UC Davis Aggies wrestling
| UC Davis Aggies | |
|---|---|
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| University | University of California, Davis |
| Conference |
Big West Conference Big Sky Conference |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Kevin Blue |
| Location | Davis, California |
| Varsity teams | 23 |
| Football stadium | Aggie Stadium |
| Basketball arena | The Pavilion |
| Baseball stadium | Dobbins Baseball Complex |
| Other arenas | Aggie Field |
| Mascot | Mustang |
| Nickname | Gunrock |
| Fight song | Aggie Fight |
| Colors | Yale Blue and Gold |
| Website | www |
The UC Davis Aggies (also referred to Ags or Aggies) are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Davis. For football, the Aggies compete in Division I FCS (formerly known as Division I-AA), and are members of the Big Sky Conference, granting UC Davis the distinction of being one of only three UC campuses to field a football team (Cal and UCLA being the other two). The Aggies are also members of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in women's gymnastics and women's lacrosse, the America East Conference in field hockey, and the Western Water Polo Association for Men's Water Polo.
The Aggies' achievements in Division II motivated a decision (following a year of heavy discussion by campus administrators, faculty, staff, students, alumni and the local community) in 2003 for the athletics program to reclassify to Division I.
Aggie Stadium is the home of the UC Davis football and lacrosse teams.
Women's sports
Men's sports
On April 20, 2010, the school announced that effective July 1, four sports would be eliminated due to the national economic downturn. The sports were women’s rowing, men’s swimming and diving, men’s indoor track and field, and wrestling.
UC Davis discontinued four varsity sports in 2010 due to a financial crisis and cuts in state funding: women's rowing, men's swimming & diving, men's indoor track, and wrestling. Prior to 2010, the last time UC Davis had discontinued a sport was men's gymnastics in 1987.
UC Davis used to offer a wrestling program, which competed in the Pac-10 at the Division I level, until UC Davis dropped its wrestling program in 2010. In 2007, UC Davis wrestler Derek Moore gained All-American status, won the NCAA Division I Championship for his weight class, and received the "Most Outstanding Wrestler" award of the NCAA tournament. In so doing, Derek Moore became the first UC Davis student-athlete to become a NCAA champion at the Division I level. That same year, UC Davis finished within the top 25 among Division I collegiate wrestling programs in the country. Accomplished UFC Mixed Martial Artist Urijah Faber wrestled for the Aggie program while attending.
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