Trojan Athletic Achievement
- The Trojans have won 118 team national championships, 96 of which are NCAA National Championships. This is the third highest count of all universities.
- The Trojan men have won 95 national championships (82 NCAA titles), more than any other University.
- The Women of Troy have earned 23 national championships (14 NCAA titles), third in the nation.
- The Trojans won at least 1 national team title in 26 consecutive years (1959–60 to 1984–85).
- USC won the National College All-Sports Championship an annual ranking by USA Today of the country’s top athletic programs — 6 times since its inception in 1971.
- Trojan men athletes have won more individual NCAA titles (302) than those from any other school in the nation and the Women of Troy have brought home another 55 individual NCAA crowns for a combined 357 individual NCAA championships.
- Four Trojans have won the prestigious James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in America: diver Sammy Lee (1953), shot putter Parry O’Brien (1959), swimmer John Naber (1977) and swimmer Janet Evans (1989).
- Two Trojans have won the Honda-Broderick Cup as the top collegiate woman athlete of the year: Cheryl Miller (1983–84) and Angela Williams (2001–02). And Trojan women have won 8 Honda Awards, as the top female athlete in their sport.
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