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ZonaZoo is the name for the official student section and student ticketing program for intercollegiate athletic events at the University of Arizona
(U of A). It is the official student-run student section and student ticketing program for the University of Arizona athletic program.
With a name for the campus-wide spirit shirt, U of A was on the road to creating a spirit group that would rival the Cameron Crazies of Duke
and the Izzone of Michigan State
. With the help of Arizona Athletics, ASUA designed and produced 5,000 T-shirts emblazoned with the Zona Zoo logo. The shirts were given away, free of charge, to every U of A student who had won basketball tickets in that year’s lottery. After the huge success of the Zona Zoo T-shirt giveaway, Arizona Athletics and ASUA chose to grow the group and serve all of the University’s athletes and teams.
In the Fall of 2003, the ZonaZoo became the official student ticketing program for University of Arizona Athletics. Students who purchased season tickets for U of A football games were given a Zona Zoo card which gave the student access to every U of A sporting event, except for men’s basketball. The students were also provided with a Zona ZooT-Shirt, a weekly ZonaZoo newsletter, and special events, including pre-game tailgates and meet-the-team events.
Since its true birth as a student ticketing program in 2003, ZonaZoo has continued to grow and unite students across the University of Arizona campus. Since Senator Wand, ZonaZoo Directors Amber Harryman and Michael Huston lead the way for further success and growth of the ZonaZoo program. In 2006-2007 ZonaZoo continued its growth again and reached a membership of 12,000 students, nearly one out of every three students at the U of A is a ZonaZoo member.
The Arizona Daily Wildcat
described the content of the Zona Screw newsletter as “recent news, a game analysis and the opposing team's lineup. More importantly, the founders have created the ‘Screw of the Game’ and the ‘Tool of the Game,’ as well as suggested chants, in order to ‘unify’ the student section”.
The Zona Screw was founded by Matt Van Horn, Joshua Cohen, Michael Biegelman, Scott Karpen and Darrin Brill as a campus club. On September 20, 2007 it officially was dissolved into ASUA to become required at all football and basketball games. Past editors include Andy Greenberg and Lee Gruen.
Recently, there has been a struggle between the Zona Screw staff and ASUA surrounding censorship regarding content that the governing student council considers inappropriate for the fans. ASUA has also had issues with fan behavior during games.
Some other quotes used during the game are:
"Pick a Major", referring to a baseball player without an academic major, or undeclared/undecided major.
"Get your Rascal", aka call to the bullpen.
"Figure it out!" and "Get your life together."
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the hot corner" this was also the quote on the t-shirts during the 2005 season.
For the '06-'07 school year ASUA created the Zona Zoo Crew, a team of spirited leaders who work together to make new policies, new programs, events, activities, and boost spirit.
An increase in the number of ZZC (Zona Zoo Crew) members translates to more student benefits, which is a big part of what makes the pass so valuable to students. As Zona Zoo has grown so has its programming, between pre-game tailgate events, road trips, etc. students have an abundance of opportunities to get involved and have fun with Zona Zoo. Through the efforts of the ZZC, Zona Zoo has become much more than a pass, our motto is “It’s a way of life.” and it truly has become such.
Shown below is a graphical representation of the growth of the Zona Zoo Crew since the creation of Zona Zoo in 2003.
Here is the newly designed structure of the 2007-2008 Zona Zoo Crew
The asset of a large, loud, and spirited student section like ZonaZoo is truly invaluable, and has reverberating effects on the school and athletics. In the past decade or so, Arizona football has gone through a tough patch, but with the introduction of a new coach and a new student section, football games have turned into the new place for U of A students to flex their spirited muscles, and the effects don’t stop there. Since its creation in 2003, the ZonaZoo Student Section at Arizona Football games has grown into the largest student section in the entire Pac-10 Conference at over 10,000 fans strong. Not only has the growth of ZonaZoo’s membership increased at an unprecedented rate, but the ripple effects of this new found spirit have translated into further positive effects at football games.
The creation of ZonaZoo has sparked a new interest in spirit and pride at the University of Arizona that has resulted in numerous games with record breaking ticket sales. This new energy has boosted school spirit and pride on campus and in the community. Even the football team has been feeling the change. Not only has their winning percentage increased, but in recent years, several of the teams Arizona has faced in their homecoming football games have been ranked in the national top 10.
on the roof of Bear Down Gymnasium and became truly inspired by the legacy of those words. He began to scribble down the music and lyrics to an up-tempo song and by the time his plane landed, what was once a small brown lunch sack now had the finished version of our beloved fight song. A few weeks later, Lee was named the university’s band director and in September of that year, the UA band performed “Bear Down, Arizona!” in public for the first time.
During rivalry games against the in-state rival Arizona State, fans often replace "Hit 'em hard, Let 'em know who's who!" with "Kick the shit out of ASU!"
is the University of Arizona's marching and pep bands. Through the hard work and dedication of both staff and students alike, it has built a reputation as one of the finest athletic band organizations of its kind in the country. Our approach is always on the cutting edge, creating socially relevant artistic statements while performing challenging musical arrangements and contemporary, drum-corps style drill design.
With over 250 members, the "Pride" includes a battery-unit drumline and award-winning auxiliary units of baton twirlers, pom pon dancers and color guard. Filled with a sense of tradition and enthusiasm, the "Pride of Arizona" provides UA students with a place to make music, new friends, support the Wildcat spirit, and grow individually.
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
(U of A). It is the official student-run student section and student ticketing program for the University of Arizona athletic program.
ZonaZoo History
In the fall of 2002, ASUA (Associated Students of the University of Arizona) Student Body President Douglas J. Hartz, Senator Peter Wand, and Assistant Athletic Director Scott Mackenzie collaborated to create the first official student spirit shirt for the University of Arizona men's basketball team. To help design and create the shirt a campus-wide contest was held with the help of the Arizona Daily Wildcat to help give the shirt its name. After reviewing hundreds of entries, Senator Wand teamed up with fellow ASUA Senator Andy Hottovy and met with the 2003 U of A's men's basketball team to decide the winner. Through much deliberation, U of A guard, Jason Gardner ended all debate and convinced the group that the entry by Junior Jennie Won of, “The ZonaZoo,” was the winner.With a name for the campus-wide spirit shirt, U of A was on the road to creating a spirit group that would rival the Cameron Crazies of Duke
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
and the Izzone of Michigan State
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
. With the help of Arizona Athletics, ASUA designed and produced 5,000 T-shirts emblazoned with the Zona Zoo logo. The shirts were given away, free of charge, to every U of A student who had won basketball tickets in that year’s lottery. After the huge success of the Zona Zoo T-shirt giveaway, Arizona Athletics and ASUA chose to grow the group and serve all of the University’s athletes and teams.
In the Fall of 2003, the ZonaZoo became the official student ticketing program for University of Arizona Athletics. Students who purchased season tickets for U of A football games were given a Zona Zoo card which gave the student access to every U of A sporting event, except for men’s basketball. The students were also provided with a Zona ZooT-Shirt, a weekly ZonaZoo newsletter, and special events, including pre-game tailgates and meet-the-team events.
Since its true birth as a student ticketing program in 2003, ZonaZoo has continued to grow and unite students across the University of Arizona campus. Since Senator Wand, ZonaZoo Directors Amber Harryman and Michael Huston lead the way for further success and growth of the ZonaZoo program. In 2006-2007 ZonaZoo continued its growth again and reached a membership of 12,000 students, nearly one out of every three students at the U of A is a ZonaZoo member.
Zona Screw
The Zona Screw is the official sports newsletter of the ZonaZoo and ASUA. The Zona Screw newsletter is distributed at home University of Arizona basketball and football games with the purpose of supplying game information to students.The Arizona Daily Wildcat
Arizona Daily Wildcat
The Arizona Daily Wildcat is a student newspaper serving the University of Arizona. It was founded in 1899 as the Sage Green and Silver. Previous names include Arizona Weekly Life, University Life, Arizona Life and Arizona Wildcat. Its distribution is within the university and the Tucson, Arizona...
described the content of the Zona Screw newsletter as “recent news, a game analysis and the opposing team's lineup. More importantly, the founders have created the ‘Screw of the Game’ and the ‘Tool of the Game,’ as well as suggested chants, in order to ‘unify’ the student section”.
The Zona Screw was founded by Matt Van Horn, Joshua Cohen, Michael Biegelman, Scott Karpen and Darrin Brill as a campus club. On September 20, 2007 it officially was dissolved into ASUA to become required at all football and basketball games. Past editors include Andy Greenberg and Lee Gruen.
Recently, there has been a struggle between the Zona Screw staff and ASUA surrounding censorship regarding content that the governing student council considers inappropriate for the fans. ASUA has also had issues with fan behavior during games.
The Hot Corner
The Hot Corner is a group of students who attend baseball games at U of A since 2003. Originally created by Matt Crawford, Ben Mann, and Joel Monson, they sit in a group of 50 or more along the 3rd base line (Hot Corner base), most notably sections 12, 13 and 14. It is a part of the Zona Zoo and they have their own t-shirts with the Hot Corner name and a quote for that year. During the 2006 season, the quote was "Swimming in your Dome", referring to students getting in opposing teams heads and knocking them off of their game.Some other quotes used during the game are:
"Pick a Major", referring to a baseball player without an academic major, or undeclared/undecided major.
"Get your Rascal", aka call to the bullpen.
"Figure it out!" and "Get your life together."
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the hot corner" this was also the quote on the t-shirts during the 2005 season.
The Upper 90
The Upper 90 is a group of students who attend women's soccer games at U of A since 2009.ZonaZoo Crew
When Zona Zoo was introduced in the Fall of 2003 the Associated Students of the University of Arizona created 'ASUA Spirit', a department in the Presidential Cabinet in ASUA that runs the Zona Zoo Program. Originally run by one director the growth of the program created too much work for one director so an assistant position was created. As the Zona Zoo program has continued to grow, so has its leadership.For the '06-'07 school year ASUA created the Zona Zoo Crew, a team of spirited leaders who work together to make new policies, new programs, events, activities, and boost spirit.
An increase in the number of ZZC (Zona Zoo Crew) members translates to more student benefits, which is a big part of what makes the pass so valuable to students. As Zona Zoo has grown so has its programming, between pre-game tailgate events, road trips, etc. students have an abundance of opportunities to get involved and have fun with Zona Zoo. Through the efforts of the ZZC, Zona Zoo has become much more than a pass, our motto is “It’s a way of life.” and it truly has become such.
Shown below is a graphical representation of the growth of the Zona Zoo Crew since the creation of Zona Zoo in 2003.
Here is the newly designed structure of the 2007-2008 Zona Zoo Crew
ZonaZoo Growth
Zona Zoo has established itself as a monstrous force on campus and has forever changed school spirit at the University of Arizona. Compared to similar universities with established spirit programs, Zona Zoo has not only surpassed them in spirit, but in attendance too. ZonaZoo in its comparatively short lifespan has grown to be the largest student section in the entire Pac-10 Conference, beating out USC's Trojan Pride (est. 1912) and UC Berkeley's Rally Committee (est. 1901).The asset of a large, loud, and spirited student section like ZonaZoo is truly invaluable, and has reverberating effects on the school and athletics. In the past decade or so, Arizona football has gone through a tough patch, but with the introduction of a new coach and a new student section, football games have turned into the new place for U of A students to flex their spirited muscles, and the effects don’t stop there. Since its creation in 2003, the ZonaZoo Student Section at Arizona Football games has grown into the largest student section in the entire Pac-10 Conference at over 10,000 fans strong. Not only has the growth of ZonaZoo’s membership increased at an unprecedented rate, but the ripple effects of this new found spirit have translated into further positive effects at football games.
The creation of ZonaZoo has sparked a new interest in spirit and pride at the University of Arizona that has resulted in numerous games with record breaking ticket sales. This new energy has boosted school spirit and pride on campus and in the community. Even the football team has been feeling the change. Not only has their winning percentage increased, but in recent years, several of the teams Arizona has faced in their homecoming football games have been ranked in the national top 10.
Fight Wildcats, Fight!
"Fight! Wildcats! Fight!” written in 1929 by Dugald Stanley Holsclaw, is the first fight song of the University of Arizona. The song was first played at the 1930 Homecoming game and was recognized on the NBC radio network that same year as one of the best compositions in the collegiate realm.Lyrics
- Hail! Arizona Wildcats!
- Fighting for old U.A.
- A raging team of Wildcats,
- Growling for the fray.
- There's not a team can stop them
- When the ball goes into play
- So fight! team!
- Fight with all your might
- And win today!
- Fight! Wildcats! Fight for Arizona,
- We're with you ever staunch and true,
- This day we hail you and we cheer you,
- They can't defeat the Red and Blue.
- Circle the ends and crash thru center
- Hit hard and gain on ev'ry play
- Fight! Wildcats! Fight! Fight! Fight!
- We'll win today!
Bear Down, Arizona!
In 1952, Jack K. Lee, an applicant for the UA’s band directorship, was leaving Tucson by air following an interview with university administration. From his airplane window, Lee observed the huge words Bear DownBear Down
"Bear Down" is the official motto of the University of Arizona , located in Tucson, Arizona. It is the inspiration for "Bear Down, Arizona!," the unofficial fight song of the school's Arizona Wildcats...
on the roof of Bear Down Gymnasium and became truly inspired by the legacy of those words. He began to scribble down the music and lyrics to an up-tempo song and by the time his plane landed, what was once a small brown lunch sack now had the finished version of our beloved fight song. A few weeks later, Lee was named the university’s band director and in September of that year, the UA band performed “Bear Down, Arizona!” in public for the first time.
Lyrics
- Let's Cheer for Arizona
- Let's raise our voices high
- Let's Cheer for Arizona the Bear Down Battle Cry
- Let's Cheer our team to victory
- Let's Cheer our team to fame
- Let's Cheer for Arizona for spirit wins the game
- Bear Down Arizona
- Bear Down Red and Blue
- Bear Down Arizona
- Hit 'em hard.
- Let 'em know who's who!
- Bear Down Arizona
- Bear Down Red and Blue
- Go! Go! Wildcats go!
- Arizona Bear Down
During rivalry games against the in-state rival Arizona State, fans often replace "Hit 'em hard, Let 'em know who's who!" with "Kick the shit out of ASU!"
Pride of Arizona
The Pride of ArizonaThe Pride of Arizona
The Pride of Arizona is the University of Arizona's marching band. The band was founded in 1902 as the UA ROTC Band and contained 12 members. Over the years, the band has performed in prestigious venues such as Super Bowl I and the Inaugural Parade of President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. ...
is the University of Arizona's marching and pep bands. Through the hard work and dedication of both staff and students alike, it has built a reputation as one of the finest athletic band organizations of its kind in the country. Our approach is always on the cutting edge, creating socially relevant artistic statements while performing challenging musical arrangements and contemporary, drum-corps style drill design.
With over 250 members, the "Pride" includes a battery-unit drumline and award-winning auxiliary units of baton twirlers, pom pon dancers and color guard. Filled with a sense of tradition and enthusiasm, the "Pride of Arizona" provides UA students with a place to make music, new friends, support the Wildcat spirit, and grow individually.