UST Yellow Jackets

Yellow Jackets

Sport	Pep squad and drumline
Founded	1993 as UST Bangers 1997 as UST Yellow Jackets
Based in	University of Santo Tomas
Colors	black white yellow
Championships	UAAP Cheerdance Competition: 8

The UST Yellow Jackets (or "UST YJ" or simply "YJ") is the official pep squad and drumline of the University of Santo Tomas. It works together with the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe, the official dance troupe of the university. It is the official cheerdance team (together with the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe) of the University of Santo Tomas in the UAAP Cheerdance Competition. The UST Yellow Jackets also perform for halftime during the games of the UST Growling Tigers, the university's Men's Basketball team in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.

The UST Yellow Jackets live by the motto, Suaviter in modo fortiter in re or Gentle in manner, firm in deed in English.^[1]

History

The organization was founded by Michael Ismael Flores in 1993 under the name UST Bangers. The group was formed during the beginning of the 4peat era of the UST Men's Basketball. In 1997, the group became the official pep squad of the university under the name "UST Yellow Jackets" and was placed under UST's Institute of Physical Education and Sports (IPEA). Under IPEA, the organization was placed under the advisory of Prof. Robinson Laxa (1997-2007), Prof. Raymond Anselmo (2008–2016) and Mr. Teodoro Dela Peña (2016–Present).

The group got its name from the insect Yellow Jacket which is part of the wasp family and known for their black and yellow stripes (the university colors of UST).

Logo

The original logo of the UST Yellow Jackets was designed by Franco Cachero (Batch '97, '99). (citation needed) It was a simple banner with the letters USTYJ on top and MDCXI at the bottom. The upper letters were larger than those on the lower part and the "UST" font was in white Times New Roman while the "YJ" font was in undefined yellow font. The "MDCXI" simply pertains to 1611, the year which UST was founded, in roman numerals. This was later changed to Est. 1993 which was the original date of the establishment of the organization under the name UST Bangers. A wasp, or the Yellow Jacket insect, was then added by Alfred Tanopo (Batch 2003) beneath the revised logo to further define the identity of the group.

Officers

Awards

The UST Yellow Jackets and the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe, jointly, are tied with the UP Pep Squad for having the most number of UAAP Cheerdance Competition championships. As of today, both UST and UP have won 8 championships.^[2][3] They also have the longest championship run in the said competition with 5; from 2002 and 2006.

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See also

• UST Growling Tigers
• Salinggawi Dance Troupe
• UAAP Cheerdance Competition

References

1. ↑ http://ustyellowjackets.tripod.com/id2.html| UST Yellow Jackets site
2. 1 2 3 4 Ruth L. Navarra (2007-09-17), "Champions of Cheer", Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
3. 1 2 3 4 "2007 Interview with UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe prior the 2007 competition".
4. ↑ http://ustsalinggawi.tripod.com/hof.htm
5. 1 2 3 Alder T. Almo (2002-10-10), "Back in the groove", The Varsitarian. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
6. 1 2 3 Adrian Carlo Velasco (2005-09-24), "Musing on the cheerdance hype", Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
7. ↑ Llanesca T. Panti (2005-10-15), "‘Gawi notches fourth straight title", The Varsitarian. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
8. ↑ Ma. Jesamine D.G. Palarca (2006), "Salinggawi reigns high for five", The Varsitarian. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
9. ↑ GMA News (2007-09-17), "UP pep squad is 2007 UAAP cheer dance champion", GMANews.TV. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
10. ↑ https://twitter.com/TheUSTYJ/status/581856452752486400
11. ↑ https://twitter.com/TheUSTYJ/status/581856444279975936

External links

• University of Santo Tomas Web Site

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