The University of Southern California boasts a unique and distinguished history of success in the Olympic games, having compiled almost three hundred medals as a school since 1904.
This makes Trojan student-athletes the perfect torch-bearers for local youth, as exemplified by the men's and women's basketball teams this May.
The student-athletes visited a youth clinic sponsored by Ready, Set, Gold!, a charitable organization founded in 2006 by the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games. The organization combats childhood obesity in the Los Angeles United School District through clinics and events with former and current Olympians and Paralympians.