Women's History Month
3/11/2021
For Women's History Month 2021, USC Athletics honors the storied past, present and future of the Women of Troy.
HONDA AWARD WINNERS
USC has a rich history winning the Honda-Broderick Cup (given to the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year) as well as the Honda Award (top collegiate woman athlete in each of 12 sports). Two Trojans have won the Honda-Broderick Cup, while USC athletes have won the Honda Award 15 times.
| HONDA-BRODERICK CUP (Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year) | ||
| 1983-84 | Cheryl Miller | Basketball |
| 2001-02 | Angela Williams | Track & Field |
| HONDA AWARD (Top Collegiate Woman Athlete Of Each Sport) | ||
| 1977-78 | Debbie Green | Volleyball |
| 1980-81 | Anna Maria Fernandez | Tennis |
| 1983-84 | Cheryl Miller | Basketball |
| 1984-85 | Cheryl Miller | Basketball |
| 1993-94 | Lisa Leslie | Basketball |
| 1996-97 | Kristine Quance | Swim & Dive |
| 2001-02 | Angela Williams | Track & Field |
| 2002-03 | Mikaela Parmlid | Golf |
| 2003-04 | April Ross | Volleyball |
| 2005-06 | Irene Cho | Golf |
| 2005-06 | Virginia Powell | Track & Field |
| 2010-11 | Katinka Hosszu | Swim & Dive |
| 2011-12 | Alex Jupiter | Volleyball |
| 2012-13 | Annie Park | Golf |
| 2015-16 | Samantha Bricio | Volleyball |
#WomensHistoryMonth On Social Media
Andrea McBride, a @USC_Track_Field and @uscwomensvolley alum, co-founded @McBrideSisters Wine, the largest Black-owned wine company in the country. #WomensHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/P0sa9Kr3sA
— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) March 15, 2021
2x @USCWBB National Champion
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) March 15, 2021
THEN the first African-American female captain at a commercial airline
For Melissa Ward, the sky's the limit. #WomensHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/FkPciPZLfG
Coach Caryl Smith Gilbert is a champion and a trailblazer.
— USC Track & Field (@USC_Track_Field) March 10, 2021
?? Three-time Pac-12 Women’s Coach of the Year
?? 2018 Women’s NCAA Outdoor T&F Champions
?? First woman to be named Pac-12 men’s coach of the year
?? First woman to coach a men’s 100m and 200m champion#FightOn #WHM pic.twitter.com/xmgDvVBvyu
"International Women's Day on three -- 1??, 2??, 3??..."#InternationalWomensDay ! ?????????#FightOn ?? pic.twitter.com/FYx0wXr3ci
— USC Water Polo (@USCWaterPolo) March 9, 2021
#InternationalWomensDay
— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) March 8, 2021
Recognizing 3?? exceptional leaders. pic.twitter.com/600TrkhCJd
Going down in history.@SBNation dubbed our 1984 NCAA Champions the 6th-best team in the history of women’s college basketball!#WomensHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/9yebpKPVHg
— USC Women's Basketball (@USCWBB) March 8, 2021
USC alum @LisaLeslie made history by becoming the first player to dunk in a @WNBA game on July 30, 2002! #WomensHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/uXKnLKvCbZ
— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) March 5, 2021
WOMEN OF TROY HONORED DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
This Black History Month, we are celebrating trailblazers in our sport!
— USC Water Polo (@USCWaterPolo) February 23, 2021
A member of @TheAlliance_WP, Cal alum Fana Fuqua was the first Black female water polo athlete to play in the NCAA era before going on to play as a pro and with Team USA!#USCBHM pic.twitter.com/9WWbXMQ9AL
In honor of #USCBHM, we celebrate Meika Wagner, a two-time USC All-American.
— USC Women's Volleyball (@uscwomensvolley) February 17, 2021
An icon of the sport, Wagner played for Team USA ???? and is a member of the Riverside Sports Hall of Fame. She continues to teach and inspire as a coach at Idaho!#BlackHistoryMonth #FightOn ?????? pic.twitter.com/HA1LVSZgLH
For #USCBHM, we would like to recognize @ProfBrownnnn, who won a title with the 2007 squad and returned to USC to earn her PhD.
— USC Women's Soccer (@USC_WSoccer) February 17, 2021
As a professor and gerontologist, she specifically studies aging and longevity relative to race.
Read about her work here: https://t.co/AAuCfahcy7 pic.twitter.com/JLD1K4csfs
In honor of #USCBHM, we celebrate Drew Jackson, a two-time MPSF champion with the Women of Troy.
— USC Women's Lacrosse (@USCTrojansLax) February 17, 2021
As the first black USC lacrosse player, she helped the Trojans to league titles, NCAA appearances, and many historic firsts for the program.#BlackHistoryMonth #FightOn ?????? pic.twitter.com/O90r1D2v20
In honor of #USCBHM, we celebrate Bria Russ, a #Pac12VB champion indoors and an @AVCAVolleyball national champion on the sand!
— USC Beach Volleyball (@USCBeach) February 17, 2021
She won over 80 matches for the Women of Troy in just three seasons. #BlackHistoryMonth #FightOn ???????????? pic.twitter.com/9STsXW0Qqf
We celebrate Leslie Allen, not just during Black History Month, but all throughout the year, as a pioneer for African Americans in the sport of tennis. #USCBHM pic.twitter.com/90UVCRNAlQ
— USC Women's Tennis (@USCWomensTennis) February 17, 2021
Celebrating Black excellence this #BlackHistoryMonth!
— USC Women's Basketball (@USCWBB) February 5, 2021
USC alum @PamelaMcGee34 is the only WNBA player in history to have a son and daughter drafted in the @NBA and the @WNBA! #USCBHM pic.twitter.com/4gPUMOrAJi
Nine-time Olympic medalist @AllysonFelix's experience in the NICU with her daughter helped her find a voice to fight for female athletes and black mothers.#USCBHM | #BlackHistoryMonth
— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) February 24, 2020
.@USCWomensTennis's Salma Ewing’s journey into the painful history of her mother’s homeland: https://t.co/rgwR61wcKY #USCBHM #BlackHistoryMonth
— USC (@USC) February 29, 2020
via https://t.co/vJJNguivJ3 pic.twitter.com/LKJMLImLiR
Nine-time Olympic medalist @AllysonFelix's experience in the NICU with her daughter helped her find a voice to fight for female athletes and black mothers.#USCBHM | #BlackHistoryMonth
— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) February 24, 2020
For @USCWBB’s @TemiFagbenle, basketball is a passport to the world. Her #USCBHM story: https://t.co/uVtEnR9gA2 pic.twitter.com/QUTNj3bk4j
— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) February 22, 2016
