University of the Pacific

The University of the Pacific, formerly College of the Pacific, is an independent university, first chartered in 1851 in Santa Clara, California under the name California Wesleyan College. The College of the Pacific moved to San Jose in 1871, and to its present location in Stockton in 1923. It was the state's second institution for higher learning, post-dating the present Santa Clara University by a few months. The University of the Pacific has three campuses in three cities: McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, and the main campus in Stockton which also includes a large postgraduate pharmeceutical school.

Athletics

The University of the Pacific competes as the Tigers in the Big West Conference. Headed by Lynn King, the athletics department sponsors 15 sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's cross-country, women's field hockey, men's golf, women's soccer, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's volleyball and men's and women's water polo. The university's two national champtionships have come in volleyball. The school stopped sponsoring football in 1995.

Related Topics:
Big West Conference - Baseball - Basketball - Cross-country - Field hockey - Golf - Soccer - Swimming - Tennis - Volleyball - Water polo - Football

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Facilities include the 350-seat Bill Simoni field for softball, the 6,150-seat Alex G. Spanos Center for basketball and volleyball, the 30,000-seat Amos Alonzo Stagg Memorial Stadium for soccer (and until 1995, football), the Hal Nelson Tennis Courts and the Chris Kjeldsen Pool. The Klein Family Field for baseball is expected to be completed in time for the 2006 season.

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