USD Women's Swimming and Diving 1994-1995

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THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

Setting The Un iversity of San Diego is an independent Catholic institution of higher education. Founded in 1949, USO is located on 180 acres over– looking Mission Bay, San Diego Har– bor and the Pacific Ocean. The cam– pus is named Alcala Park and is lo– cated just 10 minutes from downtown San Diego.

The Campus The USO campus is one of the most architecturally unique institu– tions found in the country, featuring 18 major buildings designed in an ornamental 16th century Spanish Re– naissance style. In the last decade USO has com– pleted eight major construction and expa nsion proj ects. In 1990, the

renovated Katherine M. and George M . Pardee Jr. Legal Research Center opened, a fa– c iii ty double the size of the former law library, offering the latest in infor– mation technology. San Diego is a member of the West Coast Confer– ence and Pacific Coast Swimming Conference. USO competes in 16 in– tercollegiate sports on the NCAA Divi– Athletics

Academics USO enrolls more than 6,2 00 students who have a cho ice of more than 50 und er–

graduate and gradu– ate degree pro– grams. The Univer– sity includes the College of Arts and Sciences, and th e Schools of Business Administration , Education, Law and Nursing. Class size generally averages between 10-30 stu– dents with the stu– dent to teacher ra– tio being 18 : 1. Over 96 percent of USD's full-time faculty hold doctorates. Student Life Student activities include cu ltu ral events, dances, boat cru ises, beach pa rti es, BBQ's, conce rts, comedy nights, symposia and much more. Students participate in a wide range of volunteer projects such as adult lit– eracy tutoring, sen ior citi zen out– reach, and house building in Tiju ana. Over two-thirds of the USO commu– nity partakes in intramural sports.

sion I level. Women's sports include: swimming/ diving, basketbal l, crew, cross country, soccer, softball, tenn is and volleyball. Men's sports include: baseball, basketba ll , crew, cross country, golf, footba ll, soccer and ten– nis. In the past two seasons alone, five USO teams have advanced to NCAA Tournaments . Last yea r, USD's gridiron squad became a char– ter member of the 1-AA Pioneer Foot– ball League.