From competing in the Olympics and the highest levels of professional leagues, the 2020 UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame class has collected a lot of hardware. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA men’s basketball guard Russell Westbrook headlines the UCLA Hall of Fame class of 2020. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Even with the nation at a standstill because of COVID-19, Jenavee Peres has been very busy in quarantine. When you’re a graduate student, the mother of a toddler and a catcher for UCLA softball, Peres says it’s a struggle to have any free time, even during a pandemic. Read more...
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When she heard that her team was getting back two star players, coach Kelly Inouye-Perez had just one thought for them. “Welcome back,” Inouye-Perez said. Both redshirt senior pitcher/first baseman Rachel Garcia and senior utility Bubba Nickles will rejoin UCLA softball for the 2021 season. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior pitcher/first baseman Rachel Garcia plans to play with UCLA softball and train for the Olympics in 2021. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
The Bruins are getting back two key players from their 2019 championship run. UCLA softball will welcome back redshirt senior pitcher/first-baseman Rachel Garcia and senior utility Bubba Nickles for the 2021 season. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior pitcher/first baseman Rachel Garcia (left) and senior utility Bubba Nickles (right) will play with UCLA softball for the 2021 season, after having sat out in 2020 to prepare for the Olympics in Tokyo.(Daily Bruin file photo)
Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez can still remember the moment her son took his first steps. Her son – Mikey Perez – was just a toddler, traveling with his mother and the UCLA softball team in Oklahoma City when he walked for the first time in a hotel room, with the whole team surrounding him. Read more...
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While the world faces shortages of necessary goods, many people are surrounded by an abundance of one thing: time. And if it’s possible to keep future goals in focus, extra time can be a good thing, according to some of the current and former UCLA student athletes who had been preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Read more...
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A month on from the unexpected early end to the Bruins’ season, coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said she will never forget the uncertainty she felt when the team found out the year was over. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior outfielder Aaliyah Jordan hit for a team-high .435 batting average in No. 1 UCLA softball’s abridged 2020 season. The Bruins had been playing for a chance to repeat as NCAA champions before the cancellation of winter and spring sports. (Daily Bruin file photo)
