Saturday, May 16

MOST IMPROVED MALE ATHLETE: DREW OLSON

It was August 2005, when the UCLA football team had just finished fall training camp, and the question that was on everyone’s mind was who would be the team’s starting quarterback: incumbent starter Drew Olson, or incoming freshman standout Ben Olson. Read more...



MOST IMPROVED FEMALE ATHLETE: LAURA GORDON

Upon arriving in Westwood four years ago, Laura Gordon embarked on what would become one of the greatest climbs in UCLA women’s tennis history. Beginning her career on a team full of scholarship athletes and several big names as a mere walk-on, Gordon was cast into the shadows of her peers. Read more...



COACH OF THE YEAR: JOHN SAVAGE

Coach John Savage is not one to panic. When his starting pitchers got into trouble, Savage demonstrated guru-like patience throughout the season, often walking out to the mound to give advice, but never taking his starting arms out too soon. 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...