Bringing Her “A” Game
Athletics, Student Success - Summer 2014AMY KAME LEAVES AN INDELIBLE IMPRINT ON USD BASKETBALL
The basketball left Amy Kame’s fingertips and arced through the air toward the hoop the same way it had done thousands of times before; seams rotating perfectly — just … Read More
The Zable Family’s Legacy
Alumni, Athletics - Spring 2014FAMOUS FOOTBALL PLAYER’S LAST PLAY MAKES LASTING IMPRESSION
Walter J. Zable grew up in South Boston during the Great Depression. Life was hard, times were tough and sports gave him the chance to go to college and … Read More
Give and Let Live
Athletics - Spring 2014WHEN IT COMES TO FRIENDSHIP, THERE’S NO SACRIFICE TOO GREAT FOR USD SOFTBALL COACH
Talk to anyone who knows Melissa McElvain, and you’ll quickly identify a consistent thread in each conversation. Surprisingly, it’s got nothing … Read More
Better. Stronger. Faster.
Athletics - Spring 2014CHLOE FERRARI’S RETURN KEYS CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
Although the pain wasn’t intense, Chloe Ferrari knew immediately that something was very wrong.
The then-junior and First-Team West Coast Conference (WCC) middle hitter had just leaped for … Read More
Committed to Excellence
Athletics - Fall 2013For USD Head Football Coach Dale Lindsey, it’s team first
In the weeks leading up to the kickoff for the season opener against Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, the trailer that serves as headquarters for USD football … Read More
The Natural
Alumni, Athletics - Fall 2013Kris Bryant has a season for the ages
By all accounts, St. Louis Billikens relief pitcher James Norwood has a solid collegiate baseball career ahead of him. The flame-throwing junior has allowed only one home run in 61 innings … Read More
Making It Happen
Athletics - Summer 2013RICH HILL REFLECTS ON HIS SUCCESSFUL RUN AT THE HELM OF USD BASEBALL
Head Baseball Coach Rich Hill has built the Toreros into one of the most successful Division I programs on the West Coast. Since taking … Read More
Living in “The Moment”
Alumni, Athletics - Summer 2013A REALITY TV STINT HAS VINCE MOSIO FOCUSED ON WHAT MATTERS MOST
Growing up, Vince Moiso loved fall Saturdays. The way he saw it, Sunday through Friday was just a means to an end; a tolerable inconvenience that … Read More
The Life Aquatic
Athletics - Summer 2013SWIMMER KEENAN LINEBACK GOES THE DISTANCE
It’s a bright and breezy early spring afternoon by the pool at the USD Sports Center, and Torero swimming sensation Keenan Lineback looks for all the world like a fish out … Read More
Field of Dreams
Athletics - Summer 2013FOWLER PARK DEBUTS TO RAVE REVIEWS
The lights are on and somebody’s home. For the first time in USD’s history, the school’s ballpark is illuminated at night. Of course, that’s just one of the … Read More
Steady as She Goes
Athletics - Spring 2013COXSWAIN CAITE SOPER PRIDES HERSELF ON KEEPING AN EVEN KEEL
Strange though it may seem, a legitimate argument can be made that the most valuable member of the University of San Diego’s Women’s Varsity-8 Rowing team … Read More
Tenacious Dee
Athletics - Spring 2013MEN’S BASKETBALL STAR LEAVES IT ON THE FLOOR
In coach speak, it’s known as a “hustle play,” and it’s all about maximum guts, minimum glory, and on some occasions, a whole lot of bumps and … Read More
Perfect Execution
Athletics - Spring 2013USD HOSTS ITS FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Satara Murray and the rest of the University of North Carolina (UNC) women’s soccer team returned to Chapel Hill, N.C., basking in the afterglow of their successful recent trip to … Read More
The Beautiful Game
Athletics - Fall 2012USD TO HOST 2012 WOMEN’S SOCCER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
America’s finest collegiate soccer teams are about to take center stage in America’s Finest City.
In October 2011, the NCAA Championship Committee officially named USD’s Torero … Read More
Solid as a Rock
Athletics - Fall 2012DEFENSIVE END BLAKE OLIARO HAS GOT GAME
Blake Oliaro is in a hurry — or, at least you’d think so, given the vast tracts of ground he covers with his brisk, bounding gait. In fact, trying to keep … Read More
