LA JOLLA, Calif. — UC San Diego Health and UC San Diego Athletics today announced an expanded, multi-year sponsorship that includes a new uniform collaboration, the first of its kind for Triton Athletics. Beginning with the 2026-27 season, the UC San Diego Health logo will appear on competition apparel and travel gear across 12 men's and women's varsity programs, further deepening a long-standing relationship between the two UC San Diego units rooted in scholar-athlete health, performance, and well-being.
As part of the collaboration, UC San Diego Health, the longtime healthcare provider for UC San Diego Athletics, will provide expanded services for scholar-athlete care, building on years of collaboration in support of Triton student-athletes.
"UC San Diego Health is proud to care for Triton student athletes as they compete at the highest levels," said Amy Leu, DO, Triton head team physician and sports medicine specialist at UC San Diego Health. "Seeing our name on Triton uniforms reflects teamwork built on a long-standing relationship of excellence, innovation and a shared commitment to helping these remarkable student athletes thrive."
"UC San Diego Health has been caring for our scholar-athletes for years, mostly behind the scenes," said UC San Diego Athletics Director
Andy Fee. "Now that relationship gets to be out front every time our Tritons compete. It says a lot about this university when two of its units work together this closely, and there's no better time to showcase that than as we head into the West Coast Conference."
As part of the agreement, UC San Diego Health branding will be integrated across Triton Athletics as follows:
- Jersey placement for baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, softball, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's volleyball, and women's volleyball
- Competition cap placement for men's swimming, women's swimming, men's water polo, and women's water polo
Men's and women's basketball will debut the branding on their game jerseys and travel gear to open the 2026-27 season. Baseball, softball, men's volleyball, and women's water polo are set to follow during their respective seasons in spring 2027. Men's and women's swimming, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, and men's water polo will debut the UC San Diego Health branding on competition and travel apparel as the Tritons begin competing in the West Coast Conference for the first time next fall.
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 24-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 39 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in NCAA Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.
About UC San Diego Health
UC San Diego Health, the region's only academic health system, is dedicated to delivering outstanding patient care through commitment to community, groundbreaking research and inspired teaching. For 2026-27, U.S. News & World Report ranked UC San Diego Health as the best hospital system in San Diego and among the nation's best in eight adult medical and surgical specialties, including cancer, cardiology, geriatrics, neurology/neurosurgery and pulmonology. It is the first health system in San Diego County to make the national Honor Roll (top 20) for outstanding patient care. The 1,011-bed health system includes three hospitals — Hillcrest Medical Center, Jacobs Medical Center and East Campus Medical Center — as well as Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, Moores Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion, McGrath Outpatient Pavilion, and Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute. The health system also includes primary care and same-day services at clinics throughout Southern California.
