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[[Image:Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Aerial.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] during a USC football game.]] The '''University of Southern California''' (commonly referred to as '''USC''', ''''SC''', '''Southern California''' and incorrectly as '''Southern Cal'''<ref>Despite its prevalent use in sports-related articles, the official position of USC discourages use of "Southern Cal" in any context, as clearly stated in all [[media guide]]s: "Note to the media: In editorial references to athletic teams of the University of Southern California, the following are preferred: USC, Southern California, So. California, Troy and Trojans for men’s or women’s teams, and Women of Troy for women’s teams. PLEASE do not use Southern Cal (it’s like calling San Francisco “Frisco” or North Carolina “North Car.”). The usage of "Southern Cal" on licensed apparel and merchandise is limited in scope and necessary to protect federal [[trademark]] rights." [http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/usc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/05-mg-sec1.pdf It’s Not ‘Southern Cal’], ''2005 USC Football Media Guide'', USC Athletic Department, pg. 3.</ref>), located in the downtown district of [[Los Angeles, California]], was founded in 1880, making it [[California]]'s oldest private research [[university]].
[[Image:Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Aerial.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of the [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]] during a USC football game.]] The '''University of Southern California''' (commonly referred to as '''USC''', ''''SC''', '''Southern California''' and incorrectly as '''Southern Cal'''<ref>Despite its prevalent use in sports-related articles, the official position of USC discourages use of "Southern Cal" in any context, as clearly stated in all [[media guide]]s: "Note to the media: In editorial references to athletic teams of the University of Southern California, the following are preferred: USC, Southern California, So. California, Troy and Trojans for men’s or women’s teams, and Women of Troy for women’s teams. PLEASE do not use Southern Cal (it’s like calling San Francisco “Frisco” or North Carolina “North Car.”). The usage of "Southern Cal" on licensed apparel and merchandise is limited in scope and necessary to protect federal [[trademark]] rights." [http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/usc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/05-mg-sec1.pdf It’s Not ‘Southern Cal’], ''2005 USC Football Media Guide'', USC Athletic Department, pg. 3.</ref>), located in the downtown district of [[Los Angeles, California]], was founded in 1880, making it [[California]]'s oldest private research [[university]].


USC is one of the most selective universities in the nation [http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/docs/admission/Freshman_Profile_20051.pdf], matriculating only 2,700 students of the more than 34,000 who applied in [[2006]]. USC was also named "College of the Year 2000" by the editors of [[TIME]] magazine and the [[Princeton Review]] for the university's extensive community-service programs. Residing in the heart of a [[global city]], USC has established one of the most diverse institutions in the world, with students from all 50 states as well as over 115 countries.
USC matriculated 2,700 students of the more than 34,000 who applied in [[2006]]. USC was named "College of the Year 2000" by the editors of [[TIME]] magazine and the [[Princeton Review]] for the university's extensive community-service programs. Residing in the heart of a [[global city]], USC has established a diverse institution, with students from all 50 states as well as over 115 countries.


USC is also home to Chemistry Professor [[George Andrew Olah|George Olah]], director of the [[Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute]] and winner of the [[Nobel Prize]]. The university also has two [[National Science Foundation]]-funded Engineering Research Centers -- the [[Integrated Media Systems Center]] and the [[Center for Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems]]. In addition, The [[U.S. Department of Homeland Security]] selected USC as its first Homeland Security Center of Excellence.
USC is also home to Chemistry Professor [[George Andrew Olah|George Olah]], director of the [[Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute]] and winner of the [[Nobel Prize]]. The university also has two [[National Science Foundation]]-funded Engineering Research Centers -- the [[Integrated Media Systems Center]] and the [[Center for Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems]]. In addition, The [[U.S. Department of Homeland Security]] selected USC as its first Homeland Security Center of Excellence.

Revision as of 19:53, 31 August 2006

University of Southern California
University of Southern California Logo
MottoPalmam qui meruit ferat
(Let whoever earns the palm bear it)
TypePrivate
Established1880
Endowment$2.74 billion [2]
PresidentSteven B. Sample
Undergraduates16,474.
Postgraduates15,686.
Location
Los Angeles
,
CA
,
USA
CampusUrban - 235 Acres
NicknamesUSC logo.Trojans
Men/Women of Troy
ColorsCardinal and Gold
MascotTraveler
Websitewww.usc.edu
File:Usclogo10.gif
File:Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Aerial.jpg
Aerial view of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during a USC football game.

The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, 'SC, Southern California and incorrectly as Southern Cal[1]), located in the downtown district of Los Angeles, California, was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university.

USC matriculated 2,700 students of the more than 34,000 who applied in 2006. USC was named "College of the Year 2000" by the editors of TIME magazine and the Princeton Review for the university's extensive community-service programs. Residing in the heart of a global city, USC has established a diverse institution, with students from all 50 states as well as over 115 countries.

USC is also home to Chemistry Professor George Olah, director of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and winner of the Nobel Prize. The university also has two National Science Foundation-funded Engineering Research Centers -- the Integrated Media Systems Center and the Center for Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems. In addition, The U.S. Department of Homeland Security selected USC as its first Homeland Security Center of Excellence.

USC's most recent fund-raising drive raised nearly $2.9 billion, second greatest in the history of higher education. USC and its partner institutions have recently completed or soon will be constructing 27 new buildings, which will provide nearly 8.1 million square feet (750,000 m²) of new space for research, teaching, patient care, and student life enrichment.

USC athletics have won the second most national championships among American universities with 106 overall. The Trojans have also won 86 NCAA championships, again ranking the Men and Women of Troy third among all American universities. USC Football won a national championships in 2004.

Overview

USC was founded in 1880 as a Methodist University, on land donated by three wealthy Los Angeles residents. Los Angeles was a frontier town in the early 1870s, when a group of public-spirited citizens led by Judge Robert Maclay Widney first dreamed of establishing a university in the region. It took nearly a decade for this vision to become a reality, but in 1879 Widney formed a board of trustees and secured a donation of 308 lots of land from three prominent members of the community — Ozro W. Childs, a Protestant horticulturist; former California governor John G. Downey, an Irish-Catholic pharmacist and businessman; and Isaias W. Hellman, a German-Jewish banker and philanthropist. The gift provided land for a campus as well as a source of endowment, the seeds of financial support for the nascent institution.

When USC first opened its doors with an enrollment of 53 students and a faculty of 10 in 1880, the “city” still lacked paved streets, electric lights, telephones, and a reliable fire alarm system. Its first graduating class in 1884 was a class of three - two males and a female valedictorian. Though USC started out as a religious institution, the university is no longer affiliated with the Methodist Church having severed formal ties many decades ago.

USC has grown substantially in the 125 years since its founding. Besides its main campus ("University Park Campus"), which lies about 2 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles, the university also operates the Health Sciences Campus about 2 miles northeast of downtown; an Orange County center in Irvine for business, pharmacy, social work and education; and the Information Sciences Institute, with centers in Arlington, Virginia and Marina del Rey. The School of Policy, Planning, and Development also runs a satellite campus in Sacramento. In 2005, USC established a federal relations office in Washington, D.C.. There is also a Health Sciences Alhambra campus which holds The Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research (IPR) and the Masters in Public Health Program. USC went international in 2004, when it collaborated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University to offer the USC (Executive) EMBA program in Shanghai. Beginning in 2006, the Marshall School of Business will have a San Diego satellite campus.

USC's nickname is the Trojans, epitomized by the statue of Tommy Trojan near the center of campus. Until 1912, USC students (especially athletes) were known as Methodists or Wesleyans, though neither name was approved by the university. During a fateful track and field meet with Stanford University, the USC team was beaten early and seemingly conclusively. After only the first few events, it was statistically impossible for USC to win; however, the team fought back, winning many of the later events, to lose only by a slight margin. After this contest, Los Angeles Times sportswriter Owen Bird reported that the USC athletes "fought on like Trojans," and the president of the university at the time, George F. Bovard, approved the name officially.

University Park Campus

The University Park campus is in the West Adams district of South Los Angeles, 2 miles southwest of Downtown Los Angeles. The campus' boundaries are Jefferson Boulevard on the north and northeast, Figueroa Street on the southeast, Exposition Boulevard on the south, and Vermont Avenue on the west. Since the 1960s, through campus vehicle traffic has been banned. The University Park campus is within walking distance to Los Angeles landmarks such as the Shrine Auditorium, Staples Center, and Los Angeles Coliseum. Most buildings are in the Romanesque style, although some dormitories, engineering buildings, and physical sciences labs are of various Modernist styles (especially two large Brutalist dormitories at the campus' northern edge) that sharply contrast with the predominantly red-brick campus. Widney Alumni House, on the east side of the campus, is the oldest university building in Southern California. Beautifully landscaped courtyards and parks provide a welcome contrast from the urban environment outside the campus.

USC's role in making visible and sustained improvements in the neighborhoods surrounding both the University Park and Health Sciences campuses earned it the distinction of College of the Year 2000 by the TIME/Princeton Review College Guide. Roughly half of the university's students volunteer in community-service programs in neighborhoods around campus and throughout Los Angeles. These outreach programs, as well as previous administrations' commitment to remaining in South Los Angeles amid widespread calls to move the campus following the 1965 Watts Riots, are credited for the safety of the university during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. (That the university emerged from the riots completely unscathed is all the more remarkable in light of the complete destruction of several strip malls in the area, including one just across Vermont Avenue from the campus' western entrance). The ZIP code for USC is 90089 and the surrounding University Park community is 90007.

As well, USC has an endowment of $2.7 billion and also is allocated $430 million per year in sponsored research. USC became the only university to receive four separate nine-figure gifts — two separate gifts of $100 million from Ambassador Walter Annenberg to create the Annenberg Center for Communication, $112.5 million from Alfred Mann to establish the Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering, and $110 million from the W. M. Keck Foundation for USC's School of Medicine.

Major new facilities opened with the infusion of new money including the:

Health Sciences Campus

Located three miles from downtown Los Angeles and seven miles from the University Park campus, USC's Health Sciences campus is a major center for basic and clinical biomedical research, especially in the fields of cancer, gene therapy, the neurosciences, and transplantation biology. The 50-acre campus is home to the region's first and oldest medical and pharmacy schools, as well as acclaimed programs in occupational therapy (ranked #1 by U.S. News & World Report) and physical therapy.

In addition to the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, which is one of the nation's largest teaching hospitals, the campus includes three state-of-the-art patient care facilities: USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC University Hospital, and the Doheny Eye Institute. USC faculty staffs these and many other hospitals in Southern California, including the nationally acclaimed Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Because of its outstanding ranking and achievements in research and health care, the Health Sciences campus is a focal point for students, patients, and scientists from around the world.

Administration

File:USC Bovard Auditorium enh.jpg
George Finley Bovard Administration Building.

USC is a private corporation, and is ultimately controlled by a Board of Trustees, with roughly 50 voting members and several Life Trustees, Honorary Trustees, and Trustees Emeritus who do not vote. Voting members of the Board of Trustees are elected for five-year terms. One fifth of the Trustees stand for re-election each year, and votes are cast only by the Trustees not standing for election. Trustees tend to be high-ranking executives of large corporations (both domestic and international), successful alumni, members of the upper echelons of university administration or some combination of the three.

The university administration consists of a President, a Provost, several Vice Presidents of various departments, a treasurer, a Chief Information Officer, and an athletic director. The President is Steven B. Sample and the Provost is C.L. Max Nikias.

The College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, The Graduate School, and the 18 Professional Schools are each lead by an Academic Dean. USC occasionally awards emeritus titles to former administrators. There are currently six Administrators Emeriti.

List of past University Presidents

University Presidents

1. Marion M. Bovard 1880-1891
2. Joseph P. Widney 1892-1895
3. George W. White 1895-1899
4. George F. Bovard 1903-1921
5. Rufus B. von KleinSmid 1921-1947
6. Fred D. Fagg, Jr. 1947-1957
7. Norman Topping 1958-1970
8. John R. Hubbard 1970-1980
9. James H. Zumberge 1980-1991
10. Steven B. Sample 1991-

Academics

Pertusati University Bookstore

The University of Southern California is well known for its professional schools in communication, law, dentistry, medicine, business, engineering, journalism, public policy, and architecture, as well as for its School of Cinema-Television. Additionally, USC's School of International Relations is the third oldest, and one of the most highly regarded, such schools in the world. It also offers the Master of Professional Writing Program.

Bing Theater.

The incoming freshman class for the 2005 fall term had an average unadjusted GPA of 3.8 out of 4.0 and an average SAT score of 1368 out of 1600. USC has been a member of the Association of American Universities since 1969 and is the oldest private research university in the American West. [3]

Norris Theater (USC School of Cinema-Television)

The School of Cinema-Television, the first in the country and perhaps USC's most famous wing, confers degrees in critical studies, screenwriting, film production, and film producing. In 2001, the film school added an Interactive Media Division studying video games, virtual reality, and mobile media. The school is supported by its famous alumni, whose ranks include such well-known graduates as George Lucas, Ron Howard, Robert Zemeckis, John Milius, and Ben Burtt. Famous American actor Will Ferrell also attended USC, but received a degree from the Annenberg School for Communication.

Biegler Hall of Engineering, west wall (Viterbi School of Engineering)

A Department of Architecture was established at USC within the Roski School of Fine Arts in 1916, the first in Southern California. This small department grew rapidly with the help of the Allied Architects of Los Angeles. A separate School of Architecture was organized in September 1925. The School of Architecture is world famous for its strong focus on the design aspect of the architectural field. The school has been home to teachers such as Richard Neutra, Ralph Knowles, A. Quincy Jones, William Pereira and Pierre Koenig. The school of architecture is also home to notable alumni Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne, Raphael Soriano, Gregory Ain, and Pierre Koenig. The school has two Pritzker Prize winners, the highest award in architecture (often referred to as "the Nobel of architecture"), and is tied with Yale for the most American winners.

Annenberg School for Communication

On March 02, 2004, the USC School of Engineering, headed by Dean Max Nikias, was renamed to the Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering. This was done to honor Qualcomm founder Andrew Viterbi and his wife Erna, who had recently donated $52 million to the school. The gift was the largest ever to rename an existing school of engineering.

The Annenberg School for Communication is among the best in the nation, being one of the two communication programs in the country endowed by Walter Annenberg (the other is at the University of Pennsylvania). The school of journalism features a core curriculum that requires students to devote themselves equally to print, broadcast and online media for the first year of study. This approach promises a breadth of knowledge across various journalistic media. USC's Annenberg School for Communication enjoys a massive endowment.

Academic subdivisions

USC's academic departments fall either under the general liberal arts and sciences of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences for undergraduates, or The Graduate School for graduates, or the university's 17 professional schools. A full listing of academic subdivisions follows alphabetically by subject:

Rankings

Currently, USC ranks among the top 10 private universities receiving federal funds for research and development support and 17th among all research universities in the United States. The Center at the University of Florida ranks USC at 12th as a Top American Research Universities.

Undergraduate rankings

USC was ranked 27th [4] overall in the country by U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Undergraduate Colleges in 2007.

The following are the rankings for some of the specific schools at USC:

  • The School of Cinema-Television - 1st
  • The Annenberg School for Communication - 4th
  • The Leventhal School of Accounting - 4th [5]
  • The School of Theatre - 4th
  • The School of Policy, Planning, and Development - Top 5
  • The School of Architecture - 6th
  • The Marshall School of Business - 9th
    • Marshall School of Business International Business Program - 5th [6]
  • The Viterbi School of Engineering - Top 10 [7]

Internationally, USC is ranked as the 37th best university in the nation, and 50th best university in the world, by The Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University;[2] and 36th best university in the country, and 124th best in the world, by The Times Higher Education Supplement's list of the top 200 universities in the world;[3]

Graduate rankings

The 2006 U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Graduate Schools ranked USC graduate programs as the following:

  • The School of Cinema-Television - 1st
  • Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy - 1st
  • Masters of Professional Writing Program - 4th
  • Marshall School of Business Professionals and Managers MBA Program - 5th
  • Marshall School of Business Entrepreneur Program - 6th
  • The School of Architecture - 6th
  • Viterbi School of Engineering - 7th
  • School of Policy, Planning, and Development - 7th
  • Leventhal School of Accounting - 7th
  • School of International Relations Program - 10th
  • The USC School of Law - 17th

Other news services rank graduate schools, such as the Wall Street Journal, which rankings are as follows:

Demographics

The following figures are accurate as of the 2004-2005 academic year.

USC has a total enrollment of 32,160 students, of which 15,686 are at the postgraduate level. 350 postdoctoral fellows are supported along with 900 medical residents. There are currently 4,390 faculty and about 14,000 support staff. There are roughly 200,000 living Trojan Alumni. The university has attracted more international students over the years than any other American university. Currently, about 10 percent of USC's students represent over 115 countries and the university maintains international offices in several countries[4]. The student body encompasses 6,846 international students, more than any other university in the United States [8]. International diversity is not limited to the student population alone, as more than 1,200 scholars and professors from foreign countries visited campus [9].

The male:female ratio at USC is nearly 1:1, and 49% of new students come from out of state. The ethnic breakdown of undergraduates is:

Admissions

[10] 31,634 students applied admitting 8,408 and a final matriculation population of 2,741 with an average GPA of 3.8 on the 4.0 scale and an average SAT score of 1368 out of 1600. 19 percent of the students are SCions, or students with familial ties with USC, while 9 percent are the first generation in their family to attend any form of college. There were also 194 National Merit Scholar winners in the most recent admitted class.

Trojan Alumni

There are currently 200,000 living Trojan Alumni, with nearly 75% of all alumni living in California. To stay connected as an alumni, the Trojan network consists of over 100 Alumni groups on 5 continents. It is often said that once you join the "Trojan Family" you are a member for life, forever connecting yourself with the vast network of fellow Trojan Alumni.

University library system

USC's is among the oldest private academic research libraries in California. For more than a century USC has been building collections in support of the university's teaching and research interests. Especially noteworthy collections include American literature, Cinema-Television including the Warner Bros. studio archives, European philosophy, gerontology, German exile literature, international relations, Korean studies, studies of Latin America, natural history, Southern California history, and the University Archives.

The USC Warner Bros. Archives is the largest single studio collection in the world. Donated in 1977 to the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema-Television, by Warner Communications, the WBA houses departmental records that detail Warner Bros. activities from the studio’s first major feature, My Four Years in Germany (1918), to its sale to Seven Arts in 1968.

Announced in June 2006, the testimonies of 52,000 survivors, rescuers and others involved in the Holocaust will now be housed in the USC School of Letters, Arts & Sciences as a part of the newly formed USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education. [11]

In addition to the Shoah Foundation, the USC Libraries digital collection highlights include the the California Historical Society, Korean American Archives and the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. The digital archive holds 193,252 records and 223,487 content files of varying formats.

USC’s 22 libraries and other archives currently hold nearly 4 million printed volumes, 6 million items in microform, and 3 million photographs and subscribe to more than 30,000 current serial titles, nearly 44,000 linear feet of manuscripts and archives, and subscribe to over 120 electronic databases and more than 14,000 journals in print and electronic formats. Annually, reference transactions number close to 50,000 and approximately 1,100 instructional presentations are made to 16,000 participants. [12] The University of Southern California Library system is among the top 35 largest university library systems in the United States.[13]

List of libraries

Major research centers

The University of Southern California is one of a small number of premier research institutions on which the nation depends for a steady stream of new knowledge, art and technology. USC receives over $430 million per year in sponsored research funding. USC ranks 17th among American Universities for federal-funded research programs.

USC is rapidly expanding its research activity through a strategy that emphasizes collaboration across multiple disciplines and meeting societal needs, such as:

  • Preventing, detecting and curing diseases prior to causing human harm.
  • Capturing and distributing energy supplies that are environmentally benign, economical and long-lasting.
  • Securing the nation and the world against the risk of both natural disasters and intentional acts of terrorism
  • Enhancing cross-cultural understanding and cooperation through communication among civic, religious, ethnic, and community institutions.
  • Creating the means to educate both our children and adults for a deeper understanding of science and math, languages and cultures, leadership, and justice.

Complete Lists of Research Centers

Athletics

Main article: USC Trojan Athletics
Main article: USC Trojans football
USC Athletics Logo.
USC Athletics Logo.

The University of Southern California has a proud athletic heritage: Trojan teams have won 106 total team national championships, 86 of which are NCAA National Championships, including 86 men’s (including a national-best 73 NCAA titles) and 20 women’s titles. This gives USC the second highest number of championships in college sports.[14]

Women of Troy Logo.
Women of Troy Logo.

USC athletics participates in the NCAA Division I-A Pacific Ten Conference. USC's cross-town rival is UCLA, with whom there is fierce athletic and scholastic competition. However, USC's rivalry with Notre Dame predates the UCLA rivalry by three years. The Notre Dame rivalry stems mainly from the annual football game played between these two universities and is considered the greatest intersectional rivalry of all college athletics.

Trojan athletic achievement

  • The Trojan men have won more National Championships, 86 total (including a national-best 73 NCAA men's titles) than any other University.
  • The Women of Troy have earned 20 National Championships.
  • The Trojans won at least 1 national team title in 26 consecutive years (1959-60 to 1984-85).
  • USC won the National College All-Sports Championship an annual ranking by USA Today of the country’s top athletic programs — 6 times since its inception in 1971.
  • Trojan men athletes have won more individual NCAA titles (290) than those from any other school in the nation (the Women of Troy have brought home another 41 individual NCAA crowns).
  • Four Trojans have won the prestigious Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in America: diver Sammy Lee (1953), shot putter Parry O’Brien (1959), swimmer John Naber (1977) and swimmer Janet Evans (1989).
  • Two Women of Troy athletes have won the Honda-Broderick Cup as the top collegiate woman athlete of the year: Cheryl Miller (1983-84) and Angela Williams (2001-02). And Trojan women have won 10 Honda Awards, as the top female athlete in their sport.
  • USC won the Lexus Gauntlet Trophy, a year-long all-sports competition between Troy and crosstown rival UCLA, in its inaugural 2001-02 season and again in 2003-04 and 2005-06 .

Trojans in the Olympics

  • USC has a reputation and long tradition of nurturing Olympic athletes. From the 1904 Summer Olympics through the 2004 games, 375 Trojan athletes have competed in the Games, taking home 112 gold medals (with at least 1 gold in every summer Olympics since 1912), 64 silver and 58 bronze.
  • There have been more Trojans in the Olympics than from any other university in the world - in fact, if USC were its own nation in the Olympics, it would rank tied for 11th in the world in total gold medals earned.[15].
  • USC sent 35 athletes to the 2004 Athens Olympics and won 17 medals: eight gold, five silver and four bronze.

Men's National Championships

86 Total Men's Titles

Women's National Championships

20 Total Women's Titles

Notable team history

Many teams from Troy have won national championships and the following is a brief history of the more notable teams at USC:

Football - USC Trojans Football started in 1888 and has amassed an astounding all-time win-loss record of 732-298-54, giving the program a .700 winning percentage. A December 1998 SPORT magazine ranking listed USC as the No. 4 all-time college football program of the 20th century.Complete List of Every USC Football Game

The USC Football team has been voted National Champions 11[6] times. USC is also known for its Heisman Trophy winners. With the awarding of the 2005 Heisman to Reggie Bush, USC and Notre Dame are tied for the most Heisman winners at 7. Three of the last four Heisman winners have been Trojans - Reggie Bush (recently drafted by the New Orleans Saints) in 2005, Matt Leinart (drafted shortly after Bush by the Arizona Cardinals) in 2004, and Carson Palmer (now with the Cincinnati Bengals) in 2002. Four other Trojan tailbacks have won the coveted Heisman Trophy as college football’s outstanding player: Mike Garrett in 1965, O.J. Simpson in 1968, Charles White in 1979 and Marcus Allen in 1981. Also notable, The Pro Football Hall of Fame counts USC and Notre Dame tied as the universities with the most Hall of Famers at 10. USC’s all-time win-loss record against Pac-10 opponents is 367-153-29 (.695), and the Trojans have winning records against all the other nine members.

Since 1959, the Trojans have won the conference championship 17 times and tied for the title on 6 other occasions. USC has the nation’s fourth best bowl-winning percentage (.643) among the 65 schools that have made at least 10 bowl appearances, and its 30 Rose Bowl appearances is the most of any school. USC players have been named first team All-American 129 times, with 44 consensus selections and 22 unanimous choices. [16]

Baseball - USC Trojans Baseball has a notable history: With 12 baseball national championships, Troy is far and away the leader in that category (no other school has more than 6). Since starting baseball in 1924, the Trojans have compiled a record of 2,221-1,093-15 (.669) against college opponents, and have captured outright or tied for 38 conference championships. USC's most notable baseball coach was Rod Dedeaux, coaching from 1942-86, who led the school to 11 of its NCAA crowns, including 5 straight from 1970-74.

USC boasts many successful major leaguers such as Ron Fairly, Don Buford, Tom Seaver, Dave Kingman, Fred Lynn, Roy Smalley, Steve Kemp, Mark McGwire, Randy Johnson, Bret Boone, Jeff Cirillo, Barry Zito, Geoff Jenkins, Aaron Boone, Jacque Jones and Mark Prior. In all, 89 Trojans have gone on to play in the major leagues and scores more in the minors. [17]

Men's Basketball - The men's USC Trojans Basketball program has a long tradition. Men's program is only one of about 4 dozen schools have more than 1,000 victories in college basketball, and USC is one of them. Since starting basketball in 1907, the Trojans have compiled a record of 1,357-984 (.580), winning 14 league championships. [18]

Women's Basketball - The women's USC Trojans Basketball program, after improving steadily, first reached the pinnacle of success in women's basketball in 1983 and the Trojans have been near the top almost ever since, winning 2 national championships and playing in 4 Final Fours.

The Women of Troy have made the NCAA tourney 6 of the past 14 years, including advancing to the regionals 3 times. Lisa Leslie, who became an Olympic and pro star, won the Naismith Award in 1994 (she was the MVP of the first WNBA All-Star Game). Tina Thompson was the No. 1 pick in the 1997 WNBA draft. Cynthia Cooper was twice an Olympian and WNBA MVP. [19]

Victory Bell

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