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ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE Baseball Rugby 33 All-America selections 19 national championships (1980-83, ’85-86, ’88, ’91-02) 1 National Freshman of the Year 14 Olympians 9 NCAA regional appearances Men’s Soccer 2 College World Series championships (1947, ’57) 20 All-America selections 5 College World Series appearances 8 NCAA Tournament appearances Men’s Basketball Women’s Soccer 33 All-America selections 20 All-America selections 1 NCAA championship (1959) 11 NCAA Tournament appearances 1 NIT championship (1999) 13 NCAA Tournament appearances Softball 3 Final Four appearances 1 NCAA championship (2002) 5 National Invitation Tournaments 23 All-America selections 2 World Championship team members Joe Shipp 19 NCAA Tournament appearances 6 Olympic team members 10 College World Series appearances 4 Pac-10 Players of the Year 4 Olympians Women’s Basketball Men’s Swimming 19 All-America selections 337 All-America selections 3 NCAA Tournament appearances (1990, ’92-93) 2 NCAA team championships (1979, ’80) 3 AIAW Tournament appearances (1980-82) 38 Individual NCAA champions 4 Nat’l Women’s Invitation Tournament appearances (1979, ’81, ’84, ’87) 9 NCAA relay championships Vikki Laing Men’s Crew 17 World records 27 NCAA records 14 national championships (1928, ’32, ’34-35, ’39, ’49, ’60-61, ’64, ’76, ’99-02) 29 Olympic medallists 46 Olympians since 1928 3 Olympic championships (1928, ’32, ’48) Women’s Swimming Women’s Crew 210 All-America selections 19 Individual NCAA champions 1 national championship (1980) 2 NCAA relay championships 10 rowing Olympians 17 Olympians Men’s Cross Country 13 NCAA records 3 All-America selections 6 World records 9 Individual NCAA appearances Men’s Tennis Women’s Cross Country 37 All-America selections 9 All-America selections 38 NCAA Tournament appearances 2 NCAA appearances 1 NCAA championship (1925) 18 Individual NCAA appearances 2 NCAA singles championships (1925, ’26) Field Hockey 9 NCAA doubles championships (1925, ’26, ’30, ’35. ’37, ’39, ’52, ’90, ’91) 10 All-America selections Women’s Tennis 7 NCAA Tournament appearances 53 All-America selections 3 AIAW championship appearances 22 NCAA Tournament appearances 3 Olympians 4 NCAA doubles championships (1998-00) Football Men’s Track & Field 64 first team All-America selections 159 All-America selections 2 national championships (1920, ’37) 1 NCAA team championship (1922) 13 bowl appearances (8 Rose Bowls) 30 Individual NCAA champions 20 National Foundation Hall of Fame members 26 world records Men’s Golf 12 Olympic medallists 2 All-America selections Women’s Track & Field 10 NCAA regional appearances 58 All-America selections 6 NCAA Tournament appearance 4 Individual NCAA champions Women’s Golf 1 Olympian 2 All-America selections Volleyball 4 NCAA regional appearance 4 All-America selections 3 NCAA championship appearance 6 NCAA Tournament appearances Men’s Gymnastics 1 NIVC Tournament appearance 1 AIAW Tournament appearance 130 All-America selections My-Lan 2 Olympians 43 NCAA appearances Dodd 4 team NCAA championships (1968, ’75, ’97-98) Men’s Water Polo 19 Individual NCAA champions 149 All-America selections 9 Olympians 11 NCAA championships (1973-75, ’77, ’83-84, ’87-88, ’90-92) Women’s Gymnastics 16 Olympians 3 All-America selections Women’s Water Polo 11 NCAA appearances 24 All-America selections Women’s Lacrosse 3 NCAA runner-up finishes (1996-98) 3 Olympians Sixth year of program 2003 California Golden Bear Football Media Guide 227 2002-03 ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS Enjoying perhaps the greatest overall athletic season in school history, Cal claimed ninth place in the 2002-03 Directors’ Cup standings, which signifies the best overall sports programs in the country. In garnering their lofty standing, the Golden Natalie Bears fielded 11 teams that finished among Coughlin the nation’s Top 10 during the past school year. Cal tallied a school-record 884.75 points, while seizing its first-ever Top 10 ranking among the 326 NCAA Di- vision I universities. Cal’s best previous finish in the Di- rectors’ Cup was a 12th-place showing in 2000-01, and the Bears have been in the Top 20 each of the past four years. The Directors’ Cup measures a school’s Raquel Kops-Jones (left) and Christina Fusano captured the 2003 NCAA overall level of success based on performances doubles title. of teams in 20 selected sports – 10 men’s and 10 women’s. In addition to Cal’s teams’ success, six National Coach of the Year Golden Bear coaches were voted Confer- ence Coach of the Year and three student- Nancy McDaniel ..................................................................... Women’s Golf athletes received Conference Player of the Year honors. Conference Coach of the Year Cari DuBois ..................................................Women’s Gymnastics (Pac-10) 2002-03 Directors’ Cup Top 10 Kirk Everist ......................................................... Men’s Water Polo (MPSF) 1. Stanford ...................................................... 1330.50 Kevin Grimes ............................................................. Men’s Soccer (Pac-10) 2. Ohio State ...................................................1074.80 Nancy McDaniel ..................................................... Women’s Golf (Pac-10) 3. Michigan .....................................................1034.30 Shellie Onstead ......................................................... Field Hockey (NorPac) 4. Texas ...........................................................1011.00 Jeff Tedford ....................................................................... Football (Pac-10) 5. Penn State .................................................... 993.00 6. Florida ........................................................... 935.75 Top 10 Team Finishes 7. North Carolina.............................................. 933.50 8. UCLA ............................................................ 933.25 Softball ...................................................... 2nd 9. California................................................... 884.75 Men’s Water Polo ..................................... 2nd 10. Arizona State ................................................ 860.75 Men’s Crew ................................................ 3rd Rugby ......................................................... 3rd Women’s Tennis ..................................... T3rd Men’s Swimming ....................................... 4th Individual NCAA Champions Women’s Crew .......................................... 5th Men’s Swimming Men’s Tennis .......................................... T5th Women’s Water Polo ................................ 6th Duje Draganja .................................................................... 100 Freestyle Men’s Gymnastics ..................................... 7th Team ................................................................................ 400 Free Relay Women’s Swimming .................................. 8th Women’s Swimming Other Postseason Natalie Coughlin ........ 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke, 100 Butterfly Participants Women's Tennis Men’s Basketball ............. NCAA (2nd Round) Raquel Kops-Jones and Christina Fusano .................................. Doubles Men’s Cross Country .......... NCAA Regionals Women’s Cross Country ..... NCAA Regionals Field Hockey .................... NCAA (1st Round) National Athlete of the Year Men’s Golf ........................... NCAA Regionals Women’s Golf............... NCAA (T14th place) Natalie Coughlin ............................................................. Women’s Swimming Women’s Gymnastics .......... NCAA Regionals Men’s Soccer ................... NCAA (3rd Round) Conference Athlete of the Year Women’s Soccer .............. NCAA (2nd Round) Men’s Track & Field ........... NCAA Nationals Nora Feddersen ......................................................... Field Hockey (NorPac) Women’s Track & Field ..... NCAA Nationals Josh Saunders ............................................................. Men’s Soccer (Pac-10) Volleyball ......................... NCAA (2nd Round) Natalie Coughlin ............................................. Women’s Swimming (Pac-10) 2003 Men's Varsity 8 228 2003 California Golden Bear Football Media Guide 2002-03 ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS Baseball: Conor Jackson, who batted .388 with 10 home runs and 44 52 points (26 goals, 26 assists) while receiving her RBI, earned first team All-Pac-10 honors. Jackson went on to be a first round first MPLL All-Star nod. draft pick by Arizona Diamondbacks – the first Golden Bear to be selected in Rugby: Cal saw its streak of consecutive national the first round since Dave Mas- titles stop at 12 when the Bears were upset by Air ters in 1985. Force in the semifinals, 46-28. Cal, though, came Men’s Basketball: Cal ad- out with a vengeance in the consolation match, whip- vanced to the postseason for the ping Army, 75-3. fifth consecutive year – a first in Men’s Soccer: Pac-10 Co-Coach of the Year school history. The Bears, who Kevin Grimes guided Cal to the third round of the were ranked as high as 18th in the NCAA Tournament. Senior goalkeeper Josh Saunders, Junior Colleen Associated Press poll, reached the the Pac-10 Player of the Year, collected 10 shut- O’Mara led Cal second round of the NCAA Tour- outs, the second most in Cal history. lacrosse with 52 nament. All-Pac-10 forward Joe Women’s Soccer: Cal reached the second round points in 2003. Shipp ended his career ranked third of the NCAA playoffs for the first time since 1988. on Cal’s career scoring list with Senior