Editor’s note: This post was updated July 10 2025 at 4:38 p.m. to replace photographs that did not meet the Bruin’s reporting standards. In the 245 days she’s been at UCLA, Emily Adams has already constructed a diverse portfolio. Read more...
Photo: Spieker Aquatics Center, where the UCLA men’s water polo team plays, is pictured. (Jacqueline Jacobo/Daily Bruin)
Laurel Weaver is still undecided about what a future playing volleyball will entail – whether it’ll be spent touring through different indoor courts in Europe or playing on the beaches of California. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore sand volleyball player Laurel Weaver is a participant at the NCAA Career in Sports Forum this year. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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)
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)
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)
When Christian Leandro found his passion for sports medicine, it occurred on the opposite side of the tape. During his second year, Leandro was playing soccer on the Intramural Field when he tore his left ACL for the second time. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year physiological science student Christian Leandro tore his left ACL twice – once in high school and again playing soccer on the Intramural Field two years ago. Leandro said his personal experience with injury helps him relate to the athletes he treats. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Stephanie Chou said she knew she wanted to choose a profession where she could help people. But until a specific T-shirt caught her eye on the way back from class, she was unsure what that profession would be. Read more...
Photo: Second-year psychobiology student Stephanie Chou first found out about the UCLA sports medicine program after seeing its logo on a T-shirt. Now, as an intern with the same program, she said she wants to attend physical therapy school after graduation. (Matt Cummings/Daily Bruin)
