University City High School (San Diego)

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University City High School
Carpe Diem Seize the Day
Address
6949 Genesee Avenue San Diego, California 92122
Information
School type	Comprehensive high school
Founded	1981
School board	San Diego Unified School District
Principal	Mike Price
Vice principal	Dr. Emma Martinez, Brian Mihalka, Heidi Murphy
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,800 (approximate as of 2009)
Color(s)	Columbia Blue, Navy Blue, & White
Mascot	The Centurions
Website	http://www.universitycityhigh.org

University City High School, located in the University City section of San Diego, California, United States, is a comprehensive, four-year public high school, part of the San Diego Unified School District.^[1] The school opened in September 1981. The school, commonly referred to as UC High, ranked 222nd in 2008 and 297th in 2009 on Newsweek's List of Best U.S. Public High Schools.

Contents 1 Sports 1.1 Fall sports 1.2 Winter sports 1.3 Spring sports 2 Music Department 3 Logos & school colors 4 Clubs 5 Notable alumni 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Sports

University City High School offers sports programs for student-athletes. The school mascot is the Centurion.

[edit] Fall sports

• Boys' and girls' cross country
• Field Hockey
• American football
• Girls' tennis
• Girls' volleyball
• Boys' water polo

[edit] Winter sports

• Boys' and girls' Basketball
• Boys' and girls' Soccer
• Wrestling http://members.cox.net/ucwrestling/
• Girls' Water Polo boys

[edit] Spring sports

• Badminton
• Baseball
• Golf
• Lacrosse
• Softball
• Swimming
• Fencing
• Boys' Tennis
• Track and Field
• Boys' Volleyball

[edit] Music Department

• UC Marching Band
• Orchestra
• Jazz Band
• Pep Band
• Choir

[edit] Logos & school colors

The colors and logos of University City have not much changed since its founding in 1981. The color palette of the school as well as their three primary logos, the UC Script, the Centurion, and the UC block logo are given below. The block logo is used as the "Varsity Letter" style for all varsity letter-earning athletes.

[edit] Clubs

[edit] Notable alumni

• Kent Ninomiya (TV news anchor, reporter and executive)^{[citation needed]}
• Félix Sánchez (Olympic Gold Medalist)^[2]
• Chris Richard (Major League Baseball Player)^{[citation needed]}
• Royce Pollard (College Football Player in Hawaii)^{[citation needed]}
• Mitch Beacom (College Baseball Player at UCLA)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• University City High School: Football

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