2013-14 USC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2003
2001
Louis and Helene Galen donate $35 million to begin construction of the new campus events center. For their donation, the arena is to be named “The Galen Center” and will be completed in 2006.
Leslie is named to All-WNBA first team. Leslie and Thompson named to USA Women’s National Team.
Louis and Helene Galen
Mark Trakh
2005 LISA LESLIE 2001
Lisa Leslie has her greatest year yet with the Los Angeles Sparks. The former USC center leads L.A. to its first WNBA Championship and is named All-Star Game, league and championship MVP. Tina Thompson and Leslie are invited to the WNBA All-Star Game. Cynthia Cooper spends one year as head coach of the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury.
2002
Former USC head coach Marianne Stanley is inducted to Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
2004
Lisa Leslie becomes first-ever WNBA player to dunk in a game (7/30/02 L.A. vs. Miami).
2004
Lisa Leslie leads the Los Angeles Sparks to a second consecutive WNBA Championship and is named championship series and AllStar Game MVP.
Mark Trakh is hired as USC women’s basketball head coach — the seventh coach in program history.
Ebony Hoffman is selected by the WNBA’s Indiana Fever in the first round (ninth overall) of the 2004 draft.
Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson guide the United States to a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Summer Games in Athens, Greece.
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Tina Thompson
2000
Lisa Leslie, Cynthia Cooper and Tina Thompson are selected to play in the 2000 WNBA All-Star game. Thompson is honored as game MVP.
Lisa Leslie leads the United States to a gold medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Tina Thompson is selected as an alternate.
2004
2002-03
USC celebrates 20th Anniversary of 1983 and 1984 national championship teams. Former Women of Troy are honored at halftime of USCTennessee game on Dec. 14, 2002.
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Ebony Hoffman
The Houston Comets win their fourth WNBA Championship and Cynthia Cooper is named the WNBA’s championship series MVP.
2004
TROJAN TIMELINE
Lisa Leslie, Cynthia Cooper (who returned to the game this season), Tina Thompson and Adrain Williams are all invited to WNBA All-Star Game — the most selected from a single university to one All-Star game.