Whelp, my suspicions are confirmed. I decided to drop the transmission after work this afternoon and low and behold, the clutch was blown out completely on the pressure plate side and in tact on the fly wheel side. Someone was either hammering on it or riding the heck out of the clutch pedal. I've never seen a clutch completely separated from the disc before, It was literally in pieces being sandwiched together by the pressure plate. I took some photos and will upload when I have some time. Again, the car has 54k miles and I am the third owner. I bought it this way from someone on Craigslist. It has been sitting in their garage for the last 4 years waiting to fix itself I guess! Oh well, new Luc clutch on the way and I'll have it up and running before I know it.