Senior guard/forward Markel Walker arrived at UCLA as one of the highest-ranked women’s basketball recruits to come to Westwood in recent memory, and left as one of the program’s leaders in wins over the last decade.
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Back in the Scrum: UCLA rugby coach leads team back to prominence
As a teenage boy in Vancouver in the mid-1980s, Scott Stewart stared intently at his television screen.
No UCLA women were drafted to the WNBA
Despite early predictions, no UCLA women’s basketball players were drafted in the WNBA draft, which was held on Monday in Bristol, Conn. Before the draft, many mock drafts projected senior guard/forward Markel Walker to go somewhere between the late first round and early second round. Walker earned AP All-American honorable mention honors this season, along […]
UCLA Women’s basketball focuses on matchup with Stetson
Junior guard Thea Lemberger nervously fidgeted in her seat as she stared at the screen. The anxiety began to spread around the room as the UCLA women’s basketball team watched the NCAA selection show, awaiting its tournament seeding.
Alyssia Brewer shines as unquestioned leader of women’s basketball
Alyssia Brewer flapped her arms and flashed a hawk-like glare as she played traffic cop, directing her UCLA women’s basketball teammates this way and that way.
Women’s basketball caps seasons with wins, takes third seed in Pac-12 tournament
Many thought freshman Kari Korver would take a back seat to the multiple upperclassmen on the women’s basketball team.
Keeping it Closer to Home: Jasmine Dixon Lives Out a Dream of Hers and Her Father’s
Jasmine Dixon grew into the player she is today under the tutelage of her father: her life’s coach