On paper, Jennie and Claire were the perfect freshman roommates. They both had the same extracurricular in high school. They both ended up being sociology majors. Read more...
Photo: Junior middle blockers Claire Felix and Jennie Frager have both found starting roles for the Bruins this year. Coach Michael Sealy said the two help elevate each other’s games with their work in practice. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Sitting in a lab deep in the heart of South Campus, senior runner Lane Werley’s tall frame and blue UCLA Athletics backpack look entirely out of place. Read more...
Photo: Senior Lane Werley takes his role as a leader on the UCLA cross country team very seriously – as a runner and as a student. Werley is UCLA Athletics’ sole chemical and materials science student, challenging himself on the course and in the classroom. Looking back on his career, Werley is glad to have been an example of athletic and academic achievement. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
It’s the morning of Oct. 16, and no one knows about Carolina Johnson. She has made a name for herself in Europe, a silver medalist at the European Athletics Junior Championships who holds the third-best time in Swedish history in the under-20 steeplechase. Read more...
Photo: Freshman runner Carolina Johnson is UCLA’s lone woman to qualify for the NCAA championship race. Johnson, who holds the third-best under-20 steeplechase time in Swedish history, has already made a big impact in her first season with the Bruins. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Bronte Law’s favorite thing about the United States is about as American as she is. “I would probably say Mexican food,” said the women’s golf captain. Read more...
Photo: Junior Bronte Law, the reigning Pac-12 Women’s Golfer of the Year, was named the conference’s Golfer of the Month for the third time in her career this October. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A custom-designed horse trail in Chatsworth, California leads up to Sierra Canyon School, a private institution graced by hundreds of trees and, more notably, the children of celebrities like Britney Spears, Alec Baldwin and Will Smith. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Kennedy Burke has impressed her teammates with on-court prowess and off-court demeanor. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
Aaron Holiday stood in the middle of an office in the J.D. Morgan Center, his 6-foot-1 frame cloaked in a grey Adidas tracksuit. The freshman guard pored over the UCLA men’s basketball media guide, studying the Bruins’ past season statistics as well as the scouting report on UCLA’s first season opponent: Monmouth. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Aaron Holiday joins UCLA men’s basketball as the fourth in a long lineage of basketball players. Holiday’s older brother Jrue and older sister Lauren played for UCLA, while his oldest brother Justin had a four-year career at Washington. (Courtesy of Don Liebig/UCLA)
Prince Ali never thought he’d make it to UCLA. He started out as just another face in the crowd, playing basketball in a borough loaded with basketball aspirants – the Bronx, New York. Read more...
Photo: Freshman guard Prince Ali never thought he’d become a Division I player before he attended high school. He entered the ninth grade without any experience playing organized basketball. The only basketball experience Ali had came from the playground courts in the Bronx, New York. (UCLA Athletics)
