USD Men's Tennis 2001-2002

THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO 2

SETTING The University of San D iego isan independent Catholi c institu– tion of higher educati on. Founded in 1949, USD is located on 180 acres overl ooking Mi ssion Bay, San Diego Harbor and the Pac ific Ocean. The campus is named A lca la Park and is located just 10 minutes from downtown San Diego and the world famousSan Di– ego Zoo. Histori c O ld Town is just minutes away as well. The city of San Diego along w ith this campus traces their origins to fifteenth century Spain. The campuswas named after a Span ish vi IIage near Madrid -Alcala de Henares. Founded by the Greeks as Complutum, the village was later renamed Al Ka la (the Castle) by the Moslems. Christians recaptured the vi ll age centuries later and founded a university, the Un iversity of A lca la, whose buildings became the inspi ration for USD 's style. Both institutions are lo– cated on a hill overlooking a river val ley.

THE CAMPUS

The USO campus is regarded as one of the most arch itecturally unique institutions in the country, featur ing major buildings designed in an ornamental 16th century Spanish Renai ssance style. Since 1984, USO has comp leted numerous major construc– tion and expansion projects . Last year the Jenny Cra ig Pavilion, a 5, I00-seat athletic center, opened its doors as home to USO vo ll eyba ll and basketball. This fa ll the Joan B. Kroc Institute fo r Peace and Justice will open on the west end of campus, and a new Science and Technology Center is underway. A fi ve-story, Spanish Renaissance parking garage (I, I00 spaces) was completed in 1998. A landscaped fo untain plaza was fin ished in th e fa ll of 1995 , connecti ng the entrances of the lmmaculata and Hughes Administration Center. In 1992, the uni versity comp leted the 45 ,000 square foot Loma Hall , which includes an expanded book– store, a larger mail center, classrooms and laboratories .

ACADEMICS USD enrolls more than 6,800 students (3,900 undergraduate) who have a cho ice of more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The university's academic un its incl ude the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Schoo ls of Business Admin istration, Educatio n, Law and Nurs ing. Class size generall y averages between 18-25 studentswith the student to teacher ratio being 18: 1. Over 97 percent of USD 's full-time facu lty hold doctorates. In the annual ratings of the country's co lleges and universi ti es, published by U.S. News & World Report, USD moved from the regiona l to nationa l category in 1994. The university is ranked among the top 100 schools in the nation. STUDENT LIFE Student activiti es inc lude cultural events, dances, boat crui ses, beach parti es, BBQ 's, concerts, comedy ni ghts, sympos ia an d much more. Stu– dents participate in a wide range of vo lunteer projects such as adult li teracy tutoring, senior citi zen outreach, and house bui ld ing in Tijuana. The intra– mural program is also an integral part of student Iife on campus with over two-th irds of the USD community partaking in the activiti es. ATHLETICS

USO is a member of the West Coast Conference for nearl y all sports and competes in 16 interco ll egiate sports on the NCAA Division I leve l. The footba ll team comp leted its eighth season in the Pioneer Footba ll League . Women's sports include: basketball , cross country, rowing, soccer, softba ll , swimming & di vi ng, tenni s and vo ll eyball. Men's sports include: baseball , basketba ll , cross country, go lf, football , rowing, soccer and tenni s. Since 1990 USO teams have won eleven conference champi– onships; made 28 NCAA post-season appea rances; had twenty-seven Conference Coaches of the Year; twenty-two Conference Players of th e Year; twe lve Conference Freshmen of the Year; four WCC Scholar Athl etes of the Year; and thi1ty-one A ll-America se lecti ons. For the second strai ght year, US O hosted the West Coast Conference Basketball Championships. WWW. USDTOREROS.COM