Former UCLA basketball and volleyball standout Natalie Williams was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday. The 6-foot-2 dual-sport athlete initially earned a scholarship to play basketball for the Bruins but decided to walk on to the women’s volleyball team as a freshman where she finished her career as a four-time All-American. Read more...
Sports, Women's Basketball, Women's Volleyball
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June 12, 3:32 pm
UCLA alumna inducted into Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
Baseball, Sports
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June 12, 8:57 am
Five Bruins selected in 2016 MLB draft
Five current UCLA baseball players were selected in the 2016 MLB Draft from June 9-11, with just one taken in the draft’s opening 11 rounds. The total was three fewer than 2015. Read more...
Photo: The Philadelphia Phillies drafted rising senior RHP Grant Dyer in the eighth round of the 2016 MLB draft. Dyer was the first of five Bruins who were selected. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Sports, Track and Field
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June 8, 12:23 pm
Track and field seniors to end collegiate careers at NCAA championship
Five months of intensive running, jumping and throwing will culminate in one weekend for UCLA’s best track and field athletes. The Bruins have made their way to Eugene, Oregon, to compete in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and for four of them, it will be their last meet ever wearing the UCLA jersey. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior Kylie Price is one of five Bruins to compete in multiple events at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Oregon. (Shelby Scoggins/Daily Bruin)
Football, Sports
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June 8, 11:37 am
Texas center Jake Raulerson will not transfer to UCLA football
Texas center Jake Raulerson will not be transferring to UCLA next season, according to Scout. The former four-star recruit, listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 295 pounds, verbally committed to the Bruins in the winter over Stanford, Michigan and Oregon, citing the trust he had in coaching staff and offensive line coach Adrian Klemm. Read more...
Football, Sports
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June 7, 11:01 am
Coach Jim Mora signs two-year contract extension with UCLA
UCLA football coach Jim Mora has signed a two-year contract extension through 2021, UCLA Athletics announced Tuesday morning. Under his current contract, Mora was slated to make $21 million through 2019 and up to $930,000 in performance bonuses. Read more...
Photo: Jim Mora and UCLA have agreed to a two-year contract extension that will keep the head football coach in Westwood until 2021. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Men's Water Polo, Sports
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June 6, 12:45 pm
UCLA men’s water polo goalie earns prestigious Cutino Award
UCLA men’s water polo goalkeeper Garrett Danner was named the 2015 Peter J. Cutino Award recipient for the men’s sport, the Olympic Club of San Francisco announced Saturday evening. Read more...
Photo: Rising senior goalkeeper Garrett Danner won the Peter J. Cutino Award for collegiate water polo player of the year. The rising senior is the all-times saves leader at UCLA. (Courtesy of the Danner Family/UCLA Athletics)
Features, Sports, Women's Tennis
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June 5, 3:54 pm
Dedication to tennis takes walk-on player to starting lineup
Laura Luca sat in a classroom at UCLA waiting for a sign of hope. The third-year senior couldn’t focus on the class lecture because her mind was completely occupied by something else. Read more...
Photo: Senior Laura Luca, a Romanian native, played two years on the club tennis team before getting the call to join UCLA women’s tennis this season. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)