Good Morning Trojans. We can’t wait to see a SOLD OUT crowd at tomorrow’s women’s basketball game against No. 1 UConn.

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

🏈 Freshman honor
⚾️ Top 100 prospects
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Big Honor. Football player Jahkeem Stewart was named a PFF Freshman All-American. Stewart recorded 18 tackles throughout the 2025 season. He also had 7.5 tackles for loss totaling 27 yards, including 1.5 sacks for minus 11. Stewart had one interception, one fumble recovery and one quarterback hurry.

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🔼 Rankings. The Top 100 prospects for the 2026 MLB Draft are here! Left-handed pitcher Mason Edwards is No. 90. Edwards is a junior who has been with USC throughout his college career.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO is the 63 athletes who were named to the 2025 Fall Academic All-Big Ten List. This is an increase from last year’s 47 athletes who earned the honor. Katie Park, Eleanor Morrissey and Brandon Shepherd earned the honor with a perfect GPA of 4.0.

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Living His Dream. Men’s basketball player Chad Baker-Mazara is leading USC in scoring. He made basketball history and fulfilled his dream of playing at USC. Read about his basketball journey here.

Baker-Mazara is scoring nearly ## points per game.

Think you’ve got it? Scroll down for the answer!

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Saturday, December 13

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. UConn @ 2:30pm PT | Live Stats | Tickets

Sunday, December 14

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Washington State @ 4:30pm PT | Live Stats | Watch | Tickets

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 21!

⚔️ Have a great Friday, everyone!