The Washington Huskies is an athletic team representing the University of Washington. School is a member of the Pac-12 Conference.
Among its facilities on campus are the Husky Stadium (football), Hec Edmundson Pavilion (basketball, gymnastics and volleyball), Husky Ballpark (baseball), Husky Softball (softball) Stadium, Nordstrom Tennis Center, Dempsey Indoor training facilities, and Conibear. Shellhouse (rowing). Recently added is the Husky Trek located at the northern Husky Ballpark. The golf course golf course is located at the Washington National Golf Club in Auburn.
UW students, sports teams, and alumni are called Huskies. The husky was chosen as the school mascot by the student committee in 1923. It replaced "Sun Dodger," an abstract reference to local weather that quickly came down to support something more tangible. The Harry the Husky costume featured in sports and special events, and the lively Alaskan Malamute, currently named Dubs, has traditionally led the UW football team to the field early in the game. The color of the purple and gold school was adopted in 1892 by the voice of the students. The choice was supposedly inspired by Lord Byron's first stanza of The Destruction of Sennacherib:
Assyria goes down like a wolf in a hug, Site
And his followers sparkle purple and gold;
And their spears shine like stars in the sea,
As the blue waves roll over each night in the deep Galilee.
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Sponsorship-sponsored
The University of Washington sponsors the NCAA sports teams of ten men and twelve men, mainly competing in the Pac-12 Conference by rowing at the Antarktie Rowing Association, and both track and field courses at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
Football
The first game of the university football team was in 1889.
From 1907 to 1917, Washington's soccer team was unbeaten in 64 consecutive games, a record of the NCAA I-A Division. During this period, Washington won 40 games in a row under coach Gil Dobie, currently the second longest winning streak in the history of the NCAA Division I-A. In 1916, Dobie completed his outstanding coaching career in Washington with an unbeaten 58-0-3 record.
The 1925 team recorded an unbeaten record but lost to Alabama 21-20 at the Rose Bowl. The 1960 team finished 10-1, under coach Jim Owens, and won the second consecutive Rose Bowl by beating the Minnesota national champions 17-7 (the national champions announced before bowl matches in 1960). Coach Owens took office from 1957 to 1974. Don James became head coach in 1975 and turned the team into national strength while composing a record of 153-57-2. James's first successful year was in 1977 with a quarterbacked team by Warren Moon culminating in a 27-20 victory over Michigan at the Rose Bowl. Washington and Michigan played again at the Rose Bowl in 1981 resulting in a Michigan victory 23-11. The following year, the Huskies returned to the Rose Bowl and defeated Iowa 28-0, closing the last Rose Bowl and the only stop in the last half century. After a two-year hiatus where rival cross-country WSU prevented the Huskies from a Rose Bowl appearance by beating them in the final game of the 1982 and 1983 seasons, Washington set a 11-1 record and beat Oklahoma 28-17 to win the Orange Bowl. Senior running back, Jacque Robinson won the MVP award and was the first player to win the MVP award for the Orange and Rose Bowls.
The 1991 team is considered Washington Husky's best soccer team and one of the best in college football history. The team is unbeaten, winning against an opponent with an average score of 42-9 in the regular season, including a victory over No. 1. 9 Nebraska, No. 7 California and a 34-14 victory over No. 4 Michigan at the Rose Bowl. In 2000, Washington finished with a 11-1 record, and won the seventh Rose Bowl under the leadership of Marques Tuiasosopo. In 2009, under first-year head coach Steve Sarkisian, the Huskies halted their 15-game losing streak with a 42-23 win over Idaho. The following week, Washington destroyed the spirits of the No. 3 USC, winning 16-13 on last minute field goals. The Huskies climbed to position 25 in the election after the victory but lost six of the next eight games to drop to 5-7 before the season's final showdown against the 19th-ranked California, where the Huskies won 42-10.
- National Championship awarded or claimed (4)
- 1960 (Helms), 1985 (B (QPRS), FN, NCF), 1990 (Rothman/FACT), 1991 (CNN and FWAA)
- Pac-12 title (16)
- 1916, 1919, 1925, 1936, 1959 (tie), 1960, 1963, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1990, 1991, 1992 (tie), 1995 (tie), 2000 (tie), 2016 Bowl History
- 18 wins, 17 losses, 1 bundle
Men's basket
- NCAA Championship
- National Champion: (None)
- Final Four: 1953
- Sweet 16: 1984, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2010
- Pac-12 Title of Ordinary Season (11)
- 1931, 1934, 1943, 1944 (tie), 1948, 1951, 1953, 1984 (tie), 1985 (tie), 2009, 2012
- Pac-12 Tournament Championships (3)
- 2005, 2010, 2011 Women's basket
- NCAA Championship
- National Champion: (None)
- Final Four: 2016
- Elite Eight: 1990, 2001, 2016
- Sweet 16: 1988, 1991, 1995, 2001, 2016, 2017
- NWBL (Beach Division) Seasonal Seasonal Degree (1)
- 1978
- NorPac Regular Season Title (2)
- 1985, 1986
- Pac-10 Title Season (3)
- 1988, 1990 (t), 2001 (t)
- NorPac Tournament Championships (1)
- 1985
- NCAA Championships (1)
- Championship: (2009)
- Game title: 1996, 1999, 2009
- Pac-12 Championship (3)
- 1996, 2000, 2010
- Pacific Coast Conference Championship (2)
- 1919, 1922
- Pacific Coast Conference North Division Championships (8)
- 1923, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1952, 1959
- North Pac-10
- 1981, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998
- NCAA Championships (1)
- 2008
- NCAA Western Region Championships (5)
- 1989, 1992, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Pac-12 Championships (2)
- 2008, 2009 Men's cross country
- Pac-12 Championships (1)
- 1993
- West Regional Champions (1)
- 2015
- NCAA 8 National Championship
- 2015
- Pac-12 Championships (13)
- 1968, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2013 Men's tennis
- Pac-12 Championships (39)
- 1938, 1939, 1941, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 , 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005
- Pac-12 Championship
- 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
- NCAA Championships (1)
- 2005
- Pac-12 Championship
- 1980, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2015, 2016
- The Women's NCAA Championship (1997, 1998, 2001, 2017)
- Varsity Eight: 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2017 (Plus eight more before the NCAA took over jurisdiction for women's rowing, including 5 in a row from 1981-1985)
- Junior Varsity Eight: 2002, 2017
- Varsity Four: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2017 Women's Pac-12 Championships
- Varsity Eight: 1977, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2017
- Junior Varsity Eight: 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2014, 2017
- Freshman Eight: 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2017
- Varsity 4: 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2017
- Male IRA Championship
- Varsity Eight: 1923, 1924, 1926, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1970, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- Junior Varsity Eight: 1925, 1926, 1927, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1964, 1972, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 , 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
- Freshman Eight: 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1961, 1969, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- National Rowing Championships (1982-1996)
- Varsity Eight: 1984
- Pac-12 Men's Championship
- Varsity Eight: 1962, 1963, 1965, 1976, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
- Junior Varsity Eight: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 , 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017
- Freshman Eight: 1961, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1986, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- Varsity 4: 1978, 1979, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 Men's golf club
- Official website
Softball
Baseball
Female country cross
Male soccer
Female Women's tennis
Volley
Rowing
The University of Washington rowing is an old tradition at UW since 1899. Washington men's men won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, defeating German and Italian crews.
The crew's traditional rival has become another West Coast powerhouse, the University of California Golden Bears.
The men's golf team has won six Pac-12 Conference championships: 1961, 1963, 1988, 2005, 2009, 2010. James Lepp won the NCAA (individual) Championship in 2005.
Golf princess
The women's golf team won their first NCAA national championship in 2016 by beating Stanford 3-2. In 1961 Judy Hoetmer won the national women's national inter-national championship (an event held by the Girls' Division and Women's Sports through 1981, the first year of the rival daughter's NCAA golf competition).
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Famous non-varsity sports
Rugby
Founded in 1963, the University of Washington Husky Rugby Club plays rugby lectures in Division 1 at the Northwest Collegiate Rugby Conference against local rivals such as Washington State and Oregon. The Huskies won the Northwest Championship in 1996, 2002, 2004 and 2005 and D1AA Varsity Cup in 2014. The Huskies were led by head coach Brian Schoener, who previously played for the US national rugby team, by former US national team player Kevin Swiryn, and by Rugby Director Mike Alfstad. The Huskies rugby team is partly funded by endowments from alumni associations.
Lacrosse
The University of Washington Husky Lacrosse Club plays college lacrosse in Division 1 Lacrosse Men's Column Association (MCLA) against local rivals such as Washington State, Oregon, Oregon St and Western Washington. The Huskies have made the Pacific League Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League (PNCLL) playoffs 5 of the last 6 years. The Lacrosse team played their home games in the IMA field, and were regularly attended and popular among UW students; especially when a rival in the state, Washington St. come to town. The Lacrosse Husky team is funded by annual fees paid by the players, as well as the assistance of the IMA, and fundraisers.
Live mascots
Before 1920, The University of Washington had two mascots, Indians and Vikings. In 1920, an Associate Student from the University of Washington (ASUW) decided to approve "Sundodger" as its official mascot. The mascot consists of a smiling figure holding an umbrella, which may be ahead of time for 1920. Sundodger may be chosen as a tink-in-cheek allusion to Seattle's rainy weather city. In 1922, after deciding that Sundodger might be a bad idea, the student body held an election for a new mascot.
The problem with the name Sundodger lingered into 1922, when the student body felt that it held little or no meaning, nor did it really represent the state of Washington. In 1922, the Husky mascot (the previous winner in the 1920 election) emerged as the winner.
The Husky was probably chosen because it was relatively easy to draw, a short name for use in newspapers at the time, and it represented the athletic program's ferocity. ASUW feels that The Husky is a true representation of the Seattle area because many view Seattle as "The Gateway to the Alaska Border", a phrase originating from the Alaskan Gold Rush.
Dubs (who was the first of his name) became the latest Husky mascot in 2009. He is an Alaskan Malamute from Burlington, Washington. He was born in November 2008.
A contest was arranged on the athletics page of GoHuskies.com school in 2008 to select a name for the latest in a long line of Huskies. After more than 20,000 votes, Dubs emerged as the winner and became the name of the 13th animal mascot.
Dubs can always be found before a Husky football game at home as seen in this video
Dubs is very active in social media, and has Facebook, Twitter Instagram, and Blog itself.
References
External links
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