Bronte Law’s favorite thing about the United States is about as American as she is. “I would probably say Mexican food,” said the women’s golf captain. Read more...
Photo: Junior Bronte Law, the reigning Pac-12 Women’s Golfer of the Year, was named the conference’s Golfer of the Month for the third time in her career this October. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A custom-designed horse trail in Chatsworth, California leads up to Sierra Canyon School, a private institution graced by hundreds of trees and, more notably, the children of celebrities like Britney Spears, Alec Baldwin and Will Smith. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Kennedy Burke has impressed her teammates with on-court prowess and off-court demeanor. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Aaron Holiday stood in the middle of an office in the J.D. Morgan Center, his 6-foot-1 frame cloaked in a grey Adidas tracksuit. The freshman guard pored over the UCLA men’s basketball media guide, studying the Bruins’ past season statistics as well as the scouting report on UCLA’s first season opponent: Monmouth. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Aaron Holiday joins UCLA men’s basketball as the fourth in a long lineage of basketball players. Holiday’s older brother Jrue and older sister Lauren played for UCLA, while his oldest brother Justin had a four-year career at Washington. (Courtesy of Don Liebig/UCLA)
Prince Ali never thought he’d make it to UCLA. He started out as just another face in the crowd, playing basketball in a borough loaded with basketball aspirants – the Bronx, New York. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Prince Ali never thought he’d become a Division I player before he attended high school. He entered the ninth grade without any experience playing organized basketball. The only basketball experience Ali had came from the playground courts in the Bronx, New York. (UCLA Athletics)
“Thomas Duarte … continues on his mission,” the Pac-12 commentator declared. “The crowd loves it.” The junior receiver had just caught a 20-yard pass from freshman quarterback Josh Rosen , fended off five Cal defenders and broken three tackles on his 19-yard run to the red zone. Read more...
Photo: Junior receiver Thomas Duarte has been on a mission since the age of four to excel on the football field. In the midst of a career season, Duarte has become one of quarterback Josh Rosen’s go-to receivers. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It was a century ago when the Pacific Coast Conference came into existence. The name has changed, schools have come and gone, but one thing remained constant for the long history of the league: Administrative decisions went largely without the input of the hundreds of thousands of student-athletes who have competed in the conference. Read more...
Photo: Junior water polo player Patrick Woepse and sophomore golfer Aliea Clark are two of the first Pac-12 student-athlete representatives on the conference’s official governing council. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
GARDENA — Rewind to 2013, and no one had ever heard of Oluwole Betiku. A tall and bulky teen who was too large for soccer but not tall enough for basketball, the Nigerian native settled on football. Read more...
Photo: No one knew UCLA recruit Oluwole Betiku in 2013. That was before he attended the Xtreme Procision International Sports Camp and impressed Ricardo Davidson, who runs sports camps in Africa, and initiated the process that brought Betiku to the United States (Rivals.com)
