January 19, 2017
…I. UC San Diego Athletics and university administrators have been in discussion with the Big West Conference for the last several years in regard to potentially becoming a conference member, which is the next step in the transition to Division I. The conference is comprised of nine institutions including four…
June 11, 2015
…new Alex G. Spanos Athletic Performance Center earlier this week. The new center is made possible by a lead gift of $500,000 from Dean Spanos, chairman of the board of the San Diego Chargers, and his family to revamp and expand the existing Alex G. Spanos Training Facility, located on…
October 22, 2015
UC San Diego officially opened its new Alex G. Spanos Athletic Performance Center Wednesday with several members of the Spanos family alongside many Triton student-athletes and coaches at the ribbon cutting ceremony.
November 2, 2023
UC San Diego baseball made university history with its 2023 Big West Championship. Some of the team’s top players attribute their success in part to skills learned through the Triton Mind program, which teaches scholar-athletes mental health resilience for optimum academic and athletic performance.
November 27, 2017
…San Diego as Triton Athletics has accepted an invitation to join the Big West Conference, paving the way for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I reclassification. The move fulfills the wishes of the student body, which voted overwhelmingly last year to move UC San Diego Athletics to Division I.
January 23, 2020
…Photo by Derrick Tuskan/UCSD Athletics. Softball Alumna Dana Chaiken Brings UC San Diego Athletics to ESPN Audiences with Gift to Production Studio University of California San Diego Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Dana Chaiken ’91 has risen from collegiate softball player to one of the largest alumni benefactors of Triton…
June 16, 2022
…RIMAC (Recreation, Intramural and Athletic Complex) Arena has been home to countless athletic competitions, graduations, concerts and other events that are imprinted on the memories of thousands of UC San Diego alumni, students, friends and visitors. Aryeh B. Bourkoff UC San Diego announced today that RIMAC Arena has been named…
May 1, 2024
UC San Diego Athletic Director Earl Edwards stewarded UC San Diego’s move from Division II to Division I in 2020. As the campus approaches the end of the required four-year reclassification period, UC San Diego Magazine asked Edwards about the pandemic, scholar-athletes and the future.
September 26, 2013
…for their role at athletic events as confidence boosters. Hosted by UC San Diego Athletics, Triton Power Hour attracted hundreds of students and introduced them to what it means to be a proud Triton. Students cheered as the pep band revved up the crowd, blue and gold lights flashed and…
September 25, 2014
The University of California, San Diego broke ground today on the new Triton Ballpark. The ceremonial groundbreaking—with engraved baseball bats—represents the next step in the transformation of the existing baseball field into a state-of-the-art facility for UC San Diego’s intercollegiate baseball team. Triton Ballpark is made possible with the support…
