Good Morning Trojans. The final episode of Trojans Live for 2025 is here!

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

🏐 Postseason & weekly honors
🎓 Graduation success rate
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Postseason Awards. Six volleyball players earned Big Ten All-Conference honors. London Wijay and Reese Messer were named to the First Team. Leah Ford and Taylor Deckert are on the Second Team. Messer and Abigail Mullen earned All-Freshman Team honors. Gala Trubint was chosen as the Sportsmanship Honoree.

🔼 Smart Trojans. USC’s Athletics’ Graduation Success Rate (GSR) remains at 94%. This matches last year’s all-time high for the department. The Trojans have now set or matched their GSR record for 11 straight years. USC's 94% four-year figure ranks the Trojans tied for third in the Big Ten.

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🔼 Weekly Honors. Two volleyball players earned Big Ten Weekly awards. Reese Messer was named the Big Ten Setter of the Week. Abigail Mullen was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Messer totaled 87 assists to averaged 12.43 assists per set. She also recorded her 10th double-double. Mullen hit .362 in two matches.

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Thursday, December 4

🏐 Volleyball NCAA Tournament First Round BYU vs. Cal Poly @ 5pm PT | Tickets
🏐 Volleyball NCAA Tournament First Round vs. Princeton @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Friday, December 5

🤽 Men’s Water Polo NCAA Tournament vs. Concordia-Irvine @ TBD | Live Stats | Watch
🏐 Volleyball NCAA Tournament Second Round vs. TBD @ 7pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Saturday, December 6

🤽 Men’s Water Polo NCAA Tournament
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Washington @ 3pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

Sunday, December 7

🤽 Men’s Water Polo NCAA Tournament
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Washington @ 5pm PT | Live Stats | Tickets

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⚔️ Have a great Thursday, everyone!