RIO GRANDE VALLEY – UTRGV Athletics and Housing and Residence Life are partnering up to swap UTRGV t-shirts with students seen wearing apparel of other universities on the Edinburg and Brownsville campuses during homecoming week Feb. 10-15.
 
This group of UTRGV students and staff, known as the UTRGV Spirit Patrol, will be swapping out t-shirts during homecoming events and festivities and sporadically across the campuses.
 
The homecoming schedule includes:
Monday
Tip-Off Party | 12:30-2:30 p.m. | Brownsville Library Lawn
Tip-Off Party | 4:30-6:30 p.m. | Edinburg Quad (Behind Student Union) 
 
Tuesday
UTRGV Groove | 12 p.m. | Edinburg Student Union
 
Wednesday
UTRGV Groove | 12 p.m. | Brownsville Library Lawn
 
Thursday
Homecoming Golf Cart Parade | 6 p.m.| Unity Hall
Men's Basketball vs. Utah Valley (Battle of the Colleges) | 7 p.m. | UTRGV Fieldhouse
Fire Up (Lighting of the Letters) | Approximately 9 p.m. (following the game) | Fieldhouse Parking Lot
 
Friday
Baseball vs. Kansas State & Alumni Mixer | 7 p.m. | UTRGV Baseball Stadium
 
Saturday
Homecoming Tailgate Party | 5-7 p.m. | Fieldhouse Parking Lot
Men's Basketball vs. Seattle U | 7 p.m. | UTRGV Fieldhouse
 
Keep up with the spirit patrol initiative on Instagram by following @goutrgv and @utrgvhousing to see photos of students trading-out their non-UTRGV gear for some Vaqueros swag.  
 
"In life, you need to believe in the journey and experiences you pursue," UTRGV Director of Residence Life Sergio Martinez said. "Being a Vaquero is something you celebrate, and students should be proud of belonging to a strong institution. We need to show the world we mean business and wear our university colors!"
 
For more information on homecoming, visit UTRGV.edu/homecoming.

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