Author Archives: David Woods

After the final pitch in the College World Series is thrown, baseball players go home and begin to enjoy the offseason. For college coaches, there is no offseason. In college baseball, where a coach can only be assured of keeping a player for three years, recruiting is a process that has neither a beginning nor […]

At the top of the leaderboard for the U.S. Women’s Open are the usual names: Annika Sorenstam, Michelle Wie and various other professionals. Down a few spots from those names comes an unfamiliar one: Jane Park. In just her sophomore year at UCLA, Park has already put her name in the spotlight alongside the greats […]

In the eyes of many of its students and prospective students, UCLA has it all: good weather, good location and good academics. Add to that an unparalleled athletics program and the chance to see a milestone 100th national championship, and the reasons for attending UCLA become overwhelming. UCLA was established in 1919, nearly 30 years […]

The Bruins were supposed to have been led by their star sophomores, Jordan Farmar and Arron Afflalo, but it was the unheralded freshman who made the biggest play of the year. In the middle of a furious comeback against Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute provided the […]

If the UCLA baseball team is to make another run to the playoffs next year, they will likely be doing it with a rebuilt pitching staff. Junior starting pitchers Dave Huff and Hector Ambriz were both selected in the 2006 Major League Draft on Tuesday, leading a list of seven Bruins that indicates the rest […]

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth against fourth-seeded Missouri on Sunday, freshman catcher Ryan Babineau popped out meekly to left field, ending second-seeded UCLA’s inauspicious run in the Malibu Regional with a 2-1 loss. After posting a 3-2 win over UC Irvine on Friday, the Bruins dropped consecutive games to end a […]

This is why he came back. For UCLA senior Brett McMillan, one taste of the baseball postseason in three years was not enough. McMillan was drafted in the 36th round by the Washington Nationals last year. Instead of heading into the minors, he opted to come back for his final season at UCLA. With the […]