This post was updated July 16 at 6:18 p.m. After NCAA All-Tournament team honors, Jaden Whitmarsh is taking her talents to the professional stage. “Beach volleyball has always been a part of my life,” the graduate student said. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Jaden Whitmarsh and rising graduate student Devon Newberry celebrate after a play. Whitmarsh and Newberry are longtime partners and completed the 2023 season together after Newberry returned from injury. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)
This post was updated July 20 at 10:33 p.m. Trials tested the Americans last week as UCLA men’s volleyball coach John Speraw spearheaded the national team. Read more...
Photo: Team USA gathers for a picture featuring the players and training staff. UCLA’s coach John Speraw (far left) has led the squad to the No. 1 position in the Volleyball Nations League as the knockout stages begin. (Courtesy of Volleyball Nations League)
This post was updated July 16 at 6:16 p.m. Coach John Savage’s professional Bruins club could be getting six new members. UCLA baseball rising junior right-hander Alonzo Tredwell, rising senior third baseman Kyle Karros and graduating right-hander Charles Harrison were selected in the first 10 rounds of the 2023 MLB Draft on Friday and Saturday in Seattle. Read more...
Former Bruins were swiftly washed away from individual contention at the year’s third Grand Slam – along with the deluge of rain forcing delay after delay. Read more...
Photo: UCLA women’s tennis alum Eni Shibahara eyes the ball while preparing for a forehand. Shibahara and mixed doubles partner Jean-Julien Rojer are the only remaining UCLA alumni at Wimbledon. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was update July 9 at 10:27 p.m. UCLA’s Black student-athletes have a long-standing history of changing the sports world for the better, from Jackie Robinson to Arthur Ashe, to Kenny Washington and Woody Strode, to Jackie Joyner-Kersee and beyond. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA men’s soccer and current New England Revolution goalkeeper Earl Edwards Jr. smiles for the camera as he heads onto the training pitch. (Courtesy of New England Revolution, photo by MLS)
Most recruits enter their college tennis careers with extensive hard-court competition under their belts. Gianluca Ballotta didn’t fit that mold. While UCLA men’s tennis’ rising sophomore has played high-level tennis for years, the 19-year-old Peruvian did so almost exclusively on clay. Read more...
Photo: Rising sophomore Gianluca Ballotta hits a forehand. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated July 9 at 10:35 p.m. UCLA baseball has seen multiple players selected in the MLB Draft every year since 2005, and the 2023 edition is primed to be no different. Read more...
Photo: Jackie Robinson Stadium, the home of UCLA baseball, is pictured. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)
