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6.23.10 | Football
T-Birds announce preseason Alumni Game
For the first time in recent memory, the T-Birds have scheduled an alumni game, pitting former players versus the current roster in a friendly preseason exhibition tilt. The 2010 Alumni Game takes place Saturday August 28, 2010 at Thunderbird Stadium. Kick-off is set for 3:30 p.m.

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6.22.10 | Basketball (m)
Golden Gophers coming to War Gym for exhibition tilt
The UBC Thunderbirds are rekindling their tradition of hosting an early season exhibition game against NCAA competition this coming fall. UBC welcomes the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers to War Memorial Gym for an exhibition tilt September 2 at 7:00 p.m.

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6.22.10 | Volleyball (m)
Densmore named new full-time assistant coach
Chris Densmore has been hired as the UBC Thunderbirds men's volleyball full-time assistant coach. He is replacing Leo Carroll who will be moving to Ireland in the fall to pursue a degree in medicine from the University College of Cork.

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7.8.10 | Soccer (w)
Women's Soccer open try-outs
The UBC Thunderbird Women's Soccer team will be hosting open try-outs August 3 and August 5, 2010 from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Try-outs will take place at the Thunderbird Park Varsity Turf Fields. See map for directional information (PDF).

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6.16.10 | Track and Field
Rashpal Dhillon track and field oval officially opened
The long awaited official opening of the Rashpal Dhillon UBC Track and Field Oval at the Point Grey UBC campus took place Wednesday afternoon during the UBC Pre-Jerome Open.

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6.16.10 | Football
Olson announces large recruiting class for 2010 season
In a season that will be filled with firsts, UBC head coach Shawn Olson crossed off another major milestone in his debut as a CIS boss with the official announcement of his 2010 recruiting class.

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6.16.10 | Volleyball (m)
T-Birds add pair of college recruits
UBC Thunderbirds head coach Richard Schick has added a pair of collegiate transfers for the upcoming 2010-11 season. Milo Warren, a 6-foot-3 left side attacker from Vancouver Island University, and Chris Klassen, a 6-foot-3 setter from Capilano University, will both suit up in the Blue and Gold as fourth-year seniors this fall.

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6.21.10 | Golf (m)
Sheeman adds British Amateur appearance to resume
UBC Thunderbird David Sheeman recently competed at the 2010 R & A British Amateur Championship taking on the best non-professional golfers in the world at the famed Muirfield and North Berwick courses.

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Thunderbird Facts
Did You Know...
WFH CW titles overall
The UBC Thunderbirds women's field hockey team has won 21 Canada West Championships, the most of any UBC team.
1st Winner of the Bobby Gaul Award
George Pringle, a three-time All-Star, was the first person to be selected winner of the prestigious Bobby Gaul Award.
Women's golf NAIA
The women's golf team claimed their third NAIA National Championship in team history in 2010, adding to the banners they won in 2000 and 2004.
UBC's Mascot
UBC's mascot is the thunderbird.
Men's basketball
The UBC Thunderbirds men's basketball team has qualified for seven of the last CIS Final 8 National Championships. In 2008-09 and 2009-10 they brought home silver medals.
Doug Reimer
UBC Thunderbirds women's volleyball coach Doug Reimer became the first coach in his sport's CIS history to claim five national Coach of the Year honours. He has won the award twice while at UBC (2006, '10), once at Victoria, and twice at Winnipeg.
BLG winners
Three UBC Thunderbirds have brought home BLG Awards as the CIS Athlete of the Year. Liz Cordonier (Female, 2010) from women's volleyball is the most recent winner. Swimmers Annamay Pierse (Female, 2009) and Brian Johns (Male, 2002) have also earned this recognition.
WFH CW titles streak
The UBC Thunderbirds women's field hockey team has won seven straight Canada West Championships.
CIS Swimming titles
The women's and men's swimming teams have won a combined 28 CIS Championships.  Since 1998, these two teams have won 22 of those CIS titles.
UBC women's volleyball
The UBC Thunderbirds women's volleyball team are three-time defending CIS Champions (2008-2010).
First Hall of Fame Inductions
The first inductions into the UBC Sports Hall of Fame were celebrated in 1993.
UBC's First Canadian Championship
Eddie Mulhern won the Canadian amateur featherweight boxing championship in 1926 – the first Canadian championship won by a UBC athlete or team.
MSOC CW titles
The UBC men's soccer team has won 12 Canada West titles, the most of any male T-Bird squad.
UBC T-Birds Basketball Champs in 1937
George Pringle, one of UBC's basketball stars of the 1930s, led the Thunderbirds to the Canadian championship in 1937.
Liz Cordonier
In 2010, Volleyball standout Liz Cordonier became the first-ever T-Bird to be recognized as the Marilyn Pomfret Award winner (UBC female athlete of the year) and May Brown Trophy recipient (graduating UBC female athlete of the year) at the same Big Block Banquet.
Cory Renfrew
Golfer Cory Renfrew is the first male T-Bird to earn the Bobby Gaul Memorial Trophy (Graduating athlete of the year) and the Bus Phillips Memorial Trophy (athlete of the year). He won the Phillips in 2009 and then added the Gaul in 2010.
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