Five Bruin football players were named to a pair of NCAA award watch lists, as the Football Writers Association of America announced its selections Friday morning. The Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which goes to the top defensive player in collegiate football, included rising junior linebacker Myles Jack, rising junior defensive lineman Kenny Clark and rising senior […]
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UCLA, Adidas unveil new home football uniform
UCLA football’s home uniforms received an update Thursday morning, as Adidas announced changes with a new Primeknit material and “modernized” design. While the material creates a patterned look across the chest, sleeves and back, the “True Blue” jersey colors with white-and-gold UCLA stripes and gold lettering remain unchanged. The 2015 update did not alter the […]
Senior place-kicker named to 2015 Lou Groza Award Watch List
UCLA football’s rising senior place-kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn was one of 30 NCAA football players named to the Watch List for the 2015 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker award Thursday morning. The annual award goes to the best place-kicker in college football. In the past three seasons, Fairbairn has played in all 40 Bruin football games. Last […]
Bruin center named to Rimington Trophy Watch List
UCLA football’s Jake Brendel was named to the 63-man 2015 Rimington Trophy Watch List on Wednesday morning. This marks the third year in a row that the Bruin center has made the preseason list. The Rimington Trophy, an annual award in its 15th year, is given to the Most Outstanding Center in NCAA Division I-A […]
JT Hatch, US Junior National Team capture silver at Pan American Cup
It took just seven months since starting his first collegiate volleyball match for J.T. Hatch to put together an impressive list of accomplishments in both NCAA and national play. Appearing in every match of his freshman season with UCLA men’s volleyball, Hatch contributed a team-high 247 kills and added 142 digs defensively. He quickly established […]
Graphic: Bruins at the 2015 Summer World University Games
Nearly 50 UCLA student-athletes and coaches made the trip from Westwood to Gwangju, South Korea, for this summer’s World University Games. Over the next week, Bruins representing three countries across seven sports will compete for gold.
Alumna scores go-ahead goal for US in 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup win
The United States had already put the game out of reach by the time former UCLA women’s soccer player Lauren Holiday found the back of the net in the 14th minute. In a rematch against Japan in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup final, the Americans dominated their way to a 5-2 victory, giving the […]