UAAP Season 87 logo unveiled

UAAP Season 87

The University of the Philippines, through its Office for Athletics and Sports Development, unveiled the logo for the forthcoming 87th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.

Inspired by this season's theme of Stronger, Better, Together, the logo illustrates the call towards its member schools to constantly look forward, be relevant, and achieve collective greatness by working together.

Called "Hands In Huddle," it is a circular, colorful logo with hands and dots that catch the first attention. A closer look reveals that the hands – in the colors of the eight UAAP universities – also contain stylized human figures, making up a team of diverse universities working as a team.

Serving as a parallel to the league's official logo, the arrangement of each UAAP member-schools is in clockwise motion to its scheduled hosting, starting with the University of the Philippines atop for this year, followed by the University of Santo Tomas, Far Eastern University, National University, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, Adamson University, and capped off by last season's hosts, the University of the East.

The theme is attached alongside the logo, with a colorful image play of the number 87 onto the ST portion of the word STRONGER.

In marking the unveiling, UP OASD Director Bo Perasol shares how the host school came about with this design.

"The clenched fist in the UP Fighting Maroons team logo has transformed into an open hand that reaches out to every one in a spirit of cooperation and partnership. It says the best way to be strong, productive, and relevant is to encourage participation from everyone, be it as a league, as a community, or as a nation."

Perasol adds, "Host school UP, with its colors, maroon and green, is at the top and invites the league, the community, the general public, and the country to come together and do great things as one. When we work as a team, in and out of sports, we can reach great heights and accomplish much."

UP also shares that the league will open its 87th season on September 7, with the collegiate basketball tournaments set to commence things following the traditional opening ceremony.

Perasol notes about that particular event, "This year’s opening ceremony will bring to life the season theme of ‘Stronger, Better, Together.’ Hopefully, it will inspire us all to take the message expressed by the season logo, which is strength in unity, to heart."