This type of success is no accident; it has built year by year on the achievement of outstanding athletes who were given the opportunity to excel--both on the field and off.

But Trojan athletics is in need of your help. Inflation has ravaged intercollegiate athletics, creating a fiscal crisis that threatens the existence of college sports as we know it today (USC now pays over $5 million in scholarships alone to the University). Additionally, USC wishes to become a leader in providing for gender equity in athletics.

In order to maintain the level you have come to know, help is needed By joining a support group for Trojan athletics, you'll not only help ensure that USC remains America's top athletic power, but also that deserving athletes get the best opportunity of all--an education from the University of Southern California.

Scholarship Club

Gifts from this special group of donors cover the cost of a grant-in-aid for a USC student-athlete; and includes tuition, room & board and books. Both annual and endowed memberships available.
Annually: $20,000 (Endowment/Life is available
Benefits

The Committee

Funds received from this limited group of donors go toward scholarships and recruiting expenses for football and basketball. These funds are vitally needed as both of these costs have increased sharply over the past several years. The group requires joint membership in Cardinal & Gold or Women of Troy.
Annually: $4,000
Benefits

Cardinal and Gold

USC's largest support group which provides athletic scholarship funds for the entire program. With over 1900 members, Cardinal and Gold is vitally important to the success of Trojan Athletics. This group offers three levels of annual membership (based on age of member); a dual membership (with Women of Troy), at a discounted level of dues, and a life membership.
Annually: $2,000
Annually: $1,500 ages 31-35
Annually: $1,000 ages 30 and under
Life/Dual Memberships are available
Benefits

Women of Troy

This University support group provides scholarship funds for USC's outstanding female student-athletes. W.O.T. offers three levels of annual membership (based on age of member); a dual membership (with Cardinal and Gold), at a discounted dues level, and a life membership category.
Annually: $2,000
Annually: $1,500 ages 31-35
Annually: $1,000 ages 30 and under
Life/Dual Memberships are available
Benefits

Trojan Club

Over one thousand strong, USC's oldest athletic support group funds the many expenses (i.e., travel, postage, & telephone costs) involved in recruiting today's student-athletes. This group offers discounts for Junior and Senior memberships; and a discounted dual membership (with Women's Trojan Club).
Annually $125
Annually $75 under 30 or over 60
Dual Memberships are available
Benefits

Women's Trojan Club

Contributions to the Women's Trojan Club pay for expenses such as team travel and much-needed equipment for our female athletes the WTC offers discounts for Junior & Senior memberships; and a discounted dual membership (with Women's Trojan Club).
Annually $125
Annually $75 under 30 or over 60
Dual Memberships are available
Benefits

Regional Trojan Club

As a member of any of the above support groups you are entitled to membership in a Regional Trojan Club. The membership dues for these clubs are optional and help defray the costs of their administrative expenses.

Heritage Club

This exclusive support organization is composed of former coaches and athletes of the university. The funds raised from this group will go to the various scholarships in which the athletes designate. Membership in this club will also be combined with our current support groups.

** All support groups offer payment options: Annual, Semi-Annual or Quarterly

USC: Number 1 in National Championships

USC has long dominated the world of intercollegiate athletics. Trojan men's teams are tops in the nation in NCAA championships with 67--more than any other university. And the football team has been voted national champions eight times. USC has won the National Collegiate All-Sports Championship--an annual ranking by USA Today of the Country's top men's athletic programs--six times (1971-72-74-75-77-80) since its inception in 1971. USC's outstanding woman athletes have been a national force also with 13 team titles to their credit.

USC Student Athletes: Number 1 in the Classroom

USC is as proud of its student-athletes' achievement in the classroom as on the playing field. After all, the Trojans not only lead the nation in the number of national team championships (75 by the men and 13 by the women), but rank second in the number of NCAA post-graduate scholarships recipients (42, including 18 football players). Also, USC has had 21 Academic All-American football players (tops among Pac-10 schools and tied for fifth-best in the nation), eight winners of the prestigious NCAA Today's Top Six scholar award (the second-most from any other school), eight National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete, four recipients of the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award, Rhodes Scholar (quarterback Pat Hayden) and a Luce Scholar (swimmer Dennis Scannell).

USC: Number 1 in Professional Sports

No matter which professional football or baseball game you're watching or listening to, there's an excellent chance that at least one former Trojan player will be in uniform. That's because USC annually has more players in those professional sports than virtually any other university.

USC: Number 1 in Olympic Competition

In international competition, USC has also established a stellar reputation and a long tradition of nurturing Olympic athletes. Since 1904, some 270 Trojan athletes have competed in the Games, taking home 87 Gold medals (winning at least one Gold in every Olympics since 1912), 53 Silver and Bronze.

For further information call the: Athletic Development Office (213) 740-4155

University of Southern California
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Los Angeles, California 90089-0602