USD Women's Basketball 1998-1999

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1998-1999 Torero Basketball

The University of San Diego Setting The University of San Diego is an independent Cat holi c in– stitution of higher education. Founded in 1949, USD is located on 180 acres ove rlooking Miss ion Bay, San Di ego Harbor and the Pacific Ocean. Th e camp us is named A lca la Park and is lo– cated just 10 minutes from downtown San D iego and the wor ld famous San D iego Zoo. Histor ic Old Town is just minutes away as wel l. Th e c ity of San D iego along wit h this ca mpus tr aces th e ir origins to f ifteenth century Spain. The campus was named after a Spanish village near Madrid - Alcala de Henares. Founded by the Greeks as Complutum, the vi ll age was later renamed Al Ka la (t he Castle) by the Mosl ems. Christ ians reca ptured th e v il lage centuries later and founded a university, th e University of A lca la, whose bui ldings became th e insp irat ion for USD's sty le. Bo th institut ions are located on a hill over looki ng a river va ll ey.

The Campus

Th e USD campus is rega rd ed as one of the most arch itec tur a ll y uniqu e instituti ons in th e count ry, featuri ng 18 majo r bui ldings de– signed in an ornamental 16t h century Spanish Rena issance sty le. Sin ce 1984, USD has comp leted 11 major const ru ction and expa n– sion projects. A five-story, Spanish Renaissance parking garage (1,100 spaces) was comp leted in 1998. A landscaped fountain p laza was fin– ished in the fa ll of 1995, connecting the entrances of the lmmac ul ata and Hughes Adm ini strat ion Cente r. In 1992, the university compl eted the 45,000 square foot Loma Hal l, w hi c h in c lud es an expanded book– sto re, a larger mail cente r, class rooms and labora to ri es. In 1990, th e renovated Katherine M. and George M. Pardee Jr. Legal Research Center opened, a facility th at offers th e latest in informat ion technology. Academ ics USD enro ll s more than 6,600 students who have a choice of more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The university's academic units include the Co ll ege of Arts and Sciences, and the Schoo ls of Bus in ess Adm ini stration, Education, Law and Nursing. Class size genera ll y averages between 18-25 students with the student to teacher ratio being 18:1. Over 97 percent of USD's full-time faculty hold doc– torates. In the annua l ratings of the cou ntry 's colleges and un iversit ies, pub– li shed by U.S. News & World Report, USD moved from the regional to national ca tego ry in 1994. The university is ranked among the top 100 sc hools in the nation. DID YOU KNOW Student Life

Student activities in c lu de cultural events, dances, boat cr ui ses, beac h part ies, BBQ 's, co nce rt s, com– edy nights, sympos ia and much more. Students part icipate in a w ide ra nge of vo lunteer projects suc h as adult li te racy tutoring, seni or ci ti ze n ou t– reac h, and house bui lding in Tijuana . Th e intramura l program is also an integr al part of student l ife o n campus wi th ove r two-t hird s of th e USD commun ity partaking in intramu ral spo rts. Athletic s Th e Univers ity of San D iego is a member of the W est Coas t Con ference for nea rly all sports and competes in 16 in terco ll egiate spo rts on the NCAA Di v ision I level. Women 's spor ts in c lude: basketba ll , crew, cross co untry, soccer, so ftb all , sw immin g, ten ni s and vo ll eyba ll. M en's sports in c lude: basebal l, basketba ll, c rew, c ross co untry, go lf, footba ll , soccer and tenni s. Sin ce 1990 USD teams have won fi ve co nference champ ionsh ips; made 19 po st-seaso n ap pea rances; had 16 Co nference Coac hes o f th e Year; 12 Conference Pl aye rs of the Year, 10 Conference Fres hman of the Yea r, three WCC Sc ho lar Ath letes of the Year and 18 NCAA A ll-Americans . This past year, Zuzana Lesenarova, a sophomo re on the women 's tenni s team, ea rn ed her second-stra ight NCAA A ll -Ameri ca n honor afte r adva nc ing to th e semi – fina ls o f the 1998 NCAA Ind iv idual Champi onships -- she fini shed w ith a nati o nal ra nking of ninth .

• The University of San Diego was selected by the John Templeton Foundation for its 1997-98 Honor Roll of Character-Building Coll eges . The honor roll recogni zes 135 four year accredited undergraduate insti– tutions that emphasi z e character building an integral part of the col– lege experience. Foundation officials made special mention of USD's "Eth– ics Across the Curriculum , " a cam– pus-wide initiative funded with a two-year , $138,000 grant from the E.L. Wiegand Foundation. USO is one of eight California colleges and uni– versities named to the honor roll.