Saturday, May 16

Players ready to fill large shoes

Although the uncertainty regarding Jordan Farmar’s draft situation has settled, heading into this summer’s workouts, the Bruins are still full of questions. Three out of the five starters from last year’s championship runner-up team are gone, and projected key contributor Josh Shipp is coming off of a serious hip injury that sidelined him for most of last year. Read more...






MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: BEN KOHLLOEFFEL

“Thank you.” Those two words are what UCLA men’s tennis player Benjamin Kohlloeffel has been repeating for the past two weeks. And congratulations are indeed in order, for saying that he has had an incredible season would be a gross understatement. Read more...


FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: ANDREA DURAN

Before the 2006 softball season began, Andrea Duran had enjoyed a very productive three years as a regular in the Bruin lineup ““ enough to the point that coach Sue Enquist labeled her “the best third baseman in the country.” Still, no one at the beginning of the year could have foreseen the standout season that Duran was about to have. Read more...