The baseball team received top-15 rankings in two recent national preseason polls, coming in at No. 11 in the D1Baseball poll and at No. 14 in the Perfect Game USA poll. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior outfielder Eric Filia, who helped lead the 2013 UCLA team to a national championship, will be back in the Bruins’ lineup this year. Filia sat out the past two seasons, 2014 due to an injury and 2015 due to academic ineligibility. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Check out a breakdown of the UCLA sports stories you might have missed this week. Preseason tuneup Competing on campus for the first time this season, UCLA men’s volleyball was able to debut some of its newest faces to Bruin fans at the four-team SAC Tournament last weekend. Read more...
Photo: Jean-Julien Rojer and his doubles partner Horia Tecau secured the No. 1 doubles ranking in the world after downing Bob and Mike Bryan in the semifinal of the ATP World Tour Finals. Rojer was a former Bruin and an All-American while at UCLA. (Creative Commons by TwoWings via Wikimedia Commons)
Brett Stephens struggled in his first summer in the Cape Cod Baseball League, the nation’s premier collegiate summer baseball league. In 78 at-bats for the Orleans Firebirds last year, the UCLA outfielder hit just .192 with 19 strikeouts. Read more...
Photo: Rising junior Brett Stephens is spending his summer with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. This is the outfielder’s second year in a row in the prestigious league. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Football – Josh Rosen Josh Rosen’s early enrollment at UCLA last January gave him a definitive edge over all other rookies in that he is familiar with the ins and outs of the school and football team before the first day of orientation. Read more...
Photo: Josh Rosen was nearly unanimously regarded as the top quarterback recruit from 2015. He was rated the No. 1 quarterback prospect in the nation by Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com; ESPN ranked Rosen the No. 2 quarterback recruit in the country. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)
On Thursday night, another UCLA baseball assistant coach was given the head coach job at a Division I school. In June 2011, it was former UCLA assistant coach Rick Vanderhook being hired by Cal State Fullerton. Read more...
The UCLA baseball program recently proved itself to be one of the country’s top sources for Major League Baseball talent. In the 2015 MLB draft, which spanned from June 8 to 10, a total of eight Bruins were selected, with six chosen in the first 16 rounds. Read more...
Photo: (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin staff)
