UP Fighting Maroons

The UP Fighting Maroons are the collegiate varsity teams of the University of the Philippines, primarily off Diliman, which play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the premiere sports league in the country.

UP Fighting Maroons
Logo of UP Fighting Maroons
SchoolUniversity of the Philippines Diliman
LeagueUAAP
Joined1938
(NCAA founding member – 1924)
LocationDiliman, Quezon City Philippines
Team colorsMaroon Forest Green
Women's teamUP Fighting Maroons
Juniors' teamUP Fighting Maroons
Websiteupfightingmaroons.x10.mx
Seniors' general championships
  • UAAP: 5
    1977–78 1978–79 1980–81 1982–83 1997–98
Juniors' general championships

The Fighting Maroons moniker, though, is more commonly used to refer to the men's basketball team (see Team monikers below).

History

UAAP Founding Member
UP is one of the founding members (1938) of the UAAP. It was also a founding member and the originator of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the year 1924.

UP was a perennial contender for the overall championship in the UAAP. The team last won the UAAP Seniors (now referred to as Collegiate) Overall Championship in the 1997–1998 season, two years before the University last hosted the competitions prior to its centennial.

The UAAP has eight member-universities and holds tournaments in 14 sports (17 sports disciplines). Only four of the eight member-universities participate in all of the fifteen 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 (vintage 1920s) 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: (Note that either UP/UPIS is appended before the team names for the case of the collegiate and high school teams, respectively.)

Sport Men's team names Women's team names Boys' team names Girls' team names
Basketball/3x3 Fighting Maroons Fighting Maroons Junior Fighting Maroons No team
Football Fighting Maroons Booters Fighting Maroons Booters No team No team
Volleyball/Beach Volley Fighting Maroons Fighting Maroons Fighting Maroons Fighting Maroons
Baseball Fighting Maroons Batters No Team No Team No team
Softball No team Fighting Maroons Batters No team No team
Badminton Fighting Maroons Smashers Fighting Maroons Smashers No team No team
Tennis Fighting Maroons Netters Fighting Maroons Netters No team No team
Table Tennis Fighting Maroons Paddlers Fighting Maroons Paddlers Junior Fighting Maroons Paddlers Junior Fighting Maroons Paddlers
Athletics Fighting Maroons Tracksters Fighting Maroons Tracksters Junior Fighting Maroons Tracksters Junior Fighting Maroons Tracksters
Swimming Fighting Maroons Tankers Fighting Maroons Tankers Junior Fighting Maroons Tankers Junior Fighting Maroons Tankers
Fencing Fighting Maroons Fencers Fighting Maroons Fencers Junior Fighting Maroons Fencers No team
Judo Fighting Maroons Judokas Fighting Maroons Judokas No team No team
Taekwondo (Poomsae/Sparring) Fighting Maroons Jins Fighting Maroons Jins No team No team
Chess Fighting Maroons Woodpushers Fighting Maroons Woodpushers No team No 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.[1]

Other varsity teams:

  • Pep Squad
  • Filipiniana Dance Troupe
  • UP Streetdance Club
The oblation was used in broadcasts as the logo of the UP Fighting Maroons prior to July 2015.
The Secondary Logo

Prior to July 2015, there is no official logo for the UP Fighting Maroons, thus the University Seal is used in uniforms of the university's student-athletes. UP System registered trademarks such as the Oblation and sometimes the university seal were used to represent the university's varsity team in UAAP broadcasts.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[4]

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 (along with Bernice de Leon-Yumul, Joanna Malinis, and Raxenne Maniquiz of Plus63 Design Co.), Kay Aranzanso, Ralph Guibani, and AJ Dimarucot.[4]

June 20, 2015, leaked proposal
The logo, unofficially released on June 15, 2015.

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.[3][4]

The new logo was negatively received by UP netizens. 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 which he didn't name and called on the manufacturer to sue the designers.[3]

The university clarified that the logo is still to be revised[3] 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 (and also the NCAA). It can be noted that UP has titles in all but two (beach volleyball and 3x3) of the disciplines in the UAAP program and the University boasts of successful swimming and athletics programs, with 34 and 24 titles apiece in the league (37 for swimming and 30 for athletics, if one includes NCAA). UP also holds the most titles in badminton (14) in the UAAP.


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

  • ^1 First of the streak is from UAAP Season 81 (2018–2019)
  • ^2 (UR) means UAAP Record.
  • ^3 The team has another streak from 1996–1999 (4).
  • ^4 Includes 1 co-championship (1977 with FEU).
  • ^5 Includes 2 co-championships (both with UST).

Double championships
A double crown is achieved when the collegiate (Men's and Women's) and high school (Boys' and Girls') squads win the championship of the same sport in the same year in the UAAP.

  • Collegiate:
    • Badminton: 4 (consecutive: 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01)
    • Swimming: 4 (1993–94, 1997–1998, 2010–2011, 2013–2014)
    • Judo: 3 (consecutive: 1995–96 and 1996–1997, 2007–08)
    • Volleyball: 2 (1977–78, 1979–80)
    • Football: 1 (2015–2016)
    • Baseball/Softball: 1 (2001–2002)
    • Table Tennis: 1 (1998–1999)

These are "double crowns" of a different nature.

  • Men's & Boys'
    • Basketball: 2 (NCAA: 1925–26 and 1926–27)
  • Men's & Girls'
    • Swimming: 2 (2006–07 and 2007–08)

Rankings history

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

Seniors Division
  • Gold border denotes overall championship season.
YearMEN'S
BasketballVolleyballBeach volleyballSwimmingChessTable tennisTennisBadmintonTrack and fieldFencingTaekwondoJudoBaseballFootball
1996–97[5]3rd4th 2nd2nd3rd2nd3rd5th1st C13rd1st2nd6th
1997–984th ? 1st2nd3rd1st3rd5th1st C13rd1st2nd6th
1998–995th6th 1st2nd1st1st1st5th 3rd2nd2nd3rd
1999–20001st
2000–013rd
2001–027th7th 4th5th1st7th3rd8th7th7th6th3rd3rd
2002–036th3rd 2nd6th2nd2nd1st6th5th5th2nd2nd2nd
2003–047th2nd 1st2nd2nd3rd5th4th4th4th3rd1st2nd
2004–055th2nd 1st4th5th3rd4th7th3rd6th2nd2nd6th
2005–064th C23rd 1st2nd3rd4th6th6th5th1st1st4th4th
2006–076th2nd2nd C31st2nd3rd2nd4th6th4th6th2nd4th3rd
2007–088th4th8th1st3rd4th3rd5th5th3rd5th1st3rd4th
2008–096th2nd4th3rd6th3rd3rd5th5th3rd4th4th2nd1st
2009–108th4th3rd4th5th3rd3rd4th5th3rd4th3rd3rd6th
2010–118th3rd4th1st4th4th4th5th6th1st3rd4th6th1st
2011–128th6th4th4th3rd5th4th6th6th3rd4th4th6th1st
2012–138th5th3rd5th6th5th6th3rd2nd
2013–148th4th1st6th4th3rd3rd2nd
YearBasketballVolleyballBeach volleyballSwimmingChessTable tennisTennisBadmintonTrack and fieldFencingTaekwondoJudoBaseballFootball
YearWOMEN'S
BasketballVolleyballBeach volleyballSwimmingChessTable tennisTennisBadmintonTrack and fieldFencingTaekwondoJudoSoftballFootball
1996–97[5]4th3rd 2nd 1st2nd1st5th1st C13rd1st1st5th
1997–983rd1st
1998–993rd5th 2nd2nd1st 1st6th 4th2nd3rd3rd
1999–20005th
2000–014th
2001–023rd4th 5th2nd2nd7th4th7th3rd5th5th3rd6th
2002–034th4th 3rd4th3rd3rd4th1st1st1st3rd4th
2003–042nd5th 3rd1st3rd3rd3rd7th1st2nd2nd 4th4th
2004–054th6th 3rd1st7th4th5th6th1st3rd1st5th2nd
2005–063rd7th 2nd2nd5th3rd4th7th3rd2nd2nd2nd4th
2006–074th6th7th C32nd3rd3rd2nd3rd4th2nd2nd1st2nd3rd
2007–082nd5th8th3rd3rd3rd4th4th5th3rd2nd1st1st5th
2008–092nd7th8th2nd4th3rd4th6th5th2nd3rd1st4th5th
2009–105th6th7th1st4th5th4th5th5th4th4th1st3rd4th
2010–116th7th7th1st4th4th3rd5th6th5th4th2nd4th5th
2011–127th8th7th1st2nd1st3rd5th4th4th3rd2nd2nd4th
2012–137th4th1st2nd6th5th6th4th2nd
2013–146th8th1st1st3rd4th2nd5th
YearBasketballVolleyballBeach volleyballSwimmingChessTable tennisTennisBadmintonTrack and fieldFencingTaekwondoJudoSoftballFootball
YearCOED
Poomsae
2013–142nd
2014–151st
2015–16 2nd
2016–17 3rd
2017–18 4th
2018–19 3rd
2019–20 3rd
2021–22 4th
2022–23 5th
  • ^C1 Fencing and Women's Tennis were demonstration sports in 1996–97, and is not included in the calculation of points for the overall championship.
  • ^C2 This placing is due to forfeiture of La Salle games. See UAAP Season 68 for details.
  • ^C3 Beach volleyball was a demonstration sport in 2006–07, and is not included in the calculation of points for the overall championship.

Juniors Division
YearBOYS'GIRLS'
BasketballVolleyballSwimmingChessTable tennisFootballTaekwondoTrack and fieldJudo Fencing Volleyball Swimming Fencing Table tennis
1996–97[5]6th4th6th–6th  ?5th   2nd5th    
2006–074th4th4th–3rd 3rd3rd–  3rd1st    
2007–087th5th4th–5th–3rd3rd–  4th1st    
2008–098th6th5th–4th–4th2nd–  4th3rd    
2009–108th6th5th8th6th––1st5th 4th4th3rd    
2010–118th6th5th–6th––1st– 4th3rd4th    
2011–127th6th5th–5th––1st5th 4th4th3rd    
2012–136th5th5th–7th––1st– –5th3rd –  
2013–147th7th5th–8th––3rd– 5th6th4th –  
2014–157th7th4th–5th––– –7th2nd – –  
2015–166th7th5th–8th––3rd– 6th7th3rd – 5th
2016–176th8th6th–8th– 1st6th  7th3rd – –
2017–187th8th5th––––– 7th – – –
2018–198th8th5th–8th––– –_ – 3rd – –
2019–208th–4th–––––– –7th2nd – 6th

Team sports

Basketball

UP Fighting Maroons Season 84 Championship Team[6][7]

  • Ricci Rivero (co-captain)
  • Noah Webb (co-captain)
  • Carl Tamayo (Season 84 ROY and Mythical Team Selection)
  • Zavier Lucero (Season 84 Mythical Team Selection)
  • Maodo Malick Diouf (Season 84 Finals MVP)
  • JD Cagulangan
  • CJ Cansino
  • James Spencer
  • Gerry Abadiano
  • Harold Alarcon
  • Terrence Fortea
  • Bismarck Lina
  • Brix Ramos
  • CJ Catapusan
  • RC Calimag
  • Anton Eusebio
  • Henry Galinato Jr. (reserve)
  • AJ Madrigal (reserve)
  • Jboy Gob (reserve)
  • Alonso Tan (reserve)

UP Fighting Maroons current recruits[8]

  • Jancork Cabahug
  • Chicco Briones[9]
  • Aldous Torculas[10]
  • Cyril Gonzales
  • Miguel Tan
  • Francis "LeBron" Lopez[11]
  • Seven Gagate
  • Manuel Antonio Luis Pablo

Notable players

Notable players

Women

Men

Beach volleyball

The school has men's and women's beach volleyball teams.[12]

See also

References
  1. Basilio, Jelena; Ferrer, Ivy (October 17, 2022). "UP MBT survives, WBT falls prey to Ateneo in Battle of Katipunan". Tinig ng Plaridel. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  2. Frialde, Mike (July 20, 2015). "UP unveils new logo for sports teams". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  3. "Netizens react to new UP Fighting Maroons logo". CNN Philippines. June 20, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  4. Ganglani, Naveen (July 20, 2015). "University of the Philippines releases new Fighting Maroons logo". Rappler. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  5. UAAP 59 Web Archive Retrieved October 15, 2007
  6. Li, Matthew (March 23, 2020). "UP places Henry Galinato in reserve list for UAAP 84". Tiebreaker Times.
  7. Leongson, Randolph (May 13, 2022). "Cagulangan heroics in OT lead UP Maroons to first UAAP title in 36 years". Spin.ph.
  8. Leongson, Randolph B. (December 25, 2020). "UAAP yearender: Focus turns to recruitment as virus wipes out games". Spin.ph. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  9. "'Tip of the iceberg': Pumaren raves about Michael Phillips' leadership potential". www.rappler.com. Rappler. July 11, 2022. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  10. "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". www.spin.ph. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  11. Ganglani, Naveen (January 21, 2023). "After 'curveballs, few distractions,' LeBron Lopez jumps from Ateneo to UP". www.rappler.com. Rappler. Archived from the original on January 21, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  12. Cruz, Danine (September 24, 2018). "LOOK: UAAP Season 81 Beach Volleyball Lineups". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
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