The new uniform showcases a two-toned red and white jacket with a metallic gradient sash, accentuated by a small red gothic “L” logo on the right sleeve. Positioned prominently, the iconic Cardinal logo adorns the left chest, while the “Louisville” wordmark spans across the upper back.������

“The donation was anonymous as was the exact amount, but it was motivated by our strong appearances and appreciation for the students’ hard work representing our university at high profile events over the past year,” said Jason Cumberledge, director of athletic bands. “It was noticed that we had a need for a new and fresh appearance that matches the energy of our athletics teams.”������

Cumberledge said all of the band directors had a hand in designing and approving the new uniform design. He also recalls the moment the ensemble learned about the new uniforms.������

“A loud roar was heard following the announcement,” he said.

The details create a sleek and sophisticated aesthetic, while paying homage to the current uniforms, which have been in use for the past decade.

The Cardinal Marching Band is the largest musical ambassador representing the University of Louisville and the second largest student organization on campus. With vibrant tradition and sound that spans more than 80 years, the Cardinal Marching Band has been�� prominently featured. They have been notably recognized as the official marching band of the Kentucky Derby since 1936.����

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from the University of Louisville vs. Jacksonville State game held on Sept. 7, 2024.��

By Laren Hines

Senior Jayden Ulrich is the first Cardinal track and field athlete to represent the U.S. at the Olympics. She’s competing in the women’s discus throw.

“I couldn’t be more excited to represent Team USA at the Olympic Games,” Ulrich said. “It means so much that all the work I’ve put in is finally paying off!”

She won her spot after finishing second in the discus throw at U.S. Olympic Team Trials with a throw of 63.61 meters in the preliminaries and a 62.63 toss in the finals.

Ulrich is the second female Olympian in the history of UofL’s track and field program after Chinwe Okoro ’11 competed in the women’s discus throw for Nigeria at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

UofL is well-represented in Paris, with current student-athletes and alums taking part in swimming, diving, golf and basketball competitions.

Swimming

• Junior Denis Loktev competes for Israel in the 200 free and the freestyle relays.
• Junior Denis Petrashov represents Kyrgyzstan in breaststroke events.
• Junior Murilo Sartori competes for Brazil on the 800 freestyle relay team.
• Graduate student Ilia Sibirtsev swims for Uzbekistan in the 800 free.
• Nicolas Albiero ’21,’22 joins Sartori on the Brazilian team and competes in the 200 fly.
• Andrej Barna ’22 represents Serbia in freestyle events.
• Evgenii Somov ’22 was granted neutral status to swim at the games and competes in the 100 breast.
• Daria Golovaty, who will be a first-year student at UofL in fall 2024, swims for Israel in the 4×200 freestyle relay.

Diving

• Senior Else Praasterink competes in 10M platform for Netherlands.

Golf

• Matthias Schmid ’21 represents Germany.

Basketball

• Former men’s basketball player Carlik Jones represents South Sudan.

A few Cardinals also are working at the Olympics – associate head swimming coach Reed Fujan is coaching the Uzbekistan swimmers in Paris while former field hockey player Suzanne (Irwin) Bush ’06 joins the broadcast team as NBC’s field hockey analyst for the games. Kara Kessans ’03, a former women’s basketball player at UofL, is the head physical therapist and athletic trainer for the U.S. women’s national volleyball team.��

The Paris Olympics run July 26-Aug. 11. Check for more information on Cardinal Olympians.

The Cardinals’ GSR, most recently reported for freshmen who entered in the 2014-15 academic year, has risen 25% since the reporting began 17 years ago.��
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Nineteen of the Cardinals’ 23 sports attained a GSR above 80% in the most recent report, including baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, women’s rowing, women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball.
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All UofL student-athletes combined to produce an average grade point average of 3.0 or better for each of the last 21 straight semesters.�� Cardinal student-athletes achieved an impressive 3.256 collective GPA for 2020-21 academic year.�� A total of 360 student-athletes were 2020 Red and Black Scholars, representing a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or better.
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Five Louisville athletic teams – men’s and women’s basketball, women’s cross country, women’s golf and volleyball – received public recognition through the NCAA Academic Performance Program for ranking in the top 10% in the 2015-19 (most recent) multiyear Academic Progress Rate scores, which measures academic eligibility, retention and graduation for student-athletes. Fourteen UofL programs produced perfect APR scores for the most recent single-year figures.

Forrest (Ellenwood, Georgia) registered a Louisville school-record mark of 23.26 meters (76-3.75) to claim the gold medal on the opening day of the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with the top collegiate throw of the year. Forrest took the gold medal in the weight throw at the 2021 ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships. She was named the ACC Indoor Track and Field Scholar Athlete of the Year and ACC Women’s Field Performer of the Year. Forrest was also a 2021 ACC Postgraduate Scholar.
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In addition to this season’s success, she was the 2019 NCAA runner-up in the weight throw and an all-American in the hammer throw. She qualified for the 2020 NCAA Indoor Championships before the season was cancelled due to the spread of COVID-19. She is also a member of Louisville’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee serving as an ACC Representative and is a three-time All-ACC Academic Team selection.
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Forrest earned her bachelor’s degree in health and human performance – exercise with a minor in sport administration in May 2021.

Schneider (San Diego) has collected numerous athletic and academic honors after a career-best season in which she helped the Cardinals to their first-ever NCAA final four and the ACC regular season title. The senior defender finished her collegiate career with a 4.0 GPA while majoring in biology with a concentration in genetics subcellular and a minor in Spanish. The 2020-21 NFHCA Scholar-Athlete of the Year was also the recipient of the Elite 90 Award for the NCAA Field Hockey Championship and was a finalist for the Honda Award. Additionally, she earned CoSIDA Academic At-Large All-District honors.
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The three-year starter and team co-captain earned NFHCA All-America third team honors and is a two-time West Region selection (2019, 2020). She is a four-time NFHCA National Scholar of Distinction, a two-time All-ACC Academic Team selection and has been a member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll in each of her seasons at Louisville.��
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Schneider earned her bachelor’s degree in biology, with a minor in Spanish in May 2021.
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About the NCAA Woman of the Year
Established in 1991, the NCAA Woman of the Year award has honored the academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service and leadership of outstanding female college athletes.
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Following university nominations, conference offices will then select their nominees for NCAA Woman of the Year. Each conference��nominee will be notified by the NCAA, and all conference-round nominees will be announced on ncaa.org in August.��

Conference nominations are forwarded to the NCAA Woman of the Year Selection Committee, which identifies the top 10 honorees in each of the three NCAA divisions. From those 30 honorees, the selection committee then determines the three finalists in each division for a total of nine finalists.

The Committee on Women’s Athletics will select the 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year from the nine finalists. At an award ceremony Oct. 17 in Indianapolis, the Top 30 honorees will be celebrated, and the 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year will be named.

UofL was named the winner of the for outstanding community service. In , UofL athletics was recognized for generating more hours of community service during the 2019-20 academic year than any other power five school.��

“Getting homesick can be hard, especially when you’re a Latinx student that is thousands of miles away from home immersed into a different culture. The Los Cardenales group is a brilliant idea for Latinx student athletes to fight homesickness and to meet other athletes that share a similar culture, heritage and language,” Aguilera continued. “This group was made for Latinx��student-athletes����to find a family far from home, which is important so we are able to express our identity, to share our individualism and to show who we really are.”
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