Good morning, Trojan Family! Athletic Director Jen Cohen has released a statement regarding the wildfires in the city. To help those in need, donate to the Trojan Family Relief Fund or buy an ‘LA Strong’ t-shirt. Cohen also announced the updates to the football program, House vs. NCAA settlement and B1G Conference. Read the full announcement here.

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🏊 Prestigious award finalist
👟 Conference award
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Finalist! Senior water polo captain Max Miller has been named a finalist for the Peter J. Cutino Award. This is the highest honor for collegiate water polo. Miller scored 54 goals for the Trojans in 2024 to top off his USC career-ranked No. 16 all-time in career scoring with 147 goals.

🤽‍♂️ Read more about Miller.

🔼 Conference Honor. The Big Ten named Johnny Brackins Jr. the Co-Indoor Track Athlete of the Week. Brackins Jr. recently set the school’s 60m hurdles record. He is the first Trojan track & field athlete to earn a conference weekly honor.

👟 See how he’s performed so far this season.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is two athletes from the women’s lacrosse team. Isabelle Vitale and Alexis Niblock were named USA Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans. Vitale earned a spot on the third team, while Niblock was selected to the honorable mentions.

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True or False.

USC Athletics set a new GPA record in fall of 2024.

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

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Friday, January 24

👟 Track & Field Texas Tech Red Raider Invitational @ TBA
🤽 Women’s Water Polo at California Baptist/UC Irvine @ 10:30am/1:30pm PT
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. University of Pennsylvania @ 2pm PT

Saturday, January 25

🎾 Men’s Tennis at Arizona @ 10am PT
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Auburn/San Diego @ 10am or 2pm PT

Sunday, January 26

🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. #2 UCF or #3 Oklahoma @ 11am or 3pm PT

⚔️Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: True: 3.178!

⚔️ Have a great Friday, everyone!