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- The sports teams were originally known as the "Knights of the Pegasus" – UCF's first official mascot – beginning with their first intercollegiate competitions in 1970. The moniker was switched to "Golden Knights" in 1993 as a solution to poor merchandise sales.
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UCF Knights Baseball; 2024 UCF Knights baseball team: Founded: 1973: University: University of Central Florida: Head coach: Rich Wallace (1st season) Conference: Big 12: Location: Orlando, Florida: Home stadium: John Euliano Park (Capacity: 3,230) Nickname: Knights: Colors: Black and gold NCAA Tournament appearances
The sports teams were originally known as the "Knights of the Pegasus" – UCF's first official mascot – beginning with their first intercollegiate competitions in 1970. The moniker was switched to "Golden Knights" in 1993 as a solution to poor merchandise sales.
- Among the Power 5 Conferences, UCF is the Youngest University. Founded in 1963, UCF takes the cake for youngest university among the current Power 5 conferences — highlighting the university’s tremendous growth in just 60 years of existence.
- What Started it All: Men’s Basketball. UCF Athletics’ journey began with a team of ambitious men with hoop dreams. Kudos to Frank Rohter, the original athletics director for Florida Technological University — now known as UCF — who first formed a men’s basketball team to play in Orlando’s recreational league.
- UCF Cheer is at the Top of the Pyramid. When it comes to competing at the highest level on the national stage, few have done it better than the UCF cheer team.
- The UCF Fight Song is the Soundtrack of Game Day. The official UCF fight song was first played by the Marching Knights, the university’s marching band, in 1998.
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Apr 16, 2007 · UCF chose the "Knights of the Pegasus" for its original nickname in 1970, when the school was called Florida Technological University. It resisted a push by a group of students in 1988 to change...
Feb 16, 2023 · Noah Goldberg. The UCF Knights baseball team will be the final program to compete in an American Athletic Conference Tournament before moving on to the Big 12. It’s a program seeking its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2017 after their previous three attempts were derailed by either the pandemic or the injury bug.
3 days ago · UCF took its first lead at the top of the seventh when designated hitter Matt Cedarburg crushed a 2-0 pitch into the leftfield bleachers for a 2-run homer to put the Knights ahead, 6-5.
