Athletics

The roof of Gampel Pavilion during renovations. (Bret Eckhardt/UConn Photo)

New Gampel Roof Ready for 2017-18 Season

60,000 screws, 30,000+ hours, and 2,083 ceiling tiles later ... let the games begin!

'Being a Husky teaches you how to be a better person – not just on campus, but for the rest of your life,' says Randazzo, an undergraduate researcher in the lab of Professor Joseph LoTurco and a student in the Special Program in Medicine as well as an athlete on the Women's Track team. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Ericka Randazzo

'Being a Husky teaches you how to be a better person – not just on campus, but for the rest of your life,' says Randazzo, a student in the Special Program in Medicine as well as an athlete on the Women's Track team.

Scott Levene '17 (BUS), Men's Soccer Goalkeeper, attends a COMM 1000 lecture in Laurel Hall. Levene, who says he dreamed of being a UConn Husky since he was 5 years old, excels in the classroom as well as on the field. (Garrett Spahn/UConn Photo)

Student-Athlete Strong: Scott Levene

The goalkeeper for Men's Soccer, who says he dreamed of being a UConn Husky since he was 5 years old, excels in the classroom as well as on the field.

Football players on the sidelines at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field on Sept. 1, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Football Announces Updated Schedule Following Hurricane Irma

UConn will now host East Carolina on Sept. 24 at noon, and South Florida on Nov. 4 (game time not yet set). Both matches will be at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.

Maddox Bruening, a 13-year-old from South Glastonbury, Connecticut, was introduced as the newest member of the Husky team at a press conference that included his parents, Joey and Sherry, as well as the UConn coaching staff and team.

Men’s Soccer Team Welcomes 13-Year-Old

UConn received a special National Letter of Intent from Maddox Bruening of South Glastonbury, Connecticut, who joined the program through his participation in Team IMPACT,

Track and field student-athlete Kyle Milliken '02 at a meet at UConn on April 7, 2001. (Bob Stowell for UConn Athletics)

Memorial Run to Honor Former Track and Field Alum

Join the Kyle Milliken Memorial Run on Sept. 16, a five-mile run in honor of track and field student-athlete and Navy SEAL Kyle Milliken '02 who was killed in action in May this year.

Student-Athletes Earn Big East Academic Honors

The league recognized dozens of players on UConn's Women's Lacrosse and Field Hockey teams.

Hall-of-Fame coach Jim Calhoun offered an inside perspective on college basketball for a new production, 'Exposure,' showing this weekend at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford. (AP Photo via Athletic Communications)

Calhoun Coaches Theater Group on Basketball Recruiting

The Hall-of-Fame coach offered an inside perspective on college basketball for a new production, 'Exposure,' showing this weekend at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford.

Former Husky George Springer.

Former Husky to Start in MLB All-Star Game

George Springer is the third alum named to Mid-Summer Classic, following Walt Dropo of the Boston Red Sox in 1950 and Charles Nagy of the Cleveland Indians in 1996.

Two baseballs, one signed by the music students, the other by the baseball team. (Kenneth Best/UConn Photo)

Finding Common Ground: Opera and Baseball

The UConn baseball team and UConn's opera company spent some time on each other's turf this year, and found they have much in common.