UC Riverside Highlanders

UC Riverside Highlanders

University	University of California, Riverside
Conference	Big West Conference
NCAA	Division I
Athletic director	Tamica Smith Jones
Location	Riverside, California
Varsity teams	15
Basketball arena	UC Riverside Student Recreation Center
Baseball stadium	Riverside Sports Complex
Other arenas	Johnson Family Practice Center (volleyball)
Nickname	Highlanders
Colors	Blue and Gold^[1]
Website	www.gohighlanders.com

The UC Riverside Highlanders (also UCR) represent the University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California in intercollegiate athletics. They field fifteen teams including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, and track and field, women's-only softball and volleyball, and men's-only baseball. A football team had been fielded, but the program was discontinued in 1975. The Highlanders compete in NCAA Division I; they are members of the Big West Conference.^[2]

Teams

Men	Women
Baseball	Softball
Basketball	Basketball
Cross Country	Cross Country
Football (discontinued 1975)	Volleyball
Golf	Golf
Soccer	Soccer
Tennis	Tennis
Track & Field	Track & Field

National championships

Team

Association	Division	Sport	Year	Opponent/Runner-Up	Score
NCAA	Division II	Baseball (2)^[3]	1977	Eckerd	4–1
NCAA	Division II	Baseball (2)^[3]	1982	Florida Southern	10–1

References

↑ "UCR Colors: Primary Palette". Retrieved March 30, 2016.
↑ http://www.bigwest.org/history/
↑ "Division II Baseball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 24, 2016.

External links

Official website

University of California, Riverside

Topics	History 1985 laboratory raid Academics Campus People KUCR

Academics	A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Bourns College of Engineering College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Graduate School of Education Division of Biomedical Sciences

Knowledge	UC Citrus Experiment Station Citrus Variety Collection Botanic Gardens Entomology Research Museum Herbarium The Citrus Industry Insectary and Quarantine Facilities UCR/California Museum of Photography UC MEXUS California Institute for Water Resources Eaton Collection Water Resources Collections and Archives

Athletics	Highlanders Men's basketball Baseball Football Student Recreation Center Riverside Sports Complex

Category Commons

Big West Conference

Full members	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Mustangs Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Northridge Matadors Hawaii Rainbow Warriors/Rainbow Wahine Long Beach State 49ers UC Davis Aggies UC Irvine Anteaters UC Riverside Highlanders UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

Associate members	Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners (beach volleyball) Sacramento State Hornets (beach volleyball, men's soccer)

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