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...


A perfect landing

At this time a year ago, Chelsea Johnson was contemplating leaving track and field. After a breakout sophomore campaign a season earlier, during which she won an NCAA pole vault title and set the collegiate record, Johnson failed to place at the NCAA Championships during a frustrating junior year. Read more...