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MOBILE, Ala. – May 3, 2013, will mark the 50th Anniversary of the University of South Alabama.  Throughout the academic year, the USA Department of Athletics will recognize “50 Great Moments In Jaguar Athletics” to honor past teams, coaches and student-athletes for their accomplishments.

1984
Lance Johnson leads the NCAA and sets a school record — one that still stands today — with 89 stolen bases in 69 games.  A junior that spring, the Cincinnati, Ohio, native batted .343 and scored 83 runs as well, earning third-team All-America honors from American Association of Collegiate Baseball Coaches and Baseball America while being named first-team all-region and all-Sun Belt Conference.  Johnson helped the Jaguars end the year 50-19 after winning the league tournament title and advancing to the finals of the NCAA South I Regional in Tallahassee, Fla.  He was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth round of the draft that year and would go on to play 14 years in the Major Leagues.

April 16, 1997
The USA women’s golf team earns its first-ever Sun Belt Conference championship after making up seven shots on the final day to defeat Arkansas-Little Rock by one stroke at The Club at Cimarron in Mission, Texas.  Jennifer Krupa — who paced the league in scoring average at the end of the season — and Tiffany Hess both earned all-conference honors, while Rhonda Singleton tied for seventh place individually at the tournament and Kris Doggett was selected the Sun Belt Coach of the Year.  Krupa would go on to become just the second person in program history to qualify for national postseason play after earning an invitation to the NCAA East Regional, where she tied for 22nd place.

May, 2012
The South Alabama softball team ends the season with a 41-17 overall record after finishing second at the NCAA Regional in Tuscaloosa with a pair of victories over Georgia Tech.  The Jaguars qualified for an NCAA Regional for the first time in just their sixth year of competition after defeating No. 6 Louisiana-Lafayette 3-1 in the championship game of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in Boca Raton, Fla., as Hannah Campbell was named the event’s Most Outstanding Player, and Brittany Fowler and Haley Hopkins both were named to the all-tournament team; Campbell, Fowler and Blair Johnson were all selected second-team all-Sun Belt as well.

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