Loyola Marymount University
Jesuit university in Los Angeles
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| 2024 | Stan Johnson leads LMU to win the Cancun Challenge MTE Tournament. |
| 2024 | The Loyola Marymount Lions compete in the NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the West Coast Conference, playing home games at Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. |
| 2024 | Received 23,089 undergraduate applications, admitted 10,409 students (45% admission rate), and enrolled 1,541 freshman students. |
| November 2024 | Stan Johnson begins his fifth season as head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team for the 2024-25 season. |
| January 2024 | Loyola Marymount announced the cutting of six athletic programs after the 2023–24 season: men's cross-country, men's rowing, men's track and field, women's rowing, women's swimming, and women's track and field. |
| 2023 | Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team added five transfer players: Da'Ja Hamilton from Nevada, Cynthia Ezeja from Pittsburgh, Daylee Dunn from Fresno State, Soufia Inoussa from New Mexico State, and Sydney Gandy from Idaho. |
| 2023 | As the No. 10 seed in the WCC tournament, the Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team was eliminated in the first round, losing to Saint Mary's. |
| 2023 | Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team completed their 2022-23 season with a record of 7 wins and 23 losses, including 4-14 in West Coast Conference (WCC) play, which resulted in a last-place finish in the conference. |
| 2023 | The team joined the West Coast Conference for the 2023-24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, competing from their home venue, Gersten Pavilion. |
| 2023 | Achieved 40% acceptance rate, classified as 'more selective' by U.S. News & World Report with an early acceptance rate of 52.4%. |
| August 2023 | Aarika Hughes began her third year as head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team for the 2023-24 season. |
| July 2023 | Loyola Law School achieved an 80% bar passage rate for first-time takers of the California Bar Exam, surpassing the 76% average for ABA-approved law schools. |
| February 9 2023 | LMU defeats #15 Saint Mary's at Gersten Pavilion under Stan Johnson's leadership. |
| January 19 2023 | Stan Johnson's Lions snap Gonzaga's 75-game home win streak with a 68-67 victory over the #6 ranked team. |
| January 5 2023 | Under Stan Johnson, LMU defeats BYU 64-59 in the conference home opener. |
| 2022 | Stan Johnson leads LMU to win the Jamaica Classic MTE Tournament. |
| 2022 | Loyola Law School's class of 2022 achieved a 93% employment rate, with 80% securing jobs requiring bar admission and 97% finding long-term employment in 2023. |
| 2022 | The Princeton Review ranked LMU as having the fourth-most beautiful campus in America. |
| September 2022 | Loyola Law School's faculty restructured the Evening Program to introduce a hybrid schedule, requiring students to be on campus one night a week and one night remotely. |
| 2020 | Dean Peggy Rajski broke ground on the Howard B. Fitzpatrick Pavilion, a 25,000-square-foot structure for film students. |
| 2020 | Loyola Law School's trial advocacy and moot court programs were ranked No. 4 nationally in U.S. News & World Report's 'Best Graduate Schools' rankings. |
| March 20 2020 | Stan Johnson is announced as the 27th head coach of Loyola Marymount. |
| 2019 | Received an at-large bid to the WNIT, marking their first postseason tournament appearance since 2004, and lost to Idaho in the first round. |
| 2019 | Advanced to the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament, where they were defeated by Saint Mary's. |
| 2019 | Completed the season with an overall record of 18-15 and a 10-8 conference record, finishing in a tie for fifth place in the West Coast Conference. |
| 2019 | Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball team participated in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI), achieving a 2-1 record. In the first round, they defeated California Baptist 56-55. In the quarterfinals, they won against Brown 81-63. In the semifinals, they lost to South Florida 47-56. |
| 2019 | Josie Loren graduates from Loyola Law School, known for her role as Kaylie Cruz in the ABC Family series Make It or Break It. |
| 2018 | The team started their season playing home games at the Gersten Pavilion as members of the West Coast Conference. |
| 2018 | Charity Elliott began her seventh year as head coach of the Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team for the 2018-19 season. |
| 2018 | Opened a 35,000 square foot facility primarily for graduate film students at the Playa Vista campus. |
| 2018 | Loyola Law School reported that 90% of its 2018 graduating class was employed within 10 months of graduation, with approximately 85% securing full-time, long-term positions requiring bar admission or offering JD-advantage opportunities. |
| 2018 | School of Film and Television opened a new 35,000 square foot facility primarily for graduate film students. |
| 2018 | The Pastoral Theology cohort program in Orange County ended after multiple cohorts completed their three-year master's degree. |
| 2015 | Timothy Law Snyder became the 16th president of Loyola Marymount University, succeeding David W. Burcham. |
| 2014 | Mike Dunlap becomes head coach of the Loyola Marymount basketball program, serving until the end of the 2020 season. |
| April 2014 | The Academy of Catholic Thought and Imagination (ACTI) was founded at Loyola Marymount University. |
| 2012 | The Hollywood Reporter ranked Loyola Law School as the 7th-best entertainment law program in America. |
| 2010 | Loyola Marymount earned a 'B−' grade on the College Sustainability Report Card published by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. |
| 2010 | Father Robert B. Lawton announced his retirement as university president, citing health problems and slow recovery from a 2009 back surgery. David W. Burcham became the first lay president in the school's history. |
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