The Arizona Athletics Wildcats student section, ZonaZoo, won the NCSSA Student Section of the Year for 2018. Take that ASU!!
Bear Down! Arizona Athletics Wildcat fans did just that. They showed their support and help voted the ZonaZoo to become the 2018 NCSSA Student Section of the Year. From basketball, to softball, baseball and now the student section, Arizona Athletics has champions not just on the playing field, but on the sideline as well.
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The ZonaZoo won the inaugural NCSSA Student Section of the Year in 2015. This year they beat the University of Nebraksa at Omaha to claim their second title. Twenty two schools entered into this years Loud and Proud NCSSA event, including one other Pac-12 School, the Washington Huskies and those other Wildcats from Kentucky.
Great to see our student section get the recognition it deserves. Student section support is phenomenal at home basketball games and with the latest addition of head football Coach Kevin Sumlin, football games will hopefully be the same.
Coach Sumlin is doing his part to try get more students in the stands next year. ZonaZoo lets show him how we do in T-town!
We need to do our part, but we also need @ZonaZooOfficial to help us make Arizona Stadium one of the most intimidating places to play in our league. Together, we can make that happen. #BearDown #LetsGetRowdy pic.twitter.com/A34350fAEC
— Kevin Sumlin (@CoachSumlin) January 17, 2018
The student section is a key element to the overall success of sport teams at home. They bring the excitement and energy level up several notches. Whether its inside McKale Center or Arizona Stadium, when the students get loud and rowdy, the players feed off of that in a positive way.
The louder they get, the harder it is for their opponents to do even the simplest of things, such as calling plays or communication on the court. Look at McKale Center. It is still one of the toughest places. Why? One of the reasons why would be the ZonaZoo:
In honor of the ZonaZoo, felt it would be appropriate to include the Arizona Wildcat Bear Down Fight Song (everyone sing together):
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
Congratulations @zonazooofficial !
— NCSSA (@ncssa_official) April 3, 2018
Your 2018 Student Section of the Year and recipient of $500 grand prize, bragging rights & SSOTY Trophy to be presented at the summer convention! pic.twitter.com/7Nu1S12M0T
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At Zona Zealots, we would like to congratulate the ZonaZoo on winning this honor. What you guys do behind the basketball and in the stands does not get unnoticed. We see you and appreciate the effort in each game. Now lets keep that momentum going. Bear Down!