2024 USD Fact Book

ATHLETICS The University of San Diego has a long history of athletic success, including winning 63 conference championships and making it to the NCAA tournament 113 times across its 17 intercollegiate programs. But winning at USD is more than winning on the playing field. It means winning in the classroom with a 91% graduation rate. It also represents winning in the community by contributing thousands of volunteer service hours. A member of NCAA Division I Athletics and the West Coast Conference (WCC) since 1979, the university’s nickname is Toreros, the Spanish word for bullfighters. Team colors are Torero blue, navy blue and white. Other WCC teams are Gonzaga, Loyola Marymount, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary’s, San Francisco and Santa Clara. Men’s sports are baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, rowing, soccer and tennis. Women’s sports are basketball, cross-country, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field and volleyball. Athletic facilities include the Jenny Craig Pavilion, home of the basketball and volleyball team; Walter J. Zable Field at Torero Stadium, home for football and soccer; the Softball Complex; the Skip and Cindy Hogan Tennis Center, the Sports Center Pool, home of the swimming and diving teams; and the new Purcell Family Championship Golf Practice Facility. Fowler Park and Cunningham Field, home to Torero baseball, is a state-of-the-art facility. Torero Stadium has previously played host to the College Cup, the Final Four national championship for women’s soccer. Club sports are an integral component of the student experience. More than 500 students participate each year in events ranging from surf contests to rugby tournaments featuring college teams from across the country. usdtoreros.com sandiego.edu/campusrecreation/sports-clubs

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