once threatens black college athletes, writes UConn's Joseph Cooper.

UConn Huskies Jamelle Elliott and Rebecca Lobo play against the Tennessee Lady Vols in 1995, the year UConn won its first national championship. After a 12-year hiatus, the UConn and Tennessee women's basketball programs will resume their historic series beginning in 2019-20. (Athletic Communications Photo)

The Rivalry Returns: UConn, Tennessee to Renew Series

After a 12-year hiatus, the UConn and Tennessee women's basketball programs will resume their historic series, beginning in 2019-20.

Merlon Pinnock '15 MBA, center, and Oneil McCaulsky, both of Poughkeepsie New York with Jonathan the Husky at a New York Mets baseball game at Citi Field in Queens New York on June 3, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Nation in Force at Citi Field

More than 500 alumni attended the Mets game Sunday in Queens, New York, which began with Dan Hurley, head coach of UConn Men's Basketball, throwing the ceremonial first pitch to an alum.

Jack McLister in a class at Oak Hall on April 26, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Jack McLister

Tennis player Jack McLister says the biggest challenge he faces as a student-athlete is balancing classes with the team's travel schedule.

Baseball player Chris Winkel ‘20 (BUS), right, talks with teaching assistant Jungang Li during a Calculus for Business and Economics class in Monteith. To Winkel, being a Husky is having 'a mindset to embrace every obstacle ahead ... and overcome it.' (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Chris Winkel

To baseball player Chris Winkel, being a Husky is 'a mindset to embrace every obstacle ahead ... and overcome it.'

Graduation photo. (Stephen Slade '87 (SFA) for UConn)

Seven UConn Teams Earn NCAA Public Recognition Awards

The Huskies set a school record in the number of programs earning APR honors over a four-year period through 2016-17.

Susan Aneno, a junior, set a new conference meet record in the 800 m race on May 13, helping the Huskies finish fourth at the outdoor championship. (American Athletic Conference Photo)

Track Star Susan Aneno Breaks Conference Record at AAC Championship

The junior set a new conference meet record in the 800 m race on May 13, helping the Huskies finish fourth at the outdoor championship.

Student-athlete, Zaina Zaki ’18 (BUS) listens to a lecture on financial risk management by finance professor Shantaram Hegde in the School of Business. Zaki tried two different majors before settling on finance. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Zaina Zaki

This graduating women's tennis player, who tried two different majors before settling on finance, says she would advise freshmen that 'It's okay to be unsure of what you want to do for the rest of your life.'

Student-athlete Nabeel Khan ‘19 (ENG) listens to a lecture on heat transfer in Laurel Hall. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Nabeel Khan

'Being a Husky means being a part of, embracing, and carrying on the traditions of UConn Nation,' says golfer Nabeel Khan '19 (ENG).