Athletics News
    USC Athletics: The Year in Review

    July 6, 2000

    SportRecordConf.National Finish Notes
    Women's Track and Field7-1Second2nd at NCAAs best finish ever for Women of Troy
    Women's Water Polo23-96-3 (Fourth)2nd at NCAAslost in National Championship game
    Men's Water Polo22-56-2 (Third) 3rd in final polllost in first-round of MPSF Tourn.
    Men's Volleyball22-516-3 (First tie) 3rd in final pollSuxho named National Player of Year
    Women's Golf-Fifth4th at NCAAsKung named All-American
    Baseball44-1816-8 (Fourth)5th tie at NCAAswon 16 in a row en route to CWS
    Men's Swimming and Diving5-22-2 (Third)6th at NCAAsVendt sets U.S. record, wins NCAA 1500m title
    Men's Track and Field7-1First7th at NCAAswon Pac-10 title for 3rd time in four years
    Women's Swimming/Diving5-32-3 (Fifth)7th at NCAAsall seven sent to NCAAs earn AA honors
    Women's Tennis18-94-4 (Fourth)11th(tie), final pollreached NCAA quarterfinals
    Women's Soccer14-67-2 (Second)13th in final pollreached second round of NCAAs
    Women's Rowing-Third14th at NCAAsAnnelisa Gross named first-team All-Pac-10
    Women's Volleyball21-913-5 (Third)17th in final pollElliot named Pac-10 Coach of the Year
    Men's Tennis18-95-2 (Third)17th at NCAAsreached round of 16 at NCAAs
    Men's Golf-Ninth29th at NCAAsqualified for NCAAs
    Football6-63-5 (Sixth tie) -defeated UCLA for first time in eight years
    Men's Basketball16-149-9 (Sixth) -Brian Scalabrine named first-team All-Pac-10
    Women's Basketball16-1410-8 (Fifth) -reached second round of NIT
    Women's Cross Country-Eighth -

    Individual Titles, Honors, Awards

    Baseball
    Beau Craig - All-Pac-10 First Team, CWS All-Tournament
    Rik Currier - The Sporting News All-American Second-Team, Collegiate Baseball All-American Second-Team, Pac-10 Conference Co-Pitcher of the Year
    Seth Davidson - NCAA First Round Most Outstanding Player
    Justin Gemoll - Collegiate Baseball All-American Third-Team, All-Pac-10 First Team
    Anthony Lunetta - Collegiate Baseball Freshman of the Year, Pac-10 Freshman of the Year
    Abel Montanez - NCAA First Round All-Regional Team
    Josh Persell - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Mark Prior - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Anthony Reyes - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention

    Men's Basketball
    David Bluthenthal - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Brandon Granville - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Brian Scalabrine - All-Pac-10 First Team, NABC All-District 15 First Team
    Jeff Trepagnier - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention, NABC All-District 15 Second-Team

    Women's Basketball
    Tashara Carter - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Tiffany Elmore - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Danielle Golay - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention, Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention
    Denise Woods - Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention

    Women's Crew
    Annelisa Gross - All-Pac-10 First Team
    Lisa Bartoli - 1999-2000 Pac-10 Medal Winner

    Football
    Frank Carter - First Team Academic All-Pac-10
    Travis Claridge - All-Pac-10 First-Team, Morris Award Winner, AP All-American Third-Team
    Ennis Davis - All-Pac-10 Second-Team
    Eric Denmon - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    David Gibson - All-Pac-10 First-Team
    Scott Huber - Academic All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Kareem Kelly - Pac-10 Freshman of the Year
    Brent McCaffrey - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Zeke Moreno - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Chad Morton - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention, First Team Academic All-Pac-10
    Ryan Nielsen - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Brennan Ochs - First Team Academic All-Pac-10
    Markus Steele - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Mike Van Raaphorst - First Team Academic All-Pac-10

    Women's Golf
    Candie Kung - First-Team All-American, All-Pac-10 First-Team Honda Award Nominee
    Leila Chartrand - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Nicole Dalkas - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Linda Ishii - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Mikaela Parmlid - Second-Team All-Pac-10

    Women's Soccer
    Kim Clark - First-Team All-Pac-10
    Ali Fennell - Second-Team All-Pac-10
    Isabelle Harvey - Third-Team All-American, First-Team All-Pac-10
    Christina Kushnir - First-Team All-Pac-10
    Liane Nakano - Academic All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Katie Ticehurst - Academic All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Kaylee Whitfield - Academic All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention

    Men's Swimming and Diving
    Ahmad Al-Kudmani - Academic All-Pac-10 2nd team Bret Awbrey - 1-time All-American, Academic All-Pac-10 1st team Leonardo Costa - 3-time All-American Joe Curreri - Academic All-Pac-10 2nd team Philippe Demers - 2-time All-American Ryosuke Imai Ñ 3-time All-American, Pac-10 champion (100y and 200y breast) Jeff Lee - 2-time All-American Jay Sayko - Academic All-Pac-10 2nd team Erik Vendt - 3-time All-American, NCAA 1,500m Champion Mark Warkentin - 2-time All-American Gabe Woodward - 2-time All-American

    Women's Swimming and Diving
    Emily Ayers - Academic All-Pac-10 2nd team
    Hillary Biscay - Academic All-Pac-10 h.m.
    Kellie Brennan - 2-time All-American, Pac-10 champion (1-meter)
    Carolyn Conrad - Academic All-Pac-10 h.m.
    Paige Francis - 1-time All-American, Academic All-Pac-10 2nd team
    Karen Jacobs - Academic All-Pac-10 2nd team
    Alexis Lyon - Academic All-Pac-10 h.m.
    Michala Kwasny - 2-time All-American
    Kristin MacGregor - 3-time All-American, Academic All-Pac-10 h.m.
    Kelly McPherson - Academic All-Pac-10 h.m.
    Corrie Murphy - 2-time All-American, Academic All-Pac-10 h.m.
    Jennifer Parmenter Ñ 1-time All-American
    Asa Sandlund - 1-time All-American
    Haley Thompson - Academic All-Pac-10 h.m.

    Men's Tennis
    Nicholas Rainey - ITA All-American (doubles)
    Ryan Moore - ITA All-American (doubles), All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Andrew Park - GTE District 8 Academic All-American
    Patrick Gottesleben - First-Team All-Pac-10
    Daniel Langre - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention

    Women's Tennis
    Jewel Peterson - ITA All-American (singles), All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Veronika Safarova - Second-Team All-Pac-10
    Kara Warkentin - Second-Team All-Pac-10

    Men's Track and Field
    Ron Allice - USTCA West Region Coach of the Year, Pac-10 Co-Coach of the Year
    Andre Ammons - 2-time All-American, Pac-10 Champion (400m and 1600m relays)
    Miguel Fletcher - Pac-10 Champion (400m relay)
    Norbert Horvath - All-American, Pac-10 Champion (hammer)
    Leroy Jordan - All-American, Pac-10 Champion (1600m relay)
    Sultan McCullough - 2-time All-American (100m and 400m relay)
    Darrell Rideaux - All-American (400m relay)
    Felix Sanchez - NCAA Champion, Pac-10 Champion (400m hurdles and 1600m relay)
    Vince Williams - 2-time All-American, Pac-10 Champion (400m and 1600m relays)
    Ryan Wilson - Pac-10 Champion (110m hurdles)

    Women's Track and Field
    Natasha Danvers - NCAA Champion and Pac-10 Champion (400m hurdles) 2-time All-American (400m hurdles, 1600m relay), Pac-10 Champion (1600m relay)
    Kinshasa Davis - NCAA Champion (400m relay), 3-time All-American (200m, 400m relay and 1600m relay), Pac-10 Champion (400m and 1600m relays).
    Malika Edmonson - NCAA Champion (400m relay), 2-time All-American (400m and 1600m relays), Pac-10 Champion (400m and 1600m relays)
    Brigita Langerholc - 2-time All-American and Pac-10 Champion(800m and 1600m relay)
    Anna Lopaciuch - All-American, Pac-10 Champion (1500m)
    Tatyana Obukhova - Pac-10 Champion (triple jump)
    Jennifer Vail - All-American (hammer)
    Angela Williams - NCAA Champion (100m and 400m relay), 2-time All-American (100m and 400m relay), Pac-10 Champion (100m, 200m, 400m relay), USTCA West Region Athlete of the Year
    Candace Young - NCAA Champion (400m relay), All-American (400m relay), Pac-10 Champion (400m relay)

    Men's Volleyball
    Brook Billings - AVCA Second-Team All-American, First-Team All-MPSF
    Eli Fairfield - Second-Team All-MPSF
    Trevor Julian - MPSF Honorable Mention
    Beau Rawi - MPSF Honorable Mention
    Donald Suxho - AVCA National Player of the Year, MPSF Player of the Year, First-Team All-American, First-Team All-MPSF

    Women's Volleyball
    Kashi Cormier - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention
    Jerritt Elliot - Pac-10 Coach of the Year
    Janae Henry - All-Pac-10 Honorable-Mention
    Lauren Killian - Pac-10 All-Freshman Honorable-Mention
    Tracy Lindquist - Pac-10 All-Freshman First-Team
    Amber Oliver - Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention
    Jennifer Pahl - First-Team All-Pac-10
    Antoinette Polk - All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention

    Men's Water Polo
    Brian Avon - AWPCA All-Academic First-Team
    Ivan Babic - All-American Honorable Mention, AWPCA All-Academic First-Team
    Allen Basso - First-Team All-American, First-Team All-MPSF
    James Castle - Third-Team All-MPSF
    George Csaszar - Third-Team All-American, Third-Team All-MPSF
    Peter Janov - Third-Team All-American, Third-Team All-MPSF
    Richard McEvoy - Second-Team All-American, Second-Team All-MPSF

    Women's Water Polo
    Jennifer Durley - All-MPSF Honorable Mention
    Sandra Milicev - All-MPSF Honorable Mention
    Aniko Pelle - MPSF Player of the Year, First-Team All-American, First-Team All-MPSF
    Nina Wengst - First-Team All-American, First-Team All-MPSF