Tuesday, May 13

From court to sand, senior set to further volleyball dream in last year

An 11-year-old Julie Consani looked a little out of place on the volleyball court. Still a few years too early for her eventual growth spurt, the undersized young athlete’s footwear of choice was a combination of pink low-top Converse sneakers and white Adidas soccer socks with black stripes. Read more...

Photo: In her last season with the UCLA women’s indoor volleyball team, senior Julie Consani notched 11.5 assists per game, good for No. 12 in the nation and 8th-highest all-time for the Bruins. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Women’s club water polo goalie aspires to competition, comedy at Brown

In the 245 days she’s been at UCLA, Emily Adams has already constructed a diverse portfolio. The writer has been published on the CollegeFashionista website, UCLA Club Sports’ website and in Westwind, UCLA’s student literary journal. Read more...

Photo: First-year English student Emily Adams will transfer to Brown University to play NCAA Division I water polo to seek a higher level of competition. Adams featured as UCLA’s women’s club water polo’s starting goalkeeper in a season where the team finished third in the league. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Team captain Molly Tracy shows leadership in four years of club lacrosse

It happened a handful of months after Molly Tracy broke a four-year hiatus from gripping a lacrosse stick. UCLA was on the offensive against Oregon at the 2012 Santa Barbara Shootout tournament. Read more...

Photo: Molly Tracy, a two-time captain and three-time president of the women’s club lacrosse team, ended her UCLA career with a pair of awards: The Women’s College Lacrosse Associates Co-Defender of the Year and the Western Women’s Lacrosse League Division I MVP. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Helping to Heal: Intern finds career path through sports medicine program

With the sun in his face, fourth-year physiological science student Joe Douglass looked up at the Acosta Athletic Training Complex. “It’s been a long journey,” Douglass said. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year physiological sciences student Joe Douglass sits on the steps outside of a place he has come to call home over the past three years – the Acosta Athletic Training Complex. Since his second year at UCLA, Douglass has spent every quarter – even summers – working as a student-intern trainer. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)


Student athletic trainer learns the ropes with hands-on experience

It was barely past 10 a.m. when Megan Lee’s first scheduled athlete came in for treatment the morning before the first game of a three-game homestand. Read more...

Photo: Third-year physiological science student Megan Lee sits on a trainer table inside the UCLA baseball training room at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Lee joined the team this year as a student-intern athletics trainer and said she has developed a strong bond with the players. (Max Himmelrich/Daily Bruin)



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