UP Fighting Maroons


The UP Fighting Maroons are the collegiate varsity teams of the University of the Philippines Diliman. The teams play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, the Philippines' premier college sports league.
UP is one of four member-universities that participate in all 15 sporting events of the league.

History

UP was one of the founding members of the UAAP in 1938. It was also a founding member and the originator of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the year 1924.
UP is a perennial contender for the overall championship in the UAAP every season. The team last won the UAAP Seniors Overall Championship in the 1997–1998 season, two years before UP last hosted the competitions before its centennial.
The UAAP has eight member-universities and holds tournaments in 13 sports. Only four of the eight member-universities participate in all of the thirteen sports; UP is one of these four.

Team identity

Team monikers

Prior to the establishment of the NCAA in 1924, the sports press have been referring to the collegiate teams by the color of their uniforms. School varsity teams were called the Blue and Whites, the Red and Whites, the Green and Whites and in the case of UP, the Maroon and Greens. In the late 1930s, schools started to adopt mascots and the sports press would now refer to their varsity teams by the name of their mascots. Sportswriters wrote about the games played by the Blue Eagles, the Green Archers, the Red Lions in their sports articles for their news dailies. In the case of UP, the varsity team was called the UP Parrots when the school adopted the parrot as its mascot. Sometime in the 1990s, the moniker UP Parrots was changed to UP Fighting Maroons when the parrot was dropped as the team mascot. The new moniker revived the old name Maroons, and the adjective "fighting" was added to describe the kind of spirit that the varsity teams of UP have when they participate in the arena of competitive sports.
Aside from Fighting Maroons, which is applicable for all teams, there are other official varsity team names that exist, which are sourced from the school's official student publications. They are as follows:
SportMen's team namesWomen's team namesBoys' team namesGirls' team names
Basketball/3x3Fighting MaroonsFighting MaroonsJunior Fighting MaroonsNo team
FootballFighting Maroons BootersFighting Maroons BootersNo teamNo team
Volleyball/Beach VolleyFighting MaroonsFighting MaroonsFighting MaroonsFighting Maroons
BaseballFighting Maroons BattersNo TeamNo TeamNo team
SoftballNo teamFighting Maroons BattersNo teamNo team
BadmintonFighting Maroons SmashersFighting Maroons SmashersNo teamNo team
TennisMaroon Tennis TeamMaroon Tennis TeamNo teamNo team
Table TennisFighting Maroons PaddlersFighting Maroons PaddlersJunior Fighting Maroons PaddlersJunior Fighting Maroons Paddlers
AthleticsFighting Maroons TrackstersFighting Maroons TrackstersJunior Fighting Maroons TrackstersJunior Fighting Maroons Tracksters
SwimmingFighting Maroons TankersFighting Maroons TankersJunior Fighting Maroons TankersJunior Fighting Maroons Tankers
FencingFighting Maroons FencersFighting Maroons FencersJunior Fighting Maroons FencersNo team
JudoFighting Maroons JudokasFighting Maroons JudokasNo teamNo team
Taekwondo Fighting Maroons JinsFighting Maroons JinsNo teamNo team
ChessFighting Maroons WoodpushersFighting Maroons WoodpushersNo teamNo team

Note, however, that such student publications are starting to use Fighting Maroons for all teams and just specify the team thus referred to in the lede or in the first mention.
Other varsity teams:
Prior to July 2015, there was no official logo for the UP Fighting Maroons. The University Seal was used in the uniforms of the university's student-athletes. The UP System's registered trademarks such as the Oblation and sometimes the university seal were used to represent the university's varsity team in UAAP broadcasts. A new logo representing the varsity team had to be designed after UP College of Human Kinetics Dean Ronnie Dizer told ABS-CBN Sports, the official broadcaster of the UAAP, that the Oblation logo is no longer allowed in UAAP coverage.
On July 20, 2015, a set of six logos were released by the University of the Philippines. The new main logo uses a clenched left fist as a primary symbol with the teams initials UMP. The logo according to the university highlights the "institution’s unique history and tradition – catalysts for change and defenders of the people.” The letter "M" is incorporated at the bottom part of the fist. The M design of the main logo is named the "M Cut". A partial version of the logo which composes only of the fist with the M Cut of the main logo may be used where the name of the team or the university is not required to be shown.
In addition, an internal, secondary, and tertiary logos were also revealed. The internal logo is in shape of the Oblation, the secondary logo is a geometric shapes arranged in a form of a fist, and the tertiary logo composes of a man and a woman raising and clenching one of their fists, named Isko & Iska. The later two logos, the secondary and tertiary are used for marketing and promotional purposes.
The proposal for the new brand identity was initiated by Mandy Reyes and Pete Jimenez of Nowhere to Go but UP, an alumni organization. The design team is composed of the following: Dan Matutina, Kay Aranzanso, Ralph Guibani, and AJ Dimarucot.

June 20, 2015, leaked proposal

Prior to the July release of the new logos, one of the proposals for a new logo for the UP Fighting Maroons were unofficially released on June 15. The logo released on June 15 features a warrior holding a shield with the inscription "UP" in baybayin on his left hands aiming to throw a spear with his right hand.
The new logo was negatively received by the UP community. UP alumnus and Supreme Court spokesman Atty. Theodore Te criticized the logo and remarked that "There is a reason why there is an Oblation in every UP campus. And so many clenched fists too. That is the spirit behind the Oblation: service and sacrifice; the giving of self. It is the same spirit that moves every UP student and alum to raise a fist or offer a hand and not see any contradiction." Jojo Robles, a columnist at The Standard and another UP alumnus, agreed with Te's comments and implied that the logo violated the trademark of a vinegar manufacturer and called on the manufacturer to sue the designers.
The university clarified that the logo is still to be revised and the final version of the logo was released a month later on June 20, 2015.

Championships

The following table shows the number of championships in the UAAP. It can be noted that UP has titles in all but two of the disciplines in the UAAP program. The University boasts successful swimming and athletics programs, with 35 and 25 titles apiece in the league. UP also holds the most titles in badminton in the UAAP.

UAAP

Note: Poomsae is a coed event. The most championships in each division are in ''italics.''

NCAA

SportMen'sWomen'sBoys'Girls'TotalNotes
Basketball437
Swimming33
Tennis1-----

  • Also has six uncategorized team titles in athletics.
Legend:
  • Dashes mean no team.
  • Black boxes mean no championships were awarded in this event and division. In the case of NCAA, no titles were awarded in the entire time UP was part of the said league.
Streaks
  • Current/Active Championship Streak:
  • Longest Championship Streak :
  • means UAAP Record.
  • The team has another streak from 1996–1999.
  • Includes 1 co-championship.
  • Includes 2 co-championships.
Double championships
A double crown is achieved when the collegiate and high school squads win the championship of the same sport in the same year in the UAAP.
  • Collegiate:
  • * Badminton: 4
  • * Swimming: 4
  • * Judo: 3
  • * Volleyball: 2
  • * Football: 1
  • * Baseball/Softball: 1
  • * Table Tennis: 1
These are "double crowns" of a different nature.
  • Men's & Boys'
  • * Basketball: 2
  • Men's & Girls'
  • * Swimming: 2

    Rankings history

The following tables show the rankings history of the teams in the UAAP.

Collegiate Division

  • Gold border denotes overall championship season.
YearCOED
YearImage:Taekwondo pictogram.svg|30px|Poomsae
2013–142nd
2014–151st
2015–162nd
2016–173rd
2017–184th
2018–193rd
2019–203rd
2021–224th
2022–235th

  • Fencing and Women's Tennis were demonstration sports in 1996–97, and is not included in the calculation of points for the overall championship.
  • This placing is due to forfeiture of La Salle games. See UAAP Season 68 for details.
  • Beach volleyball was a demonstration sport in 2006–07, and is not included in the calculation of points for the overall championship.