Does USC ( the one out west) have a walkon?

[Phil]

They have 16 players on their roster, so at least one must be a walk-on, but I haven't found anything confirming this. Does anyone know?

My guess is Rachel Totten, she was a walk-on last year

 

[ochoopsfan]

They have 16 players on their roster, so at least one must be a walk-on, but I haven't found anything confirming this. Does anyone know?

My guess is Rachel Totten, she was a walk-on last year

Totten is a walk on.

 

[kat0189]

I'm too lazy to look up the roster, but IIRC there were lots of walk-ons during Michael Cooper's time at 'SC and I think he even started one, at least early on, last season.

 

[Phil]

I'm too lazy to look up the roster, but IIRC there were lots of walk-ons during Michael Cooper's time at 'SC and I think he even started one, at least early on, last season.

I just read through the roster bios, and didn't see any other walk ons. Not disagreeing with you, just want to make sure the roster here is accurate.

 

[ochoopsfan]

The only other walk on during the Michael Cooper years at USC, (09/10--12/13) was a girl named Jade Smith. She was on the team for 2 years from 09--11. She played guard in HS with Talia Caldwell who went to Cal and did pretty well for 4 years there. She never started a game at USC , that I could see. I liked her in HS but didnt think she was a top D1 player, more like a mid major player.

 

[Phil]

The only other walk on during the Michael Cooper years at USC, (09/10--12/13) was a girl named Jade Smith. She was on the team for 2 years from 09--11. She played guard in HS with Talia Caldwell who went to Cal and did pretty well for 4 years there. She never started a game at USC , that I could see. I liked her in HS but didnt think she was a top D1 player, more like a mid major player.

Thanks.

 

[kat0189]

My bad, I thought that Gibbs (started first 9 games as a frosh last yr) was a walk-on but actually she was a spring signee. only averaged 7.7 ppg as a HS senior but apparently for a very good team.

However, there was another walk-on (besides the two mentioned) as recently as 11-12's roster:

"THIS SEASON: Kemana Otosi enters her first season at USC as a walk-on guard."

I just remember always seeing unfamiliar names of M. Cooper's rosters and assuming they were walk-ons. For instance, on last year's roster there was a "Malia Cravens" on the roster but not in the stats at all nor on this upcoming year's roster and her bio said:

"THIS SEASON
Malia Cravens enters her first season at USC as a transfer from Hawai'i.
AT HAWAI'ICravens did not compete in her first season at Hawai'i."

...but apparently she had a scholarship?

I see a couple other spring signees/transfers that were unknown on the HS circuit who only show up on the roster one year the gone the next.

 

[ochoopsfan]

My bad, I thought that Gibbs (started first 9 games as a frosh last yr) was a walk-on but actually she was a spring signee. only averaged 7.7 ppg as a HS senior but apparently for a very good team.

However, there was another walk-on (besides the two mentioned) as recently as 11-12's roster:

"THIS SEASON: Kemana Otosi enters her first season at USC as a walk-on guard."

I just remember always seeing unfamiliar names of M. Cooper's rosters and assuming they were walk-ons. For instance, on last year's roster there was a "Malia Cravens" on the roster but not in the stats at all nor on this upcoming year's roster and her bio said:

"THIS SEASON
Malia Cravens enters her first season at USC as a transfer from Hawai'i.
AT HAWAI'ICravens did not compete in her first season at Hawai'i."

...but apparently she had a scholarship?

I see a couple other spring signees/transfers that were unknown on the HS circuit who only show up on the roster one year the gone the next.

As far as I can recall Otosi never got into a game nor did she ever dress for a game as a walk on.
Cravens was a transfer with a scholarship. Why she left I dont know.
Gibbs was a spring scholarship. She did start 9 games last year, bad move by the former coach. In fact the game USC played at San Diego State, Cooper started her in a man to man defense and she was guarding Courtney Clements(a name many on this forum never heard of). I was at that game and as soon as I saw the defense assignments I screamed out OMG. My friends couldnt figure out what was wrong. I said Cooper is putting an unknown, unheralded, freshman against a future WNBA player. USC got killed that game and Clements got open a lot, scored 25 pts. By the way Clements made the WNBA as a non draftee/walk on and plays for the Atlanta Dream as a rookie this year. One of the toughest players I have seen from HS thru college.