University of San Diego Digital USD Softball (Women) University of San Diego Athletics Media Guides Spring 2004 University of San Diego Softball Media Guide 2004 University of San Diego Athletics Department Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.sandiego.edu/amg-softball Digital USD Citation University of San Diego Athletics Department, "University of San Diego Softball Media Guide 2004" (2004). Softball (Women). 15. https://digital.sandiego.edu/amg-softball/15 This Catalog is brought to you for free and open access by the University of San Diego Athletics Media Guides at Digital USD. It has been accepted for inclusion in Softball (Women) by an authorized administrator of Digital USD. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO SETTING The University of San Diego is an independent Catholic institution of higher education . Founded in 1949, USO is located on 180 acres overlooking Mission Bay, San Diego Harbor and th e Pacific Ocean . The campus is named Al cala Park and is located just 10 minutes from downtown San Di ego. The ca mpus was named after a Spa ni sh vi llage near Madrid - Al cala de Henares. Founded by the Greeks as Complutum, the village was later renamed Al Kala (the Castle) by the Moslems. Christians recaptured the village centuries later and founded a university whose bui ldings became the inspiration for USD's architectural style. THE CAMPUS The USO campus is regarded as one of the most architecturally unique institutions in the country, featuring major buildings designed in an ornamental 16th century Spanish Renaissance style.