The Bruins are getting back two key players from their 2019 championship run. UCLA softball will welcome back redshirt senior pitcher/first-baseman Rachel Garcia and senior utility Bubba Nickles for the 2021 season. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior pitcher/first baseman Rachel Garcia (left) and senior utility Bubba Nickles (right) will play with UCLA softball for the 2021 season, after having sat out in 2020 to prepare for the Olympics in Tokyo.(Daily Bruin file photo)
When it comes to the four major North American sports and their respective drafts, one sport sticks out like a sore thumb. Both NFL and NHL prospects can be drafted in one of seven rounds, and for the NBA, teams have two rounds to pick their newest rookie classes. Read more...
Photo: Rob Manfred – MLB’s commissioner since 2015 – announced in April that the 2020 draft would be reduced from its standard 40 rounds to anywhere between five and 10 rounds. The draft is likely to take place anywhere between June 10 and July 20, with the official word expected to come from the league office one month before draft day. (Creative Commons photo by Arturo Pardavila III via Flickr)
On April 18, UCLA gymnastics had planned to be in Fort Worth, Texas, competing for its second national championship in three years. Instead, the members of the squad memorialized the day with a Zoom call from their homes across the country. Read more...
Photo: Despite her senior season ending early because of the coronavirus pandemic, UCLA gymnastics’ Kyla Ross said she’s trying to look on the bright side of the situation and forge ahead. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
Hiding behind the Intramural Field, The Gifford Practice Complex, or “The Giff,” is home to UCLA’s golf teams. Want to see what’s hidden behind the fence? Read more...
The Bruins have gone global. For the first time in program history, UCLA women’s basketball has a recruiting class made entirely up of international prospects. Forward Izzy Anstey is from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, guard Gemma Potter is from Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia, and forward Emily Bessoir is from Munich, Germany. Read more...
Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez can still remember the moment her son took his first steps. Her son – Mikey Perez – was just a toddler, traveling with his mother and the UCLA softball team in Oklahoma City when he walked for the first time in a hotel room, with the whole team surrounding him. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Daily Bruin)
Coach Mick Cronin got one of his players back for the next season. Redshirt sophomore forward/center Jalen Hill has withdrawn his name from the NBA Draft pool, according to UCLA Athletics, leaving junior guard Chris Smith as the only underclassman scheduled to leave Cronin’s program. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt sophomore forward/center Jalen Hill – UCLA men’s basketball’s rebounds and blocks leader this season – has withdrawn his name from the NBA Draft pool. Hill will likely return to Westwood this fall. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)
