The USC Alumni Association is planning four football road trips for the Trojan Family this season.

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The Alumni Association is offering travel packages, tailgates and more at the USC vs. Syracuse game in New York/New Jersey on September 8, USC at Stanford on September 15, USC at Washington on October 13, and USC at Arizona on October 27.

In 1921, Rufus B. von KleinSmid became the fifth president in the budding history of the University of Southern California.  How does Dr. Von, as he was affectionately called, still come up today?

Two quick stories...

On June 30 at the Anaheim Convention Center, Henri Uyttenhove will be inducted into the U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame.  Uyttenhove, a Belgian import, was President von KleinSmid's fencing instructor at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

Dr. Von would then task Uyttenhove (pictured right) with starting the USC fencing team, which still exists as a club sport at Troy.  The early years of the program were wildly successful as Uyttenhove's Trojans won 14 Pacific Coast Intercollegiate titles in the first 15 seasons.

And transitioning into USC's other great passion, the film industry, Uyttenhove was the choreographer for classic movies like The Mark of Zorro, Scaramouche and The Prisoner of Zenda.

President von KleinSmid's interest in cinema was featured in an LA Times article today about the first motion pictures with talking actors ("talkies").  USC's speech department was at the forefront of the experiment as our professors taught Hollywood's famous silent stars to project and enunciate.

Here is a great photo from the LA Times archive of movie star Anita Page being filmed with von KleinSmid behind her...

For the second straight year, Layla Kiffin and the assistant coaches' wives will host Football 101 for Ladies, a day of gridiron education and exercise, on Tuesday, June 12.

The Women of Troy fanbase will be taught the rules, positions and vernacular of the game that binds the Trojan Family together.  In addition, attendees will experience a mock game day starting with the famous Trojan Walk and then dress a player in the locker room before a Coliseum scrimmage.

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Here is a look at last year's event and the fun that's in store...

USC men's tennis netted the Pac-12 its 450th NCAA Championship by completing the four-peat last night over Virginia.  The Conference of Champions is the runaway leader with USC accounting for 95 of the 450.

Even more dominant, a Pac-12 team has won the NCAA men's tennis team title in 53 of the last 67 years.  USC leads the way with 20 men's tennis national championships, which is more than any other program in the country.

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"450 national championships out of one Conference is an extraordinary milestone," Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said. 

USC men's tennis had to fight Virginia into the early hours of the morning, but the Trojans retained their NCAA crown for a fourth consecutive year.  The USC 4-peat will be celebrated as a career accomplishment for seniors Steve Johnson and Daniel Nguyen, but it was true freshman Yannick Hanfmann who clinched the national championship in a final set tiebreaker.

Peter Smith's team became the second men's tennis program ever to win four consecutive NCAA titles (Stanford) and the second USC dynasty to pull off the feat this school year joining men's water polo.

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The drama unfolded in cinematic fashion with rains forcing the play indoors after the doubles matches for the second consecutive day.  Trailing 1-0, Johnson, Ray Sarmiento and Emilio Gomez banked singles points to give the Trojans a 3-2 lead after Nguyen lost the only singles match of his NCAA Tournament career. 

With Hanfmann and fellow freshmen Roberto Quiroz the only two Trojans left on the court, the young German showed his steel by pulling off the NCAA-winning tiebreaker 7-4.  Locked in a three-set dogfight of his own, a relieved Quiroz joined the celebratory mob.

The next generation proved itself worthy of carrying on the USC men's tennis tradition which now stands at a record 20 national championships...and counting.  Rejoice in the moment Trojans, it was well earned.

A pair of USC alums will represent the USA on the sandy courts of London this summer, but before the games begin, beach volleyball stars Jennifer Kessy and April Ross will make a stop to salute their fans in Southern California.

If you would like to meet Kessy and Ross, join them at Macy's in South Coast Plaza on Saturday at 2 p.m. and the dynamic duo will autograph your official Team USA Polo shirt.  Fans will also be able to share a photo with the Olympians and participate in a Q&A.

Kessy and Ross will join two-time gold medalists Misty May and Kerri Walsh as the American pairs competing at London 2012.  Kessy starred at USC from 1995 to 1998, while Ross was at USC from 2000 to 2003 when she helped the Women of Troy to NCAA titles her final two seasons.

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(Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

At 2 p.m. pacific today, No. 1 USC men's tennis will play for a fourth consecutive national championship.  Senior captains Steve Johnson and Daniel Nguyen are one win away from perfect college careers.

While Johnson steals the headlines with his immaculate dominance, Nguyen seizes the moments when the pressure valve bursts his lesser foes.  The combination crushed UCLA's dreams in the national semifinals last night and set the stage for a farewell final.

(Photo by Bill Kallenberg)

Click here for the recap of USC's Final Four win over UCLA.

Johnson did his part by cruising to doubles (alongside Roberto Quiroz) and singles wins.  Of course, Nguyen clinched the doubles point (alongside Ray Sarmiento) and dual match in typical grinding fashion.

After failing on several match points, he and Sarmiento finished off the doubles in a dramatic tiebreaker.  And when the rains forced the play inside, Nguyen had all eyes on him as he buried the Bruins in yet another third set breaker, which only solidified Nguyen's legacy as one of the most clutch athletes in USC history.

The NCAA Championship can only be viewed live online today, but our Lindsay Crouch is in Athens, GA, providing courtside video.  Here is a look at yesterday's heroics...

The first USC football road trip of 2012 will be a special one as the Trojan Family takes a bite out of the Big Apple on Saturday, September 8.  If you would like to sit with your fellow Trojans at MetLife Stadium to watch USC vs. Syracuse, sections 146 and 148 are set aside for the Cardinal and Gold.

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NOTE: In the USC Fan Seating pulldown, input $95 or $75 in the price menu and the password USC in the text bar provided.

The doubles' point always seems to make the difference in big collegiate tennis matches.  After falling behind 1-0, USC women's tennis fought itself into a winning position thanks to gutsy singles play, but the Women of Troy could not overcome UCLA in a 4-3 national semifinal loss.

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Despite the loss, the future remains extremely bright for Richard Gallien's team.  The top six players will return next season led by the ever-improving freshmen class.

While No. 1 Zoe Scandalis ran out of gas in the third set, fellow freshmen Sabrina Santamaria and Gabriella DeSimone banked dramatic singles victories.  Tied at 3-3, the dual match came down to junior Danielle Lao, who has been the queen of clutch all season, but fell in three tough sets.

Nevertheless, the Trojans have more than enough talent on this roster to make deep NCAA runs a habit.

(Photo via @USCWomensTennis)

Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another stormed down the stretch to capture the Preakness Stakes and secure the first two jewels of the Triple Crown.  The prized thoroughbred showed the fighting spirit of a Trojan, which makes sense given its owner J. Paul Reddam is a USC alum.

Reddam, a philosophy professor turned businessman, earned his Ph.D. at USC.  The Canadian makes his home in Orange County.

He has been in the horse racing game for nearly three decades, including two wins in the Breeders' Cup, but I'll Have Another and rookie jockey Mario Gutierrez, who Reddam is credited with discovering, have launched his resume into a new stratosphere.

The Trojan Family is used to cheering a horse around the track, but unless Traveler enters the Belmont Stakes, I'll Have Another is worth a shout in New York.  No horse has won the Triple Crown since 1978.