In 1909 the UT Baseball Team, under the direction of Coach Frank Moffett, won all its league games and claimed the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championship. In 1914 the football team, coached by Zora G. Clevenger and Miller Pontius, were 9-0 and became the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association champions. (The highlight of the 1914 football … Continued

The first All Sing (University Sing) winners were Pi Kappa Alpha and Delta Delta Delta in 1932.

In 1998 UT signed two-year contracts with Athletics Directors Doug Dickey (men) and Joan Cronan (women). The contracts included a provision for extensions of an additional six months. Salaries of the two did not change under the new contractual arrangement, and the documents provided that if UT wished to buy out either contract, the university … Continued

Godspell, the musical based on the Gospel of St. Matthew, became the first all-student production in UT history in 1974–75.

In 1916 the Class of 1911 undertook mailing of forms requesting information from alumni—both graduates and ex-members of classes—to compile an alumni directory.

Rodney Harmon was UT’s first African American varsity tennis player in 1980. In his single season at UT, he and Mel Purcell won UT’s first NCAA doubles national title.

Dr. Bernadotte Schmitt, BA in chemistry in 1904, was selected as a Rhodes Scholar in 1905.

Michelle Taylor became the first African American scholarship athlete in volleyball in 1978.

Dr. James McGill Buchanan (MA 1941) received the Nobel Prize in economics in 1986.

Chris Winston became UT’s first varsity wrestler in 1974, the first winning season for the varsity team. Wrestling was dropped as an intercollegiate varsity sport in 1981.