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AKRON, Ohio – Highlighted by five teams
celebrating championships, record accomplishments in academics, and
new heights in ticket sales, The University of Akron Department of
Athletics enjoyed one of its most productive years in school
history in 2012-13.
Those and many other outstanding achievements from the previous
academic year are touted in the Zips Athletics Annual Report, which
was released on Tuesday.
Read 2012-13 Zips Athletics Annual Report
During 2012-13, the Zips claimed both the Mid-American Conference
regular season and tournament titles in men's basketball and men's
soccer, the MAC men's outdoor track and field championship, a MAC
East Division title in women's basketball, and the Mid-Atlantic
Conference small-bore championship in rifle.
UA Athletics fields 19 men's and women's varsity teams, comprised
of more than 450 student-athletes. The Zips compete in the Football
Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the NCAA's Division I and are a member of
the Mid-American Conference. The rifle team (coed) competes in the
Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference and Western Intercollegiate Rifle
Conference.
