Jonathan Garrick wants to be the best player in college golf. After leading UCLA with an average score of 71.2 last season, Garrick is currently the No. Read more...
Photo: Garrick won the Erin Hills Intercollegiate last weekend, his second career individual win in a tournament. While he says a couple other golfers around the country will challenge him, Garrick has his sights set on becoming the best. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
If it wasn’t for his high school counselor, Jason Falitz may have never raced a lap or gripped a water polo ball. He also may never have become John Burroughs High School’s all-time career scoring leader, the Los Angeles Times 1999 Player of the Year or the 2006 Western State Conference Player of the Year at Los Angeles Valley College. Read more...
Photo: Jason Falitz, the new assistant coach for UCLA men’s water polo, is known for his seriousness during practice and his light-hearted attitude away from the pool. Falitz has coached at almost every level. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Feared. Humble. Reliable. Contagious confidence. The best player in the country. These are just a handful of words used to describe UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame inductee and former softball powerhouse third baseman Janice Parks. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Samantha Ford)
Ka’imi Fairbairn had one chance at a Division I college football scholarship. It came in 2011, during his junior year of high school. The young placekicker asked his parents if they could help him pay for a trip to Las Vegas, so he could attend the prestigious Chris Sailer Kicking camps. Read more...
Photo: Senior kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn went from kicking at trees in Hawaii to kicking on college-regulation field goal posts at UCLA every day in practice. His success helped spark a recruiting pipeline for kickers in the state of Hawaii. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Jordan Anderson was 5 years old when her parents found out she couldn’t play YMCA soccer. They watched as Anderson, having just been scored upon, found out for the first time in her life that her team was losing. Read more...
Photo: Last year at West Virginia, Anderson was named to the All-America Honorable Mention list after setting the Mountaineers’ single-season record for kills per set. She decided to transfer to UCLA because WVU coach Jill Kramer left for TCU. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Jordan Vale’s soccer career was forever changed by a single question. “What can he do to get on the team?” George Vale asked, directing the query to his son’s youth soccer coach standing in front of him. Read more...
Photo: After fighting inconsistency in his first years at UCLA, senior midfielder Jordan Vale is off to his best start this fall. Vale transferred from Syracuse after his freshman season. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
She didn’t want to go to UCLA at first. In fact, Taylor Smith was already verbally committed to Florida State University – a bit of information she disclosed to only a few of her friends and family members – when Jill Ellis came calling. Read more...
Photo: Smith said that she has never regretted her college decision. In three seasons, the 5-foot-3 senior has led UCLA to two Pac-12 championships and a NCAA championship with 25 goals in 66 starts. This year, she earned a spot on the women’s Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy Watch List, the only award that recognizes the top player in collegiate soccer. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
