Two UCLA women’s basketball coaches have a friendship that dates back nearly two decades after the two met volunteering as coaches at a camp for female high school athletes.
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Earning her shot: UCLA walk-on Madeline Brooks works way toward scholarship
A year ago, Madeline Brooks would have been in warmups on the bench cheering on her teammates. But this season against then-No. 10 Oklahoma, the junior guard found herself walking the almost 80 feet from the defensive baseline to the free throw line with UCLA up two points and 15 seconds left on the game […]
Finding Waldo: Brian Pritchard cultivates teamwork between UCLA athletes
If you’re looking for Brian Pritchard, don’t ask for him by name. Simply navigate your way to the northwest corner of the John Wooden Center and look for Waldo. Pritchard – whose nickname was given to him by a coworker years ago – can be found in his office, denoted “Waldo’s World” by a sign […]
Athletic trainer finds lifelong friend and ‘Coach’ at UCLA
Tony Spino stands atop the two-flight staircase overlooking the lobby of the John Wooden Center. A few hundred feet and several racquetball courts behind him lies his new temporary office in the UCLA Competitive Sports Clubhouse. Plastered on the yellow wall adjacent to the landing is something altogether more permanent. What Spino sees as he […]
Despite injury, Korver inspires UCLA women’s basketball team
Knees bent, elbows in, eyes on the basket, follow through and swish. Kari Korver has made a name for herself off her deadliness from behind the three-point line. But after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament and lateral meniscus in her right knee in the first week of practice, the sophomore guard can now only watch […]
UCLA volleyball’s Karsta Lowe went from walk-on to top player
Look at Karsta Lowe today, and it would be hard to believe that she was born to be anything but a volleyball player. Watch the 6-foot-4-inch junior leap into the air and coolly slam a searing kill through the heart of an opposing defense, and it seems ludicrous that four years ago, she wasn’t even […]
End of an era: UCLA alumni cheerleader Geof Strand retires
Short white socks with blue and gold stripes. Royal blue shorts cut just above the knee. A blue and gold V-neck sweater reveals the collar of a gold undershirt. These are the trademarks of a Bruin who has sported his head alumni cheerleader outfit beneath a blue and gold newsboy hat for almost 38 years. […]