John Naber

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Naber Named To 2012 Capital One Academic All-America® Hall Of Fame induction Class
Former Trojan swimming great among five selected to latest class.

John Naber

May 8, 2012

USC swimming great John Naber is among five former standout NCAA student-athletes who have been selected as this year's 2012 inductees into the Capital One Academic All-America® Hall of Fame, as selected by CoSIDA.

Naber joins U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, a basketball co-captain at Harvard University, former University of Oklahoma basketball standout Alvan Adams along with University of Notre Dame women's basketball star Ruth Riley and Slippery Rock University soccer standout Dr. Todd Olsen as this year's 2012 inductees into the Capital One Academic All-America® Hall of Fame, as selected by CoSIDA.

The five new inductees join 117 members of the Capital One Academic All-America® Hall of Fame, which was created in 1988. They will be inducted into the Academic All-America® Hall of Fame at CoSIDA's annual convention in St. Louis, Mo. on Monday, June 25th at the organization's Third Annual Capital One Special Awards Gala.

Naber is USC's second member of the Academic All-America Hall of Fame. He joins Charles Griffin Cale Director of Athletics' Chair Pat Haden, who was part of the Academic All-America Hall of Fame inaugural class in 1988.

Below is a brief summary of Naber's career as it appears in the CoSIDA announcement.

Click here for the full 2012 Capital One Academic Hall of Fame press release detailing all of this year's inductees.

JOHN NABER - MEN'S SWIMMING
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

There aren't many titles that John Naber hasn't held during an illustrious career as one of the top swimmers in the world, but this summer he will add the honor of Academic All-America® Hall of Famer to an already impressive resume.

Naber is this year's honorary inductee and joins a group that includes fellow swimming greats Nancy Hogshead-Makar and Gary Hall Sr. in that category. A 1977 graduate of the University of Southern California, Naber captured 10 NCAA individual titles and five more relay crowns during his storied career with the Trojans while leading USC to four consecutive national swim titles, capping his stellar collegiate career by earning the James E. Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete in 1977 after being named as Swimming World Magazine's Male Swimmer of the Year in 1976.

As he captured glory in the pool in Los Angeles, Naber's star shined bright on the international stage during the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where he won four gold medals and one silver medal while breaking six world records, two of which lasted from 1976 through 1983. In 1984, he was inducted into the United States Olympic Committee Hall of Fame, just one week prior to the Games in Los Angeles. A four-time Olympic torchbearer, John also served as a television and radio commentator for nine Olympiads following his formal retirement from the sport.

Naber earned his degree in Psychology from Southern California, and today he operates Naber and Associates, a company that provides motivational speaking, appearances, sports-related marketing and consultations for corporations interested in benefitting from Naber's Olympic experiences. He was twice elected as the President of the US Olympians (America's Olympic Alumni Association).

Naber is an active member of the Southern California and Greater Los Angeles community. He has served as an honorary swim coach for the International Special Olympics and is on the Board of "Swim With Mike" (disabled student-athlete scholarship fund). An active fundraiser for both the United States Olympic Committee and the University of Southern California, John is the chair of the "Character Counts Sports Advisory Board" and helped raise funds for the construction of the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasadena. He also serves on the Board of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games.