Wildcat Wednesday - Homecoming!

After beating a nationally ranked opponent for a second consecutive week with our thrilling 27-24 win over No. 11 Oregon State, Arizona Football will host No. 20 UCLA for Saturday's Homecoming game at 7:30 p.m. (MST) on FS1. The program will welcome Rob Gronkowski back to campus as an honorary captain as Rob will also be inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame on Friday evening.

There's nothing quite like enjoying a Wildcat football game at Arizona Stadium, which is a hallmark of Saturdays in the fall in Southern Arizona. Saturday's game versus the Bruins will be the centerpiece of a weekend full of homecoming activities. Homecoming is one of my favorite times of the year as we welcome back generations of the Wildcat Family to recognize and celebrate what makes being a Wildcat special. Our campus partners have a plethora of festivities this weekend, which you can see here . If you don't have your tickets for Saturday's game, please make your plans to join us.

Sports Hall of Fame Spotlight
The induction of the 2023 Arizona Sports Hall of Fame class is upon us with Friday's ceremony at Westin La Paloma. It will be a memorable evening as we recognize eight tremendous Wildcats who embody excellence, which we will highlight in next week's Wildcat Wednesday email.
Our ongoing feature series on these eight exceptional Wildcats continues as we highlight track and field national champion, Beloved Promise. She competed as a six-time NCAA National Champion, eight-time All-American, Olympic silver medalist, and repeated record breaker in the high jump. While at Arizona she tallied three conference championships, set the school record in the indoor and outdoor high jump, excelled in the classroom to the tune of two CoSIDA Academic All-America selections, and earned the 2013 Pac-12 Woman of the Year award.

Promise's domination of the high jump continued outside the friendly confines of collegiate athletics, boasting four medals in international competition and a pair of USA championships, among other accomplishments. Congrats Beloved and Bear Down!

Soccer Faces the Sun Devils
Arizona Soccer, fresh off a big road win at Utah on Sunday, returns to Tucson for its final match of the season with a Friday match against Arizona State at 7 p.m. (MST) at Mulcahy Stadium. Senior goalkeeper Hope Hisey became the program's all-time saves leader last week and looks to rewrite more of the record book against the Sun Devils.

We've had some great crowds at Mulcahy Stadium this season, and we are hoping to see our biggest crowd yet on Friday night versus the Sun Devils.Click here to get your tickets for this match . Bear Down and Go Cats!

Are you ready for basketball season? Both our women's and men's programs will play their first official games in McKale Center next week, beginning with Coach Lloyd and the Wildcats. Arizona Men's Basketball will open the 2023-24 season on Monday, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. (MST) when it hosts Morgan State. This game will be broadcast on Pac-12 Networks as well as on Wildcats Radio 1290 with Brian Jeffries and Ryan Hansen on the call.

Coach Barnes and Arizona Women's Basketball will also tip off their season on Monday evening. The Wildcats will travel down I-10 to Las Cruces. The Wildcats will face the New Mexico State Aggies at 6 p.m. (MST). The game will be broadcasted on ESPN+ in addition to Derrick Palmer's radio call on KTUC 1400 AM in Tucson. They will then go on to face off the NAU lumberjacks in McKale on Friday at 6:30 PM.

Join us in McKale to experience the excitement in person by clicking here to get discounts on your tickets to both games.

Wildcat Wins

Swimming Dominates Utah in Salt Lake City
The Wildcats ruled the pool this afternoon, taking down the Utes 188-112 on the men's side and 151-146 on the women's side at Ute Natatorium. Arizona put up a total of 15 individual winning times and took the top spot in each of the meet's four relays.
More Wildcat Wins:
-Women's Basketball beat WTAMU 103-58
- Men's Basketball scores 94-65 over New Mexico Highlands
- Fifita Leads Arizona Football to 27-24 Win Over No. 11 Oregon State
- Soccer takes down Utah 1 - 0

Wildcat Headlines

Cats in the Pros: Kevin Ginkel Helps Pitch Diamondbacks to World Series
After putting together the best season of his MLB career, former Arizona Baseball standout, Kevin Ginkel, is competing in the 2023 World Series with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Upcoming Home Games
Nov 03 - 1pm
Swim vs. USC
Free Admission

Nov 03 - 6pm
Softball vs. Chandler Gilbert
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Nov 03 - 7pm
SOC vs. ASU
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Nov 03 - 4pm
Softball vs. AZ Western
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Nov 04 - 12pm
Swim vs. UCLA
Free Admission

Nov 04 - 7:30pm
Football vs. UCLA
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Nov. 6th - 7:30 PM
Men's Basketball vs Morgan State
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Wear UofA - Share Your Wildcat Photos

Future Wildcat, David Bui, rocking UofA colors in Taiwan, the home place of bubble tea.

John Powers, alum and retired Facilities Management & IT staff at the Duomo in Florence, Italy.

Send us your photos of you wearing the colors!

Thank you for wearing the colors and sharing your Arizona pride! Make sure to take a picture the next time you are wearing the colors and send it to us, we just might include it in next week's Wildcat Wednesday!

NOTE: Please submit photos for Wildcat Wednesday with an original email to uofaad@arizona.edu using the subject line 'Wildcat Wednesday photo.' Also, please ensure all submissions are clear and properly lit. We also ask that you identify everyone in the photo so we can highlight them accordingly.

Until Next Wednesday...
Bear Down and Go Cats!
Dave Heeke
Vice President and Director of Athletics
University of Arizona
uofaad@arizona.edu

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