Friday, October 2, 1998
Past UCLA athletes still in spotlight
CHAMPIONS: Track stars work for charity; Daley switches schools
again
By David Arnold
Daily Bruin Contributor
Last Monday the old 12-foot jump circle used by the championship
teams of the Wooden years came out of retirement to serve UCLA once
more.
Formerly graced by the footprints of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill
Walton, Jamaal Wilkes and other former Bruins, the jump circle will
now boast the signatures of those same athletes in order to raise
money for the UCLA Eureka Endowment.
This new program seeks to raise money to attract the best
graduate students to UCLA’s biomedical departments.
As Chancellor Albert Carnesale explained to the assembled
guests, scholarships and endowments are becoming increasingly
important in retaining the best graduate students and faculty.
The backers of the Eureka Endowment hope that by establishing
more scholarships for future biomedical researchers, UCLA can begin
to attract the best faculty to teach those top students.
In the next year the Eureka Endowment hopes to gain the
signatures of as many of the players who played on the former jump
circle. Then, at an event to be named later, the signed jump circle
will be auctioned off, with the proceeds going towards the Eureka
Endowment.
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Sophomore forward Kevin Daley transferred to Azusa Pacific
University last month. He will be eligible to compete during the
1998-1999 season.
Daley, who is 6 feet 6 inches tall and 185 pounds, made his
second college transfer; his first was from University of Nevada at
Reno to UCLA, after which he had to forfeit his eligibility for the
’96-’97 season.
While at UCLA, Kevin Daley appeared in 11 games, averaging 3.8
minutes and 1.5 points per game.
"It’s important to me to be able to increase my playing time and
continue my education," said Daley.
Head coach Steve Lavin said of Daley’s decision, "It’s been nice
to have Kevin in our program the last two years. I understand his
decision and wish him the best of luck at Azusa."
GENEVIEVE LIANG/Daily Bruin
Jody Spillane (left), who helped gather the UCLA champions who
played under Coach John Wooden for the signing, talks with the
coach before the ceremony.
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