The love of Ido David’s life is volleyball. That love story, however, began by chance. One of his fourth grade teachers had started a volleyball club, but David, who described himself as a lazy kid, didn’t play sports. Read more...
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Chae Campbell could have easily walked away. When the then-freshman UCLA gymnast hyperextended her knee warming up her vault at the 2021 NCAA championships on April 16, she had already put up a beyond respectable score on floor. Read more...
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This post was updated March 3 at 2:44 p.m. Lauryn Miller had it all mapped out. Play basketball at UCLA. Graduate with a bachelor’s in three years and a master’s the year after. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA women’s basketball forward Lauryn Miller holds a camera. Miller graduated in 2021 but has continued to be involved with the program through her social justice initiatives and photography. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Bruins’ freshmen play a significant role in the team’s national title aspirations, according to coach Adam Wright. Making up Wright’s smallest recruiting class since taking over as coach of No. Read more...
Photo: No. 1 UCLA women’s water polo freshmen Grace Myers, Emma Lineback, Nicole Struss and Molly Renner (left to right) pose together in blue and gold attire. The quartet of first-year Bruins have accounted for over 30% of the team’s goals this season. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)
For most, playing under the bright lights of Pauley Pavilion is a dream in and of itself. But some Bruins dream beyond the basketball court. Shortly after the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis in May 2020 sparked a wave of social justice movements across the country, six UCLA women’s basketball players were inspired to use their platform to educate and empower others on the issues that Black people face in America. Read more...
Photo: The six members of the 2021-2022 More Than a D.R.E.A.M. initiative stand together. The group includes two UCLA women’s basketball players who are new to the initiative this season in graduate student guard Jaelynn Penn and graduate student forward IImar’I Thomas. (Courtesy of Caren Nicdao/UCLA Athletics)
Dubuque, Iowa, lies just west of the Mississippi River, right on the border of Wisconsin and Illinois. It’s characterized by harsh winters, minimal traffic and an abundance of cornfields, according to UCLA’s resident Iowan Mac May. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Mac May spins a volleyball on her finger. Before the outside hitter/opposite became the all-time leader in sets played and a two-time Pac-12 Player of the Year for UCLA women’s volleyball, May grew up 1,600 miles away in Dubuque, Iowa. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)
Dillon Perillo has gone to UCLA, worked a professional career and retired. But not in that order. The 31-year-old Southern Californian worked for more than 10 years as a professional surfer before retiring, although he’s far from retired in the typical sense. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year economics student Dillon Perillo rides the waves. The 31-year-old is a current UCLA student who spent more than 10 years as a professional surfer. (Anika Chakrabarti/Assistant Photo editor)
