USD Women's Basketball 2000-2001

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2000-200'1 Torero Basketball

:l)~C(W.e,t, tlie ~Ulf of, San !l)WJ,O– SETTING The Un ive rsity of San Diego is an independen t Catholic institution of hi gher education. Founded in 1949, USO is located on 180 ac res ove r– looking Mission Bay, San Diego Harbor and the Pac ific Ocean. The cam– pus is named Alca la Park and is located just IO minutes from downtown San Diego. The campus was named after a Spanish vi llage near Madrid - Alcala de Henares. Founded by the Greeks as Complutum, the vi ll age was later renamed A l Ka la (the Castl e) by the Moslems. Christ ians recaptured the vil lage centuries later and founded a university whose buildings be– came the in spiration for US D's arch itectural sty le. THE CAMPUS The USO campus is rega rded as one of the most architectura ll y unique in stituti ons in the country, fea turing 18 major buildings designed in an or– namental 16th cen-

tury Spanish Renaissa nce style. Since 1984, USO has compl eted e leven major construction and expansion projects. A five-story parking garage (I, I00 spaces) was completed in 1998. The 5,000 seat Jenny Cra ig Pavilion, USD's new Sports/ Activity Cente r, is due to open in the fa ll of 2000; and this past October was the ground breaking ceremony for the Joan B. Kroc Peace Institute. A landscaped fou nta in plaza was finished in the fa ll of 1995 , connecting the entrances of the lmmaculata and Hughes Adm in istration Center. In 1992, the university completed the 45 ,000 square foot Loma Hall, which includes an expanded bookstore, a larger mail center, classrooms and laboratories. In 1990, the renovated Katherine M. and George M. Pardee Jr. Legal Research Cente r opened, a facil ity that offers the latest in informati on tec hn ology. ACADEMICS USO enro ll s mo re th an 6,800 students who have a choice of more than 50 un– dergraduate and graduate degree programs. The university 's academic units in– clude the Co ll ege of Arts and Sciences, and the Schools of Business Administra– tion, Educat ion, Law and Nursi ng. C lass size general ly averages between 18-25 students w ith the student to teacher ratio being 18: I. Over 97 percent of USD's full-time faculty hold doctorates. In the annual ratings of the country's colleges and uni vers ities, published by US News & World Report , USO moved from the reg ional to national category in 1994. The un ivers ity is ranked among the top I00 schools in th e nat ion.

STUDENT LIFE Student acti vities include cu ltural events, dances, boat cruises, beach parties, BBQ's, concerts, comedy nights, symposia and much more. Students parti c ipate in a wide range of volunteer projects such as adu lt lite racy tuto ring, senior citi zen outreach , and hou se building in Tijuana. The intramura l program is also an integra l part of student life at USO with over two-thirds of the USO community pa rtak ing in intramural sports. ATHLETICS USO is a membe r of the West Coast Conference for nearl y a ll sports and competes 111 I6 intercol leg iate sports on the NCAA Di vision I leve l. The footba ll team com– pleted its sixth season in the Pi oneer Footba ll League. Women's sports include: bas– ketball , crew, cross country, socce r, so ftb all , sw imming, tenn is and vo ll ey ba ll. Men 's sports include: baseball , basketball , crew, cross coun try, go l( footba ll , soccer and ten– ni s. Since 1990 USO teams have won 7 conference championsh ips; made 20 post– season appearances; had 19 Conference Coac hes o f the Year; 16 Conference Players of the Year; 11 Conference Freshman of the Yea r; 3 WCC Scholar Athletes of the Year; and 21 NCAA A ll-Americans. The USO women's basketball team has won two West Coast Conference Tourn ament Championships and made two appearances in th e NCAA Tournament ( 1993 & 2000). Last season, Susie Erpelding was named the West Coast Conference Scholar-Ath lete of th e Year.

DID YOU KNOW? • Thanks to a $25 million gift from phi– lanthropist Joan B. Kroc, the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice is currently under construction at the west end of campus, and is due to open in 2001. To foster harmony, safety, and hope in a context of mutual respect and fairness in international, national and local communities, the Joan B. Kroc In– stitute for Peace and Justice is being cre– ated as a unique and beautiful center where scholars, students, activists, and political leaders can study, reflect, engage in dialogue and work to promote peace and justice in the world. Joyce Neu will oversee the Kroc institute's efforts to promote world peace and social justice.