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Band Famous Alumni Athletes The University of Utah Marching Band began in Jamal Anderson (NFL) the 1940s as a military band. In 1948, University Mike Anderson (NFL) President A. Ray Olpin recruited Ron Gregory from Andrew Bogut (No. 1 NBA Draft pick) Ohio State University to form a marching band Michael Doleac (NBA) fashioned after the great collegiate bands of the Andre Dyson (NFL) Midwest. But in the turbulent ’60s, support for the Kevin Dyson (NFL) band dwindled, and in 1969, the Associated Students Luther Elliss (NFL) for the University of Utah (ASUU) discontinued Arnie Ferrin (NBA) its funding. The band was revived in 1976 after a Jordan Gross (NFL) fund-raising effort. Since then, the “Pride of Utah” Lee Grosscup (NFL) Marching Utes have performed at all home football Chris Kemoeatu (NFL) games, as well as numerous NFL and college bowl Missy Marlowe (Olympic gymnast) games. Andre Miller (NBA) Ashley Postell (World Balance Beam Champion) Beehive Boot George Seifert (NFL) The Beehive Boot, Chris Shelton (MLB) AH EXPERIENCE which signifies instate Alex Smith (No. 1 NFL Draft pick) football supremacy, was Steve Smith (NFL) conceived in 1971. The Keith Van Horn (NBA) authentic pioneer boot Larry Wilson (NFL)

T HE UT is awarded annually to the Utah school with the Famous Alumni best record against its • Rocky Anderson, former mayor of Salt Lake City Construction of the original Block U in the early instate foes. The schools • Terrel Bell, former U.S. Secretary of Education 1900’s. who compete for the • Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari and inventor boot are Utah, Brigham of Pong • Terry Tempest Williams, author and Young and Utah State. • Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar Animation environmentalist In its 38-year history, the Beehive Boot has been Studios shared an Oscar in 2001 for the • John Warnock: co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc. awarded to Utah 11 times (1978, 1988, 1993, ‘94, ’95, development of the software used in Toy Story, A • Evelyn Wood, speed reading innovator. ’99, 2002, ’03, ’04, ’05 and ‘08), BYU 21 times and Bug’s Life, Jurassic Park, Titanic and Gladiator Utah State six times. • Jim Clark, founder of Netscape Fight Song • Stephen Covey, author of the bestseller The 7 After every game, the Utah football players—along Block U Habits of Highly Effective People with the band and cheerleaders—honor their fellow The Block U (elevation 5,300 feet above sea level) • Keene Curtis, Tony Award winning actor students by serenading the student section with was built in the foothills bordering the Utah campus • Spence Eccles, chairman of Wells Fargo & the school fight song, Utah Man (lyrics below). 103 years ago. Lights on the 100-foot-tall landmark Company and former chairman and CEO of First Although the origins of Utah Man are unclear, the are illuminated primarily for athletic events and Security Corp. general consensus is that the lyrics were written notify people in the Salt Lake valley that the Utes • Jake Garn, former U.S. Senator in 1904 by the football team and its coach, Harvey are playing at home (the lights flash after a Utah • E. Gordon Gee, chancellor of Vanderbilt and Holmes. While their words were original, the music victory). The Block U, originally built of lime in 1905, was not. The tune is Solomon Levi, an old burlesque was replaced by cement in 1907. In 1969, the design former president at Colorado, Ohio State and Brown song, which supports the theory that Utah Man was was modified and lights were installed. A fund- originally a drinking song. In fact, the original third • Bill Gore, inventor of Gore-Tex raising campaign in 2006 raised $400,000 to renovate line of the first verse read: We drink our stein of lager • Robert Jarvik, inventor of the Jarvik-7 artificial the aging U. Slabs of concrete and steel rebar now and we smoke our big cigar. It was later changed to the heart reinforce the 5,000 feet of surface area. Another current version, Our coeds are the fairest and each one’s Alan C. Kay, credited with the concept of the major improvement was the installation of light • a shining star. While Utah Man won the hearts of the laptop computer emitting diode (LED) red and white lights, which are students, the administration frowned on it and, in controlled through a wireless system. • Frederick Kempe, Assistant managing editor and 1942, acknowledged Hail, Utah as the school’s official columnist, Wall Street Journal song. Nonetheless, Utah Man will always be the song Flash ‘em • Willard Marriott, founder of Marriott of the students and alumni. a U International Inc. The origin • Charles K. Monfort, chairman and CEO Fight Song Lyrics of Ute fans of the Colorado Rockies, president of Monfort I am a Utah Man, sir, and I live across the green, and athletes International Sales Corporation Our gang it is the jolliest that you have ever seen. forming a U • Thomas S. Monson, president of the LDS Church Our coeds are the fairest and each one’s a shining star, with their • John Naisbett, author of the bestseller Megatrends Our yell, you’ll hear it ringing through the mountains hands and • David Neeleman, founder and CEO of JetBlue near and far! flashing it to Airways each other • Raymond Noorda, founder of Novell Inc. We’re up to snuff, we never bluff, we’re game for any fuss. began during • Jody Olsen: Deputy director of the Peace Corps. No other gang of college men dare meet us in a muss. the 2004 • Simon Ramo, chief scientist in the development of So fill your lungs and sing it out and shout it to the sky, gymnastics season. By 2008, the “flashing U” hand America’s intercontinental ballistic missiles We’ll fight for dear old crimson for a Utah Man am I! signal had become a tradition at virtually all Ute • Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Ki-yi! events.

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And when we prom the avenue, all lined up in a row, And arm in arm and step in time as down the street we go.

No matter if a freshman green, or in a senior’s gown, The people all admit we are the warmest gang in town.

We may not live forever on this jolly good old sphere, But while we do we’ll live a life of merriment and cheer, And when our college days are o’er and night is drawing T HE UT nigh, With parting breath we’ll sing that song: “A Utah Man Am I”. AH EXPERIENCE Chorus Who am I, sir, A Utah Man am I! A Utah Man, sir, Will be ‘til I die. Ki-yi! Participants in the MUSS, Utah’s student fan club, number in the thousands and stand the entire game.

Homecoming Muss are in Colorado. The Northern Utes are affiliated the Utah’s all-time record in Homecoming games is 54- The Student Fan Club at the University of Utah, a most closely with the University of Utah and have 30-4. The first Homecoming game was held at the U. longtime basketball tradition, began participating a tribal membership of 3,157, of which more than on November 12, 1921 against Colorado and ended at football games in 2002 and members renamed half live on The Uintah and Ouray reservation. The in a scoreless tie. themselves The MUSS. MUSS members have Utes operate their own tribal government, oversee reserved seats at the front of the student section. approximately 1.3 million acres of trust land and Originally derived from the school fight song (… operate several businesses. No other gang of college men dare meet us in a muss), the Utah student fan club has since used MUSS as Television an acronym for “Mighty Utah Student Section.” The One of the earliest nationally televised games was MUSS prides itself in standing for the entire football between Utah and BYU on Thanksgiving Day, 1953. game in support of the team. The Utah football team It was the first of 12 games selected by the NCAA began sporting a MUSS sticker on the center-back of television committee for national broadcast in the its helmets in 2004. 1953 season. An estimated 60 million people tuned into NBC and saw Utah edge BYU 33-32 in old Ute Nickname Stadium. Mel Allen handled the play-by-play and In the earliest days of University of Utah recorded Lindsey Nelson did the color for the broadcast. Since history, the students and alumni referred to their then, Utah football teams have made regular local, athletic teams as both the Utes and the Redskins. regional and national television appearances. Utah The dual nickname was officially dropped in favor was part of the Mountain West television package of Utes in 1972, when college campuses became with ESPN from 1999-2005. In 2006, the MWC began sensitive to the concerns of tribal members. The a long-term partnership with CBS College Sports University of Utah uses Utes as its nickname with (then known as CSTV). Since 2007, Utah’s local television partner has been KTVX-ABC 4. Swoop, a caricature of a red-tailed hawk, is Utah’s permission from the Ute Tribal Council. athletics mascot. Nobel Prize In October of 2007, Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D., Internet distinguished professor of human genetics and The Utah athletics department made its first official biology at the University of Utah, became the appearance on the Internet in August of 1996 with a school’s first Nobel Prize winner. He received the website that was managed and supported in-house. 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for In 1997, the U. contracted the services of what is developing a gene-targeting technique. now CBS College Sports to manage its athletics website. Listed under the URL www.UtahUtes.com, What is a Ute? the Utah website contains current information on all A Ute belongs to an Indian tribe whose members 18 of its varsity athletics teams. are identified as the first people of Utah. While there is disagreement in history and reference Mascot books regarding the meaning of the word Ute, The University of Utah introduced a mascot in 1996, two of the more common definitions are “top of with permission from the Ute Tribal Council (see the mountains” and “people of the mountains.” Nickname). “Swoop” represents a red-tailed hawk, a Other references have Ute defined as “land of the bird indigenous to the state of Utah. sun.” The Utes refer to themselves as “Noochew,” meaning “the People”. There are four Ute tribes: Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D. (second from left) was The Northern and White Mesa Tribes are based in honored at a Utah football game after winning the Utah, while the Southern and Ute Mountain Tribes 2007 Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine.

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niversity of Utah athletic teams Utah’s National U have run with the leaders since their Athletics Highlights start in the late 1800s. The Utah men’s basketball team won national titles in 1900-1979 • Men’s basketball wins 1916 AAU Championship 1916 (AAU), 1944 (NCAA) and 1947 (NIT). • Men’s basketball wins 1944 NCAA Football also had early success, winning Championship the 1938 Sun Bowl. • Football wins 1938 Sun Bowl • Men’s basketball wins 1947 NIT Championship The sixties saw the basketball team advance • Men’s Basketball makes 1961 NCAA Final Four to the NCAA Final Four twice (1961 and ’66), and • Football wins 1964 Liberty Bowl the football team crush West Virginia, 32-6, in the • Men’s Basketball makes 1966 NCAA Final Four Liberty Bowl. • Women’s skiing wins 1978 AIAW Championship In the mid-1970s, women’s athletics earned • Softball team makes 1979 College World Series varsity status and quickly made up for time lost on the sidelines. The women skiers struck gold 1980-1989

AH EXPERIENCE at the 1978 AIAW Championships and claimed • Women’s gymnastics wins 1981 AIAW silver medals in 1976, ’77 and ’79. The women’s Championship gymnastics team, which would soon become the • Women’s gymnastics wins 1982-86 NCAA dominant gymnastics team in the land, placed Championships T HE UT 10th at the 1976 AIAW Championships. The • Ski team (coed) wins five NCAA Championships women’s basketball team averaged 20 wins per • Softball team makes 1982 and ’85 College World Series year—a figure that still holds true today. The Ute softball team qualified for the 1979 College World 1990-1994 Series. The 1980s ushered in a slew of national titles Andre Miller led the Utes to the 1998 NCAA Basket- • Women’s gymnastics wins 1990 NCAA ball Championship game against Kentucky. Championship for the school. The women’s gymnastics team • Ski team is 1990 NCAA Runner-Up • Women’s gymnastics is 1991 NCAA Runner-Up won an unprecedented • Men’s basketball makes 1991 NCAA Sweet 16 six straight national • Softball makes 1991 College World Series championships from 1981- • Women’s gymnastics wins 1992 NCAA 86. The gold-plated decade Championship saw skiing, which became a • Men’s basketball makes 1992 NIT Final Four coed sport in 1983, win five • Football plays in 1992 Copper Bowl NCAA Championships. The • Ski team wins 1993 NCAA Championship softball team played in the • Football plays in 1993 Freedom Bowl 1982 and ’85 College World • Women’s gymnastics wins 1994 NCAA Series. Championship Men’s basketball • Ski team is 1994 NCAA Runner-Up returned to the national • Softball makes 1994 College World Series stage in the 1990s. The Utes • Football beats Arizona in 1994 Freedom Bowl made the Elite Eight two straight years (1996-97, 1997-98) and played for The Utah volleyball team won the Mountain West title and made the NCAA Sweet 16 for the second time this decade in 2008. the national title in 1998. The Runnin’ Utes beat No. 1 seed North Carolina in the 1998 NCAA semi-final game before falling to Kentucky in the championship. The 1990s also marked the emergence of Utah football as a national player. The Utes played in five bowl games during the decade and their victory over Arizona in the 1994 Freedom Bowl resulted in a top 10 The Utah gymnastics national ranking. team placed second at the 2008 NCAA On the women’s side, the gymnastics Championships — its team added more championship third-straight runner- hardware to its trophy case, winning up finish. NCAA titles in 1990, ’92, ’94 and ’95, while the ski team won the 1996 and 1997 NCAA Championships. The softball

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team qualified for the College World Series Utah’s National twice, the women’s Athletics Highlights basketball team made six NCAA appearances, 1995-2000 and the volleyball team • Women’s gymnastics wins 1995 NCAA advanced to the NCAA Championship • Ski team is 1995 NCAA Runner-Up Tournament second T HE UT round twice. In the • Men’s basketball makes 1996 NCAA Sweet 16 water, the men’s swim • Ski team wins 1996 and ’97 NCAA Championship team won six conference • Football plays in 1996 Copper Bowl titles to raise its total to AH EXPERIENCE • Men’s basketball makes 1997 NCAA Elite 8 22. • Men’s basketball is 1998 NCAA Runner-Up With the new • Ski team is 1998 NCAA Runner-Up millennium has come a • Football beats Fresno State in 1999 Las Vegas new level of success. The Bowl BCS-Busting Ute football • Women’s gymnastics is 2000 NCAA Runner-up team has produced two undefeated seasons The Ute ski team has won 11 national championships. 2001-2005 that were highlighted • Women’s basketball makes 2001 NCAA by bowl wins over Sweet 16 a Heisman Trophy finalist, while Bogut was a Pittsburgh (2005 Fiesta Bowl) and Alabama (2009 • Volleyball makes 2001 NCAA Sweet 16 Sugar Bowl). The Utes are the only football team Consensus All-American and the National Player • Football beats USC in 2001 Las Vegas Bowl with two undefeated seasons since the BCS went of the Year • Ski team wins 2003 NCAA Championship into effect in 1998. Utah head coaches Urban Other highlights of the current decade • Football beats Southern Miss in 2003 Liberty include the 2003 NCAA Ski Championship, four Bowl NCAA runner-up finishes by the gymnastics • Ski team is 2004 NCAA Runner-Up team, an Elite Eight appearance by the • Football beats Pittsburgh in 2005 Fiesta Bowl women’s basketball team in 2006, two Sweet • Men’s basketball makes 2005 NCAA Sweet 16 16 appearances by the volleyball team and four • Alex Smith is 2005 No. 1 NFL draft pick NCAA Tournament invites for the women’s • Andrew Bogut is 2005 No. 1 NBA draft pick soccer team. Since 2000, Utah teams have won 25 • Football beats Georgia Tech in 2005 Emerald Mountain West Conference championships. Bowl 2006-2009 • Gymnastics is 2006 NCAA Runner-Up • Women’s basketball makes 2006 NCAA Elite 8 • Football beats Tulsa in the 2006 Armed Forces Bowl • Gymnastics is 2007 NCAA Runner-Up • Football beats Navy in the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl • Gymnastics is 2008 NCAA Runner-Up • Volleyball makes 2008 NCAA Sweet 16 • Football wins 2009 Sugar Bowl

The 2005-06 Utah women’s basketball team advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight before losing in overtime to eventual national champion Maryland.

Meyer (2004) and Kyle Whittingham (2008) received National Coach of the Year honors after leading the Utes to final national rankings of No. 4 and No. 2, respectively. The Utes broke new ground in 2004-05, when quarterback Alex Smith and center Andrew Bogut became the No. 1 draft picks in the NFL and NBA. It marked the first (and only) time Zane Beadles hoists the 2009 Sugar Bowl trophy that one school produced the No. 1 NFL and after Utah defeated Alabama for its second BCS NBA draft picks in the same year. Smith was also Bowl victory in the last five years.

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he University of Utah is a hub for higher A Snapshot of U. T education from the Rockies to the Sierras • Founded in 1850 and boasts an academic reputation that is • Research I University rivaled only by its breathtaking vistas. To the • 190 majors east rise the 11,500 foot, snow-capped peaks • Enrollment of 29,251 of the Wasatch Mountains. To the west, the • 1,534-acre campus Great Salt Lake shimmers beneath the Oquirrh • School of Medicine Mountains. The 1,500-acre campus, nestled • School of Law in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is • School of Business a beautiful collage of native and exotic trees, • School of Pharmacy fountains, flowering malls and pedestrian • School of Engineering walkways. • American Indian Social Work program (the nation’s first) Founded in 1850, the University offers 100 undergraduate and 90 graduate majors. Academic AH EXPERIENCE opportunities at the U. include colleges of law, medicine, architecture, pharmacy, business and engineering. The U. also boasts the nation’s first

T HE UT American Indian social work program. Utah draws its 29,000-plus student population from all 50 states and 114 foreign countries. Utah ranks among the top 35 public research of Human Genetics, the Moran Eye Center and the universities in the nation, with particular distinction Brain Institute. The Huntsman Cancer Institute has the in medicine, genetics and engineering. Scientists from largest genetic database in the world and is the only the University of Utah have identified more genes with National Cancer Institute in the Intermountain West. diseases than anywhere else in the world. University Gene targeting was developed at the Eccles Institute. of Utah geneticist Mario R. Capecchi received the 2007 The Moran Eye Center is considered one of the top eye Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for his work on centers in the world. gene targeting. Capecchi is one of many acclaimed The University of Utah was ranked second in the faculty members. The U. ranks 30th among the nation’s nation in the most recent rankings of university startup public research universities in significant awards to companies based on scholarly research—behind only faculty. MIT. The U. spun off 23 companies for fiscal year 2008 Research Park, located on 320 acres adjacent to and has created 59 companies in the last three years. the campus, houses 42 companies and 69 university Several of the U of U’s colleges have also received departments. Some of the more prominent residents of favorable national rankings, among them the College Research Park are the Huntsman Cancer Institute, the of Pharmacy, which has been ranked in the top four in Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Eccles Institute the nation since 1975. Financial Times has ranked the

The sprawling Univer- sity of Utah medical center featuresThe sprawling the HuntsmanUniversity Cancer of Utah Institute.medical center It was featuresopened in thethe Huntsmanfall of 1999 Cancer and wasInstitute. funded It wasby a opened $225 millionin the pledge fall of from1999 and Utahwas businessman funded by a $225Jon M. Huntsman.million pledge from Utah businessman Jon M. Huntsman.

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David S. Eccles School of Business MBA program since 1970, when it became the fourth node on the No. 7 for “Best Campus Environment” in 2006. among the best in the world for the last four Internet. In 2008, PC Magazine and the Princeton Outside the classroom, Utah students enjoy years. In 2008, the financial publication ranked the Review ranked the U. third in their top wired unparalleled outdoor diversions, from skiing and executive MBA program as the 22nd best in the schools’ rating. snowboarding at any of eight world-class resorts nation—and No. 80 in the world. The U. provides a lively residential living in nearby canyons, to backpacking, mountain The U. is also noted for technology transfer experience in beautiful Heritage Commons, a biking, fly fishing and river running. and its Center for High Performance Computing multi-purpose residence complex located in The U.’s location in the largest city in the serves as a link to major aerospace industries, historic Fort Douglas on the eastern edge of Intermountain West (metro population 1,333,914) high-tech manufacturers and research companies. campus. Opened in 2000, Heritage Commons allows for an urban experience in a beautiful It manages one of the three most successful served as the Athletes Village for the 2002 setting. Salt Lake City is home to professional technology parks in the U.S., with more than Olympic Winter Games. Over 2,500 students live symphony, ballet, modern dance, opera and 40 high-tech companies created by University on campus in residence halls and apartments. The theater companies, as well as four professional faculty. The U. has had a presence on the Internet Princeton Review ranked the University of Utah sports teams.

TRAX light rail is a popular means of transportation free to University of Utah students.

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niversity of Utah residence hall (20 residential and one for dining and support U students live in a magnificent services). Eight of the buildings are apartment mountain setting. Heritage Commons, style, with 235 one-, two- and three-bedroom a living-learning community of 2,500 apartments. students, opened in 2000. It served as the Each residence hall has an advanced telecommunications system (voice, video and Athletes Village during the 2002 Olympic data), Internet and cable TV connections, HBO Winter Games. The residential complex in every room, a large community lounge, study is the heart of campus activity and has a rooms, indoor bike storage and a kitchenette on vibrant, energetic atmosphere. every floor. Other amenities include game and exercise rooms and computer labs. Situated in historic Fort Douglas on 70 The Chase N. Peterson Heritage Center acres of land, the 912,000-square foot residential is the hub of the student housing village and complex boasts picturesque views of Salt Lake houses a central dining facility that seats 600, a City and the surrounding mountain ranges. convenience store, computer and technology labs, Heritage Commons consists of 21 buildings fitness and game rooms, multipurpose rooms,

AH EXPERIENCE a mail center and more. The student village also contains a University Bookstore branch, University Copy Center and even a hotel—the University Guest House.

T HE UT Transportation is another benefit of Heritage Commons. A U of U parking permit allows Heritage Commons residents to park close to their hall, but a car is

not necessary. Free campus shuttles run every 10 • Located on 70 acres minutes and the Utah Transit Authority and light • 912,000-square foot complex rail (TRAX), free to U. students, traverse 21 routes • 21 total buildings to and from campus. TRAX extends to downtown • Dining hall, post office, bookstore, copy Salt Lake and outlying areas, with an airport center spur in the works. The residence halls are also • Computer and technology labs easily accessible to main campus by foot and are • Internet, cable TV and HBO in all rooms connected via the George S. Eccles 2002 Legacy • Served by TRAX and UTA bus systems Bridge.

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alt Lake City, home to the University center to world-renowned medical and technological S of Utah, merges the amenities of a industries. Sunny Skies Tourism is also a huge economic boon to the major metropolitan area with beautiful natural • 237 days of sunshine per year state, with the travel and tourism-related industries surroundings. With 181,743 residents, Salt • 15 percent humidity average providing over 112,000 jobs. Many of those employment Lake City is the largest city in the state and opportunities are associated with the eight world-class Average Temperature Highs its metro population of 1,333,914 ranks in the ski resorts located less than 40 miles from downtown top 40 of U.S. cities. However, Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, which served as host for the 2002 August 91 T HE UT maintains the charm of a small western city. Olympic Winter Games. September 80 Scenery, location, culture and recreational Cultural and ethnic activities flourish in Salt Lake October 66 City. Downtown is home to art galleries, professional November 50 opportunities are some of the reasons why Salt December 38 Lake City was named “The Best City for Jobs symphony, opera, theater and dance, and is a scheduled AH EXPERIENCE stop for numerous Broadway shows. Ethnic festivals January 36 in 2008” by prominent business publishing draw big crowds throughout the year. February 42 company Forbes. Salt Lake City also joins forces with the nearby March 51 resort town of Park City, Utah, to host the annual April 61 One of the most beautiful cities in the world, Salt Sundance Film Festival. Sundance is the largest May 72 Lake City offers majestic views in all directions. To the independent film festival in the United States and June 84 east are the 11,500-foot peaks July 93 of the Wasatch Mountains (“mountains of many waters,” as named by the Paiute Indians), which belong to the Rocky Mountain range. To the west soar the Oquirrh Mountains (pronounced Oaker and meaning “the shining mountains”). The lowest point within city boundaries is 4,210 feet near the Great Salt Lake, and the highest is Grandview Peak, at 9,410 feet. The Great Salt Lake—which is 48 miles wide and 90 miles long—is the world’s second largest saltwater lake and the largest lake in the western United Deron Williams (below) and States. Carlos Boozer of the Utah Unique geography is just Jazz played for the gold medal one of Salt Lake City’s many qualities. The city boasts attracts movie stars, celebrities, and thousands of film winning Team USA in the 2008 the nation’s highest literacy rate, highest percentage of buffs to the area every year. Beijing Olympic Games. high school graduates and highest percentage of college- Professional sports are yet another source educated people. of entertainment. Pro franchises in Salt Lake Salt Lake City is the financial, educational, City include the Utah Jazz (NBA), Real Salt distribution, warehousing, commercial, cultural and Lake (Major League Soccer), Salt Lake Bees communications hub of the Intermountain West. It is the (AAA baseball) and Utah Grizzlies (East Coast Hockey League). Recreational opportunities abound and there are 10 national parks within a day’s drive from Salt Lake City. Fly fishing, backpacking, mountain biking and river running are popular activities. With four distinct seasons, a humidity average of 15 percent and sunny days, Salt Lake City offers pleasant weather conditions year round. Salt Lake City’s charms are easily accessible even to those visiting from out of state. Salt Lake International Airport is a two-and-a-half-hour flight for half of the United States’ population. The Ten national parks and numerous state parks are within a few airport is located just 15 minutes from the hours’ drive of Salt Lake City. University of Utah.

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s an academic institution, the teams, also supervises staff assistants Matt Leituala, Academic Excellence A University of Utah enjoys a reputation Rob Rainey and Zanetta Ivy. The Ute academic team monitors the studies of Research for excellence in education. The athletics each student-athlete to ensure he or she is making The University of Utah ranks in the department works to ensure that all of its progress toward a degree. The academic advisors top 35 public research universities student-athletes take advantage of the also dispense their knowledge of departmental and in the nation, with particular academic opportunities available by providing university requirements, and assist with course distinction in medicine, genetics specialized academic counseling. registration and the exploration and selection of majors. and engineering. University of Utah geneticist Mario R. Capecchi The U. employs four full- received the 2007 Nobel Prize in time academic advisers for its Physiology/Medicine for his work student-athletes. The department on gene targeting. Research Park, is under the direction of Director located on 320 acres adjacent to the of Athletic-Academic Services campus, is the site of the Huntsman Lucas Moosman. Moosman, who Cancer Institute, the Howard Hughes handles the academic counseling Medical Institute, the Eccles Institute for the football and gymnastics AH EXPERIENCE of Human Genetics, the Moran Eye Center and the Brain Center. Lucas Moosman (right), Grants Utah’s Director of Academic T HE UT One of the leading universities in the Services, oversees the nation in federal research grants, the football team’s academics. U. receives more than $300 million annually in grants and contracts.

Entrepreneurs The University of Utah is second Academic Support Programs at the U. in the nation in the most recent rankings of university startup Study Table Fifth-Year Senior Program companies based on scholarly Available to all student-athletes. Financial assistance is available for student-athletes research—behind only MIT. The U. whose eligibility has expired before they have finished spun off 23 companies for fiscal year Tutors their degrees. 2008 and has created 59 companies Individual tutors, drop-in tutoring and exam reviews. in the last three years. Summer School Life Skills Center Financial aid for summer school is available for Academic All-Americans Provides student-athletes avenues for personal student-athletes who meet the criteria. Utah has produced 57 Academic development, community service and leadership All-Americans, including back-to- resources. Offers student-athletes information on Priority Registration back “Academic All-Americans of the possible career choices through the Strong Interest Priority registration allows student-athletes to schedule Year,” gymnast Theresa Kulikowski Inventory given to all freshmen in the Life Skills class. classes around practices and training. in 2003 and quarterback Alex Smith in 2004. Internships The “Partnering with U.” program offers career Wired In mentoring, shadowing and internship opportunities In 2008, the U. ranked as the third with area businesses. “Most Wired School” in the nation. Utah’s varsity student-athletes have access to their own computer lab in the Burbidge Athletics Academic Center and laptop computers are available for team travel. The U. offers free email accounts to all students.

Ute football players have access to an expansive computer lab in the Burbidge Family Athletics Academic Center.

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Burbidge Family Academics Center

• 11,000 square feet • Computer Lab • Student-Athlete Lounge • Conference room T HE UT • Life Skills/Career Resource Center • Tutoring Rooms • Study Table

• Academic Advising Offices AH EXPERIENCE • Compliance Department

he beautiful and functional Kenneth P. objective is to accommodate the diverse needs and T Burbidge Jr. Family Athletics Academic schedules of Utah’s student-athletes through a wide Center opened in May of 2001. Designed range of individual and group support services, solely to accommodate the U.’s varsity computer technologies and independent study student-athletes, the Burbidge Center is known opportunities. for its aesthetics, technology offerings and academic service.

The 11,000-square-foot facility became an instant campus landmark by virtue of its sweeping floor-to- ceiling, curved glass wall on the two-story north side. Within a short walk of virtually all of Utah’s athletic facilities and offices, the Burbidge Center is ideally located. The full-service academic facility is utilized by all 18 varsity Utah athletic teams and was underwritten by a $2 million gift from the Kenneth P. Burbidge Jr. family. The center consolidates computer labs, study space, academic counseling, career planning and life skills services, while also providing a social gathering place for the student-athletes. The mission of the Burbidge Family Athletics Academic Center is to provide an integrated learning environment that will enhance the academic and personal development of all student-athletes. The

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Classroom All-Stars

2008 Academic All-MWC Zane Beadles, Mechanical Eng. Tony Bergstrom, Undeclared Tysen Clements, Business Louis Finner, Undeclared Kepa Gaison, Business & Economics Ben Hendy, Biology Dustin Hensel, History Brian Johnson, Graduate Aiona Key, Communication Trevor Moss, Business Clint Mower, Biology RJ Rice, Economics

AH EXPERIENCE Louie Sakoda, Business Colt Sampson, Parks, Rec, Tourism Caleb Schlauderaff, ESS Derrick Shelby, Undeclared Alex Smith - 2004 NCAA Academic All-American of the Year

T HE UT Justin Taplin-Ross, Undeclared Zane Taylor, Health Education • • 2004 CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American Eddie Wide, Undeclared • 2003-2004 First-Team Academic All-District Mike Wright, Business • 2003-2004 Academic All-Mountain West Conference • Graduated in May 2004 after just two years in college Academic All-Americans • Bachelor’s degree in economics 1964 Mel Carpenter • Undergraduate cumulative GPA was 3.74 1970 Scott Robbins • Began work on a master’s in economics 1971 Scott Robbins* 1973 Steve Odom* 1974 Chuck Cole 1976 Dick Graham* 1984 Andre Guardi 1985 Andre Guardi 1996 Chad Folk 2000 Kimball Christianson Matt Leituala, 2002 Brooks Bahr Utah’s Assistant 2003 Morgan Scalley* Director of 2004 Morgan Scalley* Academic Services 2004 Alex Smith* (second from right), 2005 Spencer Toone works with Ute 2008 Louie Sakoda* football players on *First-Team a daily basis.

“The University of Utah was an excellent place to go to college for many reasons. The facilities, the faculty and the overall campus experience made it possible for me to reach my goals of getting a college degree and playing in the NFL.”

Jordan Gross Carolina Panthers

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t the University of Utah, a student- that offers regularly scheduled workshops on topics A athlete enjoys much more than the like resume writing, interviewing skills and transition aWARD-wINNING chance to participate in a winning program and into the work force. The Utah athletics department was pROGRAMS graduate from a prestigious school. one of just three recipients of the 2004-05 Program of Excellence award for its CHAMPS program. • Community Service • Career Development The athletics department employs a full-time Another important aspect of Utah’s Life Skills • Ute Speakers Bureau director of student-athlete support services, Associate program is the volunteer service the student-athletes • Resume Writing Workshops

Athletics Director Mary Bowman, whose job is to contribute to the community. The Ute Speakers Bureau T HE UT • Media Training Workshops provide guidance to student-athletes in the areas of trains student-athletes in public speaking and schedules them to speak at local elementary and • Nutrition Seminars junior high schools on topics such as • Stress Management Seminars • Conflict Resolution Seminars drug abuse, goal setting, the importance AH EXPERIENCE of education, making smart choices and • Student-Athlete Mentor Program self-esteem. Utah student-athletes reach • Student-Athlete Advisory Committee out to more than 5,000 young students in the Salt Lake valley each year. Ute teams also participate in numerous community 2009 Football SAAC service projects. Zane Beadles The personal development facet of Utah’s Life Skills program involves workshops in nutrition, stress 2009 Football SAMS management, diversity, eating disorders, Derrick Shelby relationships, sexual responsibility and Chris Joppru conflict resolution. Also popular with Utah’s student- Ute football players spoke to a fifth grade team in the Olympus School athletes is the Student-Athlete Mentor District Little League last fall. program (SAMS). Representatives career development, academic support, community of each team are given formal outreach and personal development. Bowman and her training by the staff of the U.’s staff assist Utah’s student-athletes in making the most Campus Wellness Connection. of their undergraduate years by interacting with the SAMS participants relay community and preparing for life after college. Director information on referral of Major Gifts Manny Hendrix runs the Partnering with services regarding personal U. program, which provides internships and summer issues to their teammates jobs. Hendrix also oversees the Varsity Club – an and other athletes. Utah’s organization for former Ute athletes. SAMS program has been Utah’s athletic teams have been involved with tremendously successful and the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills program since 1996. is a two-time recipient of a Bowman and her student-athlete participants have put coveted NCAA Choices grant. their personal stamp on an award-winning program The latest was awarded in the summer of 2009 and will run through 2011. Utah also received one of just 15 NCAA Choices grants in 1997. Another program Bowman directs is the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), which, like SAMS, is comprised of representatives from all of Utah’s 18 varsity teams. Participation Utah football players participate in the CHAMPS/Life Skills program in community service activities, complements the outstanding educational and such as visiting area schools. athletic experience already firmly in place at Ute senior student-athletes took part in a career fair organized by Utah. At the U., preparing for success after the Utah Athletics Department last spring. college is a big part of the game plan.

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Seated in Front: Kenape Eliapo. Second Row (L-R): Lolo Tenifa, Sealver Siliga, Matt Asiata, Junior Fonua, Tory Tima, Tevita Stevens. Third Row: Junior Tuione (with hat), Isi Filimoeatu, Aiona Key, Mike Laloni, Derek Tuimauga, Lei Talamaivao. Back Row: Koa Misi, Kepa Gaison, Neli A’asa, Nai Fotu, Vil Nau, Daniel Bukarau, Kendrick Moeai.

Family ties 25,000 Pacific Islanders living in Utah 32 Polynesians on the 2009 Utah football team 17 Polynesians on the preseason depth chart 6 Polynesians currently on NFL rosters who played for Utah 5 Polynesians on Utah’s football staff

Now Playing In the NFL

Jonathan Fanene Chris Kemoeatu Ma’ake Kemoeatu Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers Carolina Panthers

Sione Pouha Paul Soliai Kelly Talavou Chris Kemoeatu has played five years with the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets Miami Dolphins Baltimore Ravens starting for the 2009 Super Bowl champions.

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ice-Eccles Stadium opened its gates Foundation became involved. R on September 12, 1998 to the largest In May 1997, former Ute All-America skier Spence Rice-Eccles Facts Eccles announced that the George S. and Dolores Dore crowd ever to watch a football game in Salt • First Game: Sept. 12, 1998 Eccles Foundation would contribute $10 million to the Lake City. Four years later, a world-wide • Seating Capacity: 45,017 television audience watched another landmark construction of a new stadium. Once the lead gift was in place, the timetable for the stadium’s completion • Largest Crowd: 46,768 event hosted by Rice-Eccles Stadium – the was trimmed from three years to just 15 months. FFKR • Chair Seats: 15,015 Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2002 Architects designed the project and Layton Construction • Suites: 25 Winter Olympics. began piecemeal demolition and construction in June • Surface: FieldTurf of 1997 – juggling its work around the 1997 Utah home • Cost: $50 million The international media exposure during the 2002 football season. Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games allowed the world Two days to see what Utah players, fans and opponents already after the 1997 knew. With its striking design, stunning mountain season ended backdrop and panoramic views of the Salt Lake valley, with a win over Rice-Eccles Stadium is perhaps the most beautiful none other than stadium in the country. Rice University, The attendance mark set in that first football game wrecking crews (44,112) – a Utah victory over Louisville – has long since moved in and fallen, but the merits of Rice-Eccles Stadium have not. demolished Rice The 45,017-seat facility is the third stadium located Stadium. Only on its present site. Pre-dating Rice-Eccles Stadium were the south end Ute Stadium (1927) and Rice Stadium (1972). zone bleachers In 1996, Utah Director of Athletics Dr. Chris Hill and the Rice spearheaded a massive fund-raising campaign to name (Robert L. replace aging 32,500-seat Rice Stadium. Hill originally Rice contributed envisioned the new stadium drive as a three-year $1 million in the undertaking, but that was fast-tracked when the Eccles 1972 renovation)

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Highlighting the stadium’s design is the A ProStar VideoPlus LED display provides live stadium box – 14 stories above ground and video of game action, instant replays and graphics. encased in a 400-square-foot expanse of tempered The total size of the south end zone video display, glass. The box is supported by twin towers which also includes the scoreboard and sponsor containing four high-speed elevators. Occupants panels, is 44 x 58 feet. of the stadium box are treated to sweeping views of the Wasatch Mountains to the east and downtown Salt Lake City, the Great Salt Lake and the Oquirrh Mountains to the west. Suites are located on the first two levels of the stadium box, while the top level is reserved for the media. The Cleone and Spence Eccles Scholarship Box on Level 4 seats 450 and features indoor- outdoor seating, as well as eight suites. The Mezzanine on Level 5 provides another 17 suites.

AH EXPERIENCE Level 6 features the Varsity Reception Room, which seats 400, as well as the John Mooney Working Press Area, named in honor of the late Ute football writer and Salt Lake T HE UT Tribune sports editor. Three rows of press Larry H. and Gail Miller donated $1.6 million for a seating can accommodate more than 100 media video display board that measures 22-feet-7-inches representatives. Other features of Level 6 are two by 38-feet and allows for live video of game action, television booths, three radio booths (including instant replays and graphics. the Bill Marcroft Radio Booth, named after the former “Voice of the Utes”), public address and would carry over to the new stadium. Rising from scoreboard operator rooms, a copy/photography/ Suite holders enjoy a pre-game meal on the first the rubble less than 10 months later was Rice- statistics area and a kitchen. The roof, which can level of the Scholarship Box (seats 450). Eccles Stadium, an imposing concrete, steel and hold up to 200 television cameras, is accessed from glass edifice that dominates the Salt Lake skyline. this level. Another massive LED board, measuring The total construction costs ran $50 million, Upgrades have continued in recent years. 200 x 4 feet, was installed at the top of the north of which $10 million came from private gifts, $10 In June 2003, Larry H. and Gail Miller donated end zone in the summer of 2007. The $500,000 million from athletics department bonding, $12 $1.6 million for a video display system and new board (funded by Utah Sports Properties) million from the University of Utah and $8 million scoreboards. The video display board in the south encourages fan participation with its display of from the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Committee. end zone measures 22-feet-7-inches x 38-feet. special graphics and effects, player head shots and

Utah attracted its highest season attendance average of 45,542 in 2008. The second-largest crowd all-time (46,488) was on hand for the Utah-BYU game.

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Attendance Records

Rice-Eccles Stadium Top Crowds 1. 46,768 2003 California 2. 46,488 2008 Brigham Young 3. 45,666 2008 TCU 4. 45,634 1998 Brigham Young T HE UT 5. 45,599 2008 Oregon State 6. 45,587 2008 UNLV 7. 45,528 2005 Arizona

8. 45,419 2004 Texas A&M AH EXPERIENCE 9. 45,330 2006 Brigham Young 10. 45,326 2004 Brigham Young 11. 45,319 2004 North Carolina 12. 45,224 1999 Utah State 13. 45,222 2006 Boise State 14. 45,167 2002 Brigham Young 15. 45,117 2008 Weber State

Season Attendance Averages 1. 45,542 2008 2. 44,112 2004 3. 43,279 2006 noise meters. famed backdrop for the awards ceremonies held 4. 42,593 2007 The stadium floor has also changed with downtown during the Olympics. Hoberman Arch 5. 41,536 2005 the times and new FieldTurf was installed in June is 75 feet long, 40 feet high and five feet wide. 6. 41,478 2003 of 2009, replacing the FieldTurf version in place The glitzy stadium has allowed Utah to since 2002. Previous surfaces dating back to Ute attract home-and-away series with non-conference 7. 39,249 1999 Field were natural grass from 1927-71 and again in schools like UCLA, Arizona, Washington State, 8. 39,121 2000 2000-01, AstroTurf from 1972-95 and SportGrass (a California, Oregon, Oregon State, Texas A&M, 9. 39,060 1998 hybrid natural grass and artificial turf) from 1995- Louisville and North Carolina. 10. 35,429 2002 99. The high profile opponents have brought 11. 34,458 2001 The south end zone bleachers, built in 1982, new attendance marks. In fact, during Utah’s house the locker rooms, the Gary L. Crocker undefeated 13-0 run in 2008, the stadium was Stadium Club suite and a band room. The plaza filled past capacity. The No. 2 ranked Utes set a behind the south end zone was renovated as school attendance record by packing an average Olympic Cauldron Park and dedicated on August of 45,542 fans into the 45,017-seat stadium. Since 21, 2003. The 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter the stadium opened in 1998, there have been 16 Games’ memorial contains the original cauldron standing-room only crowds, including five of six that held the Olympic flame during the games; games in 2008. The largest single-game crowd of a 6,000-square-foot visitor center with a gallery, 46,768 attended Utah’s 31-24 win over California Utah had its first-ever “Blackout” game on Nov. 6, 2008 against TCU. The No. 10 Utes theater and ticket office; and Hoberman Arch, the in 2003. defeated the No. 11 Horned Frogs, 13-10.

All-Time Utah Football Record Category W L T Overall 595 417 31 Home 365 173 16 Rice-Eccles Stadium (1998-present) 47 16 0 Rice Stadium (1972-97) 86 51 1 Ute Stadium (1927-71) 145 70 9 Cummings Field (1894-1926) 87 36 6 Road 213 230 13 Neutral 17 14 2 Conference 367 209 19 Mountain West Conference 50 24 0 Bowls 11 3 0 Homecoming 54 30 4 Overtime 2 3 0

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Dee Glen Smith Center Facts • Location: Guardsman Way • Size: 49,800 square feet • Contains: Football coaches offices, strength and conditioning center, medical/injury rehabilitation facility, equipment room, auditorium, meeting rooms, locker room • Opened: Spring of 1991 • 2004 Renovation: Player Lounge • 2005 Renovation: Locker Room • 2005 Renovation: Auditorium • 2007 Renovation: First Floor • 2008-09 Renovation: Alex Smith Strength & Conditioning Center

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Top: The exterior of the new T HE UT Alex Smith Strength and Conditioning Center, which is part of the Dee Glen Smith

Athletics Center. AH EXPERIENCE

Middle: Work on the new 17,000 square foot Alex Smith Strength & Conditioning Center was scheduled to be completed in early July.

Alex Smith Strength & Conditioning Center • Opened: July 6, 2009 • Cost: $1.5 million • Funding: Private • Lead Gift: $500,000 pledged on Feb. 12, 2007 by Ute Heisman Trophy finalist and 2005 NFL No. 1 Draft pick Alex Smith • Size: At 17,000 square feet, it is one of the largest college strength & conditioning facilities in the nation • Director: Doug Elisaia, Director of Strength & Conditioning

The expanded main floor of the Alex Smith Strength and Conditioning Center. The overall floor space will be nearly double that of the old facility.

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Right: The floor plans for the new Alex Smith Strength & Conditioning Center. The expanded areas on the east and west sides of the building, including the entirely new mezzanine level, are shaded in gray.

Middle Left: A rendering of the interior of the new Alex Smith Strength & Conditioning Center. AH EXPERIENCE T HE UT

Utah Strength and Conditioning Staff - Front Row (left to right): Pete Link, Jon Webster, Joe Diancin. Back Row: Evan Simon, Director Doug Elisaia, Greg Argust.

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Principles of the Program

Strength Training The idea is centered on accelerating quicker than our opponent. We will do this by concentrating on quick and explosive lifts, combined with quick and explosive agility, sprint and plyometric drills.

Speed Development Each running session will include accelera- tion drills more than any other drills. The most important aspect of speed development is the athlete must work at maximal

AH EXPERIENCE effort in each and every drill.

Flexibility It is a traditional part of every strength and

T HE UT conditioning program. When the athlete is not able to put a body joint through the proper range of motion, it can affect performance in various ways.

Mental Toughness These weight training or conditioning ses- sions push the body way beyond comfort levels, and in some cases, to utter exhaus- tion. This allows the student-athlete to develop capacity to push through barriers created by pain and fatigue.

Conditioning Conditioning is best obtained by working the energy system with volume. Condition- ing should be cycled with light, medium and heavy days to avoid over-training. Recovery is often better than work.

Injury Prevention The Utah athlete will be expected to work harder than anyone else when he/she is injured. We will work with the athletic training staff to coordinate efforts to bring the athlete back to the playing field as quickly as possible.

Motivating We will coach in a very positive manner, always reinforcing our belief in an athlete as a champion in the making. No one out- works, out-hustles or has more ability than a Utah student-athlete.

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Spence Eccles Field House

• Groundbreaking: June, 2004 • Opened: November, 2004 • Cost: $6 million T HE UT • Funding: Private ($2 million from Spence Eccles) • Size: 74,000 square feet

• Field Dimensions: Regulation size AH EXPERIENCE • Height: 60 feet • Surface: FieldTurf • Location: Guardsman Way • Amenities: Monfort Family Hall of Champions, netting and batting cages for softball and baseball

MCCarthey Practice Fields

• Two regulation sized fields, end-to-end • Surface: Natural grass • Funding: Private (Thomas K. McCarthey family)

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Exhibit highlights The Growing Legacy of Utah Football

• Named in recognition of the Monfort family’s support of the Alex Smith Strength and Conditioning Facility renovation. Charlie Monfort is U. alum, former president of ConAgra Refrigerated Foods International, and current chairman and CEO of the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club. • Features an interactive video system showing highlights of Utah’s greatest players and teams on a flat screen video board. • Recreates the game day atmosphere of Rice-Eccles Stadium. • Trophies, photographs and other memorabilia chronicling the history of Utah football. • A wall jerseys recognizing Ute All-Americans and other great players. AH EXPERIENCE • Display cases highlighting Utah’s BCS Bowl victories in 2005 and 2009, other bowl appearances, conference championships, current stars and Utes who have gone on to play in the NFL.

T HE UT • Opened in April of 2009. • Located in the lobby of the Spence Eccles Field House.

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