University of San Diego Digital USD Softball (Women) University of San Diego Athletics Media Guides Spring 2001 University of San Diego Softball Media Guide 2001 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 2001" (2001). Softball (Women). 12. https://digital.sandiego.edu/amg-softball/12 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]. University ofSan Diego so,ball 2001 Yearbook LD 'ml ,':)I S(fJ A[CP2'6 2001 ~ _._ _ L. - ~ • A THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO SETTING Th e University of San D iego is an independent Catholic institution of higher education. Founded in 1949, USO is located on 180 acres overlooking Miss ion Bay, San D iego Harbor and the Pacific Ocean. The campus is named Alca la Pa rk and is located just 10 minutes from downtown San Diego and the world famous San Diego Zoo. Historic O ld Town is just minutes away as well. The city of San Diego along with this campus traces their origins to fifteenth century Spain. The campus was named after a Spanish village near Madrid - Alcala de Henares. Founded by the Greeks as Complutum, the village was later renamed Al Kala (the Castle) by the Moslems.