Good morning! Everybody knows that LA is the place to be, and Lincoln Riley, and the rest of USC football, have put the college football world on notice with that exact statement. This season cannot come soon enough.

What all can you find in today's Brew?

🏀 Additional Firepower
🏈 On The Ballot
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 That Summer Feeling. It’s already been a big week for USC women’s golf star Amari Avery. Avery started off the week by qualifying for her second U.S. Women’s Open after winning the 36-hole Rancho Santa Fe qualifier. She won the event with a one-under par round to secure her spot at Pebble Beach from July 6-9.

Later this week, she will head to Pennsylvania where she will start in the 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup for the second straight year. The WGCA All-American has a busy summer schedule ahead of her, but for the aspiring pro, it’s nothing she hasn’t already seen before.

🔼 Additional Firepower. Another former Ivy Leaguer is joining the Trojan family on the court. Kaitlyn Davis, the unanimous First Team All-Ivy League selection will join USC women’s basketball this upcoming season for the Trojans.

The 6-foot-2 grad transfer has quite the resume with a 2023 WNIT All-Tournament Team and Ivy League All-Tournament Team selections, and earned six Ivy League Player of the Weeks. She finished her senior season with Columbia averaging 12 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game. “I still believe she is only beginning to tap into what she’s capable of. We cannot wait to get started on this next chapter of her journey,” said head coach Lindsay Gottlieb.

The newest Trojan will join Ivy League transfer Kayla Padilla, and the rest of the women’s basketball squad later this year.

🔼 On The Ballot. Two former USC football greats in Mark Carrier and Dennis Thurman have been named to the 2024 ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame.

• Mark Carrier, the Thorpe Award winner in 1989 as the nation’s top defensive back, was a two-time All-American and helped USC to a 27-8-1 record during his time with the Trojans

• Dennis Thurman, another two-time All-American, was a member of the 1974 National Championship team and helped USC go 37-10-1 in his time with the Trojans.

All members and current Hall of Famers will be counted over the rest of the year, with the final announcement of the Class of 2024 set to be released early next year. If it were up to the USC family, these guys would have been in a long time ago!

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Best of the Best. USC track and field takes center stage this week at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and will have a chance to come back to LA with some hardware.

Our question today—do you know how many team titles USC track and field has won in total?

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

⚔️ ONE BIG THING

USC Track and Field have found themselves at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, TX.

10 women and 11 men student-athletes will compete in a wide variety of events this week including the 100 and 200-meter races, long jump, triple jump, 4×100-meter relay, and more. At least one member of the USC team has won an individual NCAA outdoor title in 23 of the last 30 tries, so expect to see some sparks fly in Austin.

Want to keep up to date on all things happening in track and field? Save this broadcast schedule and stay up to date on the team’s socials to see how the Trojans perform this week.

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📅 THE DAYS AHEAD

Wednesday 6/7

👟 Track and Field @ NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, TX | Follow

Thursday 6/8

👟 Track and Field @ NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, TX | Follow

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 29!

The men’s team has won 26 times (more than double the next closest school), and the women have won three, and will look to recapture the title from when they won in 2021.

Have a great Wednesday, everyone!