Thursday, July 9

Freshman golfer Aliea Clark meets success in nationwide tournaments

Aliea Clark’s summer hasn’t been filled with many breaks so far. The incoming freshman member of the UCLA women’s golf team participated in the Women’s Western Golf Association National Amateur Championship from June 23-28, the Yani Tseng Invitational from June 29-July 1, and the U.S. Read more...

Photo: Freshman golfer Aliea Clark has played in several tournaments this summer to try to keep improving going into her first year at UCLA. (Courtesy of Aliea Clark)



Q&A: Joe Sofia discusses MLS Draft, career after soccer

After a successful four-year career with UCLA men’s soccer, defender Joe Sofia hung up the blue and gold jersey and graduated last December. Not only did he prove his value on the field as he helped anchor the Bruins’ defense, Sofia made sure that academics remained as much of a priority as soccer. Read more...

Photo: After graduating from UCLA last December, defender Joe Sofia was drafted by the San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS Draft, but was cut from the team late June. Sofia decided to retire from professional soccer to take an offer from Deloitte and pursue a new career in management consulting. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Ten UCLA athletes to watch

As the 2014-2015 NCAA season begins to unfold, many UCLA coaches and athletes have expressed that a major part of their plans going forward is to add to UCLA’s tally of 111 national championships. Read more...

Photo: Every year, UCLA has several teams looking to contend for a national championship. Behind each team are players who take on a central role to help propel their teams to wins. (Photo Illustration by Brandon Choe)




Football media day dominated with talk of Pac-12 quarterbacks

This post was updated on July 25 at 1:24 p.m. In the first 13 minutes of his interview during Pac-12 Football Media Day Thursday morning, UCLA redshirt senior inside linebacker Eric Kendricks fielded five questions about the quarterbacks of the Pac-12. Read more...

Photo: The first five questions that redshirt senior inside linebacker Eric Kendricks was asked at Pac-12 Football Media Day on Thursday had to do with Pac-12 quarterbacks. Although much of the media attention has been centered on Pac-12 quarterbacks, Kendricks said, “I don’t mind (not getting attention) at all. I like it being like that – I like being the underdog.” (Katie Meyers/Daily Bruin senior staff)