Rice Athletics Heritage Athletic Highlights • Baseball Owls won the 2003 College World Series, the first NCAA team title for Rice.

• The 1946 football Owls were Southwest Conference co-champions and went on to defeat Tennessee in the Orange Bowl.

• In 2000, Rice won an unprecedented six Western Athletic Conference titles. The Owls were victorious in women’s , men’s and women’s cross country, women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, and baseball. Morris Almond with owner Larry • A total of 15 baseball Owls have gone in the first Miller. round of the MLB draft.

• Trevor Cobb won the Doak Walker Award in 1991 as the nation’s top . He was a two-time all- America and a three-time most valuable player for the Owls.

• Morris Almond, was the 25th pick in the first round by the Utah Jazz in the 2007 NBA Draft. He became the first Rice Owl to be selected in the first round since was the 18th overall pick in the 1982 NBA Draft by the . Almond is one of 20 men’s basketball players to play professionally since 1992.

• Team captain Larry Izzo has won three rings as a member of the . More Football player Darryl Grant (Rice, than 50 Owls have played in the NFL. ‘80) was inducted in the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame in • Rice’s women’s basketball team has been to the “Big February 2007. An 11-year defensive force in the NFL, Grant Dance” twice after winning the 2000 and 2005 WAC Cham- wears two Super Bowl pionship to earn the league’s NCAA automatic bid. Marla Championship rings as a Brumfield was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in 2000 Washington Redskin (1983 & Sammy Waldron became Rice’s 1988). first All-America in volleyball in and spent three years in the WNBA. 1995.

• Rice has won individual national titles in men’s tennis (two singles and two doubles), women’s tennis (doubles), men’s track and field and women’s track and field.

• The Owls have won a total of 71 conference titles.

• 495 Owls have earned All-America honors.

• Rice has been represented at 11 Olympic Games by 19 different athletes, dating back to the 1928 games in Amsterdam.

The Rice baseball team won the 2003 NCAA title to capture the school’s first team championship in any sport. 4 Rice Athletics Heritage

Regina Cavanaugh was a six-time NCAA champion and eight-time all- America in the shot put while at Rice. Larry Izzo won three Super Bowl rings Fred Hansen winning the gold medal as a member of the New England in the pole vault at the 1964 Tokyo Patriots. Olympics.

Mike Wilks, now with the Seattle SuperSonics, got his first NBA championship ring after his Spurs defeated the Pistons in 2005.

Norm Charlton, a former Rice pitcher, won a World Series ring with the Cincinnati Reds in 1990. Former Rice slugger Lance Berkman has been the Astros MVP three times and led Houston to its first-ever World Series appearance in 2005. Rice running back Trevor Cobb with Doak Walker and his award.

5 2006-07 Athletics Review The 2006-07 athletic year proved to be exciting and fruitful for the as several teams advanced to post-season action and individual achievements were abundant. It was a year of firsts for the women’s track and field squad as it captured its first-ever Conference USA indoor championship in February and its first-ever C-USA outdoor championship in May at the Rice Track/Soccer Stadium. The Rice baseball team continued its dominance as it earned its second-straight C-USA regular season title (22- 2) and for the second year in a row the C-USA tournament crown. The Owls also competed in their 13th-consecutive NCAA tournament and advanced to the College World Series for the second-consecutive time and sixth overall. The Owls finished the season with the second-highest win total in the nation at 56-14 and a final number-three national ranking. The Rice football team finished the season 7-6 and for the first time since 1961, participated in a bowl game when it faced Troy in the 2006 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. Earning high honors and placing second in C-USA championships were women’s basketball, women’s cross country, men’s tennis, and the Morris Almond simply produced one of the greatest women’s swim team. The second- seasons ever in the history of Rice basketball in 2007. place finish by the swimmers is Almond was named Conference USA Player of the Year the highest-ever in the history as he averaged a league-record 26.4 points per game, while also averaging 6.6 rebounds. He was a first round of Rice swimming. pick in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. Advancing to an NCAA championship is not easy, but the following Rice Owls athletic teams competed in post-season action: men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s track and field (indoor and outdoor), swimming, and the men’s tennis team advanced for the fifth- straight time. The women’s bas- ketball team also earned its second-straight bid to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament.

Senior Ben Harknett made his first appearance to the NCAA Pablo Solares placed fifth in singles the mile at the NCAA Indoor championship Championship and ninth at the in 2007. NCAA Outdoor in the 1500m. During his career, he helped the Owls to the 2004 Western Athletic Conference crown, a pair of Conference USA second-place finishes and four- consecutive NCAA team championship bids. 6 2006-07 Athletics Review

Rice Owl baseballer Joe Savery, a Baseball’s Joe Savery was selected as the pitcher and first baseman, shined as one of the top two-way performers 2007 C-USA Male Athlete of the Year, in addition in the country in to being named C-USA Player of the Year and 2007, earning consensus first team All-America. Ryne Tacker consensus first earned C-USA Pitcher of the Year, while Ryan Berry team All-America honors. Savery, the 2007 Player of the picked up C-USA Freshman of the Year and Year for C-USA baseball, was among National Freshman Pitcher of the Year by the four finalists for the 2007 Dick Collegiate Baseball. Howser Trophy given to college Morris Almond, as selected by the baseball's top player. league’s head coaches, was named the He was selected by the Philadelphia C-USA Player of the Year in men’s Phillies in the first round of the basketball and additionally he earned AP Major League Baseball draft as the All-America honorable mention. His 26.4 19th overall pick. Savery's versatile talents helped earn Rice a second- scoring average set a C-USA record and also straight trip to the College World was the nation’s third-highest average. Series where the team finished third Ben Harknett, ranked 38th in the nation, in the nation. received a bid to the NCAA tennis champion- ship and it marked the fifth-consecutive year Individually, Rice coaches and athletes for an Owl to compete in the singles continued to be a shining beacon for Rice championship. University. Jim Bevan earned C-USA indoor Rice senior Pablo Solares ran a and outdoor coach of the year accolades, lifetime best 3:40.22 to break his while the Owls’ baseball mentor, Wayne own school record and finish ninth Graham, for the second-straight year at the NCAA Track & Field earned the C-USA Keith LeClair Coach Championships in the 1500m. He of the Year honor. previously placed fifth in the NCAA indoor championships in the mile to earn All-America status. Rice senior Funmi Jimoh finished fifth in the long jump (21’ 1.25") at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Champion- ships to receive her first All-America accolade. Meanwhile, junior distance ace Marissa Daniels raced to a lifetime best in the 10,000 meters late Thursday, taking 11th with a 33:57.37 and earning her first all-America honors. Marissa Daniels, women’s cross country, Dominique Karas, women’s tennis, Aaron Robson, men’s cross country, Luke Stadel, men’s track & field, and Callie Wells, women’s track & field were selected as Scholar Athlete of the Year for their respective sports. C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year awards are presented to the top student-athletes in each conference-sponsored sport. The award is based on academic achievement (GPA), athletic achievement and service. The five awards put the Owls at the top of the league.

Rice Owl Funmi Jimoh placed fifth in the triple jump at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championship. 7 This Is Rice

Nestled on 285 acres in the shadow of the world’s largest medical complex and just moments from the thriving heart of downtown Houston, is a beacon of educational excellence. Our fac- ulty, curriculum, research and students have achieved worldwide renown, and consistently recognized by such magazines as U.S. News & World Report, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine and Fiske Guide to Colleges as one of the best values in higher education. Students receive a pre- mier education at an affordable cost in one of the nation’s leading business, scientific, medical and cultural centers.

Highlights With its dual commitment to excellent teaching and pathbreaking research, Rice attracts extraordinary professors dedicated an excellent undergraduate education and The common thread that unites such both to working with undergraduates in foster collaborative relationships with other diversity is the collective pursuit of excel- the classroom and to advancing knowledge institutions and the city of Houston. Rice’s lence in the classroom. Graduate students and understanding. This ensures that each commitment to these goals is already be- teach only about 5 percent of our classes, Rice student has direct contact with pro- ing achieved through the Collaborative Re- and our student–faculty ratio is 5-to-1. fessors who, through their writing and re- search , a facility at the corner of Eighty-one percent of undergraduate search, have gained acclaim as some of Main and University that will house re- classes have fewer than 30 students. This the most scholarly minds in their fields. searchers and physicians from Rice and the small size allows for plenty of discussion William Marsh Rice’s founding vision of Texas Medical Center, slated to be opera- and personal attention. Rice faculty are superior education for the brightest stu- tional by early 2009; construction of likely to know your name and remember dents, regardless of their ability to pay for McMurtry and Duncan College, the 10th the last paper you wrote. When the times that privilege, continues today. A gener- and 11th residential colleges; and the ad- comes, they will be able to write a letter ous endowment of approximately $3.6 bil- dition of the Pavilion, an outdoor gather- of recommendation based on something lion, one of the largest in the country, al- ing space for students, faculty, staff and more than a score on a grade sheet. lows Rice to discount tuition, keeping costs campus visitors, which will be a part of But, our students do more than attend affordable. Those same financial assets are the central quadrangle adjacent to Fondren classes and study. Rice has some 200 stu- used to maintain the high-quality facilities Library. For a comprehensive explanation dent organizations devoted to academic and award-winning laboratories necessary of the VC2, visit www.rice.edu/vision. and preprofessional activities, cultural and for a world-class education, without pass- social awareness, political issues, religious ing the burden of the cost on to students. The Student Experience interests and community service projects. Rice undergraduates rank among the The Rice Vision finest in the country. Each year, approxi- After Graduation In order to continue to achieve educa- mately 700 new students are selected from Rice University is an ideal place for tal- tional excellence as set forth in 1912 by an applicant pool of more than 8,000. More ented students to maximize their poten- Edgar Odell Lovett, Rice’s first president, than three-fourths of the freshmen in 2005 tial, as seen by their success after gradua- and in preparation of Rice’s centennial cel- ranked in the top 5 percent of their high tion. More than 70 percent of Rice stu- ebration in 2012, President David Leebron school classes, 75 percent has SAT I scores dents who apply to graduate or profes- presented the Call to Conversation in 2005. of 1350 or better and 25 percent were sional school are admitted to their first This effort sought input from faculty, staff, National Merit Scholars. choice institution, and we are proud to alumni and friends of Rice about the Our undergraduates reflect the diver- count Rhodes and Marshall Scholars university’s future priorities. From that dia- sity from which the university draws its among many of our graduating classes. For logue, the Vision for the Second Century strength. Current enrollment includes stu- students who choose to go directly into (VC2), a 10- strategic vision redefin- dents from all 50 states and 82 countries the workforce after graduation, the Career ing Rice’s mission, was derived. Over the around the world, and more than one-third Services Center hosts more than 100 em- next decade, the points set forth in the of our students are members of ethnic ployers conducting more than 1,200 on- VC2 will, among other objectives, renew minority groups. The result is an academic campus interviews during the academic the university’s focus on research, provide environment animated by diversity. year.

8 This Is Rice Notable Rice Alumni William Archer (1949) Carol Flake (1969) S.I. Morris (1935) U.S. House of Representatives Founding editor of reborn Vanity Fair Architect (Astrodome, Houston Public Garrett Boone (1966) Alberto Gonzales (1979) Library, One Houston Center and Wortham Co-founder of The Container Store Current U.S. Attorney General Theater) Ron Bozman (1969) N. Wayne Hale Jr. (1976) Jim Newman (1982) Executive producer of Silence of the Lambs, Director, Space Shuttle Program, NASA NASA astronaut Beloved and Philadelphia Fred Hansen (1963) LeAnne Schreiber (1967) George R. Brown (1920) Gold medalist in pole vault at 1964 Olympics First woman sports editor of a major daily Co-founder of Brown and Root; founder of Henry Hernandez Jr. (1978) (New York Times) Texas Eastern Corp.; philanthropist and Managing director of Soza International Charles Tandy (1939) engineer (consulting/corporate finance for Hispanic Founder, chairman, president of Tandy Corp. William Broyles Jr. (1966) firms) (now Radio Shack) Founding editor, Texas Monthly; former Roy Hofheinz (1932) Vivan Vahlberg (1970) editor-in-chief, Newsweek; screenwriter State legislator, judge, sports magnate, First woman president of the National Press (Apollo 13 and Castaway) circus owner, radio tycoon Club Robert Curl (1954) Mary E. Johnston (1941) Wylie Vale Jr. (1963) Nobel Laureate (1996) Chief of Reports, Fortune; responsible for Professor, chairman, trustee, senior Karen Davis (1965) the origination of the Fortune 500 investigator at the Salk Institute for Economist, president of The Commonwealth Larry McMurtry (1960) Biological Studies Fund (health and policy issues) Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winner; Peggy Whitson (1986) Charles Duncan Jr. (1947) author of Lonesome Dove, Terms of NASA Astronaut Former U.S. Secretary of Energy, former Endearment and The Last Picture Show president of the Coca-Cola Company

Rice Is Ranked... Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Ma- · 1st — Best value among private colleges, Career Services terials Science, Statistics Princeton Review’s “America’s Best-Value Rice offers a number of programs to help Interdepartmental Majors Colleges” (2008) you see beyond the next four years to what Area Majors, Ancient Mediterranean Civiliza- · 4th — Best value among private universities might lie ahead. The staff of our Career Ser- tions, Asian Studies, Cognitive Sciences, Mana- for academic quality and affordability, vices Center offers assistance with resume writ- gerial Studies, Medieval Studies, Policy Stud- Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine (2007) ing, interviewing and networking. Specialized ies, Study of Women and Gender · One campus school (George R. Brown School advisors help prepare students for graduate Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Man- of Engineering) and multiple departments study and for admission into medical, law and agement ranked among the top 10 in research univer- business schools. Business Administration sities, Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (2005) Facts on Rice Regardless of your major (or majors), your · Top 10 colleges for Latinos, Hispanic Maga- · Undergraduate enrollment: 2,995 classroom learning will be enhanced by out-of- zine (2007) · Graduate enrollment: 2,013 classroom experiences. As an international cen- ter for the oil, gas and petrochemical indus- · Student–faculty ratio: 5-to-1 Rice Areas of Study tries, as well as the space program and medi- · Median undergraduate class cal profession, Houston naturally generates a School of Humanities size: 13 steady demand for student interns from Rice’s Art History, Classical Studies, English, French · Approximate annual cost (tu- science and engineering departments. For hu- Studies, German and Slavic Studies, Hispanic manities and social sciences majors, the Studies, History, Kinesiology, Linguistics, Phi- ition, fees and room and board): university’s Joint Venture Program provides a losophy, Religious Studies, Visual and Dramatic $39,150 helpful conduit into other sectors of the busi- Arts · Middle 50 percent range of SAT ness community. As part of this program, stu- School of Social Sciences scores of students accepted in dents have updated the nation on the Houston Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psy- 2004: 1350–1510 music scene with MTV online, traded energy chology, Sociology · Total endowment: Approximately futures with the Gelber Group, Inc., and aided School of Architecture $4 billion in the design of Web sites with Web Systems. Architecture, Architectural Studies · Percentage of students from In fact, each year, the number of internship Shepherd School of Music opportunities posted with the Career Services Performance, Composition, Music History Texas: 49 percent Center exceeds the number of students look- Wiess School of Natural Sciences · Percentage of students from out- ing for internships. Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chemistry, Earth of-state: 49 percent Science, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, · Percentage of undergraduate Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy students from ethnic minority George R. Brown School of Engineering groups: 40 percent Bioengineering, Chemical and Biomolecular · Areas of study: 55 Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineer- · Percentage of women: 44 percent ing, Computational and Applied Mathematics, · Percentage of men: 56 percent

9 Respected Around The World

Ever since Edgar Odell Lovett, Rice’s first president, convened an international festival of dignitaries and academic am- bassadors to celebrate the opening of the Rice Institute in 1912, Rice has com- manded the attention of the nation and the world.

Indeed, national and world leaders have been coming to Rice for much of the 20th century, beginning with General John Pershing in 1920. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy stood in Rice Stadium to an- nounce plans for the U.S.-manned missions to the moon before the end of the 1960s. Other prominent leaders to grace the cam- His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, with Rice Former U.S. President Bill Clinton pus include U.S. presidents Herbert Hoover, University President David W. Leebron. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, as well as Phillip, Prince of Wales and the Dalai Lama.

Since its opening in 1993, The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy has welcomed major world leaders to campus, including former Secretary of State Colin Powell; former Attorney General Janet Reno; former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright, Henry Kissinger, James A. Baker III and Warren Christopher; Rus- sian President Vladimir Putin; and Secre- tary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan. More recent dignitaries to speak at Rice include former president Bill Arab Republic of Egypt Clinton. President Hosni Mubarak

Rice is one of the first American uni- Former U.S. Secretary of State versities to mount a comprehensive re- Madeleine Albright search program in nanoscience by invest- ing heavily in new facilities and faculty. In Rice began with an international aca- doing so, Rice capitalized on the 1985 dis- demic festival, and internationalization covery of buckminsterfullerene, a previ- continues to be a strong component of ously unknown class of carbon molecule Rice’s mission. Recognizing that a global that eventually would earn the 1996 Nobel perspective is increasingly important, Rice Prize in Chemistry for Robert Curl, profes- encourages students to enrich their aca- sor emeritus, and the late Richard Smalley. demic experience with a variety of study Their discovery has led to the development abroad programs. Rice and Rice-affiliated of an entirely new branch of chemistry and programs send students to study in such launched Rice’s initiative into nanoscale places as Australia, Chile, England, France, science and technology research—research Germany, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, that promises to affect areas as diverse as Russia and Spain, and Rice has developed astrochemistry, superconductivity, materi- significant partnerships with major univer- Nobel Prize recipients Richard Smalley als science and the biosciences. sities in Europe, East Asia and South and Robert Curl America.

10 Respected Around The World

United States Presidents Who Have Visited Rice William Howard Taft Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush George H.W. Bush Bill Clinton

Distinguished Visitors to Former U.S. President John F. Kennedy the Rice Campus spoke in Rice Stadium on Sept. 12, 1962 Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright International Dignitaries Former U.S. Secretary of State Who Have Visited Rice Henry Kissinger Former Canadian Prime Minister Former U.S. Secretary of State Brian Mulroney Warren Christopher Former French President Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Former U.S. President Francois Mitterand Betty Williams Lyndon B. Johnson Former German Chancellor Former U.S. Attorney General Helmut Kohl Janet Reno Irish President U.S. General (retired) Mary McAleese Norman Schwarzkopf Former Italian Prime Minister NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin Giulio Andreotti Pianist Andre Watts Former Japanese Prime Minister Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Toshiki Kaifu Opera Singer Cecilia Bartoli Former Soviet Union President Composer Maurice Ravel Mikhail Gorbachev Violinist Isaac Stern Former Georgian President Violinist Midori Eduard Shevardnadze Opera Singer Beverly Sills Former German Chancellor Artist Max Ernst Former U.S. President Gerald Ford Helmut Schmidt Artist Rene Magritte Former Colombian President Artist Andy Warhol Andres Pastrana Arango Writer Kurt Vonnegut U.N. Secretary-General Writer Carlos Fuentes Boutros Boutros-Ghali Writer Norman Mailer Former Prime Minister of South Writer Saul Bellow Africa Writer Joyce Carol Oates Nelson Mandela Anthropologist Margaret Mead Paleontologist Richard Leakey Primatologist Jane Goodall Historian Arnold Toynbee Literary Critic Lionel Trilling Former U.S. President Civil Rights Leader Roy Wilkins Dwight Eisenhower

11 Academic Success

Student-athletes at Rice are 2006-07 committed to excellence both on the NCAA Public playing field and in the classroom. In C-USA Academic Medal return, the university strives to do all (Swimming) Recognition it can to make sure each athlete makes Stephanie Eberhardt Angela Wo Awards steady progress toward earning a Allyson Lemay National Top 10 degree. 2006-07 C-USA Academic Julie Griswold, the assistant Yale (28/30) 93.3% athletic director for academic services, Honor Roll (Swim) Dartmouth (24/29) 82.7% Rice (11/16) 68.7% and her staff work individually with Stephanie Eberhardt Allyson Lemay Diane Gu Erin Mattson Brown (24/35) 68.5% each student-athlete to construct and Amy Halsey Carlyann Miller Bucknell (17/26) 65.3% monitor the student’s academic path. Natalie Kirchhoff Angela Wo Navy (14/23) 60.8% From freshman orientation to Megan Land Pam Zelnick Lafayette (14/23) 60.8% Justine Lin selecting a major to guiding class Harvard (21/35) 60.0% schedules to weekly appointments Holy Cross (15/26) 57.6% designed to monitor academic William & Mary (13/23) 56.5% progress, the academic staff works toward ensuring that each student C-USA recipients receives the help he or she needs to School (Recognized/Total Teams) Pct. be successful in Rice’s challenging Rice (11/16) 68.7% environment. ECU (2/20) 10.0% SMU (1/17) 5.8% Among the many resources Rice Memphis (1/18) 5.6% offers its athletes are unlimited Houston (0/16) 0.0% individual tutoring sessions, supervised Marshall (0/16) 0.0% study halls, assistance in selecting Southern Miss (0/16) 0.0% majors and courses, and study skills Tulane (0/16) 0.0% seminars. The academic staff also Tulsa (0/18) 0.0% helps determine the availability of UAB (0/17) 0.0% courses to avoid conflict with practices UCF (0/17) 0.0% and competition schedules, and it UTEP (0/16) 0.0% assists in helping student-athletes in their career paths. Other Texas D1 Schools Texas (2/18) 11.1% North Texas (1/16) 6.3% Evidence of Success Baylor (1/17) 5.8% According to figures compiled by Texas A&M (1/21) 4.8% the NCAA, the Owls ranked among the among NCAA Division 1-A institutions. TCU (0/19) 0.0% top 10 in the nation in total (Numbers based on incoming classes Texas Tech (0/17) 0.0% graduation rates for athletes last year of freshmen from 1990-91 through among the 117 universities playing 1999-2000 classes). a 3.0 cumulative GPA, representing Division 1-A football. What’s more, the In March 2007, 11 of Rice’s 16 more than half of Rice’s total number four-year class average, beginning with teams (68.75 percent) received the of student-athletes. Twenty-six Owls the entering class of 1996-97 posted NCAA Public Recognition Award for were honored with the C-USA a graduation rate of 78 percent, having an Academic Progress Rate Academic Medal for carrying a 3.75 or ranking seventh nationally, and a (APR) in the top 10 percent for their better GPA, while five Owls were graduation success rate (which factors sport. This is the highest percentage named the C-USA Scolar-Athletes of in transfers to and from Rice) of 91 for any school in Division 1-A and the the Year for their specific sports. percent, ranking eighth. Both numbers third highest in all of Division 1. (The Additionally, during the 2006-07 measure graduation within six years APR is a term-by-term measure of academic year, 13 out of 16 Rice teams of enrollment. eligibility, retention and graduation for had a better than 3.0 GPA. Even more telling, 98 percent of all student-athletes). Finally, since 1952, Rice student- scholarship athletes who complete In their second year in Conference athletes have received 74 CoSIDA their eligibility at Rice receive their USA (2006-07), 182 Owls were named Academic All-America awards, with 27 degrees, a number that ranks third to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll with being received since 2001.

12 Academic Success

Graduation Rates by Sport The Federal Graduation Rate (Fed Rate) only includes freshmen entering in the fall semester and receiving athletically- related aid. The Fed Rate also does not include transfers in, and students who Morris Almond transfer out count as non-graduates. The 2007 Rice Graduate Graduation Success Rate (GSR) was first NBA 1st-Round Draft Pick published in 2005-06 and is based on the (No. 25 by Utah Jazz) Fed Rate. The GSR, though, accounts for student-athletes who enroll at mid-year and who transfer into the institution while discounting those who leave in good At Rice The Student-Athletes ‘Walk’ Tall, standing. (Numbers below are the four- year rates of entering classes from But Did You Know...... 1996-97 to 1999-2000). * The Rice soccer program began in 2001 • In the last two years, 19 Rice student-athletes were named Academic and data is not yet available. All-District VI. • During the last five years the NCAA has honored six Rice student-athletes Men’s Sports GSR Fed Rate Baseball 94 62 with its prestigious Post-Graduate Scholarship Award. Basketball 83 50 • In May 2006, five Rice student-athletes were named the C-USA Scholar CC/Track 76 71 Athlete of the Year for respective sport. Football 84 78 Golf 100 63 • In the spring of 2007, 13 out of Rice’s 16 intercollegiate teams had better Tennis 100 82 than a 3.0-team grade point average for the semester. Women’s Sports • Rice was third in the nation in the NCAA’s latest release on graduation Basketball 100 100 rates of its member institutions. CC/Track 100 95 Swimming 100 89 Tennis 100 88 Volleyball 92 92

13 Rice Traditions The Institute The Owls School Colors Until 1960, Rice Rice’s nickname, Rice’s official colors are blue and University was “the Owls,” is de- gray, chosen in 1912 by Rice’s first known as Rice Insti- rived from the president, Edgar Odell Lovett. It was tute, or more for- university’s heraldic a more difficult task than the design mally, as the William shield. The designer of the seal itself, since it would not be Marsh Rice Institute of the crest noted proper to duplicate the colors of an- of Literature, Science and Art. Mr. Rice, that the arms of sev- other university. At the same time, he a Massachusetts-born merchant, cot- eral families named wanted to harmonize the appearance ton trader and businessman who made Houston and Rice both had of the new shield with state and na- the bulk of his fortune in Houston fol- chevrons of the avian charges, and he tional colors. The colors also needed lowing the Civil War, willed the origi- adapted those for the institute. In the to be easily procurable and appropri- nal endowment for the institute in official shield, a double chevron divides ate to the climate: colorful but not hot, 1891. Following his mysterious death the field, and the charges are the Owls delicate but not lifeless. The final in 1900 at age 83, that will was con- of Athena as they appear on a small choices were a Confederate gray en- tested. ancient Greek coin. When athletic ac- livened by a tinge of lavender and a tivities began at the institute in 1912, blue deeper than Oxford blue. A long legal battle over the endow- the teams were named for the bird on ment ensued. Rice’s valet and an at- the institute’s seal. The Honor System torney were later charged with Rice’s The student-administered Honor death, and a sensational murder trial “Sammy The Owl” Code is one of the most distinct as- followed. It was not until 1912 that his An early symbol of Rice’s athletic pects of the academic experience at dream of Houston’s first university teams was a large canvas owl, a tempt- Rice. It was established in 1916 and is could be realized. ing target to the institute’s rivals. Stu- one of the few remaining honor sys- dents from Texas A&M kidnapped the tems in American education. Everyone Dr. Edgar Odell Lovett, a professor owl in 1917, and who enrolls at Rice agrees of astronomy at Princeton University, Rice students to abide by the code, which was named the institute’s first presi- sent a private covers such matters as pla- dent in 1908. Over the next four years, detective to Col- giarism and giving or re- he supervised both the construction of lege Station to ceiving aid on exams. the initial buildings on the barren cam- recover their pus at the end of Main Street and the mascot. When Overseen by anywhere appointment of the first faculty. Dr. the detective from 26 to 32 student Lovett served as Rice’s president until sent a cryptic members, the Honor 1947, when Dr. William V. Houston suc- telegram with Council’s Honor Code fos- ceeded him. The institute’s original Ad- the message, ters a spirit of freedom, ministration Building was renamed “Sammy is fairly independence, honesty Lovett Hall in his honor later that year. well and would and mutual trust that ex- like to see his emplifies the academic en- Dr. Houston served as president parents at terprise at its best. In most until 1961, when Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer eleven o’clock,” classes, students are able succeeded him. Dr. Norman the Rice owl had to schedule final exams Hackerman became Rice’s fourth presi- a name. That when they want them dent in 1970. Dr. George E. Rupp was original mascot rather than having two ex- inaugurated in 1985. Dr. Malcolm Gillis was safely re- ams on the same day or took office in 1993, and David W. turned to cam- three or four in a row. In Leebron became Rice’s seventh presi- pus. Other many cases, exams may be dent on July 1, 2004. “Sammies” over taken in the library or in the the years have students’ rooms. Exams for included a large fiberglass statue, students dressed in owl costumes and live great horned owls.

14 Rice Traditions large classes are scheduled for spe- cific times, but even those are not proc- tored. The student-elected Honor Council considers reported violations and has the power to recommend pun- ishment, which ranges from loss of credit on an assignment to suspension from the university.

Residential Colleges At most universities, the word “col- lege” refers to the entire institution, to the undergraduate program, or to a particular academic division. At Rice, “college” is a way of life. All new stu- dents are assigned to one of nine so- cial and residential units, or colleges: Baker, Brown, Hanszen, Jones, Lovett, Martel, Richardson, Wiess, or Will Rice. Each college houses approximately 220 men and women; another hundred or so members of each college live off campus. Approximately 80 percent of all undergraduates live on campus. “Stand and cheer, victory’s near, Sammy leads the way!” Each college functions as a selfsupporting unit, boasting its own government, budget, courses, sports Rice Songs The MOB teams, and dining facility, or commons. The Marching Owl Band (The MOB) Colleges also house private dining Rice’s Honor (Alma Mater) differs from traditional marching bands. rooms for special events, and facilities All for Rice’s Honor, we will fight on. The concept of the MOB’s half-time such as TV and recreational lounges, We will be fighting, when this day is done; shows during football season has been libraries, computer labs, laundry And when the dawn comes breaking to integrate field action and formations We’ll be fighting on, Rice, with a script to present an entertaining rooms, sand volleyball courts, barbe- For the Gray and Blue. We will be loyal cue pits, and courtyards. and often thought-provoking experi- To Rice be true. ence. Current events, social change or The colleges reflect the academic, general fantasies provide the basis for Fight For Rice show ideas. The MOB’s director com- geographic, and cultural diversity of Fight for Rice; Rice, fight on; bines special musical arrangements the entire student body. Assignments Loyal sons, arise! to colleges are random, though spe- The Blue and Gray of Rice today with unusual concepts in performance cial requests are possible. As a result, Comes breaking through the skies. to produce unique half-time entertain- they are very diverse and egalitarian Stand and cheer! Victory’s near! ment. institutions, each with its own tradi- Sammy leads the way. tions and college pride. Onward go, to crush the foe. Membership in the MOB is open to We’ll fight for the Blue and Gray. all students, whether or not they are To an impressive extent, the col- musically gifted. Those who do not play leges are self-governing. Students The Old Gray Bonnet an instrument help in the production manage sizable budgets, operate ju- Put on your old gray bonnet, with the blue of half-time shows as MOB show assis- ribbon on it, And we’ll take old Sammy to dicial systems, assign rooms, and co- tants. Benefits of being in the MOB in- the fray; And we’ll rock, rock, rock’em, clude tickets to road games, attendance ordinate a wide range of activities and And we’ll sock, sock, sock’em scholarships and travel opportunities. events that include intramural sports, To the end of Judgment Day. speaker and film series, plays, service projects, and giant schoolwide parties. 15 The Rice College System

The most frequent question at Rice is, Baker College, named Hanszen College became “What’s your college?” At most universities, the after Capt. James Addison one of the original five residen- word “college” refers to the entire institution, to Baker, was founded in 1957 tial colleges in 1957. The col- the undergraduate program or to a particular and has the distinction of be- lege is named after a Texas oil- academic division. At Rice, “college” is a way of ing the oldest college on the man who served as a chairman life. All new students are assigned to one of our Rice campus. Baker was Wil- of the Rice Board of Governors nine social and residential units, or colleges: liam Marsh Rice’s attorney from 1946–50, Harry Clay Baker, Brown, Hanszen, Jones, Lovett, Martel, and investigated his death, Hanszen. In the early years, it had a reputation Sid Richardson, Wiess or Will Rice. Each college uncovering a murder plot. as a “gentleman’s college,” and dinner was a houses approximately 220 men and women; Without him, the endowment formal affair every evening. Speakers such as another 100 or so members of each college live for the Rice Institute would have been lost. In Ronald Reagan and John Glenn were invited to off campus. recognition of Baker’s role in founding the uni- speak at the college, a tradition that has contin- versity, a college was named after him when the ued to this day. Hanszen College’s contributions Each college functions as a self-supporting college system began. Baker Shake, the annual to campus life include the beginnings of what unit, boasting its own government, budget, Shakespearean play Baker College produces, have become The Coffeehouse and KTRU radio courses, intramural sports teams, dining facility began 32 years ago. Baker Feast is another Eliza- station. Hanszen was first to go coed in 1973. and commons. Colleges also house private din- bethan-themed event and is a highly secretive ing rooms for special events and facilities such celebration co-hosted by Baker and Jones Col- Wiess College, named in as TV and recreational lounges, libraries, com- leges. memory of the oil tycoon Harry puter labs, laundry rooms, sand volleyball courts, Carothers Wiess, was con- barbecue pits and courtyards. Will Rice College is tra- structed during the 1949–50 ditionally considered the sec- school year. The college con- The colleges reflect the academic, geo- ond residential college, al- verted to a coed dorm in 1983. graphic and cultural diversity of the entire stu- though a student recently dis- The Wiess–Hanszen rivalry dent body. Assignments to colleges are random, covered that the Old Dorm sec- dates back to the 1970s, when though special requests are considered. As a tion of Will Rice is actually the the neighboring colleges had result, they are very diverse and egalitarian in- oldest building on campus food and water-balloon wars. It was a group of stitutions, each with its own traditions and col- (built in 1912). The college is Wiessmen who performed one of the most fa- lege pride. To an impressive extent, the colleges named for William Marsh Rice mous Rice “jacks”, when they turned the aca- are self-governing. Students manage sizable Jr., the nephew of the founder of the Rice Insti- demic quad’s statue of William Marsh Rice around budgets, operate judicial systems, assign rooms tute. Will Rice considers itself the “college of to face Fondren Library. In 2002, a new Wiess and coordinate a wide range of activities and individuals.” This sense of individuality comes complex opened—a dramatic departure from the events that include intramural competitions, partly from its intense rivalry with nearby “humble motel” original, which was demolished, speaker and film series, plays, service projects Hanszen College, but this college’s identity is and the land around it restored to campus green and school-wide parties. Almost 80 percent of formed more by the individuals of Will Rice than space. all Rice undergraduates live on campus because by tradition. The essence of the college is the residential college environment is hard to summed up by the saying, “Myth, Power, Value.” beat!

16 The Rice College System

Opened in 1957, Mary Lovett College was com- The ninth and newest col- Gibbs Jones College was missioned by George R. Brown lege on the Rice campus is named after the wife of Jesse in 1967 and was named after Martel College. The college H. Jones, the founder of Hous- the university’s first president, is named after Houston busi- ton Endowment. Jones became Edgar Odell Lovett. The cement nessman Speros Martel, who the first women’s college on grating that encloses the build- built his fortune after moving campus. Residence policies ing has produced the nickname to the United States from were strict, dictating women’s “The Toaster.” This architecture resulted from Greece. The building opened attire and enforcing curfews. The dorms were the desire to make the building riot-proof be- for residency in spring 2002. Despite many set- exquisitely furnished. At meals, each table was cause of several student uprisings on university backs during its building process, including Tropi- served family-style by a hostess. In 1980, Jones campuses during the 1960s. Lovett was founded cal Storm Allison which hit in the middle of con- became coed when Lovett sent a group of men as an all-male college and soon became known struction, residents easily assimilated and cre- over in exchange for women. The transition was as rowdy. The owl mascots of the university were ated college traditions such as Oktoberfest and met with resistance. College life includes tradi- once housed in the Lovett quad, and the base- an annual birthday bash held on Jan. 25, cel- tions such as throwing members into the Fairy ment was once the only pub on campus. Lovett ebrating the day the first residents moved in. Fountain on their birthdays; however, most of turned coed in 1980, and today the basement is Jones’ traditions are in-house, probably stem- used to host an open microphone forum every ming from its separation from the rest of the Friday night called The Undergrounds. colleges. Each floor in Jones North and South has its own common area, and each building The tallest building on cam- has a lobby. pus is Sid Richardson Col- lege, standing 14 stories high. Brown College was It was founded in 1971 and founded in 1963 to address the named after a Texas philanthro- problem of limited housing for pist. Many of Sid Rich’s tradi- women on campus. The dorm tions stem from the building’s was built with money donated height. Although activities such as Balcony Ball, by Alice Pratt and George R. a game in which a ball was thrown between Brown in memory of their sis- balconies, are not allowed anymore, the rule ter-in-law, Margarett Root does state that nothing but free flowing water Brown. It was the second all- can be being thrown off the balconies. As a re- women’s dorm on campus and the last to be- sult, Sid Rich’s reputation for dousing people who come coed. Brown finally accepted men as trans- are coming up the stairs has persisted through fers from other colleges in 1987. Brown’s strong the years. sense of tradition and close-knit atmosphere are products of the college’s isolation on the north side of campus, as well as of its size. The col- lege had been the smallest on campus since its founding, but the addition of a new wing in 2002 made Brown the largest college.

17 City of Houston Rice students benefit from the best of awarded the NFL’s 32nd franchise, and the both worlds—a traditional college campus Fast Facts on Houston began play in fall 2002 in and a diverse, dynamic metropolis. • Houston is the fourth-largest city in Reliant Stadium, which is adjacent to the Experiencing Houston, the nation’s fourth- the U.S. Astrodome. The stadium also hosted largest city, will enrich your time at Rice • There are 2.2 million city residents Super Bowl XXXVII in February 2004. beyond your expectations. With its lively and 4.7 million in the greater metro- professional, cultural and recreational politan region. scenes, Houston offers students a wealth • Houston is home to more than 5,000 of resources and opportunities to enjoy restaurants, ranging from award- academic, career-related and extracurricu- winning, upscale eateries to memo- lar activities outside the campus. rable deli shops. • Houston has a theater district sec- Just across Main Street from the Rice ond only to New York City, with its campus is the Texas Medical Center, the concentration of 14,000 seats in one nation’s largest medical center, world- geographic area. renowned for excellent care and research. • Houston has a unique Museum Dis- Proximity to NASA’s Johnson Space trict offering a range of museums, Center gives Rice scientists and students galleries, art and cultural institutions. immediate access to Hubble Space • More than 90 languages are spoken Telescope images and the resources of in Houston. space exploration. The city and the region • Houston has a young population: 30 are also home to many science and percent of Houstonians are 24 years technology companies that interact with old or younger, and 34 percent are Rice researchers on a multitude of aged 25-44. The median age is 30.9. important projects. to five major league sport franchises. And lest you think there is only room Houston’s first major professional crown in Houston for the technically minded, the came in 1994, when the city also is home to outstanding ballet, won the NBA world championship. The symphony, grand opera and theater team repeated in 1995. The Houston Astros companies. Houston’s Museum District won National League Central Division titles boasts 200–plus museums and art in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001, hosted the Houston’s Average galleries, and most are within an easy walk 2004 MLB All-Star game and won the 2005 of the Rice campus. National League pennant to earn their first Temperatures World Series appearance. The Houston (in the Past 30 Years) Not only is the city of Houston a great Comets claimed the first four WNBA college sports town, with three NCAA championships in 1997, 1998, 1999 and Month • Hi/Lo (ºF) Division I universities, but it is also home 2000. In October 1999, Houston was January • 62/42 February • 65/45 March • 72/52 April • 79/60 May • 84/66 June • 89/72 July • 92/74 August • 92/74 September • 88/71 October • 81/61 November • 72/52 December • 64/45

Houston has had only 13 measur- able snowfalls since Jan. 1, 1940.

18 The Rice Community Rice is in a perfect location, near the heart of Houston. Our self-contained cam- pus, with more than 4,000 trees shading 285 acres, is one of the most beautiful spots in the city. Rice’s Mediterranean- themed architecture reflects both the university’s cohesive sense of community and the city’s rich ethnic and cultural di- versity. With the arrival of the Houston METRORail in 2004, access from the Rice campus to downtown, the Museum Dis- trict or Reliant Park, home of the Houston Texans and the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, is easy and convenient.

The Texas Medical Center Across Main Street from campus is the Texas Medical Center, the largest concen- tration of health care facilities in the world. The TMC has more than 40 member insti- tutions, including two medical schools, four seum of Natural Sciences; the Jung Cen- Neighborhoods and Rice nursing schools, 13 hospitals and many ter; the Holocaust Museum Houston; other nonprofit medical facilities. There are Lawndale Art Center; the Byzantine Fresco Village more than 16,000 students enrolled and Chapel; the Museum of Health & Medical Rice University lies in the center of more than 60,000 employees in the 700- Science; the Menil Collection; and the University Place, a collection of established acre center. More than five million patients Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. civic clubs that form one large neighbor- visit the medical center annually. hood. Rice and University Place are flanked by the city of West University Place, which Hermann Park is an independent jurisdiction surrounded The Museum District On the eastern edge of the Rice cam- by the city of Houston and Rice Village. Immediately northeast of the Rice cam- pus is Hermann Park, Houston’s first pub- Rice Village, a 16- area two blocks pus is Houston’s Museum District, the lic park. In addition to picnic areas, a re- west of campus, is an eclectic mix of more fourth-largest museum district in the coun- flecting pool, a miniature train and a golf than 450 stores and restaurants. try, comprised of 15 museums. Museums course, the park includes the Houston Zoo, of note include the Museum of Fine Arts, Japanese Garden, Miller Outdoor Theater, Houston; the Contemporary Arts Museum; Buddy Caruth Playground for All Children the Children’s Museum; the Houston Mu- and the Houston Garden Center.

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19 Sports Medicine

Rice’s sports medicine program may While the training room at Autry Center, directly across South Main be undergoing a temporary change Court undergoes its 2007 facelift, from the Rice campus. Two former in its home facility this fall, but rest friendly Reckling Park serves as the Rice student-athletes, Dr. Thomas assured the student-athlets get the new sports medicine headquarters Clanton and Dr. Leland Winston, same excellent medical care they for a host of teams in the fall. There share duties as the Owls’ primary always have. Under the direction of are also spacious facilities at Rice team physicians. assistant athletic director Clint Stadium for the full time athletic Haggard and athletic trainers Keri training staff, team doctors and Rice athletes also receive the best of Strong, Nathan Peck, Dawn student athletic trainers. care from the staff of student Stuckey, Candice Villegas, and athletic trainers, many of whom go Richi Valdez. Rice student-athletes Rice team physicians, a group which on to professional careers in the receive the very best of care in both includes some of the top surgeons health care field as physicians, the prevention and rehabilitation of and diagnosticians in the country, physical therapists and athletic injuries. make excellent use of the world- trainers. class facilities in the Texas Medical

Former Rice Student Trainers In The Medical Profession

Donna Arrington - Athletic Trainer Mary Kamel - Medical school T.J. Bath - Athletic Trainer Robert Maniscalco - Athletic Trainer Ann Blaine - DDS Dan Martin - MD Krissy Boulanger - MD Dan O’Connor - Physical Therapist Charles Chenault - Athletic Trainer Jimmy Roton, Jr. - Athletic Trainer Kevin Coupe - MD/Rice team physician Wade Smith - Athletic Trainer Owen Dry - MD Lorna Little Strong - Athletic Trainer Allen Eggert - Athletic Trainer Marian Von-Maszewski - MD Mark Escott - MD Nancy Jenkins-Von Minden - MD Kristi Flowers - Physical therapy school Bob Weisberg - Ph.D. Public Health Lynanne Foster - MD/Rice team physician Stuart Wetzel - MD Dan Hawkins - Athletic Trainer Kim Wright - Physical therapist

20 Rice Power RICE POWER is derived from a comprehensive strength and conditioning program under the direction of a dedicated staff. Yancy McKnight is in his second year as the director of strength and conditioning. He is assisted by associate director Adam Beauchamp, assistant coordinator Scott McLafferty, and Clayton Oyster coordinator of speed, skill development.

The Owls’ strength and conditioning facility, the John L. Cox Fitness Center, is housed in the southeast corner of Rice Stadium. With recent additions and renovations, the complex ranks among the best in Conference USA. The 8,000- square-foot building more than doubled the space of the Owls’ previous weight room and contains a wide array of state-of-the-art equipment.

Yancy McKnight Adam Beauchamp Scott McLafferty Clayton Oyster

21 Aquatic Home of the Owls

Rice Pool Records Event Record Name Affiliation Date 50 Freestyle 22.90 Natalie Coughlin California Nov. 9, 2001 100 Freestyle 49.59 Natalie Coughlin California Nov. 9, 2001 200 Freestyle 1:48.59 Natalie Coughlin California Nov. 10, 2000 500 Freestyle 4:50.34 Flavia Rigamonti SMU Jan. 20, 2006 1,000 Freestyle 9:42.99 Flavia Rigamonti SMU Jan. 25, 2002 1,650 Freestyle 16:40.85 Suzanne Black SMU Jan. 30, 1998 100 Backstroke 53.65 Natalie Coughlin California Nov. 1, 2001 200 Backstroke 1:59.83 Natalie Coughlin California Nov. 10, 2000 100 Breaststroke 1:02.63 Katie McClelland SMU Jan. 30, 1998 200 Breaststroke 2:14.55 Kristen Woodring Penn State Nov. 10, 2000 100 Butterfly 54.22 Natalie Coughlin California Nov. 11, 2000 200 Butterfly 2:00.80 Lauren Stinnett SMU Jan. 28, 2000 200 Individual Medley 2:03.23 Ginny Farmer RICE OWLS Feb. 11, 1995 400 Individual Medley 4:20.65 Marizanne Grundlingh SMU Feb. 7, 2004

Relays 200 Freestyle 1:35.27 N. Imoto, K. Inskeep SMU Jan. 30, 1998 R. Elwani, A. Wilmer 400 Freestyle 3:25.64 J. Crisman, M. Sugar Michigan Nov. 10, 2000 L. Kaznecki, S. Arsenault 800 Freestyle 7:44.67 K. Scholl, T. Ciffolilli RICE OWLS Jan. 20, 2001 K. Hermann, R. Armstrong 200 Medley 1:45.11 A. Koivisto, J. Pomeroy SMU Jan. 25, 2002 G. Lee, L. Wanberg 400 Medley 3:44.67 A. Henriques, S. Stitts California Nov. 9, 2001 N. Coughlin, M. Harper

Rice Aquatics Programs Rice Aquatics is a year-round organization and a positive group environment or to those For session dates, practice times and which provides swim training to a variety of athletes who do not swim in high school and locations visit us on the world wide web at... different age groups and skill levels. Rice began want a structured training program. The High RiceAquatics.com the organization in the fall of 2004 by providing School Conditioning and Masters practice three different programs, Masters, High School sessions are: Conditioning and Age Group Development - • Professionally coached which has now been sanctioned by USA • Emphasize stroke technique and Swimming. Here is a closer look at the three conditioning programs: • A positive group effort with other motivated individuals Masters The Rice Aquatics Masters group is an adult Age Group Development fitness swimming program. We cater to adult (Now a USA Swimming Club Program) fitness swimmers, adult competitive swimmers, The Rice Aquatics Age Group Development tri -athletes and to adults that want to be any program is affiliated with Gulf swimming and of the above, but just don’t know it yet. Rice USA swimming. We provide participants with Aquatics Masters seeks to supplement your busy professional guidance while emphasizing schedule with several organized swimming individual and team growth, good sessions per week. Rice Aquatics Masters sportsmanship, and a healthy lifestyle while practice sessions are: encouraging a life long appreciation for the sport. High School Conditioning • Professional instruction The Rice Aquatics High School Conditioning • Positive, fun learning environment program offers professional and experienced • Emphasize proper fundamental training coaching to high school athletes who would like techniques extra conditioning, increased stroke technique,

22 Conference USA - Dedicated to Excellence

Excellence every day. For Conference USA, dedication to excellence is a common thread in athletics, academics and in the community, and the guiding initiative for the league’s promising future. Conference USA features 12 nationally prominent, tradition-rich members in East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UCF and UTEP. This combination enhances men’s and women’s programs that are steeped in athletic success and academic prowess. Together, we are dedicated to excellence, integrity and leadership in athletics, academics and in our communities. All C-USA institutions sponsor Division I-A football, along with several other men’s and women’s athletic programs, many of which compete regularly for NCAA Championships. C-USA sponsors competition in 19 sports - nine for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis and indoor and outdoor track and field) and 10 for women (basketball, cross country, golf, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball). America honors, while 338 were named the seven conferences having significant The league sponsors numerous academic All-District. In addition, more than 13,000 representation in the NCAA governance structure. awards, including the Commissioner’s Honor Roll student-athletes have been named to the The Presidents of the member institutions serve and the Commissioner’s Academic Medal, Commissioner’s Honor Roll or received the as the league’s Board of Directors. R. Gerald indicative of outstanding achievement in the Commissioner’s Academic Medal, indicative of Turner of SMU will serve as serve as chair of the classroom. C-USA annually awards six outstanding achievement in the classroom. Board in 2006-07. postgraduate scholarships, along with the Sport Academic Award, Scholar Athletes of the Year and C-USA ON TV PROUD HISTORY; PROMISING FUTURE the Institutional Academic Excellence Award. C-USA enjoys significant television exposure Conference USA was formed in 1995 and through its partnerships with ESPN Inc. and quickly emerged as one of the nation’s top SUCCESS ON THE PLAYING FIELD College Sports Television Networks (CSTV). The conferences. The conference unveiled its name, Conference USA performers have achieved league entered into long-term agreements with logo and commissioner on April 24, 1995 in great success in competition, placing the league both ESPN and CSTV, which, combined, provides Chicago. The league’s charter members included among the top conferences in the nation. C-USA C-USA with significant national and regional Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Houston, Louisville, football rated among the top seven conferences exposure for football, men’s and women’s Marquette, Memphis, Saint Louis, Southern Miss, in the nation with 38 teams earning bowl bids. basketball, and all other conference sports. Tulane, UAB and USF. Eleven of the institutions Men’s basketball consistently rates as one of the Additionally, the CSTV agreement includes began athletic participation in 1995, while top leagues in the country, including 73 video-on-demand, Internet, broadband, national Houston joined competition in the fall of 1996. postseason teams (41 NCAA and 32 NIT) and over-the-air and satellite radio, and wireless The league’s headquarters were established more than one million fans each season. distribution as well as corporate marketing rights, in Chicago and after nine years, relocated to the In addition, 28 volleyball teams, 39 men’s and and website production through CSTV Online, a current office in Irving, Texas. Britton Banowsky women’s soccer teams and 19 softball teams have subsidiary of CSTV. The agreement with ESPN was named Commissioner in October 2002, earned NCAA Tournament bids. C-USA has sent includes the conference’s Football Championship succeeding Mike Slive, the league’s first three men’s soccer teams to the NCAA College Game. It also encompasses distribution of men’s commissioner. Cup, five softball teams to the Women’s College basketball and women’s basketball on ESPN/ C-USA added East Carolina (September, 1996) World Series and three volleyball teams to the ESPN2 and both tournament championship and the United States Military Academy (March, Sweet 16. The league has also had three national games. 1997) as football members. ECU began league champions in NCAA track and field competition, competition in 1997; Army in 1998 and UAB one national champion in diving and numerous C-USA IN THE COMMUNITY began football play in 1999. The league added NCAA individual and team competitors in cross The conference’s footprint is concentrated with TCU and ECU (1999) for all sports and they began country, golf, swimming, tennis and track and 12 members in nine states and a combined area competition in 2001. USF started C-USA football field. Overall, Conference USA teams and population of nearly 17 million. More than 1.1 in 2003. individuals have made more than 506 NCAA million living alumni represent C-USA schools After celebrating its 10th Anniversary during appearances. across the nation. With a renewed commitment the 2004-05 season, C-USA began a new chapter to community involvement, the conference has in 2005-06 when its current membership came SUCCESS OFF THE FIELD begun development of several initiatives to together to form the new look of the league. C-USA institutions are among the nation’s best maintain strong ties in C-USA cities, as well as Since its formation, C-USA has established a in academic performance among student- with fans and alumni across the country. C-USA strong foundation, an identity and a history that athletes, bolstered by the fact that student- schools also place a priority on giving back to reflects the league’s national presence. Eleven athletes at league schools have a higher their communities through volunteer service with years of remarkable history has reinforced the graduation rate than the general student local and national organizations. league’s position in collegiate athletics, setting population. Among C-USA’s 5,000 student- the course for the next decade and beyond. athletes, there are champions off the playing field GOVERNANCE as well. In 12 years, 105 student-athletes earned Along with the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big national ESPN The Magazine Academic All- 12, Pac-10 and SEC, Conference USA is one of 23