LA JOLLA, Calif. – Effective immediately, UC San Diego has suspended all athletic activities indefinitely in response to COVID-19. Earlier Thursday, both the
Big West Conference and
California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) made similar proclamations. In addition, the
NCAA canceled its remaining winter and spring championships – including the Division II Men's Basketball West Regional scheduled to begin Friday at UC San Diego.
Update, 3/13: The Big West Conference has canceled all spring competitions.
The UC San Diego suspension applies to all athletic competitions, practices, and other team gatherings. This suspension also applies to any camps and clinics sponsored by UC San Diego intercollegiate athletic programs.
For the most up-to-date information on COVID-19 and the UC San Diego campus, please visit the UC San Diego web site at
coronavirus.ucsd.edu.
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With 30 national team championships, nearly 150 individual titles and the top student-athlete graduation rate among Division II institutions in the United States, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program annually ranks as one of the most successful in the country. The Tritons sponsor 23 intercollegiate sport programs that compete on the NCAA Division I and II levels and, in summer 2020, will transition into full Division I status as a member of the Big West Conference. UC San Diego student-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent. A total of 82 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. In competition, more than 1,300 UC San Diego student-athletes have earned All-America honors.
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