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STORRS, Conn. - Junior forward Chase Bradley of the UConn men's hockey team has signed a two-year entry-level contract with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Colorado Avalanche.

UConn women's basketball alumnae Kia Nurse '18 and Aaliyah Edwards '24 were named to the 12-player roster that will represent Canada at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer, Canada Basketball and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Tuesday.

STORRS, Conn. – A contingent of both current and former UConn track & field stars competed this past week looking for a chance to qualify to the upcoming Paris Olympic games.  UConn rising senior Chloe Thomas turned in the best performance of the week in both the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters at the Canadian Olympic Trials.

MONTREAL, Quebec – UConn rising senior Chloe Thomas (Dundas, Ontario) earned the chance to compete for a spot on Team Canada for the upcoming Paris Olympic Games and she did just that on Thursday night, running the 5,000 meters at the Canadian Olympic Trials.

STORRS, Conn. - The UConn baseball team (35-26) officially closes the 2024 season by being ranked in Top-25 in multiple major polls in DI College Baseball.

STORRS, Conn. - The UConn baseball team landed a Northeast-best seven student-athletes on the 2024 ABCA All-Northeast Region team.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The UConn baseball team's (35-26) season comes to an end after an instant classic in 12 innings against No. 8 Florida State, 10-8, at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The UConn baseball team (35-25) lost its Tallahassee Super Regional opener, 24-4, at No. 8 Florida State in 95 degree heat at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser.

NEW YORK – UConn men's basketball standouts Tristen Newton (El Paso, Texas) and Cam Spencer (Davidsonville, Md.) were both selected in the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft on Thursday evening. Newton went to the Indiana Pacers with the 49th overall pick while Spencer was the 53rd overall selection, with his rights going to the Memphis Grizzlies in a proposed trade.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – For the first time since 2012 and fourth time ever, the UConn men's basketball team has a pair of lottery picks. Both Stephon Castle (Covington, Ga.) and Donovan Clingan (Bristol, Conn.) were selected in the first seven picks of the 2024 NBA Draft on Wednesday night at the Barclays Center. Castle went fourth overall to the San Antonio Spurs, while Clingan was selected seventh overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.

Coach Dan Hurley is staying in Storrs and continuing his leadership of our back-to-back national champion men's basketball program. Together, we forge ahead in pursuit of continued excellence and a championships!

STORRS – UConn men's basketball standout Alex Karaban (Southborough, Mass.) will withdraw from the 2024 NBA Draft and return to Connecticut for his third season of action in 2024-25. The rising redshirt junior is a two-year starter and back-to-back national champion.

The BIG EAST Conference has announced the names of the student-athletes who have been selected to the 2021-22 BIG EAST All-Academic Team, including 242 Huskies.

STILLWATER, Okla. - UConn senior Eric Van Der Els (Norwalk, Conn.) wrapped up the 2021 cross country season on Monday competing in the NCAA Championship race in Stillwater, Oklahoma and hosted by Oklahoma State University.

When Eric van der Els was watching the NCAA Cross Country Championship selection show on Sunday, his stream was a little bit behind. His phone started blowing up with congratulatory messages from his teammates, but he had to wait to see for himself before he actually believed it happened.

Official NCAA Cross Country Championship Selections

STORRS, Conn. - The UConn football program announced that kick-off for their 2024 home opener against Merrimack on Saturday, September 7 is set for 12 noon with the game airing live on WFSB Channel 3 throughout Connecticut.  The game will also be simulcast on WFSB's sister station, WWAX, as well as streamed online through UConn+.

STORRS, Conn. – UConn and CBS Sports have announced the game times for six UConn football home games, all of which will be televised on CBS Sports Network.

STORRS, Conn. – Head Coach Jim Mora announced that the UConn football program has officially added 10 transfer student-athletes who will join the Huskies for the upcoming 2024 season.

STORRS, Conn. - The UConn football team announced a date change to the upcoming 2024 schedule.  UConn's home game against Georgia State will move up a day to Friday, November 1 at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field.  Kick-off time and TV information is still TBD.

CARLSBAD, Calif. - UConn's Tommy Dallahan (Simsbury, Conn.) and Bradley Sawka (Ellington, Conn.) have been named to the 2024 NCAA Division I PING All-Northeast Region Team, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America. The GCAA names All-Region honorees across six regions of the country and from 83 schools in 2024.

STORRS, Conn. – UConn head men's golf coach Dave Pezzino announced the team awards for the 2023-24 season this week, as voted on by players.  The 2024 UConn Player of the Year is senior Tommy Dallahan (Simsbury, Conn.) and the 2024 Player Development Award has been given to freshman Alex Heard (Boca Raton, Fla.).

STORRS, Conn. - UConn men's golfers Tommy Dallahan (Simsbury, Conn.) and Bradley Sawka (Ellington, Conn.) took home BIG EAST postseason honors announced by the league on Monday.  Sawka was honored as the 2024 BIG EAST Freshman of the Year while also earning all-conference accolades.  Dallahan was an All-BIG EAST pick as well. The National Collegiate Rankings were used to determine the individual winners and an All-BIG EAST First Team and All-BIG EAST Second Team.

HARDEEVILLE, S.C. - The UConn men's golf team finished up play at the 2024 BIG EAST Championship presented by JEEP on Monday afternoon at the Riverton Pointe Golf and Country Club.  The Huskies finished the three-day event tied for eighth overall in the field.

STORRS, Conn. - Junior forward Chase Bradley of the UConn men's hockey team has signed a two-year entry-level contract with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Colorado Avalanche.

STORRS, Conn. -  The Hockey East Association announced their annual academic awards for the 2023-24 season with 9 Huskies selected to earn All-Academic team honors.

STORRS, Conn. – Graduate Student defenseman Jake Flynn and Harrison Rees have signed professional contracts to play in the ECHL. Flynn has signed with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, the ECHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, while Rees signed with the Fort Wayne Komets, the affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers.

CHESTNUT Hill, Mass. -  The UConn men's hockey team fell to no.1 Boston College 5-4 Saturday evening in the Hockey East Quarterfinal. The Huskies scored three goals in the third period, but Jack Malone of Boston College scored the eventual game winner midway through the third.

STORRS, Conn. – Season tickets for the upcoming 2024 UConn men's and women's soccer seasons are now on sale at UConnTickets.com.

STORRS, Conn. – Head coach Chris Gbandi and the UConn men's soccer team released their 2024 schedule on Wednesday afternoon. The Huskies schedule features 17 games, including 10 home games at Ray Reid Field at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium.

STORRS, Conn. -  The Student Athlete Success Program (SASP) announced the Husky High Five winners for the month of April. The Husky High Five award recognizes UConn student-athletes that demonstrate outstanding academic achievement, growth, and improvement in their commitment to succeeding in the classroom, their sport, and/or in the area of service and leadership. This award recognizes and honors students who have achieved success in these areas through hard work and dedication. When nominating for the Husky High Five, recipients are selected on the criteria of demonstrating significant achievement in their coursework despite various challenges and showing growth in the areas of academics, personal development, leadership, and service.

STORRS, Conn. – Two UConn men's soccer sophomore standouts, Jayden Hibbert and Eli Conway were selected in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft on Tuesday night. Hibbert was selected by Atlanta United in the first round with the 19th overall pick, becoming the 16th first round draft pick in program history. Conway was selected by CF Montreal in the third round with the 68th overall pick.

UConn Athletic Communications / June 22, 2021

GENEVA, Ohio – The UConn swimming and diving team continued their success from the previous days on Friday at the Big East Championship meet. Several Huskies took home conference championships and set new school and personal records.

UConn Athletic Communications / April 8, 2021

STORRS, Conn. – The UConn men's and women's swimming and diving teams will head to Geneva, Ohio for the Big East Championship meet. The four-day event will take place from Wednesday, April 7th to Saturday, April 10th at the Spire Institute.

STORRS, Conn. - UConn DIrector of Tennis Glenn Marshall announced that the men's and women's tennis programs will be hosting an alumni reunion event over zoom on Monday, January 4th.

ITA ACADEMIC AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT

STORRS, Conn. - A total of 280 UConn student-athletes were selected to the 2019-20 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, as announced by the conference on Thursday.

STORRS, Conn. – The UConn men's tennis program announced the addition of three student-athletes for the 2020-21 season.  Associate Head Coach Christian Appleman announced that the Huskies will welcome Matthan Tharakan from Oklahoma, Nick Loudermilk from South Carolina and Brett Seaton from Kansas will come to Storrs this fall.

STORRS, Conn. – A contingent of both current and former UConn track & field stars competed this past week looking for a chance to qualify to the upcoming Paris Olympic games.  UConn rising senior Chloe Thomas turned in the best performance of the week in both the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters at the Canadian Olympic Trials.

STORRS, Conn. - UConn former and current track & field student athletes will compete for a spot at the 2024 Paris Olympics at the Olympic trials on June 21-30 with the U.S Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., at Hayward Field.

STORRS, Conn. - The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced their 2024 outdoor season regional awards on Friday with UConn Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Beth Alford-Sullivan being named the Northeast Region Men's and Women's Coach of the Year.

EUGENE, Ore. - University of Connecticut decathlete Diarmuid O'Connor highlighted day two with second team all-american status in the decathlon totaling 7,546 points at Hayward Field Thursday. A'liyah Thomas also hit the national stage in the women's long jump.

UConn women's basketball alumnae Kia Nurse '18 and Aaliyah Edwards '24 were named to the 12-player roster that will represent Canada at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer, Canada Basketball and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Tuesday.

BUCARAMANGA, Colombia – UConn women's basketball freshman Sarah Strong helped the United States win the 2024 FIBA U18 Women's AmeriCup gold medal as Team USA beat Canada, 80-69, Sunday night.

Three legends of the UConn women's basketball program were selected to the 2024 USA Basketball Women's National Team that will compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. UConn alums Diana Taurasi, Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier are on the 12-player roster for Paris.

University of Connecticut director of athletics David Benedict announced a five-year extension to the contract of head women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma on Tuesday.

STORRS, Conn. - The University of Connecticut women's cross country program has announced the 2024 fall schedule.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships took place with UConn junior runner, Chloe Thomas, taking on the competition among 247 finishers. Thomas finished 99th in the 6k race Saturday morning.

By PHIL CHARDIS

2023 NCAA Championship Information

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – USA Field Hockey announced the athletes that have been selected to compete in the 2024 Senior Nexus Championship, including four current and incoming Huskies. The Championship will be held at the Virginia Beach Regional Training Center in Virginia Beach, Va. From July 14th to the 16th.

The British Olympic Associate (BOA) has named the women's field hockey squad that will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, including former Husky Sophie Hamilton.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach, David Passmore, has named the 16-athlete roster that will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games – including former UConn Husky, Karlie Kisha.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Following three selection camps earlier this spring and evaluation at a training camp held this past weekend in Charlotte, N.C., U-21 Women's National Team Head Coach, Allan Law, has named Natalie McKenna and Milaw Clause to the 18-athlete roster that will compete at the women's 2024 Junior Pan American Championship.

STORRS, Conn. -  With the conclusion of the UConn women's hockey season, the Huskies were recognized by their peers as they took home multiple awards/recognitions.

UConn's Chris MacKenzie is 2024 Winner of the CCM/AHCA Division I Women's Coach of the Year Award For leading his Huskies to an historic season of firsts, Chris MacKenzie of the University of Connecticut has been chosen CCM/AHCA Women's Division I Coach of the Year.

COLUMBUS, OHIO - The UConn women's hockey team saw their season come to a close on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, losing a heartbreaking double overtime decision to Minnesota Duluth at Ohio State.

STORRS, Conn. -  The UConn women's hockey team will be heading to the Ohio State Regional to take on Minnesota Duluth in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.  The Huskies and Bulldogs will face-off on Thursday, March 14 at 7 pm from OSU Ice Rink with the winner moving on to face No. 1 overall seed Ohio State on Saturday, March 16.

STORRS, Conn. – UConn women's lacrosse head coach, Katie Woods, announced the addition of Madison Carter to her coaching staff on Tuesday in the offensive coordinator role. Carter comes to Storrs after serving as an assistant coach with the Clemson women's lacrosse program for the last three years.

NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. – Landyn White and Kate Shaffer have been invited to play in the 2024 Division I Senior All-Star game, as announced by the IWLCA on Wednesday afternoon. The players selected in each Division have been divided into two teams: North and South, with both UConn players on the North squad.

CINCINNATI, Ohio – The UConn women's lacrosse team's comeback fell short to the Denver Pioneers in the BIG EAST Championship game on Saturday afternoon on the Xavier University campus in Cincy.

CINCINNATI, Ohio – The UConn women's lacrosse team (11-6, 6-1) advanced to the BIG EAST Championship game after defeating the Georgetown Hoyas on Thursday evening at the BIG EAST Tournament.

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STORRS, Conn. -  The Student Athlete Success Program (SASP) announced the Husky High Five winners for the month of April. The Husky High Five award recognizes UConn student-athletes that demonstrate outstanding academic achievement, growth, and improvement in their commitment to succeeding in the classroom, their sport, and/or in the area of service and leadership. This award recognizes and honors students who have achieved success in these areas through hard work and dedication. When nominating for the Husky High Five, recipients are selected on the criteria of demonstrating significant achievement in their coursework despite various challenges and showing growth in the areas of academics, personal development, leadership, and service.

Shamokin Dam, Penn. - The University of Connecticut Rowing Team found success Sunday in it's final race of the 2023-24 regular season. Coach Jen Sanford said, "I am very happy with our results today. Bucknell is a fast team across the board and to be as competitive as we were today gives us good motivation as we shift into our last three weeks of training before the conference championship. Wins from the 2nd Varsity Four and 2nd Varsity Eight were great for those boats. Today showed that if we continue to stay committed to the process we will have a very successful conference championship."

STORRS, Conn. – Season tickets for the upcoming 2024 UConn men's and women's soccer seasons are now on sale at UConnTickets.com.

STORRS, Conn. - The University of Connecticut women's soccer team hosts its 2024 Summer ID Clinics on Sunday, July 28 and Monday, July 29 from 9 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. at Joseph J. Morrone Stadium.. The clinic is open to all girls' entering grades 9-12 in the fall. Space will be limited to 60 participants per day.

Storrs, Conn. – The UConn women's soccer team has revealed its 2024 schedule with 18 regular season games including 11 opportunities to see the Huskies at Morrone Stadium.

STORRS, Conn. - UConn women's soccer head coach Margaret Rodriguez has announced the hiring of Carson D'Ambrosio as the Huskies new assistant coach.

STORRS, Conn. – Giselle Juarez joins the UConn softball staff as an assistant coach, announced by head coach Laura Valentino on Thursday afternoon.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The UConn Huskies were eliminated from the BIG EAST Tournament on Friday, falling to Villanova, 4-1 in game one and 10-6 in game two against Creighton.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The UConn softball team won their opening game in the BIG EAST Tournament on Thursday afternoon, defeating the Creighton Bluejays, 3-1.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The number two seed UConn Huskies open the 2024 BIG EAST Tournament against the number three seed Creighton Bluejays on Thursday, May 9 at 4:00pm.

Indianapolis, IN - On the final night of competition, the University of Connecticut Swimming and Diving Team narrowly fell to Villanova to claim the second spot in the Big East Championship. The two teams had separated themselves from the rest of the league early in the championship with success in the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay, sealing the victory for the Wildcats. Final scores for the two were 1482.5 for Villanova to UConn's 1461.5.

Indianapolis, IN - After falling closely behind Villanova on day two of competition, the University of Connecticut Swimming and Diving Team sought to reclaim the lead set on day one with events that align with the Huskies' strengths. The team did not disappoint. The excitement began during preliminaries when Maggie Donlevy set a new school record in the 100-yard backstroke. The record would not last for long; however, as Maggie would go on to improve upon her time, reaching 53.21 later in the evening finals. This would not be the only school record for which Maggie played a part in the evening as she and her counterparts Angela Gambardella, Ella Epes, and Claire Lippert set a new time for the 400 yard medley relay soon after. Both the backstroke and medley relay performances were wins. In addition, Kayla Mendonca took third in the 100-yard backstroke while Angela Gambardella took second in the 100-yard breaststroke.

Indianapolis, IN - The University of Connecticut Swimming and Diving Team competed in three events Thursday - the 500-yard freestyle, 50-yard freestyle, and 200 IM. The Huskies took sixth and seventh in the distance event, fourth in the IM, and placed third in the 50-yard freestyle under Maggie Donlevy. The team's lead from the first day of competition would be overtaken by Villanova after strong performances from the Wildcats in the IM and 500-yard freestyle. The Huskies narrowly trail 486.5 to 503 after day two.

Indianapolis, IN - The University of Connecticut Swimming and Diving Team started the Big East Championship with strength on Wednesday, winning the 1mtr dive. Junior Julia Pioso (307.75) took the gold for the Huskies while Olivia Denery (289.05) took bronze. The performance helped catapult the Huskies to an early lead at 244 points with the next best team, Seton Hall, at 180. Of the evening's success, Coach Chris Maiello said, "Super pumped for our divers tonight. Julia really stepped up and impacted the meet. Congrats to her on the championship. Overall that diver group is going strong. Our relay's tonight was up and down. I know we will be better in those areas as the meet continues. We did see some encouraging signs and we are excited for the meet to get started."

STORRS, Conn. – UConn tennis standout and rising senior Maria Constantinou, who calls Nicosia, Cyprus home, helped lead Team Cyprus to a perfect showing at the Billie Jean King Cup Europe Group III event held in Moldova last week.

STORRS, Conn. - The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced on Friday, June 7 the regional final rankings of the 2024 season. Olivia Wright was ranked in the New England Top-20 singles players at No. 18. In the New England doubles rankings, Wright and Maria Constantinou were ranked in the Top-10 doubles rankings.

STORRS, Conn. – UConn Director of Athletics David Benedict announced that Director of Tennis and Head Women's Tennis Coach Glenn Marshall has signed a four-year extension through May of 2028.

STORRS, Conn. - The BIG EAST Conference announced Thursday the all-conference awards as junior Olivia Wright was unanimously named to All-BIG EAST First Team.

STORRS, Conn. – A contingent of both current and former UConn track & field stars competed this past week looking for a chance to qualify to the upcoming Paris Olympic games.  UConn rising senior Chloe Thomas turned in the best performance of the week in both the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters at the Canadian Olympic Trials.

MONTREAL, Quebec – UConn rising senior Chloe Thomas (Dundas, Ontario) earned the chance to compete for a spot on Team Canada for the upcoming Paris Olympic Games and she did just that on Thursday night, running the 5,000 meters at the Canadian Olympic Trials.

STORRS, Conn. - UConn former and current track & field student athletes will compete for a spot at the 2024 Paris Olympics at the Olympic trials on June 21-30 with the U.S Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., at Hayward Field.

STORRS, Conn. - The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced their 2024 outdoor season regional awards on Friday with UConn Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Beth Alford-Sullivan being named the Northeast Region Men's and Women's Coach of the Year.

STORRS, Conn. -  Head Coach Ellen Herman-Kimball and the UConn Volleyball team has announced the date of the UConn Husky Elite Prospect Camp. The Camp will take place on June 9 and run from 9am-5pm.

STORRS, Conn. - Heading into their second season at their new on-campus home, the UConn Volleyball Center, head coach Ellen Herman-Kimball and the Huskies announced their 2024 schedule.

STORRS, Conn. -  The Student Athlete Success Program (SASP) announced the Husky High Five winners for the month of April. The Husky High Five award recognizes UConn student-athletes that demonstrate outstanding academic achievement, growth, and improvement in their commitment to succeeding in the classroom, their sport, and/or in the area of service and leadership. This award recognizes and honors students who have achieved success in these areas through hard work and dedication. When nominating for the Husky High Five, recipients are selected on the criteria of demonstrating significant achievement in their coursework despite various challenges and showing growth in the areas of academics, personal development, leadership, and service.

STORRS, Conn. - The University of Connecticut women's volleyball team won a five-set thriller over Villanova in the season finale game at home Saturday night. The Huskies were led by Emma Werkmeister, Cera Powell, and Taylor Pannell who all pounded down double-digit kills. Sophomore Werkmeister led all scorers with 17 kills.