UCLA women’s volleyball alumna Karsta Lowe will be a first-time Olympian on the 2016 U.S. team, USA Volleyball announced Tuesday morning. At 23 years old, she is the youngest member of the national squad. Lowe competed for the Bruins from 2011 to 2014 before playing professionally in Italy and Puerto Rico. The outside hitter came […]
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Five Bruins selected in 2016 MLB draft
Five current UCLA baseball players were selected in the 2016 MLB Draft from June 9-11, with just one taken in the draft’s opening 11 rounds. The total was three fewer than 2015. Rising seniors Grant Dyer, Luke Persico and Kort Peterson and redshirt seniors Eric Filia and Christoph Bono heard their names called on the […]
UCLA Athletics set to leave Adidas, join Under Armour in 2017
This post was updated May 24 at 4:35 p.m. UCLA Athletics has signed a record-breaking apparel deal with Under Armour for 15 years and $280 million in cash and apparel. The news was announced to coaches, athletes and staff in a closed-door event at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning in Pauley Pavilion, with samples of Under Armour gear on […]
UC announces $8.4M annual allocation to support undocumented students
University of California President Janet Napolitano announced that her office will allocate $8.4 million annually for three years to provide loans, legal support and other services for undocumented students. Five million dollars of the annual funding will be allocated to the UC DREAM loan program, proposed by Napolitano and authorized in the state legislature in […]
UCPD searching for suspect who hit man with motorcycle
University police are searching for a man who struck another man with a motorcycle on Strathmore Drive near Charles E. Young Drive on April 16. The man was driving a motorcycle on Strathmore Drive when he hit the rear bumper of another man’s SUV, according to a UCPD alert. When the man in the SUV […]
UCLA guard Nirra Fields picked 32nd overall in 2016 WNBA draft
UCLA women’s basketball guard Nirra Fields was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury with the 32nd pick in the WNBA draft Thursday. Fields, who played four years in Westwood, averaged 15.3 points per game this season as she helped lead the Bruins to their first Sweet 16 appearance in 17 years. She was named to the […]
UCLA Athletics receives $5M donation for new soccer-specific stadium
Less than a year after unveiling the start of its One Goal initiative, UCLA Athletics announced a $5 million donation from the Annenberg Foundation that will go toward a new soccer-specific stadium at North Athletic Field. The venue, named the Wallis Annenberg Stadium, will be used by the men’s and women’s Division I programs and […]