As a teenage boy in Vancouver in the mid-1980s, Scott Stewart stared intently at his television screen. Read more...
Photo: Coach Scott Stewart came to UCLA’s club rugby team and revitalized it in the mid-2000s, earning players’ respect because of his prior experience playing the sport professionally. He was inspired by his father, who played against UCLA and once thought about becoming the coach of the Bruin rugby team.
Alec Govi always pictured himself in a college tennis uniform, but shortly after running in the cross country state sectionals his junior year of high school, he traded the racquet for a simple pair of running shoes. Read more...
Photo: An entirely new coaching staff gave senior runner Alec Govi the opening four years ago to join the track and field team.
Sunny Los Angeles is anything but a competitive skiing hot spot – for Kelsey Wittels, though, the two go together just fine. Read more...
Photo: No Snow, No Problem: Bruin pursues passion for competitive skiing even at UCLA
Six months after he watched UCLA’s season come crashing to a halt with a 5-2 loss to San Diego in the second round of the NCAA tournament, men’s soccer assistant coach Eddie Soto stood on a beach in the Bahamas, his feet buried in the sand. Read more...
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When faced with the chance to take a year off from school to train alongside the United States women’s senior national water polo team, a pipeline to the Olympics, goalkeeper Sami Hill jumped at the opportunity. Read more...
Photo: UCLA goalkeeper Sami Hill redshirted her second season as a Bruin in order to train with the U.S. women’s water polo senior national team. The experience was a different one for the young athlete, who found herself somewhat intimidated by the nation’s top players. However, Hill is eager to apply what she learned to her current UCLA team.
In the forest of Mount San Jacinto State Park, six friends from UCLA spent a recent Sunday climbing seemingly sheer rock face. Read more...
Photo: On a recent climbing trip, third-year political science student Guillaume Hansel overcame the psychological challenge of climbing without ropes to scramble high up a boulder.
And while she can’t stand to be off the tennis court as her team closes the season in the NCAA tournament, Ray, a communication studies student, seeks to eventually apply her skills from tennis to the broadcasting booth. Read more...
Photo: Kaitlin Ray, a sophomore communication studies student on the women’s tennis team, aspires to play professional tennis, which she then plans to transition into a career in sports broadcasting. Her love for sports and her competitive nature fuel her goals.
