Academic Excellence•UConn student-athletes perform at

ahighlevel inthefieldsandarenasofathleticplayandintheclassroom.

•Over50percentof student-athletesearned a 3.0 or better grade pointaveragein2012-13andxxhada4.0grade point average either the fall2012and/orspring2013semesters.

•FiveHuskyteamshadaperfectscorein the latest NCAA GraduationSuccess Rate (GSR) report: fieldhockey,lacrosse,rowing,softballandwomen’stennis.

•The Husky men’s basketballteam posted an NCAA AcademicPerformance Rate (APR) scoreof 978 while winning a nationalchampionship in 2010-11 andnow have an outstanding two-yearaverageof963.

•TwentyofUConn’s24teamshadafour-yearAPRscoreof970orbetterinthelatestAPRreportwhilethreehad perfect multi-year scores andninehadperfectsingle-yearscores.

•The UConn women’s basketballteam had a multi-year score of984duringa timeperiod inwhichthe Huskies won two nationalchampionships and played in theFinalFourallfourseasons.

•The football team had an APRmulti-year score of 958 for thefootball team during a time periodin which UConn played in bowlgamesinthreeseasons.Thefootballteam’s score is 11 points higherthantheaveragescoreforallpublicinstitutions.

•Thefieldhockeyteamhada near-perfectmulti-yearscoreof996inaperiod when the Huskies went totheNCAAtournamentallfouryearsandthenationalsemifinalin2011.

•In 2011, the baseball team had asingle-yearscoreof1000inaseasonwhen UConn advanced to theNCAASuperRegionals.

President Susan Herbst Dear Friends,

TheUniversityofConnecticutanditsDivisionofAthleticsarelivinginanexcitingera.

Husky teams bring great pride to our state and our university; they are a rallying point foreveryone associated with UConn including our students, our alumni around the world, ourfaculty,staffandofcoursethethousandsoffansthatmakeupHuskyNation.

UConnstudent-athletesperformatthehighestlevelbothacademicallyandathleticallyandweasaninstitutionarecommittedtoensuringthattheycontinuetosucceedinboth.

Elsewhere at the university, construction is underway for our highly exciting research andinnovation effort called Bioscience Connecticut; UConn and the world-renowned JacksonLabsarepartofamajornewresearchpartnership;andplansarequicklymovingforwardforaTechnologyParkonourStorrscampus.

UConnisalsointhemidstofanambitious,multi-yearhiringinitiativetodramaticallyexpandourfacultyacrossnumerousacademicdisciplines.Thisfour-yearinvestmentin500tenure-trackfaculty positions will build on the institution’s existing strengths and grow new expertise instrategicareasbyhiringtalentedscholarsinkeyfields.Itwillsignificantlyboosttheuniversity’sresearchproductivity,provideoutstandingteachingandservicetoUConnstudentsandcontinuethetransformationthathasledtheuniversitytostandamongthenation’sleadingpublicresearchinstitutions.

Finally,GovernorDannellMalloyandtheConnecticutGeneralAssemblyrecentlypassedNextGeneration Connecticut. This $1.5 billion state investment will greatly expand educationalopportunities, research, and innovation in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM)disciplinesatUConnoverthenextdecade.

Thecornerstoneof thisunprecedentedstate investment isamajor increase in theuniversity’senrollment, theexpansionofour faculty–aboveandbeyondUConn’scurrent facultyhiringinitiative – and new and updated facilities to accommodate enhanced STEM research andteaching, as well as our growing population. With Next Generation Connecticut, targetedstrategic investments in facilities, faculty, and studentswill furtherestablishUConnasavitalSTEMinstitution,fuelingnewtechnologies,highlyskilledgraduates,newcompanies,patents,licenses,andhigh-wageSTEMjobs.

Finally, the demand to attend UConn is astounding: in 2013, UConn received more than30,000applicationsforourfreshmanclass.Toputthatinperspective,in2001,theuniversityreceived less thanhalf that.Nowmore thanever,UConn is able tooffer averyhigh-qualityeducationforaverycompetitivevalue,whichisincrediblyimportanttostudentsandfamilies.

Ourfaculty,ourstudents,ourfacilitiesandouracademicandathleticsuccesseshavecombinedtomakeUConnanoutstandinguniversity–andwithgreatprideanddetermination,wecontinueontoanevenbrighterfuture.

Sincerely,

SusanHerbstPresidentUniversityofConnecticut

Director of Athletics Warde Manuel

Dear Friends,

TheUniversityofConnecticutwasfoundedin1881andthebeginningsofourintercollegiateathleticsprogramssoonfollowed.ExcellencehasalwaysbeenpartoftheHuskytraditionandmanygreatcoaches,student-athletesandstaffhaveworkedtoestablishastrongfoundationandourrichlegacy.

Today,ourDivisionofAthletics is abroad-basedprogramwith24 sports,over700student-athletesandapproximately200full-timeemployees.Theathleticdepartmentdoesnotreceiveanytaxdollarstosupportathletics,whichcomesasasurprisetomanypeople.Weareresponsiblefor generating revenues to support a currentbudgetof$65millionwith$12millionof thatbeingreturnedtotheUniversityintheformofscholarshipsforourstudent-athletes.TheHuskyfaithfulshouldbeproudofthecontinuedsuccessofourstudent-athletesintheclassroomandonthefieldsofplay.

OurUniversitycontinuestogrowinstatureandprestigeintooneofthecountry’stoppublicresearchuniversitiesthroughtheUCONN2000,21stCenturyUConnandNextGenerationInitiatives. That development will continue through the next 10 years with an incredibleexpansionofourUConncampuses,UConnHealthCenterandthenewTechParkinStorrs.

TheDivisionofAthleticsmirrorstheaspirationsoftheentireUConncommunity.Wehaveagreatchampionshippast,wearechampionstoday,andarecommittedtobeingchampionsinthefuture.

Beginningonthenextpageandthroughoutthispublication,youwillseetherichchampionshiphistoryoftheUConnHuskies.WeareproudofthenationalandconferencechampionshipswehavewonandtheAll-Americanstudent-athleteswehaveproduced.

FansaroundtheworldwillcontinuetowatchUConn--ourbrandremainsoneofthestrongestinthecountry.WhentelevisionsareturnedontoHuskygames,theyneedtoseethreethings:student-athletesandcoachesperformingandwinningat thehighest level, state-of-theartandmodernfacilities,andgreatfansfillingourvenuesofplaywithenthusiasmandpassionfromthebeginningofthecontestuntilthelastwhistleblows.

IpromiseyouthatweareworkingeverydaytoensurethatthosewhosupportUConnwitnessgreatnessintheseareas.Weare“UCONN”becauseofalotofhardworkfromthoseinthepastandmenandwomeninthepresentwhocontinuetomakeussuccessfulattheconferenceandnationallevel.

However,wecouldnothaveachievedanyofthatwithoutthesupportofouralumni,fansanddonors.WeneedyourcontinuedenthusiasmandsupportthatHuskyfanshavebeenfamousforoverthedecades.Weneedyoutobeevenmorepassionatethaneverbefore.Weneedyoutobelieveinourabilitytobegreat,showup,standupandbecountedamongthedie-hardHuskyfans.

We begin a new era in 2013-14 with the American Athletic Conference that consists ofprestigious national universities that have all enjoyed athletic success. We will develop newrivalries and traditions with these schools and the competition will be exciting and highlycompetitiveineverysport.

I strongly believe in UConn Athletics and its future. I believe that we will continue to winconferencechampionshipsandenjoychampionshipsuccessinNCAAcompetition.

Ihaveconfidenceinourstudent-athletes,coachesandstaffintheDivisionofAthletics.Mostofall,IamconfidentthatourgreatHuskyfanswillcontinuetosupportusandrallyforusmorethaneverbefore.

GOHUSKIES!!!!

WardeManuelDirectorofAthletics

University of Connecticut Division of Athletics

•UConn’sannualbudgetranksamongtheTop50inthenationat$65millionin2013-14.

•UConnsupports24varsityprograms(11men,13women)withover700student-athletes.

•Huskies have won 15 NCAA National Championships in fourdifferent sports (8 women’s basketball, 3 men’s basketball, 2 men’ssoccerand2fieldhockey).

•Nearly one million fans attend UConn events annually. Ticketedsportsarefootball,men’sbasketball,women’sbasketball,men’ssoccer,women’ssoccerandmen’sicehockey.

•UConn’s loyaldonorsannuallycontribute toHusky successes.Sincethe formation of the UConn Athletic Development Fund in 1978,morethan$180millionhasbeendonatedtosupporttheacademicandathleticachievementsofUConnstudent-athletes.Thisincludesmorethan$100millioninthepasttenyears.

•In2012-13,UConnfinishedtenthintheCapitalOneCupstandingsforwomen’ssports–thehighestamonganyBigEastteamandaheadofsuchschoolsasDuke,Tennessee,MarylandandMinnesota.

•In2011,UConnbecametheONLYschooltohavefootballcompeteinaBCSBowlgame(FiestaBowl),andmen’sandwomen’sbasketballcompeteintheirsport’sFinalFourinthesameyear(men’sbasketballwentontowintheNationalChampionship).

•Inthelast19years,UConnmen’sandwomen’sbasketballprogramshavecombinedtowin11NCAANationalChampionships…doubletherateofanyotherNCAADivisionIinstitutionduringthattime.

•UConnistheonlyinstitutioninNCAADivisionItowinthemen’sand women’s basketball national championships in the same season(2004).

•UConn is the only institution in college basketball to have both itsmen’sbasketballheadcoach(JimCalhoun)anditswomen’sbasketballhead coach (Geno Auriemma) enshrined in the Naismith MemorialBasketballHallofFamewhilestillactivecoaches.

•BasedontheNCAArevenuedistributionplanforNCAATournamentsuccess, UConn’s men’s basketball two “Final Four” appearances in2009and’11generatedapproximately$15million.

•UConnfootball,whichjoinedtheBigEastConferencein2004,wontwoBigEasttitlesinitstimeasaleaguemember.

•UConnfootballhasearnedfivebowlbidsinits10yearsofcompetitionasaBCSlevelmemberinstitution.

•UConn has made a major institutional commitment in men’s icehockeyjoiningthetop-rankedHockeyEastin2014.

•A total of 22 former UConn football players were in NFL trainingcampsforthe2013season.

•Therewere13formerUConnmen’sbasketballplayersonNBArostersin 2012-13 -- among the top five highest schools in the country.UConnhasproducedatotalof18NBAFirstRoundDraftpicks.

•EightUConnwomen’sbasketballplayershaveearnedOlympicGoldmedalswhile13havebeenWNBAFirstRoundDraftpicks.

Distinctions•U.S. News & World ReportranksUConnamongthetop20publicuniversitiesinthenation.

•UConn’sSchoolofBusiness is rankedamongtheTop25publicundergraduatebusinessprogramsintheU.S.accordingtoBloomberg BusinessWeek.

•UConn’sNeagSchoolofEducationgraduateprogramisrankedNo.32nationallyamongpublicuniversitiesandfirst intheNortheastaccordingtoU.S. News & World Report. Inaddition,theNeagSchool’sspecialeducationprogramandelementaryteachereducationandsecondaryteachereducationprogramsarerankedamongthetop20.

•TheUniversityhasbeenselectedasamemberofUniversitas21,apreeminentinternationalnetworkofleadingresearch-intensiveuniversitiesin17countries.

•TheNeagSchoolofEducation’sdoctoralprograminkinesiologyranksNo.1inthenationaccordingtotheAmericanAcademyofKinesiologyandPhysicalEducation.

•TheSierraClub,aninternationalenvironmentaladvocacyorganization,ranksUConnNo.1inthe“Top10CoolestSchools”inthecountry,basedonenvironmentalinitiatives.

AcADemic BreADth•Gov.DannelP.Malloy recently signed into lawNextGenerationConnecticut, amulti-

faceted$1.5billionplantoenhancethestate’seconomicfuturethroughstrategicinvestmentinscience,technology,engineering,andmath.

•UConnishiring500tenure-trackfacultyoverfouryearswithemphasisonenvironmentalstability, digital media, science and engineering, language and culture, revolutions ineducation,healthandhealthpolicyandtheaterinnovation.

University of Connecticut•UConn is ranked 40th in awarded doctoral degrees

(higher than 26 of 61 American Association ofUniversitiesmemberinstitutions).

•Ranked 49th in the nation in doctoral studentenrollment (higher than 23 of 61 AAU memberinstitutions).

•Ranked 77th in the nation in research expenditures(higherthan10AAUmemberinstitutions).

•UConnhas14schoolsandcolleges.

•TheUniversitygrants17graduatedegreesin75fieldsof study, includingprofessionalprograms inbusiness,dental,law,medicine,pharmacy,andsocialwork.

•Applications continue to rise with over 30,000applicants competing for 3,755 spots at the Storrscampusand1,250availableseatsatregionalcampuses.

•For the tenth consecutive year, more than half ofthe applicants in 2012 were out-of-state students,comprising25%oftheincomingclass.

impressive FAculty•UConn’sfacultymembersareworld-renowned.Many

are recognized as leaders in education, research, andscholarship.

•UConn faculty research in regenerative biologyproduced America’s first cloned calf using non-reproductive cells, creating an international scientificandmediasensation.

•UConn faculty provided pivotal leadership for thehistoricUConn-AfricanNationalCongressPartnership.

•Facultyinitiativecreatedanunprecedentedopportunityfor UConn students to study at the MetropolitanOperainNewYorkCity.

•UConn’s Neag School of Education is home to therenowned National Research Center on the GiftedandTalented, the Accelerated Schools Project, and isoneof11schoolsnationwideselectedfortheCarnegieCorporation’s prestigious Teachers for a New Erainitiative.

•UConn faculty collaborating across campuses,including at the Health Center, are conductingbreakthrough research in medicine, genetics,nanotechnology,andfuelcelltechnology.

•Facultymembersarededicatedtotheirrolesasteachers,studentadvisors,andmentors.UConn’sundergraduatesummer research program offers students theopportunity to participate in original research orreceiveagranttoworkunderthedirectionofrenownedprofessors.

Living the UConn Experience•More than 30,000 students are enrolled, among the various campuses

statewideandrepresentnearlyeverystateinthenationand98countries.

•AverageSATscoresforincomingfreshmenatStorrsareupover100pointssince1996andnowaverage1233(criticalreadingandmathonly).

•The438studentsUConnwelcomedintoitsHonorsProgramin2012hadanaverageSATscoreofmorethan1400.

•Minoritystudentsmakeup26%ofthe2012incomingundergraduateclass.

•Since 1995, 1,703 valedictorians and salutatorians have enrolled at allcampuses.Infall2013,45percentoffreshmenenteringtheStorrscampuswererankedinthetop10percentoftheirhighschoolclassand82percentwererankedinthetop25percentoftheirclass.

•93%offreshmen,includingstudentsofcolor,returnfortheirsophomoreyear.

GettinG involveD•UConnoffersmorethan600studentclubsandorganizations.

•In2012,studentschosefrommorethan300StudyAbroadprogramsin65countries.

•Cooperativeeducationprogramsandinternshipsintegrateclassroomlearningandworkexperienceinbusiness,industry,andpublicservice.

AttrActions•In2012,morethan49,000prospectivestudentsandtheirfamiliesembarked

on tours of the UConn campus from the Lodewick Visitors Center, thegatewaytotheuniquefacilitiesthatdefinetheUniversity’s4,000-acremaincampus.

•Visitorsmayenjoylodging,dining,andrelaxingintheNathanHaleInn,ouron-campushotelandconferencefacility.

•With more than 3 million volumes, the Homer Babbidge Library is theintellectual hub of the Storrs campus. In fact, the Association of ResearchLibrariesranksUConn’slibrarysystem20thamongpublicresearchlibrariesintheUnitedStates.

•UConn’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts showcases the region’smostnoteworthydramatic events. It stagesprofessional touring attractionsthatrangefromBroadwaymusicalstointimatecabarets.

•The collections of the William Benton Museum of Art include morethan 5,500 pieces; the museum features a gallery exclusively dedicated topresentinghumanrights-orientedvisualarts,aswellasanoutdoormeditationsculpturegarden.

•Housed inUConn’sMuseumofNaturalHistory, theConnecticutArchaeologyCenterexploresthenaturalandculturalhistoryofsouthernNewEngland.

•The J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum features photos,videos,plaques,banners,uniforms,NCAANationalChampionshiptrophiesandthefootballteam’sbowltrophies.

Since1995,theStateofConnecticuthasinvestednearly$5.5billionintheUniversity’sinfrastructure.UCONN2000,21stCenturyUConnandnowNext Generation Connecticut havebeen the most ambitious publicallyfinanced building programs in thecountry totally nearly $4 billion.The state has also spent $8 billionin Bioscience Connecticut at theUConn Health Center and $2millioninthedevelopmentofaTechParkatStorrsmaincampus.

Amazing Facilities

The landmark UConn 2000, 21st Century UConn and NextGenerationConnecticutprogramshaveandwillcreatemorethan12millionsquarefeetofnewandrenovatedspaceforresearch,teaching,livingandlearning.Thecompletedprojectsinclude:

•An award-winning building for the Department of Chemistry.AccordingtotheInternationalArchitectureYearbook,theChemistrybuildingisoneofthebest-designedbuildingsintheworld.

•NewbuildingsfortheSchoolsofBusinessandPharmacy.

•ThemodernBiology/PhysicsBuilding.

•NewbuildingforInformationTechnologiesEngineering.

•AnewAgriculturalBiotechnologyLaboratory.

•AdditionstotheWilliamBentonMuseumofArt.

•Renovationstonumerousfacilities,includingtheHomerBabbidgeLibrary,thehistoricWilburCrossbuilding,theConnecticutStateMuseumofNaturalHistory,andthePhilipE.AustinBuilding,thehomeofUConn’sCollegeofLiberalArtsandSciences.

•Construction that includes the latest innovations in studentresidentialcommunities.

•OakHallandLaurelHallaredynamicnewbuildingsdedicatedsolelytostate-of-theartclassrooms,bothnotablefortheirenvironmentalconscious,sustainableenergyfeature.LaurelHallistheUniversity’sfirstGreenLEEDCertificationbuilding.

•Widmer Wing, a new 15,800-square foot addition to the mainbuildingofUConn’sSchoolofNursing.

•AdditionsandrenovationstotheWestonA.BousfieldPsychologyBuilding.

•Inadditiontothe improvements to theStorrscampus, theAveryPointcampushousesasophisticatedmarinefacility;thecampusesat Stamford, Waterbury, Hartford, and Torrington have beenrevitalized,aswellastheUConnSchoolofLaw.

•A new technology park with the initial building scheduled to becompleted in2015-16.Thefirst facilitywillconsistofa125,000square foot Innovation Partnership Building, allowing industryscientists and business entrepreneurs to work side-by-side usingworld-classequipmentandsharedlaboratories.

The State of Connecticut

•Withapopulationof3.5Million,theStateofConnecticutisthelargestpopulatedstatewithoutaninstitutionthatisa current member of the five conferences that comprisethenewBCSin2014(ACC,BigTen,Big12,SEC,andPac-12).

•Atotalof120,621UConnalumnicurrentlyresideintheState of Connecticut, and more than 32,000 additionalalumniresideintheneighboringnortheastregionstatesofMassachusetts,NewYorkandNewJersey.

•Overall,morethan75%ofUConnalumniresideinthenortheastcorridoroftheUnitedStates.

•ThisNortheastcorridorcomprisesatotalofmorethan58millionresidents.

•Connecticut is one of the original colonies and hasa history of being revolutionary – politically, socially,culturally,andeconomically.

•Thestateboastsmanyfirsts,amongthem:IgorSikorskyinvented the helicopter, the first nuclear submarine waslaunched,andthefirstPresidenttorideinanautomobiledidsoinHartfordin1902.

Connecticut’s average household income is $83,000, which is20%abovethenationalaverage.

Connecticutranks#1amongallstatesinpercapitaincome.

Connecticutranks#2amongallstatesinfinanceandinsurancejobs.

Connecticutranks#3amongallstatesinbothadvanceddegreeandinthelowpovertyrate.

Connecticutranks#4amongallstatesinhealthyresidents,totalstateproductivity,andenergyefficiency.

Connecticut ranks among the top 10 states in number ofscientists and engineers, worldwide productivity, venturecapitaldeals, educationandhealth service jobs,patents, lowcrimerates,technologyandsciencecapacityandexports.

Connecticutcontinuestoleadthewayintheareasofstem-cellresearchandenergyalternatives.

ConneCtiCut Loves its sportsResidents of Connecticut go wild over Huskysports…buttherearealsoseveralotherbigtimesports attractions in the state. The TravelersChampionshipinCromwellisaregularstoponthePGATourandpartofitsFedExCupseries.TheNewHavenOpen atYale is a prominentpartoftheU.S.OpenTennisSerieswhileLimeRockParkinLakevillehasbeeninexistencesince1957andhostseventseachsummeraspartoftheAmerican LeMans Series and the Rolex SportsCarSeries.TheConnecticutSunoftheWNBAand several minor league baseball and hockeyteamsarealsopartofthestate’ssportsscene.

Hartford: UConn’s Capital City•TheUConnSchoolofBusinesshasclassroomfacilitiesindowntown

HartfordandsoontheUConnGreaterHartfordCampuswillmovedirectlydowntown.

•“TheInsuranceCapitalOfTheWorld”–homeofAetna,Cigna,ING, The Phoenix Companies, Travelers, United Health GroupandTheHartfordFinancialServicesGroup.

•Homeofthemulti-billiondollarconglomerateUnitedTechnologiesCorporation and its subsidiaries Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation,UTCAerospaceSystems,Pratt&Whitney,UTCPower,OtisandUTCClimateControlsandSecurity.

•Apopulationbaseof23millionpeoplewithina100-mile radiusand100millionwithinaneight-hourdrive.

•Hartfordhasthenation’shighestpercentageofindividualsovertheageof25whohaveacollegebachelor’sdegreeorhigher.

•Culturalattractionsinclude:TheWadsworthAtheneumMuseum,theoldestpublicartmuseumintheUnitedStates,andTheBushnellCenter for the Performing Arts. The Connecticut ConventionCenteropenedin2005andisthelargestconventioncenterbetweenNewYorkandBoston.

Storrs Center:A New Downtown

•Thereareapproximately22,000UConngraduateswholiveinNewYorkCityandthesurroundingmetropolitanarea.

•TheNewYorkChapterof theUConnAlumniAssociation is thegroup’sfastestgrowingchapter.

•In 2010-11, UConn men’s basketball was the most viewed BigEastConferenceteaminNewYorkCity.Acombined1.35millionhouseholds watched UConn basketball games in the New YorkDMA that were televised on ESPN or ESPN2. That numberdoubled the amount of households watching Syracuse games onESPN or ESPN2 and was five times more than the amount ofhouseholds that watched Rutgers on ESPN or ESPN2.The toptwo-ratedSyracusemen’sbasketballgamesintheNewYorkDMAin2010-11wereinfactgamesagainstUConn.

•The world-famous Metropolitan Opera in New York City hasan exclusive educational partnership with UConn, providinginternshipsandotherbenefitsforFineArtsstudents.

“A lot of people don’t understand what makes New York tick. The two schools with the biggest impact in the New York market have been Syracuse and Connecticut.

”FormerBIGEASTCommissionerMikeTranghese,New York Times,March11,2013

•UConn’s five games in the 2011 BIG EAST tournament werewatchedbyacombined590,000combinedhouseholdsintheNewYork DMA, while 385,000 watched Syracuse games – a numberwhichwasinflatedwithonegameagainsthometownSt.John’s.

UConn and New York CityThe UConn Football Footprint

In New York City•The UConn football team will play

Army on November 8, 2014 in NewYorkCity’sYankeeStadium.

•Inthreeofthepastfourseasonsthatbothschools went to a bowl game, UConn’snationaltelevisionratingofitsbowlgamehas been higher than the Rutgers bowlgame – including doubling the mark in2007and2011.

•Ina recentNew York Timeson-line story,UConn was ranked ahead of Syracuseamong the most popular college footballteamsintheNewYorkDMAandUConnwas the only BIG EAST school listedamong the top five most popular collegefootball teamsinboththeNewYorkandBostonDMAs.

SNY (SportsNet New York) Recognizes The Popularity Of The UConn Brand

•UConn is the only university in thecountry whose football, men’s basketballandwomen’sbasketballtelevisionprogramshave syndicated TV packages with thesameregional sportsnetwork -SportsNetNewYork,whichisalsotheTVoftheNewYork Mets. A total of 38 UConn gamesduring the 2012-13 academic year wereshown by SNY, whose distribution is 14milliontelevisionhouseholds.SNY’sfour-state regional footprint, which includesNew York, New Jersey, Connecticut andPennsylvania,iscomprisedofninemillionTV households. Its national distributionthroughsatelliteserviceisfivemillionTVhomes.

•SNY, with its headquarters located inmidtownManhattan,dedicatesmorethan650hoursofcoverageannuallytoUConnAthletics, including live games, re-airs,previews/reviews, coaches’ shows, specialsandfeatures.

Our Campus is ConnecticutIn addition to the main campus in Storrs, the University ofConnecticuthasanumberofothercampusesandschoolsaroundthestate,whichtrulymakeseachregionofthestatepartoftheUConncampus.

The UConn Health Center and John Dempsey Hospital arelocated in Farmington, just west of Hartford. Today, BioscienceConnecticut,an$864millioninitiative,istransformingthecampusoftheUConnHealthCenter.BioscienceConnecticutisaforward-thinking plan to create thousands of construction and related jobsin the short-term and generate long-term, sustainable economicgrowth based on bioscience research, innovation, entrepreneurshipand commercialization. It is a multifaceted plan that also includesinitiativestoimproveaccesstohealthcareservicesintheregionandbeyond.

Renovations have begun in the original research tower and workis underway to build the new outpatient care center and the newhospital tower. In addition, groundbreaking ceremonies were heldin January 2013 for the new $1.1 billion Jackson Laboratoryfor Genomic Medicine, the first return on the state’s BioscienceConnecticutinvestment,whichwillbehousedontheUConnHealthCentercampus.TheJacksoninitiativeisacollaborationbetweenthegloballyprominentJacksonLaboratory,UConn,theHealthCenterandleadingacademicandhealthcareinstitutionsintheregion.

TheUConnSchoolofLawisoneoftheleadingpubliclawschoolsinthecountry.Itscampus,listedontheNationalRegisterofHistoricSites, isamongthemostbeautifulofany lawschool in theUnitedStates.Thenewly-completedlawlibraryisperhapsthefinestfacilityofitskindintheworld.TwomilesfromthecenterofHartford,theLawSchoolislocatedinaneighborhoodoflargeVictorianhomes.

UConn has long had an undergraduate campus in the GreaterHartfordregionandplansarenowunderwaytorelocatethatcampustothecenterofdowntownHartford.

The UConn campus in downtown Stamford is surrounded by aclusterofcorporateheadquartersincludinganumberofFortune500companies,suchasPitney-BowesandCharterCommunications.

TheUConncampusinWaterburyishousedinanewstate-ofthe-artfacility.OptionsexisttotransfertotheStorrscampusaftertwoyearsorearnadegreerightinWaterbury.

UConn’s “campus by the ocean” is located at Avery Point in thesouthern portion of the state in Groton. Avery Point is the hometo the Connecticut Sea Grant Program in conjunction with theNationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration(NOAA).ProjectOceanography,andeducationprogramformiddleschoolandhighschoolstudents,isalsoontheAveryPointcampus.

TheTorringtoncampus,locatedinthehillsofthewesternportionofthestate,ishometothefamedLitchfieldCountyWritersProgram.The program attracts visits by some of the country’s most pre-eminentwriters includingRoxanaRobinsonand the lateMadelineL’EngleandArthurMiller.

The Huskies Are The Center Of Media Coverage

•UConnwasthehostsiteforthefirstever“ESPNCollegeGameday”forbothmen’sandwomen’sbasketball.

•Thereare1,347,980televisionhouseholdsintheStateofConnecticutandofthattotal85.1%arecabletelevisionhouseholds(1,146,780).

•The85.1%penetrationofcabletelevisionhouseholdsisthefourthlargeststate-by-statepenetrationintheUnitedStates.

•The cable televisionhouseholdpenetration surpasses the cablepenetrationof17statesthatarescheduledtohaveinstitutionsinthefiveBCSConferencesin2014(ACC,BigTen,Big12,SEC,andPac12).

•TheHuskiesowntheHartford/NewHavenmarketasthestatedoesnothavea“Big4”professionalsportsteamwithinitsborders.

•Connecticut’sFairfieldCounty,hometoover900,000ofthestate’sresidentsandmanyUConnalumni,sitsintheNewYorktelevisionmarket.

•UConnislocatedintheHartford/NewHaventelevisionmarket,whichisthe30th-sizedmarketinthecountry.

•UConnisalsolocatedwithin70milesofthecountry’sNo.7TVmarketinBoston.

•UConn’sfootballandbasketballprogramsareamongthemosttelevisedandwidelydistributedinthecountry.OfUConn’s72totalregularseason football,men’s basketball andwomen’sbasketball gamesduring the2012-13 academic year, 97% (70games)were shownby aregionalornationaltelevisioncarrier.

•UConncontinuestocommandastrongandgrowingtelevisionaudience.UConnfootball(+10%),men’sbasketball(+9%)andwomen’sbasketball(+22%)ratingsinitsprimarymarketallsawyear-over-yearratingsgrowth.UConnregularlycommandsstrongindividualgameratings of 7+ in the Hartford-New Haven market, beating all other programming on cable and broadcast networks.The Huskies areregisteringviewersinthenation’slargestmarket,too.IntheNewYorkDMA,theHuskiesareaveraging.20-to-.35ratingsfiguresforfootballandmen’sbasketballandapproximately.15forwomen’sbasketball.

UConn Football Facilities

UConn Basketball Facilities

UConn Athletic FacilitiesMen’s And Women’s SoccerJosephJ.MorroneStadiumisrankedthefourth-bestsoccervenueintheUnitedStates(professionalorcollege)byGoal.com.

RowingTheHuskyrowingteamcallsCoventryLake–oneofthemostscenicbodiesofwaterinNewEngland–home.

SoftballTheBurrillFamilyFieldisthelong-timehomeofUConn’ssoftballprogram.

BaseballTheHuskiesplayhomegamesatJ.O.ChristianFieldandanumberof minor league parks around the state, including hosting a 2010NCAARegionalatDoddStadiuminNorwich.

Field Hockey, Women’s Lacrosse, Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track And FieldThe George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex is a multiple-usefacilityandhashostedconferenceandregionalchampionships inanumberofsports.

Men’s And Women’s Indoor Track And FieldThe Hugh S. Greer Field House,the former home of UConnbasketballbeforeGampelPavilion,hasbeenrenovatedandnowisthefacilityforHuskymen’sandwomen’sindoortrackandfield.

Men’s And Women’s Ice HockeyUConn plays on-campus games at the Mark Edward Freitas IceForumandstartingin2014,men’sgameswillgo“downtown”totheXLCenterastheHuskiesjoinHockeyEast–thepreeminentleagueinthecountry.

Men’s And Women’s Swimming And DivingTheWolff-ZackinNatatorium is adjacent toGampelPavilion andgivestheHuskiesamodernhome.

VolleyballInadditiontomen’sandwomen’sbasketball,thevolleyballteamalsoplaysattheHarryA.GampelPavilion.

Husky Football: A Long Tradition, A Quick Championship TransitionFootball was first played at UConn in 1896 and has developed asa program as the institution has grown into one of the top publicuniversitiesinthecountry.

TheHuskiesmadeaseamlesstransitionfromNCAAFCSstatustotheNCAABowlChampionshipSubdivisionin2003andbecameamemberoftheBIGEASTConferencein2004.

UConnhasplayedinfivebowlgamesoveritshistoryandhaswontwoBIGEASTChampionships.

When UConn gained its first AP ranking in 2007, it became thesecond-quickestteamtorisefromFCSstatustoanationalranking.

Thereare18formerHuskiesintheNFLin2013–aprogramhigh.Theseplayersinclude2009firstrounddraftpickDonaldBrownwiththeIndianapolisColtsand2012NFLall-rookiepickKendallReyeswiththeSanDiegoChargers.

The Huskies had a program-high five players taken in the 2013 NFL Draft and only five schools (Alabama, Florida State, LSU, Florida and Georgia) had more players picked in the first six rounds than UConn.

Connecticut has played in five bowl games in its bowl history,includinganappearanceinthe2011TostitosFiestaBowl.

“We’re getting pounded and we love it. We have done an incredible business from Huskies fans. The Connecticut fans have come down in swarms.

”GregRuffino,manager,Ri-RahIrishRestaurantandPub,duringUConn’sbowltriptoCharlotte,N.C.

“UConn has been the epitome of a bowl hungry team. They’ve done everything we asked of them and they’ve done it first class. They’re probably the most enthusiastic team we’ve ever had here. They’re used to travelling for basketball and it has translated over to football. They did a tremendous job. I can’t say enough about them.

”KenHoffman,bowlexecutive

Dating back to 1900, the University ofConnecticutalwayshadaproudtraditionofexcellenceontheregionallevel.ConnecticutwasaNewEnglandpowerhouseundersuchlegendary coaches as Dee Rowe and HughGreerandmadetripstothe1964EliteEightandthe1976Sweet16.

JimCalhountookovertheprogramthathadrecently joined theBIGEASTandutteredtwowords–“It’sdoable.”–andheliveduptothosewords.

ThreenationalchampionshipsandfourFinalFourtripsand17conferencechampionshipsare the legacy of the Hall of Fame coach,who retired at the end of the 2012-13season.

UConn men’s basketball is now under theguidance of energetic head coach KevinOllie, a former student-athlete underCalhoun,whoknowswhathardworkisallabout.

Men’s Basketball: Elite At The Highest Level

“It’s doable.”JimCalhounathisintroductorypress

conference,May1986

“As I embark on this journey, I want to say we’re going to take the stairs and not the escalator.

”KevinOllieathisintroductorypressconference,September2012

Women’s BasketballA Dominant and Beloved Program

The University of Connecticut women’sbasketballprogramhas set the standard forcollegiate athletic programs. The team haswon eight national championships, playedin 14 Final Fours and 19 Elite Eights.The Huskies have won a combined 37conference championships. There is a 100percent graduation rate among four-yearplayersforHallofFamerGenoAuriemma.

The longest winning streak in collegebasketball history…trips to the WhiteHouse…Olympic gold medalists…they areall part of the UConn women’s basketballtradition.

A New Look For the HuskiesThe2013-14academicyearmarkedthedebutofanewlookfortheuniforms worn by University of Connecticut student-athletes andcoachesofall24Huskyteams.

Thetwomajorchangesaretheuseof“UCONN”acrossthefrontofeveryuniformwornbyeachteamandanewlookfortheJonathanHusky logo.Thenew look ispartofan institutionalbrandingandmarketing program that uses “UCONN” as the primary mark oftheUniversityinallsignage,publications,advertisingandmarketingactivities.

A new Husky logo was also developed as a part of a review of allathleticteamlogosandmarks,whichinrecentyearshadmovedawayfromaconsistentlookonteamuniforms.

ThenewJonathanHuskylogoisareflectionofcommentsbycoachesandstudent-athleteswhoparticipatedintheprocessofreviewingthebrandingandlogosusedintheDivisionofAthletics.

BaseballTheUConnbaseballprogramdatesback to theearlydaysof theuniversityandtheHuskieshaveadvancedtotheCollegeWorldSeriesfivetimes.

HeadcoachJimPendershas ledtheHuskiestoNCAAappearances in2010, ’11and’13, joininganelitegroupof less than40programswhohavemadethetournament inthreeof thepast fourseasons.In2010,theHuskiesplayedhosttoanNCAARegionalandthefollowingyear,UConnwontheClemsonRegionalandadvancedtoSuperRegionalplay.The2013HuskieswontheBIGEASTConferencetournament–thefinalconferenceeventinhistoryoftheleague.

UConnhashada longhistoryofsendingHuskiestothebig leaguesfrom1950AmericanLeagueRookieoftheYearWaltDropotohavingtwoofthefirst19picksinthe2011MLBDraft.

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Field HockeyThe tradition of UConn field hockey dates back to 1974 and isamongthefinest inthecountryastheprogramboaststwoNCAAChampionships, ten trips to the NCAA semifinals and 24 NCAAtournamentberths.UConnhaswonacombined24regularseasonand conference championships and produced 40 first team All-Americans.

HallofFameheadcoachNancyStevens is theall-timewinningestcoachinNCAADivisionIhistorywithmorethan550victories.

UConnhasalongtraditionofplayersbeingselectedforinternationalplay,including2012UnitedStatesOlympianMelissaGonzalez.

Men’s Ice HockeyIce hockey has been played in Storrs for over 100 years – starting with games onoutdoorponds.Theteammovedtovarsityintheearly1960’sandin2014theHuskieswillbecomemembersofHockeyEast–thestrongestconferenceinthecountry.

LeadingUConn into thisexciting transitionwillbeheadcoachMikeCavanaugh–whoisconsideredoneofthetoprecruitersinthecountryandhascoachedintenFrozenFourswithfournationalchampionships.

Women’s Ice Hockey

UConnstartedawomen’sicehockeyteamin2000andtheteamplaysinHockeyEast,oneofthetopwomen’shockeyleaguesinthecountry.

TheHuskieshaveplayedintwoHockeyEastchampionshipgamesduringtheirhistoryandadvancedtothesemifinalsfourtimes.Duringitshistory,UConnhasbeenrankedamongthetoptenteamsinthecountry.

ChrisMacKenzie,whohasextensiveexperienceasbothaheadcoachandassistantcoach,beganhisfirstseasonwiththeHuskiesin2013-14.

Men’s GolfUConnaddedgolfasavarsitysportin1941andhave been New England and ECAC Championsonaconsistentbasis.TheHuskieshavetakenpartinNCAAChampionshipplayfourtimes.

Dave Pezzino became the head coach in 2007and plays an ambitious national schedule as theHuskiescompeteonsomeofthetopcoursesinthecountryagainstthebestprograms.

Women’s LacrosseUConn added the sport of women’s lacrosse in 1997 asthe popularity of the game grew on the scholastic level inConnecticutandtheNortheast.

The Huskies made their first-ever appearance in the NCAAtournamentin2013andconsistentlyrankedamongthetop20teamsinthecountryallseasonlong.CurrentheadcoachKatieWoodswasanAll-Americanperformerinhercollegiatecareer.

Men’s SoccerUConnbeganplayingmen’ssoccerin1928andhaswonnationalchampionshipsin1948,1981and2000.TheHuskieshavewon18conferencechampionshipsand played in 33 NCAA tournaments, including a current streak of 15consecutive.TheHuskieshaveplayedintheNCAAquarterfinalinthreeofthelastsixseasons.

HeadcoachRayReidisthewinningestactivecoachincollegesoccertoday.

TheHuskiesarealsoperennialnationalleadersinattendance–earningthatmarkineightofthepast14seasons.

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Women’s SoccerUConn has one of the strongest women’ssoccertraditionsinthecountry.TheHuskieshave played in the NCAA semifinals eighttimesandNCAAquarterfinals19times.

The Huskies have played in 28 of the 31NCAA tournaments and was just one oftwoteamstoqualifyforeachofthefirst26tournaments.

HeadcoachLenTsantiris,aformerUConnmen’s player, has been in charge of theprogramsince1981and is justoneof twocoaches in thehistory of the game tohave500careerwins.

TheHuskieshavewon10conferenceregularseasonortournamenttitlesandproduced44All-Americans.

RowingRowingbecameavarsity sportatUConn in1997and theHuskiesannuallycompeteinsomeofthetopeventsinthesport,includingtheprestigiousHeadoftheCharlesRegattaeachfallinBostonandtheDadVailRegattaeachspringinPhiladelphia.

Jennifer Sanford-Wendry has been the head coach of the Huskies since theprogramstartedandledtheHuskiestothe2005DadVailteamchampionship.

TheteamannuallymakesatrainingtriptoFloridaduringwinterbreakandthenreturnstotheSunshineStateforcompetitionduringspringbreak.

SoftballThe tradition of softball at UConn is strong dating back to thefounding of the program in 1975. Head coach Karen Mullins hasbeenatthehelmoftheprogramsince1984andhaswonover800gamesduringhercareer.

UConnhasmadeatriptotheWomen’sCollegeWorldSeriesandhasearnedeightNCAAtournamentberths.TheHuskieshavealsowonacombined12regularseasonandtournamentconferencetitles.

Men’s and Women’s Men’sswimminganddivingstartedatUConninthelate1930swhileawomen’steamwasaddedduringthe1970s.HeadcoachBobGoldberghashadalongandsuccessfultenureinchargeofboththemen’sandwomen’sprograms.

UConndiverDanielleCeccoisanNCAAZonechampionandadvancedtotheNCAAnationalsin2011and‘12.DiverStephenFerreirawasanNCAAparticipantin2010.

CaitlinGallagheradvancedtotheNCAAChampionshipinthe200-yardbreaststrokein2009whileCourtneyHaneywasintwoeventsatthe2008NCAAs.

UConnwasrepresentedbyapairofswimmersatthe2012LondonOlympicsinthesiblingcombinationofChinyereandDiguanPigot,whorepresentedtheirnativeSuriname.ChinyerewasinhersecondOlympicsandwastheflagbearerforhercountryattheopeningceremoniesoftheLondongames.

Swimming and Diving

Men’s and Women’s TennisUConnhashadamen’s tennis teamsince1932anda women’s program was added in 1974. LongtimeDirectorofTennisGlenMarshallservesasthecoachfor the women’s team while Mike Louis is the newheadcoachofthewomen’steam.

BothHuskyteamsannuallytaketrainingtripstosuchlocationsasFlorida,BermudaorPuertoRico.

UConnwillmakeasignificantscholarshipinwomen’stennis over the next several seasons and will look tocontend for conference championships and excel innationalplay.

Men’s Track and FieldOneoftheoldestteamsatUConn,themen’s track and field/cross countryprogram has enjoyed incrediblesuccess over the last decade-plusunderveteranheadcoachGregRoy.

Theprogramhaswon13conferencetiles under head coach Greg Roy.Since 2000, 13 different Huskieshave earned All-America honors atotalof24times.

UConn’sOlympictraditionincludesAndyBessetteoftheUnitedStatesin1980andDudleyDorivalofHaitiin2000,2004and2008.

Women’s Track and FieldUConn head coach Bill Morgan is in his32nd year with the program and tenth ashead coach. He and his staff have builtthe Huskies into a consistent top 25 teamthat sends numerous performers to NCAAChampionshipseachyear.

The UConn women’s cross country teamqualified for the NCAA Championship in2012 for the first time in history and wasrankedashighas14thduringtheseason.

The Huskies have produced 17 All-Americanssince2010.

UConn has also produced a number ofperformers on the international stage,including Phylicia George, who finishedsixth in the100-meterhurdles at the2012LondongamesassherepresentedhernativeCanada.

Women’s VolleyballVolleyballbecameavarsitysportatUConnin1976andplaysitshomegamesinGampelPavilion.

Head coach Holly Strauss enjoyed a stellarcollegiate career at North Carolina andwas a two-time team captain. Strauss isthe winningest coach in the history of theUConnprogram.

TheHuskieshavewonapairofconferencechampionshipsduringtheprogram’shistory.

Huskies in the CommunityAn important part of the UConn student-athleteexperienceiscommunityservice.ThroughagenerousgrantfromtheSBMCharitableFoundation,UConnteamsspendtimeinschoolsaroundthestateworkingwithelementaryschoolandmiddleschoolstudents.

UConn’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council holdsa number of charitable drives are held each year tocollecttoys,coatsandbookstohelpthoseinneed.