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UC San Diego Tritons
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"A Proud Tradition of Academic and Athletic Excellence." That is the slogan most often associated with the UC San Diego Athletic Department. Since becoming a member of the NCAA less than 25 years ago, the UCSD program has backed up those words with achievement.
Triton teams have captured 30 National Championships while 40 teams have finished as National Runners-Up. 45 others have achieved National Third Place honors. All told, UCSD has won a total of 194 national, regional, and conference championships.
Individually, 140 Triton student-athletes have captured National Championships and a remarkable 1,085 student-athletes have been named to All-America teams. UCSD student-athletes have excelled academically as well, earning 27 prestigious NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarships and 146 Academic All-America selections. Consistently, over 55 percent of the student-athletes earn a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, placing them on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
In 2010, UCSD was ranked first in Division II and 23rd overall in the National Collegiate Scouting Association Power Rankings, which are based on student-athlete graduation rates, academic strength, and athletic prowess of the university.
in 2010-11, UCSD posted a fifth place finish out of over 300 schools in the Learfield Sports Director's Cup, an award emblematic of the best overall athletics department in the country. Since moving to the NCAA Division II level in 2000, UCSD has placed in the top seven programs in the country on nine different occasions and finished second overall twice.
Since in 2005-06, UCSD has won five of the last six California Collegiate Athletic Association Commissioner's Cup titles, an award symbolizing the best overall athletics department in the CCAA.