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The Three Torches 2/7: 3 WBB Players on Watch Lists

The Three Torches 2/7: 3 WBB Players on Watch Lists

See which three women's basketball players are on watch lists.

Zach Garrett
February 07, 2025

Good morning, Trojan Family. The football program has many new coaches on staff for the 2025 season. Watch their press conference about the strategy for the future here.

What else do we have for you in today's edition of The Three Torches? Check it out below!

🏀 Defensive Player of the Year watch list
🏀 Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Awards! Two women’s basketball players have been named to the 2025 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year watch list. Rayah Marshall and JuJu Watkins have been anchoring the No. 1 defense in the nation in blocks per game. Marshall leads the team with 2.2 blocks per game, ranking No. 20 in the nation in that category. Watkins is USC’s steals leader, with 49 collected to date.

🔼 Top 10. Women’s basketball player Kiki Iriafen has been selected as a Top 10 candidate for the 2025 Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year award. Fans can start voting for her to win here.

🏀 Read more about Iriafen.

🔼 Signed Some More. The football program had two more 2025 signees. Jaydn Ramos is a defensive end from Conroe High School in Texas. AJ Tuitele is a linebacker from Mojave High School in Nevada. Ramos is the No. 68 edge in the nation. Tuitele is the No. 1 player in the state of Nevada.

🏈 Learn more about Ramos and Tuitele.
✍️ Here are all of the 2025 signees.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is men’s tennis player Peter Makk. Makk was named the Big Ten Player of the Week. The senior pulled together a trio of ranked victories as he went 2-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles against No. 13 Stanford and California.

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Preseason Stats. The Big Ten named the women’s lacrosse team to finish No. 6 in the conference. The conference also named three Trojans to the Preseason Players to Watch list.

Maddie Dora, Catherine Lord and ___ were selected.

Think you got it? Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Friday, February 7

👟 Track & Field at New Mexico Collegiate Classic
🏊 Swim and Dive vs. UNLV
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Purdue @ 4pm PT | Listen | Live Stats | Watch
🤽‍♂️ Women’s Water Polo vs. Biola @ 5pm PT

Saturday, February 8

⚔️Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Isabelle Vitale!

⚔️ Have a great Friday, everyone!