Good morning! Head coach Lindsay Gottlieb and JuJu Watkins shared a special and well-deserved moment after being named finalists for the Coach of the Year and Player of the Year awards this past season.

What else can you find in today's Brew?

🏖️ Duo earns All-AVCA First Team honors
🎾 Three Women of Troy selected for NCAA Tournament
⚔️ And much, much more!

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🔼 Unprecedented Run. The three-time defending NCAA champion Trojan beach volleyball team earned the top seed among 17 teams competing in the 2024 NCAA Championship. The Women of Troy will face either Atlantic Sun champion North Florida or Ohio Valley champion Chattanooga in the round of 16. USC will attempt to become the first-ever team to win four titles in a row after becoming the first to earn the trifecta a year ago.

🔼 Trojan Trio. USC women's tennis has a trio of Trojans heading into NCAA Individual competition, with two Trojans locked in for singles play and one USC duo in that draw. Sophomore Emma Charney and junior Grace Piper have secured their spots in the 64-player NCAA Singles draw, while Charney and Eryn Cayetano will make their NCAA doubles debut.

🔼 Stacking Talent. After a season that included a Pac-12 title and an Elite Eight appearance, USC women's basketball team has a standout talent heading to the Galen Center with the signing of grad transfer Kiki Iriafen. The Katrina McClain Award winner as the nation's best power forward, Iriafen spent the previous three seasons at Stanford, where she was named the Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year this past season as a junior. The Los Angeles native was one of two players in the nation to average 19.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game in 2023-24.

🗣️ “[Iriafen] is a dynamic scorer and rebounder who will flourish in our style and with those around her. She is a magnetic personality who gets to come home and be special. The Galen Center crowd will want to have a front-row seat to support her in doing that." - Lindsay Gottlieb, head coach

🔼 Mark Your Calendars. USC men's basketball’s 2024-25 conference opponents have been announced for its first season in the Big Ten. Each member institution of the Big Ten will play a 20-game conference schedule, playing three schools both home and away, while facing 14 teams once. The Trojans will reign in the Eric Musselman era with its first Big Ten conference home game against Iowa, and will still keep its home and away series with crosstown rival, UCLA.

📚️ Read more details about the Big Ten men’s basketball schedule

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Beachy Pioneers. USC beach volleyball has won six national titles since the NCAA started hosting a postseason tournament in the sport.

Our question today: do you know what year the Trojans won the first-ever NCAA Championship in beach volleyball?

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

⚔️ ONE BIG THING

Following another terrific season with USC beach volleyball, seniors Megan Kraft and Delaynie Maple were chosen to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America First Team. Kraft becomes the third four-time All-American in program history, joining Sara Hughes and Tina Graudina. She was a first-team choice in 2021 and 2023 and a second-team member in 2022. Maple is the ninth Trojan to earn multiple All-America awards. While 15 different Women of Troy have earned All-America honors all-time, Kraft and Maple collect the 33rd and 34th individual certificates.

🎟️ REMEMBER THE GAME

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📅 LOOKING AHEAD

*All times Pacific

Thursday, May 2

🥍 Lacrosse @ Pac-12 Tournament in Los Angeles, CA | Watch

Friday, May 3

🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. North Florida/Chatanooga @ 9:00am in Gulf Shores, AL | Watch
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Cal Poly @ 2:00pm in Los Angeles, CA | Watch | Live Scoring
⚾️ Baseball vs. California @ 6:30pm in Irvine, CA | Watch | Live Stats

⚔️ Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 2016!

USC won the first NCAA crown in beach volleyball in 2016.

⚔️ Have a great Thursday, everyone!