Athletics

Mo Almarhoun came to the United States from Saudi Arabia to pursue chemical engineering and life as a student-athlete.

The adaptive athletics program at the University of Arizona continues to grow and will benefit from new state funding thanks to newly appropriated money in Arizona's 2020 budget.

On the UA volleyball team’s European tour, the student-athletes will be enrolled in a study abroad class, adding an educational and cultural component to their competition schedule.

Coach Chad Berman and his players are as serious about community outreach as they are about scoring goals, and the American Collegiate Hockey Association has taken notice.

Fifty years after the UA marching band performed at the halftime show of the hype-free first Super Bowl in Los Angeles, the Pride of Arizona is still going strong. With UANews video.

UA researcher Russell Toomey has developed a scale to measure college athletes' engagement in LGBT ally behaviors. Toomey says that student-athletes can be highly effective allies because they often serve as role models on campuses, and he hopes his study will start a nationwide conversation.

With support from the NCAA, UA researchers Michael Grandner and Amy Athey developed Project REST to help student-athletes improve their sleep and, in turn, their athletic performance. The findings were presented at last week's NCAA annual convention.

MRI scans reveal that running may affect the structure and function of the brain in ways similar to complex tasks such as playing a musical instrument.

A group of current and former UA athletes is competing for gold during the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, which is currently open and continues through Sept. 18.

UA sport psychologist Amy Athey says the world's elite performers trust their training and do their best to stay in the moment, trying to not overthink what they have prepared to do.