The UCLA Bruins are the athletic teams that represent the
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
. The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in
NCAA Division I
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as part of the
Pac-12 Conference
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA D ...
and the
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) is a college athletic conference with members located mostly in the western United States, although it now has members as far east as Pennsylvania. The conference participates at the NCAA Division I ...
(MPSF). For
football
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, they are in the
Football Bowl Subdivision
The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, is the highest level of college football in the United States. The FBS consists of the largest schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). As ...
of Division I (formerly Division I-A). UCLA is second to only
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
as the school with the most NCAA team championships at 120
NCAA team championships. UCLA offers 11 varsity sports programs for men and 14 for women.
UCLA is scheduled to join the
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
with their crosstown rival,
USC
USC most often refers to:
* University of South Carolina, a public research university
** University of South Carolina System, the main university and its satellite campuses
**South Carolina Gamecocks, the school athletic program
* University of ...
, in 2024.
History
Nickname and mascot
Upon UCLA's founding as the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, the football team was known as the "Cubs" because of its younger relationship to the
California Bears in Berkeley. In 1923, the team adopted the nickname "Grizzlies." In 1926, the Grizzlies became the 10th and final member of the
Pacific Coast Conference
The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pac-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, with eight of the ten PCC members (including a ...
, which already included the University of Montana Grizzlies. The school, which had taken the "University of California at Los Angeles" name that year, became the "Bruins" and has been recognized as such in the years since.
The Bruins began to use live bears as mascots in the 1930s, renting animals to appear at all UCLA home football games at the
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (also known as the L.A. Coliseum) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Conceived as a hallmark of civic pride, the Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 as a mem ...
. The practice grew less common until the 1950s, when students and alumni brought "Little Joe Bruin" to Westwood. A Himalayan bear cub from India, "Little Joe" grew too large and was transferred to a circus. "Josephine" was purchased by a group of alumni in 1961 and was kept in the backyard of the Rally Committee chairman. She was eventually taken to the San Diego Zoo.
A costumed mascot by the name of
Joe Bruin
Joe Bruin is the official mascot of UCLA with Josephine "Josie" Bruin, a female brown bear, who is his regular partner at UCLA sporting events and other university activities.
History
The earliest known UCLA mascot was a furry stray dog, known as ...
was introduced in 1963. In 1967, the first female student to take the mascot role created Josephine "Josie" Bruin and joined Joe at athletic events.
The design for the costumed bears has changed over the years, and Joe has had at least six looks over his history.
Team colors
The UCLA athletic teams' colors are
UCLA Blue
UCLA Blue is the dark azure color used in association with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). It is described as a deep sky blue and is accompanied by a sun gold, UCLA Gold. Both are colloquially referred to as "blue and gold."
...
and Westwood Gold. Blue symbolizes the ocean and wildflowers; yellow to reflect the Golden State, the California poppy and sunsets.
In the early days of the school, UCLA had the same colors as the
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
:
Yale Blue
Yale Blue is the dark azure color used in association with Yale University.
History
Since the 1850s, Yale Crew has rowed in blue uniforms, and in 1894, "dark blue" was officially adopted as Yale's color, after half a century of the univer ...
and gold. When football coach Red Sanders came to UCLA for the 1949 season he redesigned the football uniforms. The Yale blue was changed to a lighter shade of blue. Sanders figured that the baby blue would look better on the field and in a film. He would dub the baby blue uniform "powder-keg blue."
In 2002, UCLA Athletics and Adidas developed a new
True Blue color that was darker than powder blue. The shade was replaced in 2017 with a return to Powderkeg Blue when UCLA switched to Under Armour as its apparel provider. In 2021, Nike and the Jordan Brand aligned the athletics blue with the university's UCLA Blue hue, which has been used by the school's academic and administrative units.
Varsity sports
Baseball
The 2010 team, under
head coach
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John Savage, won the Los Angeles Regional and Super-Regional, and was the first team to win 48 games in a season. The Bruins joined seven other teams in the
2010 College World Series and finished in second place, behind the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. The 2011 team won the
Pac-10 Conference
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
title.
The
2013 team won UCLA's 109th NCAA Championship and their first in baseball in the
2013 College World Series by beating
Mississippi State
Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Univer ...
3–1 and 8–0.
Many UCLA baseball players have gone on to play in
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
(MLB). In the
2009 World Series
The 2009 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2009 season. As the 105th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff contested between the Philadelphia Phillies, champions of the National Leag ...
,
Chase Utley
Chase Cameron Utley (born December 17, 1978), nicknamed "The Man" and "Silver Fox", is an American former professional baseball second baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 16 seasons, primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies. He ...
hit two home runs to help the
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...
win Game 1. There were a total of four former UCLA baseball players in the 2009 playoffs: Philadelphia's
Ben Francisco
Louis Benjamin Francisco (born October 23, 1981), is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who is currently a major league scout for the Los Angeles Angels. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Phila ...
and Chase Utley, Colorado's
Garrett Atkins
Garrett Bernard Atkins (born December 12, 1979) is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman. Between 2003 and 2010, he played for the Colorado Rockies and Baltimore Orioles.
Amateur career
High school career
Atkins attended Univer ...
, and St. Louis'
Troy Glaus
Troy Edward Glaus (; born August 3, 1976) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and third baseman. Glaus played in Major League Baseball with the Anaheim Angels (–), Arizona Diamondbacks (), Toronto Blue Jays (–), St. Lou ...
, who was the
2002 World Series
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MVP for the
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team ha ...
.
Chris Chambliss
Carroll Christopher Chambliss (born December 26, 1948) is an American professional baseball player and coach (baseball), coach. He played in Major League Baseball from to for the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves. He served ...
and
Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Alan Cole (born September 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros. Cole played for the baseball team ...
were No. 1 overall picks in the MLB drafts.
Trevor Bauer
Trevor Andrew Bauer (born January 17, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Indians, and Cincinnati Reds.
Af ...
was drafted as the No. 3 pick by the
Arizona Diamondbacks
The Arizona Diamondbacks (colloquially known as the D-backs) are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The f ...
on June 6, 2011. Former UCLA shortstop
Brandon Crawford
Brandon Michael Crawford (born January 21, 1987) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Crawford played college baseball for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). H ...
hit a grand-slam home run in his major-league debut with the
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1883 as the New Yor ...
on May 27, 2011, and helped the Giants to win the
2012 Major League World Series. Cole debuted with the
Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...
by winning his first four games he pitched and also drove in two runs with a single in his first at-bat in the 2013 MLB season.
Basketball (men)
Several of the most revered championships were won by the Men's
Basketball
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team under coaches
John Wooden
John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed the Wizard of Westwood, he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships in a 12-year period as head ...
and
Jim Harrick
James Richard Harrick (born July 25, 1938) is a former American basketball coach. He has been the head coach at UCLA, Pepperdine University, the University of Rhode Island and the University of Georgia over a combined total of 23 seasons. During ...
. The rich legacy of UCLA basketball has produced 11 NCAA championships – 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1995. From 1971 to 1974, UCLA won 88 consecutive men's basketball games, an NCAA record for men. Recent
UConn Huskies
The UConn Huskies (or Connecticut Huskies) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Connecticut, located in Storrs. The school is a member of the NCAA's Division I and the Big East Conference. The university's foo ...
women's basketball teams have set overall NCAA basketball records with 90-game and (ongoing) 91-game winning streaks. The 35-year period (1940–1974) preceding and including the UCLA streak was characterized by less dynasties, however: 20 different men's teams won titles during that span. In comparison, the women's game to date has produced 35% less (tournament) parity, with 13 schools winning all 35 titles offered since its inception.
Past rosters of UCLA basketball teams have included greats such as
Rafer Johnson
Rafer Lewis Johnson (August 18, 1934 – December 2, 2020) was an American decathlon, decathlete and film actor. He was the 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, having won silver in 1956. He had previously won a gold in the 1955 Pan Amer ...
who was the 1960 Olympic Decathlon Champion,
Gail Goodrich,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim or Kerim) ( ar, کریم) is a common given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honorable". It is also one of the Names of God in Islam in the Quran.
Given name Karim
* Karim A ...
(then known as Lew Alcindor),
Bill Walton
William Theodore Walton III (born November 5, 1952) is an American television sportscaster and former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for coach John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins, winning three consecutive national ...
,
Reggie Miller
Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who played his entire 18-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Indiana Pacers. Miller was known for his precision three-p ...
and
Walt Hazzard
Mahdi Abdul-Rahman (born Walter Raphael Hazzard Jr.; April 15, 1942 – November 18, 2011) was an American professional basketball player and college basketball coach. He played in college for the UCLA Bruins and was a member of their first natio ...
. The Bruins also had a winning record for 54 consecutive seasons from the 1948–1949 season to the 2001–2002 season.
In recent years, UCLA Men's Basketball was returned to prominence under Coach
Ben Howland
Benjamin Clark Howland (born May 28, 1957) is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the men's head coach at Mississippi State University from to 2015 to 2022. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northern ...
. Between 2006 and 2008, UCLA has been to three consecutive Final Fours, while UCLA's players have received numerous awards, most notably
Arron Afflalo
Arron Agustin Afflalo (born October 15, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. As a junior, he was named a consensus All-America ...
, a 2007 First-Team All American and the Pac-10 Player of the Year, and
Kevin Love
Kevin Wesley Love (born September 7, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a five-time All-Star, a two-time member of the All-NBA Second Team and ...
, a 2008 First-Team All American and the Pac-10 Player of the Year. UCLA has produced the most
NBA Most Valuable Player Award
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winners, six of them by Abdul-Jabbar and one by Walton, who was Abdul-Jabbar's successor.
In March 2013, UCLA relieved head men's basketball coach
Ben Howland
Benjamin Clark Howland (born May 28, 1957) is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the men's head coach at Mississippi State University from to 2015 to 2022. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northern ...
of his duties after UCLA dropped an 83–63 decision to Minnesota in a second-round game of the NCAA tournament. The current head coach is
Mick Cronin, former head coach at
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
.
Basketball (women)
In the 1977–78 season, the women's basketball team, with a 27–2 record, were the AIAW Champions under head coach Billie Moore. The
2014–15 team won the
2015 WNIT championship by defeating
the West Virginia Mountaineers 62–60 on April 4, 2015.
Women's beach volleyball
The
UCLA Bruins women's beach volleyball
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
team plays in the
Pac-12 Conference
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA D ...
. UCLA launched its beach volleyball program in 2013.
Women's National Championships: 2018, 2019
The beach volleyball team won its first national title on May 6, 2018, by defeating Hawaii and Florida State at Gulf Beach Place, Gulf Shores, Alabama. They repeated one year later on May 5, 2019, defeating rivals USC to win the National Championship.
Cross country
The UCLA Bruins men's cross country team appeared in the NCAA tournament thirteen times, with their highest finish being 5th place in the 1980–81 and 1981–82 school years. The UCLA Bruins women's cross country team appeared in the NCAA tournament eleven times, with their highest finish being 6th place in the 1985–86 school year.
Football
In 1954, the UCLA football team earned a share of the national title with a 9–0 record and a #1 ranking in the Coaches
UPI
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football poll, while
Ohio State
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best public ...
was ranked No. 1 in the
AP Poll
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. Owing to rules in place at the time, UCLA was unable to face off against Ohio State in the Rose Bowl, which would have resulted in one or the other being declared national champion. The Bruins have played in the
Rose Bowl Game
The Rose Bowl Game is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 (New Year's Day) at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2. The Rose ...
12 times, winning 5 of them. The Bruins have won or shared the conference title 17 times. Among the many former UCLA football stars are
Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line ...
(better known for his exploits as a baseball player, but nevertheless a 4-sport letterman and All-American), Heisman Trophy winner
Gary Beban
Gary Joseph Beban (born August 5, 1946) is an American former professional football player. Beban won the 1967 Heisman Trophy, narrowly beating out O.J. Simpson, and the Maxwell Award while playing quarterback for the UCLA Bruins. He played ...
,
Bob Waterfield
Robert Stanton Waterfield (July 26, 1920 – March 25, 1983) was an American professional football player and coach. He played quarterback for the UCLA Bruins and Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame i ...
,
Troy Aikman
Troy Kenneth Aikman (born November 21, 1966) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. After transferring from Oklahoma, he played college football at UCLA, ...
,
Carnell Lake
Carnell Augustino Lake (born July 15, 1967) is an American former professional football player and coach who is the defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League (USFL). He was a safety and cornerback in th ...
, and
Tommy Maddox
Thomas Alfred Maddox (born September 2, 1971) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, most notably with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He also played one season each for the New J ...
. One of the great moments in recent history for the Bruins came on December 2, 2006, when they beat
USC
USC most often refers to:
* University of South Carolina, a public research university
** University of South Carolina System, the main university and its satellite campuses
**South Carolina Gamecocks, the school athletic program
* University of ...
13–9 in one of the greatest upsets in the rivalry. The Bruins are the
Pac-12 Conference
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA D ...
South Division Champions for two years in a row and played in both the 2011 and 2012
Pac-12 Football Championship Game
The Pac-12 Football Championship Game is an annual college football game held by the Pac-12 Conference to determine the season's conference champion. The game from the 2011–2021 seasons had the champion of the North Division against the champi ...
s.
UCLA became the first school to have a top winner in both basketball and football in the same year with
Gary Beban
Gary Joseph Beban (born August 5, 1946) is an American former professional football player. Beban won the 1967 Heisman Trophy, narrowly beating out O.J. Simpson, and the Maxwell Award while playing quarterback for the UCLA Bruins. He played ...
winning the Heisman Trophy and
Lew Alcindor
Lew or LEW may refer to:
People
* Lew (given name)
* Lew (surname)
Places
* Lew, Oxfordshire, England
* River Lew, in Devon, England
Transport
* LEW Hennigsdorf, a rail vehicle factory in Hennigsdorf, Germany
* Lew (locomotive), a British narro ...
(now
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim or Kerim) ( ar, کریم) is a common given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honorable". It is also one of the Names of God in Islam in the Quran.
Given name Karim
* Karim A ...
) winning the
U.S. Basketball Writers Association player of the year award in 1968.
15 football players and coaches have been inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame
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, John Sciarra being the latest inductee in the Class of 2014. A notable player and alumnus of the UCLA football team is current ''
NCIS'' star, actor
Mark Harmon
Thomas Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor. He is most famous for playing the lead role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs in '' NCIS''. He also appeared in a wide variety of roles since the early 1970s. After spending the majority of ...
. Winner of the "all-around excellence" award, Harmon led his team to victory several times as the quarterback.
The current head coach is
Chip Kelly
Charles Edward Kelly (born November 25, 1963) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the UCLA Bruins. He came to prominence as the head coach of the Oregon Ducks from 2009 to 2012, whom he led to four consecutive BCS bowl game a ...
. Kelly was hired on November 25, 2017.
The UCLA Bruins men's football team have an NCAA Division I FBS Tournament record of 16–19–1 through thirty-six appearances.
Golf
The UCLA Bruins men's golf team has won two
NCAA Championships
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, in 1988 and
2008
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. In the 2008 national championship, the team was led by senior
Kevin Chappell
Kevin Alan Chappell (born July 8, 1986) is an American professional golfer who is currently playing on the PGA Tour.
Amateur career
Chappell was born in Fresno, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles where he won the ...
, who won the respective individual title. In that championship, UCLA won by one shot over USC, and by two shots over Stanford. In 2009, UCLA came first in the NCAA Central Regional, pulling off their third regional championship in the last seven years. With that victory, the defending national champions, advanced to their seventh consecutive NCAA Championship, a school record. For
2011
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, the Bruins were first in stroke play before losing in the match play of the national championship tournament; and freshman golfer
Patrick Cantlay
Patrick Cantlay (born March 17, 1992) is an American professional golfer. He had a successful amateur career and was the number one golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 55 weeks. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour as well as the 2021 ...
was named
GCAA Division I
Jack Nicklaus
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National Player of the Year Award, the fourth player from UCLA. Cantlay was also the National Freshman of the Year, winning the
Phil Mickelson
Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970), nicknamed Lefty, is an American professional golfer who plays for LIV Golf. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six Men's major golf championships, major championships: three Masters To ...
Award in addition to being the
Pac-10
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA D ...
Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. Chappell won National Player of the Year in 2008,
Corey Pavin
Corey Allen Pavin (born November 16, 1959) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and currently on the PGA Tour Champions. He spent over 150 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 1986 and 1997 ...
in 1982 and
Duffy Waldorf in 1985. At the
2011 U.S. Open, Chappell was the low American (tie with
Robert Garrigus
Robert Garrigus (born November 11, 1977) is an American professional golfer who is currently a member of the PGA Tour. He won the 2010 Children's Miracle Network Classic, the last event of the PGA Tour season, to guarantee exempt status on the ...
) and Cantlay was the low amateur. The team has won five Pac-12 Conference championships: 1982, 1983, 1985, 2003, 2006 and has had numerous individual conference champions the first of which was Peter Laszlo in 1970.
The women's team won the
national championship
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in 1971 (
DGWS
The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women's athletics in the United States and to administer national championships (see AIAW Champions). It evolved out of the Commission on Interc ...
), 1991, 2004 and 2011. In 2014, sophomore
Alison Lee
Alison Lee (born February 26, 1995) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and is a college student at the University of California, Los Angeles. She was ranked number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 16 weeks in ...
won the inaugural ANNIKA Award, which was created to honor the women's collegiate player of the year as chosen by a vote of coaches, college golfers, and members of the media. In 2016, junior Bronte Law won the prestigious award as well. The women's program also has many notable professional alumnae on tour, including British Open Champion
Mo Martin
Melissa Linda "Mo" Martin (born October 8, 1982) is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. Her sole win on the tour was a major championship, the Women's British Open in 2014.
College career
Martin played college golf all four ...
,
Sydnee Michaels, and
Mariajo Uribe
María José Uribe Durán (known more commonly as Mariajo Uribe; born 27 February 1990) is a professional golfer from Colombia, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career
Uribe was born in Girón, Santander. At age 17, she won the 20 ...
.
Former Bruin golf professionals include
Scott McCarron
Scott Michael McCarron (born July 10, 1965) is an American professional golfer who was formerly a member of the PGA Tour but now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
McCarron was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from Vintage High School ...
,
John Merrick, Corey Pavin, and Duffy Waldorf. Bruin alum
Brandt Jobe
Brandt William Jobe (born August 1, 1965) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Champions Tour. He has also played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and the Japan Golf Tour.
Early life and amateur career
Jobe was born ...
tied for second at the 2011
Memorial Tournament
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. Maiya Tanaka, a member of the UCLA Women's Golf team from 2007 to 2009, competed with her sister Misa on ''
The Amazing Race 20
''The Amazing Race 20'' is the twentieth season of the American reality television show ''The Amazing Race''. It featured eleven teams of two competing in a race around the world.
The season premiered on CBS on Sunday, February 19, 2012, and th ...
''.
Gymnastics
The women's gymnastics team has won seven
NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship
The NCAA women's gymnastics championships are an annual gymnastics competition to determine the best collegiate women's gymnastics team in the country. Unlike most NCAA sports, the women's gymnastics championship is not separated into divisions a ...
s under head coach Valorie Kondos Field, including championships in 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, and 2018. Two
NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship
The NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships are a gymnastics competition held each year to determine the best men's college gymnastics team. All schools compete in one National Collegiate division because only 13 schools sponsor NCAA men's gymnastics ...
s (1984 and 1987) were won by the men's team before the program was discontinued.
Some notable former UCLA gymnasts include current stuntwoman Heidi Moneymaker,
Brian Ginsberg
Brian Ginsberg (born 1966) is an American former gymnast. He is a two-time US junior national gymnastics champion. He also won gold medals at both the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1987 Pan American Games while competing on United States men's ...
who was a two-time US junior national gymnastics champion, and U.S. Olympic Team members
Jordan Chiles
Jordan Lucella Elizabeth Chiles (born April 15, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the team event. She was a member of the team that won gold at the 2 ...
,
Madison Kocian
Madison Taylor Kocian (born June 15, 1997) is a retired American artistic gymnast. On the uneven bars, she is one of four 2015 world champions and the 2016 Olympic silver medalist. She was part of the gold medal-winning team dubbed the " Final ...
,
Kyla Ross
Kyla Briana Ross (born October 24, 1996) is a retired American artistic gymnast and current assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. She is the first female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles.
Ross w ...
,
Samantha Peszek
Samantha Nicole Peszek (born December 14, 1991) is an American former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, which won silver.
Following her elite gymnastics career, Peszek competed ...
,
Jamie Dantzscher
Jamie Annette Dantzscher (born May 2, 1982) is an American former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the bronze-medal-winning American team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
Early life
Dantzscher was born in Canoga Park, California and raised in ...
,
Mohini Bhardwaj
Mohini Bhardwaj (born September 29, 1978) is an American retired artistic gymnast who competed at the 1997 and 2001 World Championships and earned a silver medal with the American team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and is a member of the ...
,
Kate Richardson,
Tasha Schwikert
Tasha Schwikert Warren (born November 21, 1984) is a retired American gymnast who is a 2000 Olympic bronze medalist, a World Gymnastics Championships team gold medalist, the 2001 and 2002 U.S. senior national all-around champion and the 2005 and 2 ...
,
Kristen Maloney
Kristen Ann Maloney (born March 10, 1981) is a retired gymnast from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, in the United States. She won bronze in the team event at the 2000 Olympic Games. Maloney was also the U.S. senior all-around national champion in 1998 ...
,
Yvonne Tousek, Stella Umeh, Luisa Portocarrero,
Tim Daggett
Timothy P. Daggett (born May 22, 1962) is a former American gymnast and an Olympic gold medalist. He is a graduate of West Springfield High School and UCLA, who competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, along with Bart Conner, Peter Vidmar an ...
,
Mitch Gaylord
Mitchell Jay Gaylord (born March 10, 1961) is an American gymnast, actor, and Olympic gold medalist.
Early life
Gaylord was born in Van Nuys, California, the son of Fred and Linda Gaylord, and is Jewish. Gaylord graduated from Grant High Schoo ...
, and
Peter Vidmar
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. 2008 Canadian Olympic Gymnastics team member
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs
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Elite career
She first started gymnastics in 1993, and co ...
attended UCLA and was a member of the team for the 2008–2009 season. The team took home its 15th Pac-10 Gymnastics Championship on March 27, 2009. Most recently, on April 23, 2010, the team won their 6th National Championship in Gainesville, Florida; the win brought the total number of national championships for UCLA to 105.
At the 2015
NCAA national championship,
Samantha Peszek
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Following her elite gymnastics career, Peszek competed ...
was the All Around co-champion and the balance beam champion.
At the 2018 NCAA national championship,
Christine 'Peng Peng' Lee and
Katelyn Ohashi
Katelyn Michelle Ohashi (born April 12, 1997) is an American former artistic gymnast who competed for the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a six-time All-American and was a four-time member of USA Gymnastics' Junior National Team, t ...
won individual event titles on balance beam and floor exercise, respectively along with the team title.
Rugby Union
UCLA Bruins runs a rugby union side.
Their 7s side competed in the 2022 National Collegiate Championships.
Soccer
Men
Since the beginning of the
men's soccer tournament in 1959, UCLA has won national championship in 1985, 1990, 1997, and 2002; and finished second in 1970, 1972, 1973, and 2006. The men's soccer team won the 2008
Pacific-10 Conference
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championship and received the conference's automatic bid in the
NCAA national championship Tournament, their 26 consecutive appearances. The conference title makes it the sixth title in 9 years.
Three UCLA alumni –
Frankie Hejduk
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,
Sigi Schmid
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and
Mike Lapper
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– helped the
Columbus Crew
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to win its first-ever
Major League Soccer
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title by defeating the New York Red Bulls 3–1 in the
2008 MLS Cup
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.
Cobi Jones, USA's most capped national player, played for UCLA. Also, four former Bruin players,
Carlos Bocanegra
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,
Benny Feilhaber
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,
Jonathan Bornstein
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and
Marvell Wynne, were on the
U.S. men's national team squad that defeated No. 1 ranked Spain in the
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
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semi-final.
The team was involved in the
2019 college admissions bribery scandal
In 2019, a scandal arose over a criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities. The investigation into the conspiracy was code named Operation Varsity Blues. The investigation and rela ...
as head coach
Jorge Salcedo was arrested, and
indicted
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by a
federal grand jury in Boston for conspiracy to commit
racketeering
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Originally and of ...
.
His indictment charged Salcedo with taking $200,000 in
bribe
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s to help two students, one in 2016 and one in 2018, get admitted to UCLA using falsified soccer credential admission information.
As a result, he was placed on leave by UCLA from his coaching position at the school.
On March 21, 2019, it was announced that he had resigned. On April 21, 2020, it was announced that he had agreed to plead guilty to the charges against him.
The UCLA Bruins men's soccer team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 74–41 through forty-five appearances.
Women
The women's soccer team has won the
Pac-10
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championships eight times since beginning play in 1993. It has appeared six times in the
College Cup and made 12 appearances in the
NCAA national championship Tournament. They finished second three times (2000, 2004, and 2005).
For the 2008 Women's Soccer Championships, the undefeated UCLA women's soccer team was named one of the four No. 1 seeds, the third time in program history. The Bruins advanced to the quarterfinals, where they defeated the
Duke Blue Devils
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6–1, to earn a spot in the College Cup semifinals.
During the
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
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, former player
Lauren Cheney
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...
played for the
U.S. women's national team and scored against North Korea. She scored the first goal and assisted on the winning goal in the semi-final against France to lead the US to the finals.
The UCLA Bruins women's soccer team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 66–19 through twenty-two appearances.
Softball
The Bruins have been 13-time
NCAA champions, including the first one in 1982. Since then, they were second 7 times in the
Women's College World Series
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(WCWS), last one in 2005.
They won the World Series in 1978, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010 and 2019. The 2010 and 2019 titles were guided by head coach
Kelly Inouye-Perez
Kelly Keiko Inouye-Perez (born January 2, 1970)
Playing career
As a player, she was a catcher for UCLA and helped her team to three National Championships and a finish as National Runner-Up in her four playing seasons. She missed the 1991 season ...
, a former player and assistant coach.
Former Bruin
Natasha Watley
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went on to help the
win a gold medal in the
2004 Olympics
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and a silver medal in
2008
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.
Andrea Duran
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helped Team USA win a gold medal at the
2006 ISF World championship
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and a silver medal at the
2008 Olympics. Other famous Bruin players include Lisa Fernandez (two time NCAA Champion and three time Olympic gold medalist) and Dot Richardson (NCAA Champion
982
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Events
By place Europe
* Summer – Emperor Otto II (the Red) assembles an imperial expeditionary force at Tar ...
and Olympic medal winner).
Swimming and diving
UCLA's Men's Swim Team won 41 individual national championships, a team championship in 1982, had a runner-up finish in ’81, and sent 16 alumni to the Olympics. Although the men's team was cut in 1994, the women's team currently trains at
Spieker Aquatics Center
The Spieker Aquatics Center is a 2,500-capacity stadium in Los Angeles, California used by UCLA water polo, swimming, and diving teams. The $14-million center was built in 2009 and is named for Tod and Catherine Spieker. Tod was a student-athl ...
under head coach Jordan Wolfrum.
Tennis
The only school to have competed in every NCAA Men's Tennis Tournament, the team has won 16
national championships
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and 37 Pac-12 conference titles. Coach
Billy Martin
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, who played at UCLA, has a 14 straight top 5 NCAA team finishes and a 9 consecutive 20-win seasons. He was named ITA (
Intercollegiate Tennis Association
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) division 1
National Coach of the Year
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and is a member of
ITA Hall of Fame.
The 1950 men's tennis team won UCLA's first-ever
NCAA Championship
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.
Anita Kanter
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won the US girls tennis championship in 1951 as an 18-year-old sophomore at UCLA, as well as the 1951 National Hard Court Doubles and Mixed Doubles championships.
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In 2014, Marcos Giron
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became the school's 11th NCAA Men's Tennis Singles Champion, joining Jack Tidball (1933), Herbert Flam
Herbert Flam (November 7, 1928 – November 25, 1980) was an American tennis player who in 1957 was ranked by Lance Tingay as the World No. 4 amateur (and World No. 5 by Adrian Quist). (1950), Larry Nagler
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(1960), Allen Fox (1961), Arthur Ashe (1965), Charles Pasarell (1966), Jeff Borowiak (1970), Jimmy Connors (1971), Billy Martin (1975), and Benjamin Kohlloeffel (2006). Mackenzie McDonald claimed the school's 12th individual singles championship and the school's 12th doubles individual championship when he teamed with Martin Redlicki at the 2016 tournament. On May 28, 2018, Redlicki teamed with Evan Zhu for the school's 13th doubles championship.
The women's team, which won NCAA Women's Tennis Championship, national championships in 1981 (AIAW Champions#Tennis, AIAW), 2008 and 2014, is coached by Stella Sampras the sister of Pete Sampras, who donated a scholarship at UCLA. Number of players have won the individual titles, including Keri Phebus (1995 Singles), Heather Ludloff and Lynn Lewis (1982 Doubles), Allison Cooper and Stella Sampras (1988 Doubles), Mamie Ceniza and Iwalani McCalla (1992 Doubles), Keri Phebus and Susie Starrett (1995 Doubles), Daniela Bercek and Lauren Fisher (2004 Doubles), and Tracy Lin and Riza Zalameda (2008 Doubles).
On May 25, 2019, the Bruins took both the men's and women's NCAA tennis doubles championships with Gabby Andrews and Ayan Broomfield the women's champions, and Maxime Cressy and Keegan Smith the men's champions.
UCLA alumni in the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP included Jimmy Connors, Arthur Ashe, Eliot Teltscher, Brian Teacher, Peter Fleming (tennis), Peter Fleming, Fritz Buehning, Jeff Borowiak, and Jean-Julien Rojer.
Inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association#Hall of Fame, Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame:
*Arthur Ashe (1983 – P)
*J. D. Morgan (1983 – P)
*William C. Ackerman (1984 – C)
*Jimmy Connors (1986 – P)
*Herbert Flam
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*Allen Fox (1988 – P/C)
*Frank Stewart (1992 – Con.)
*Jack Tidball (1992 – P)
*Glenn Bassett (1993 – C)
*Billy Martin (1996 – P)
*Ian Crookenden (1997 – P)
*Robert M. Perry (1997 – P)
*Peter Fleming (tennis), Peter Fleming (1998 – P)
*Brian Teacher (2001 – P)
*Larry Nagler (2004 – P)
*Jeff Borowiak (2006 – P)
*Ferdi Taygan (2006 – P)
*Jim Pugh (2008 – P)
*Brad Pearce (tennis), Brad Pearce (2009 – P)
*Roy Barth (2019 - P)
(P – Player, C – Coach, Con. – Contributor)
Track and field
* Men's Championships: 1956, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1987, 1988
* Women's Championships: 1975 (Outdoor), 1977 (Outdoor), 1982 (Outdoor), 1983 (Outdoor), 2000 (Indoor), 2001 (Indoor), 2004 (Outdoor)
The UCLA-USC Dual Meet Hall of Fame inducted Willie Banks (triple-jump), John Brenner (athlete), John Brenner (shot put), Wayne Collett (sprints) and Seilala Sua (shot put and discus) into the hall's first class in 2009.
Other notable team members are: Rafer Johnson
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, Dwight Stones, Yang Chuan-kwang, C. K. Yang.
When Meb Keflezighi was running for UCLA, he won four NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships, NCAA championships in one year, including the cross-country title, the 10,000 meters outdoors and the 5,000 meters indoors and outdoors titles in track. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, Meb ran to a second-place finish and winning the silver medal in the marathon with a then personal-best time of 2:11.29. In 2009, he became the first American to win the New York City Marathon in 17 years. At the 2014 Boston Marathon, he became the first American to win the men's race since 1983 with the time of 2:08.37. He paid tribute to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing by writing their names on his running bib.
Volleyball
: Men's National Championships: 1953, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006
The UCLA men's team won 19 NCAA titles, all under Al Scates, who coached the Bruins for 48 years. The Bruins also won 5 USVBA titles prior to the sport being sanctioned by the NCAA, two of these under Scates. John Speraw became head coach of the men's program following the retirement of Scates in 2012. Former player Karch Kiraly (1983) was inducted into the Sports information director, College Sports Information Directors of America (COSIDA) Academic All-America Hall of Fame.
: Women's National Championships: 1972, 1974, 1975, 1984, 1990, 1991, 2011
Andy Banachowski led UCLA to six national championships (3 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship, NCAA-1984, 1990, 1991; 2 AIAW Champions#Volleyball, AIAW-1974, 1975; and 1 DGWS-1972). The women's team played in 6 DGWS/AIAW championship games, has made 12 NCAA Final Four appearances, and has won 4 NCAA titles. Most recently, the women's team defeated Illinois to claim the 2011 NCAA title, twenty years after their previous title run.
The UCLA Bruins women's volleyball team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 90–32 through thirty-five appearances.
Water polo
The women's team has captured 7 of the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship, championships since it became an NCAA sponsored event.[UCLA defeats USC, claims NCAA women's water polo title](_blank)
''Los Angeles Daily News'', May 10, 2009 They also won non-NCAA national titles in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2000. The men's team were NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship, champions 9 times and as runner-up 9 times.
Four UCLA water polo alumni and former coach Guy Baker were members of the United States women's national water polo team, USA women's and United States men's national water polo team, men's teams participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Natalie Golda (now Benson) and Jaime Hipp were members of the women's team, while Adam Wright (water polo), Adam Wright and Brandon Brooks (water polo), Brandon Brooks were on the men's team. Both teams won a silver medal.
Sean Kern, Coralie Simmons, Natalie Golda, Kelly Rulon, Kelly Kathleen Hall and Courtney Mathewson won many prestigious individual award in American collegiate water polo.
Peter J. Cutino Award winners: Sean Kern, Garrett Danner, Nicolas Saveljic, Coralie Simmons, Natalie Golda, Kelly Rulon, and Courtney Mathewson.
The then No. 2-ranked men's water polo team opened the newest athletic facility at UCLA, the Spieker Aquatics Center
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, with a win over the No. 7-ranked UC Irvine Anteaters, 10–4, on Saturday, September 26, 2009. The center hosted the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, MPSF Women's Water Polo Championship Tournament April 30 – May 2, 2010 and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, MPSF Men's Water Polo Championship Tournament November 25–27, 2011.
In 2009, the men's team defeated #1 ranked USC and #3 ranked California for the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, MPSF tournament championship to advance to the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship. On February 28, 2010, the women's team played the longest match in NCAA women's water polo history, winning 7–6 over California Golden Bears, California at the UC Irvine Invitational.
On December 7, 2014, the men's team defeated 3rd-seed USC 9–8 to win its ninth NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship#2014 Championship, NCAA national championship at UC San Diego's Canyonview Aquatic Center at La Jolla, California.
On December 6, 2015, the men's team once again defeated USC, 10–7, to win back-to-back NCAA championships and finish with a perfect season at 30–0 on the UCLA campus. Outstanding goalkeeper and MPSF Player of the Year Garrett Danner won the prestigious Cutino Award, the second Bruin to do so.
On October 9, 2016, the men's team defeated UC Davis to set an NCAA record of 52 straight wins.
On October 22, 2016, the men's team defeated the Cal Bears to improve their NCAA record to 54 straight wins.
On December 3, 2017, the men's team defeated rival Southern California, 7–5, to capture their third National Championship in four years. The win also pulled the Bruins even with fellow PAC-12 school Stanford University for the most NCAA team championships in school history, both schools with 114 each. Earlier in the day, the Cardinal had pulled ahead when their women's soccer team defeated the Bruins' women's team 3–2. The lead lasted less than six hours. Stanford, subsequently won their 115th NCAA team championship, in men's soccer.
On March 21, 2021, the men's team defeated Southern California, 7–6, in the national championship game to win the men's program's twelfth title.
The UCLA Bruins men's water polo team have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 63–27 through thirty-five appearances.
;USA Water Polo Hall of Fame
* Natalie Golda Benson, 2015
* Rich Corso, a former UCLA swimming and water polo coach, 2015
Championships
Summary
As of December 5, 2022, UCLA has won 120 National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA team championships, second to Stanford's 131. The totals do not include any football championships at the FBS level.
UCLA secured three NCAA championships during the month of May 2008: on May 11 when UCLA defeated archrival USC, 6–3, for the Women's Water Polo Championship, on May 20 when the Bruins defeated California Golden Bears, California for the Women's Tennis Championship, and on May 31 when UCLA defeated archrivals Stanford Cardinal, Stanford and USC for the Men's Golf Championship.
Appearances
The UCLA Bruins competed in the NCAA tournament across 25 active sports (11 men's and 14 women's) 768 times at the Division I FBS level.
* Baseball (23): 1969, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
* Men's basketball (49): 1950, 1952, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
* Women's basketball (16): 1983, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* Beach volleyball (4): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* Men's cross country (13): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
* Women's cross country (11): 1985, 1986, 1988, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016
* Football (36): 1942, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
* Men's golf (38): 1948, 1949, 1950, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
* Women's golf (31): 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
* Women's gymnastics (36): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* Rowing (4): 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
* Men's soccer (45): 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
* Women's soccer (23): 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
* Softball (36): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* Women's swimming and diving (38): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* Men's tennis (42): 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
* Women's tennis (37): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
* Men's indoor track and field (29): 1978, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
* Women's indoor track and field (27): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019
* Men's outdoor track and field (76): 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* Women's outdoor track and field (35): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019
* Men's volleyball (27): 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2016, 2018
* Women's volleyball (36): 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
* Men's water polo (35): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
* Women's water polo (17): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Team
UCLA has won 120 NCAA championships at the Division I level.
*Men's (76)
** NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, Baseball (1): 2013
** NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Basketball (11): 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995
** NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships, Golf (2): 1998, 2008
** NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, Gymnastics (2): 1984, 1987
** NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Outdoor track and field (8): 1956, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1987, 1988
** NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, Soccer (4): 1985, 1990, 1997, 2002
** NCAA Division I men's swimming and diving championships, Swimming and diving (1): 1982
** NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship, Tennis (16): 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1984, 2005
** NCAA men's volleyball tournament, Volleyball (19): 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006
** NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship, Water polo (12): 1969, 1971, 1972, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020
*Women's (44)
** NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship, Beach volleyball (2): 2018, 2019
** NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships, Golf (3): 1991, 2004, 2011
** NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships, Gymnastics (7): 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2018
** NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, Indoor track and field (2): 2000, 2001
** NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Outdoor track and field (3): 1982, 1983, 2004
** NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, Soccer (2): 2013, 2022
** NCAA Division I softball tournament, Softball (12): 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995 (vacated), 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2019
** NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship, Tennis (2): 2008, 2014
** NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament, Volleyball (4): 1984, 1990, 1991, 2011
** NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship, Water polo (7): 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Results
† The football championship is not an official NCAA championship.
Below are eleven national championships that were not bestowed by the NCAA:
* Women's badminton (1): 1977 (Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, AIAW)
* Women's basketball (1): 1978 (AIAW)
* Women's golf (1): 1971 (AIAW)
* Women's soccer (1): 1980 (AIAW)
* Softball (1): 1978 (AIAW)
* Women's tennis (1): 1981 (AIAW)
* Women's outdoor track and field (2): 1975, 1977 (AIAW)
* Women's volleyball (3): 1971, 1974, 1975 (AIAW)
Below are twenty-four national club team championships:
* Co-ed archery (1): 2015 (Intercollegiate sports team champions#Archery, USA Archery)
* Men's archery (1): 2015 (USA Archery)
* Women's archery (4): 1930, 1931, 1932, 2015 (USA Archery)
* Men's badminton (3): 1977, 1981, 1982 (Intercollegiate sports team champions#Badminton, ABA)
* Women's badminton (1): 1977 (ABA)
* Co-ed sailing (1): 1978 (Intercollegiate sports team champions#Sailing, ICSA)
* Men's team handball: 1979 (USA Team Handball Nationals – Men's Open Division, United States Team Handball Federation, highest adult division in 1979)
* Co-ed tennis (1): 2011 (Intercollegiate sports team champions#Team Tennis, Co-ed (WTT format), USTA)
* Men's tennis (7): 1984, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 (Intercollegiate sports team champions#Tennis, Indoor, ITA)
* Women's tennis (1): 2012 (ITA)
* Women's triathlon (3): 2014, 2015, 2016 (Intercollegiate sports team champions#Triathlon, USA Triathlon)
Individual
UCLA had 273 Bruins win NCAA individual championships at the Division I level.
Notable non-varsity sports
Badminton
The UCLA varsity Intercollegiate sports team champions#Badminton, men's badminton team won three national championships in 1977, 1981 and 1982. The 1977 squad was led by Chris Kinard, multiple winner of the U.S. National Badminton Championships, U.S. Men's Singles Championship before and during his career at UCLA. Kinard is a member of the U.S. Badminton Hall of Fame.
The women's varsity badminton team also won the AIAW intercollegiate championship in 1977.
Boxing
The men's and women's boxing teams have competed as part of the National Collegiate Boxing Association since 2016, after switching from the United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association. The women's team has earned three individual national boxing titles: one from the USIBA in 2014, and two from the NCBA, in 2016 and 2019.
Ice Hockey
Rugby
Founded in 1934, UCLA rugby is one of the historically great college rugby teams.["UCLA Joins Varsity Cup"]
Rugby Today, Pat Clifton, December 7, 2012. UCLA won 3 national championships,[ and amassed a 362–46–2 record from 1966 to 1982, but the program lost its varsity status in 1982. The Bruins play Division 1 college rugby in the PAC Rugby Conference. The Bruins are led by head coach Scott Stewart, who formerly played international rugby for Canada.] The team plays its home games at North Athletic Field.
UCLA rugby has been steadily improving in recent years. UCLA finished the 2010–11 season ranked 25th in the country. In the 2011–12 season UCLA placed second in the Pacific Conference, reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 men's national playoffs, and finished the season ranked 11th in the nation. During the 2012–13 season, UCLA finished second in the PAC Rugby Conference, PAC conference, highlighted by a 50–38 win over 6th-ranked Utah, which propelled UCLA into a top-10 position in the national rankings. UCLA – along with fellow PAC schools Cal and Utah – was one of the original eight teams to form the Varsity Cup Championship, Varsity Cup, which began play in 2013.[ UCLA reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 Varsity Cup, before losing to eventual champions BYU.
UCLA has also been successful in rugby sevens. UCLA reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 Las Vegas Invitational college rugby sevens tournament. UCLA defeated Arizona State to finish third at the 2012 PAC 7s tournament. UCLA defeated Dartmouth to reach the semifinals of the 2013 Collegiate Rugby Championship at PPL Park in Philadelphia in a tournament broadcast live on NBC. UCLA again reached the semifinals of the 2014 Collegiate Rugby Championship, before losing, 17–20, to eventual champions Cal. UCLA won the 2014 West Coast 7s with a 14–12 upset victory over Cal in the final.
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Athletics facilities
In 2014, UCLA named all of its recreation and athletics facilities in honor of Jackie Robinson
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, who was a four-sport student-athlete at the school and went on to play Major League Baseball
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as the first African American to do so in the league. The Jackie Robinson "42" Athletics and Recreation Complex monument was installed in front of the John Wooden Recreation Center and was unveiled on March 5, 2016. The school also retired number 42 which was the number Robinson worn as a member of the History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Dodgers.
Two notable sports facilities serve as home venues for UCLA sports. Since 1982, the Bruin football team has played home games at the Rose Bowl (stadium), Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. From 1923 to 1981, including the Bruins' 1954 National Championship year, the team played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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in Los Angeles. The men's and women's basketball, women's gymnastics and volleyball teams play at Pauley Pavilion on campus. The softball team plays on campus at Easton Stadium. Down the hill, the water polo teams, as well as the swim and dive teams, compete at Spieker Aquatics Center. For baseball, there is the Steele Field at Jackie Robinson Stadium, located close to campus.
See also: Bel-Air Country Club, Drake Stadium (UCLA), Drake Stadium, Los Angeles Tennis Center, Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, UCLA Marina Aquatic Center, Wallis Annenberg Stadium
Athletic alumni
Mark Harmon
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, Lynn Compton, Lynn "Buck" Compton, Jackie Robinson
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, Rafer Johnson
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, Walt Hazzard
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, Gail Goodrich, Troy Aikman
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, Gary Beban
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, Kenny Easley, Tom Fears, Billy Kilmer, Bob Waterfield
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, Jimmy Connors, Lonzo Ball, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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(Lew Alcindor), Jamaal Wilkes, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Evelyn Ashford, Bill Walton
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, Kenny Washington (football player), Kenny Washington, Arthur Ashe, Reggie Miller
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, Troy Glaus
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, Tim Daggett
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, Baron Davis, Stacey Nuveman, Lisa Fernandez, Amanda Freed, Kevin Love
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, Tairia Flowers, Donna de Varona, Russell Westbrook, Cobi Jones, Lauren Cheney
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, Sydney Leroux and Ann Meyers are just some of the notable athletic alumni, many of whom have achieved success in other fields.
Former coaches have included Henry Russell Sanders, Red Sanders, Tommy Prothro, Dick Vermeil, Terry Donahue, Al Scates, Adam Krikorian, Jonathan Bornstein
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, Andy Banachowski, Jim Harrick
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, and John Wooden
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.
Olympic competitors
In addition to the success of its collegiate sports program, UCLA has been represented at the Olympic Games, Olympics. In the 2004 Olympics, 2004 Athens games, UCLA sent 56 athletes, more than any other university in the country. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Bruins won 15 medals, including 4 gold, 9 silver, and 2 bronze. Additionally, five coaches came from UCLA: Jill Ellis (women's soccer, gold), Guy Baker (women's water polo, silver), Bob Alejo (men's beach volleyball, gold), Jeannette Boldon (women's track and field, multiple medals), and John Speraw (men's volleyball, gold).
Symbolism
File:Joe and Josephine Bruin, Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, 2008.jpg, Joe Bruin, Joe and Josephine Bruin in Pauley Pavilion.
File:UCLA Marching Band.jpg, The UCLA Bruin Marching Band, Solid Gold Sound performs on the field at the Rose Bowl (stadium), Rose Bowl.
File:220px-UCLA Bruin.jpg, The statue of the UCLA Bruin, on Bruin Walk. The statue was designed by Billy Fitzgerald.
The Bruin mascots are Joe Bruin, Joe and Josephine Bruin. In addition to regular attendance at UCLA sporting events, the duo participates in other events for the university.
On September 30, 1984, the UCLA Alumni Association celebrated its 50th anniversary by installing "The Bruin" statue in Bruin Plaza. It was billed as the largest bear sculpture in the United States, at 10 feet long, 6 feet wide, 3 feet across and weighing more than 2 tons.
The UCLA Bruin Marching Band, Solid Gold Sound of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band entertains crowds at major athletic and extracurricular events. The school fight songs are "Sons of Westwood" and "Mighty Bruins, The Mighty Bruins." The spirit squad includes the cheer squad, the dance team and the yell crew, in addition to the mascots. The UCLA alumni band is the official band of the gymnastics team at the school.
Rivalries
UCLA shares a traditional sports rivalry with the nearby University of Southern California (USC). This rivalry is relatively unique in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Division I sports because both schools are located within the same city, Los Angeles. The Lexus Gauntlet was the name given to a now defunct competition between UCLA and USC in the 18 varsity sports that both competed in head-to-head; in 2003, 2005, and 2007 UCLA won the Lexus Gauntlet Trophy, while the University of Southern California won the trophy in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2009. Competitions with official sponsorship were held from 2001 until the licensing contract ended in 2009. The annual football game features both teams vying for the Victory Bell (UCLA–USC), Victory Bell.
California Golden Bears football, California and UCLA have met annually on the football field since 1939. Because UCLA was founded as the southern branch of the University of California, the series takes on the quality of a sibling rivalry. The series was dominated early by Cal, followed by dominance by UCLA in the 1950s until 80s, and has become more evenly matched recently.
UCLA had a basketball rivalry with Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball, Notre Dame, with games played every year from 1966 to 1995. After UCLA's victory on February 7, 2009, UCLA leads the all-time series, 28–19.
The performance of UCLA and Arizona influences the national opinion of the conference.
UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame
In conjunction with the opening of the J.D. Morgan Athletics Center in November 1983, UCLA established an athletics Hall of Fame with 25 charter members representing a cross-section of the school's athletic history. Each year, a minimum of one and a maximum of eight former UCLA athletes, coaches or administrators are added to the Hall of Fame. Upon its 23rd year of existence, The Hall of Fame was moved to a new location facing Westwood Plaza. The new Hall of Fame is now double in size after its renovation and expansion, which was completed in the Winter of 2000. The first floor in the east wing of the new J.D. Morgan Athletics Center features the Athletics Hall of Fame and serves as the main entrance to the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
:1984 (25 charter members): Bill Ackerman, athletic director; Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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), basketball; Arthur Ashe, tennis; Gary Beban
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, football; Mike Burton, swimming; Paul Cameron, football; Chris Chambliss
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, baseball; Elvin C. Drake, Elvin 'Ducky' Drake, track coach and trainer; Gail Goodrich, basketball; Walt Hazzard
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(Mahdi Abdul-Rahman), basketball; Cecil Hollingsworth, football scout and gymnastics and wrestling coach; Rafer Johnson
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, track; Kirk Kilgour, volleyball; Billy Kilmer, football; Donn Moomaw, football; J.D. Morgan, athletic director and tennis coach; Jackie Robinson
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, football, baseball, basketball and track; Henry Russell Sanders, Henry 'Red' Sanders, football coach; Al Sparlis, football; William H. Spaulding, Bill Spaulding, football coach; Bill Walton
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, basketball; Kenny Washington (American football), Kenny Washington, football; Bob Waterfield
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, football; Jamaal Wilkes, Keith (Jamaal) Wilkes, basketball; and John Wooden
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, basketball coach.
:1985 (6): Bob Davenport, football; Craig Dixon, track; Wilbur Johns, athletic director/basketball coach; Tommy Prothro, football coach; George Stanich, basketball; and Sidney Wicks, basketball.
:1986 (8): Kermit Alexander, football; Burr Baldwin, football; Keith Erickson, basketball; Mike Frankovich, football; Jimmy LuValle, track; Willie Naulls, basketball; Jerry Norman (basketball), Jerry Norman, basketball player and assistant coach; and Don Paul (linebacker), Don Paul, football.
:1987 (8): Don Barksdale, basketball; George Dickerson, football; Jack Ellena, football; Bert LaBrucherie, football; Dick Linthicum, basketball; Jim Salsbury, football; John Smith (sprinter), John Smith, track; Jack Tidball, tennis.
:1988 (6): Sam Balter, basketball; Mel Farr, Mel Farr Sr., football; Robert Fischer, athletic director; Marques Johnson, basketball; Ann Meyers, basketball; and Yang Chuan-kwang, C.K. Yang, track.
:1989 (7): Peter H. Dailey, football; Tom Fears, football; Vic Kelley, sports information director, Carl McBain, track; Karen Moe-Thornton, swimming; Ernie Suwara, volleyball; and Pat Turner, track.
:1990 (7): Evelyn Ashford, track; Dr. Bobby Brown (third baseman), Bobby Brown, baseball; Stan Cole, water polo; Denny Crum, basketball; Norm Duncan, football/administration; Mike Marienthal, football/special service; Michael Warren (actor), Mike Warren, basketball.
:1991 (7): Willie Banks, track; Kenny Easley, football; Brian Goodell, swimming; Briggs Hunt, wrestling; Tim Leary (baseball), Tim Leary, baseball; Jerry Robinson (linebacker), Jerry Robinson, football; Sinjin Smith, Christopher "Sinjin" Smith, volleyball.
:1992 (9): Wayne Collett, track; Terry Condon, volleyball; Jimmy Johnson (cornerback), Jim Johnson, football; Robin Leamy, swimming; Freeman McNeil, football; David Meyers (basketball), Dave Meyers, basketball; Jack Myers, baseball; Corey Pavin
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, golf; Woody Strode, football.
:1993 (8): Sue Enquist, softball; Greg Foster, track; Maurice (Mac) Goodstein, football; Karch Kiraly, Charles "Karch" Kiraly, volleyball; Jose Lopez, soccer; Don Manning, football; Bill Putnam, basketball; Curtis Rowe, basketball.
:1994 (7): Donald Bragg, basketball; Denise Curry, basketball; John Richardson, football; Larry Rundle, volleyball; John Sciarra, football; Kiki Vandeweghe, basketball; Peter Vidmar
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** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
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, gymnastics.
:1995 (8): Jimmy Connors, tennis; Debbie Doom, softball; Mitch Gaylord
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, gymnastics; Ricci Luyties, volleyball; Steve Pate, Stephen Pate, golf; John Peterson, football/track; Jerry Shipkey, football; Mike Tully, track.
:1996 (7): Bill Barrett, swimming; Jackie Joyner-Kersee, track; Liz Masakayan, volleyball; Eddie Merrins, golf coach; Dot Richardson, softball; Skip Rowland, football; Dick Wallen, football.
:1997 (8): Jim Bush, track coach; Paul Caligiuri, soccer; Tim Daggett
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, gymnastics; David Greenwood, basketball; Frank Lubin, basketball; Doug Partie, volleyball; Cal Rossi, football/baseball; Charles E. Young, Charles Young, chancellor.
:1998 (12): Glenn Bassett, tennis coach; Sheila Cornell, softball; Randy Cross, football; Gaston Green, football; Florence Griffith-Joyner, track; Tom Jager, swimming; Eric Karros, baseball; Reggie Miller
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, basketball; Ken Norton, Jr., football; Tom Ramsey, football; Art Reichle, baseball coach; Cy Young (athlete), Cy Young, track.
:1999 (12): Troy Aikman
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, football; Sam Boghosian, football; Kay Cockerill, golf; Tracy Compton, softball; Denise Corlett, volleyball/basketball; Dave Dalby, football; Gail Devers, track; Bob Horn, water polo; Ernie Johnson (football), Ernie Johnson, football; Torey Lovullo, baseball; Sharon Shapiro, gymnastics; Kevin Young (athlete), Kevin Young, track.
:2000 (10): Lucius Allen, basketball; Jeanne Beauprey-Reeves, volleyball; John Brenner, track and field; George Farmer (wide receiver, born 1948), George Farmer, football; Kim Hamilton, gymnastics; Carnell Lake
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, football; Billie Moore, basketball; Steve Salmons, volleyball; Eddie Sheldrake, basketball; Dick Vermeil, football.
:2001 (11): Jill Andrews, gymnastics; Sharron Backus, softball; Jim Brown, football; Charles Cheshire, football; Gary Cunningham, basketball; Terry Donahue, football; Warren Edmonson, track and field; John Green, basketball; John Lee (placekicker), John Lee, football; Lisa Longaker, softball; and Ozzie Volstad, volleyball.
:2002 (9): Denny Cline, volleyball; Bob Day, track and field; Cobi Jones, soccer; Don MacLean (basketball), Don MacLean, basketball; Shane Mack (baseball), Shane Mack, baseball; Ted Narleski, football; Anita Ortega, basketball; Duffy Waldorf, golf; Russell Webb, water polo/swimming.
:2003 (8): Danny Everett, track and field; Lisa Fernandez, softball; Brad Friedel, soccer; Ryan McGuire, baseball; Pooh Richardson, Jerome "Pooh" Richardson, basketball; Don Rogers (safety), Don Rogers, football; Al Scates, volleyball; Tim Wrightman, football.
:2004 (8): Henry Bibby, basketball; Dennis Dummit, football; Carlton Gray, football; Steve Lewis (sprinter), Steve Lewis, track & field; James Owens, football/track & field; Sigi Schmid
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, soccer; Fred Slaughter, basketball; Natalie Williams, basketball/volleyball.
:2005 (8): Hardiman Cureton, football; Dawn Dumble, track & field; Allen Fox, tennis; John Godina, track & field; Ed O'Bannon, basketball; Mike O'Hara, volleyball; Art Shurlock, gymnastics; Kenneth Washington, basketball.
:2006 (8): Carol Bower, rowing; Herb Flam, tennis; Monte Nitzkowski, swimming/water polo; Jonathan Ogden, football/track and field; Annette Salmeen, swimming; Dennis Storer, soccer/rugby; John Vallely, basketball; Elaine Youngs, volleyball.
:2007 (8): Amy Acuff, track & field; George Brown, track & field; Jennifer Brundage, softball; James Ferguson (water polo), Jim Ferguson, water polo; Troy Glaus
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, baseball; John Moore, basketball; Jeff Nygaard, volleyball; Keri Phebus, tennis
:2008 (8): Traci Arkenberg, Soccer; Peter T. Dalis, Athletic Director/Administration; Kurt Krumpholz, Water Polo/Swimming; Leah Homma, Gymnastics; Robert Seaman, Track & Field; Jackie Tobian-Steinmann, Women's Golf Coach; Eric Turner (American football), Eric Turner, Football; Todd Zeile, Baseball
:2009 (8): Tyus Edney, basketball; James "Cap" Haralson, football/track & field; Cade McNown, football; Stein Metzger, volleyball; Nicolle Payne, water polo; J.J. Stokes, football; Daiva Tomkus, volleyball; Walt Torrence, basketball
:2010 (8): David Ashleigh, men's water polo; Andy Banachowski, women's volleyball coach; Judith Holland, administration; Mebrahtom Keflezighi, men's track & field; Valorie Kondos Field, women's gymnastics coach; Seilala Sua, women's track & field; Chase Utley
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, baseball; and Catherine Von Schwarz, women's water polo.
:2011 (8): Gary Adams (baseball), Gary Adams, baseball; Ato Boldon, track & field; Theotis Brown, football; Ernie Case, football; Larry Nagler, tennis; Mel North, fencing; Alex Rousseau, water polo; and Janeene Vickers, Janeene Vickers-McKinney, track & field.
:2012 (9): Ron Ballatore, men's swimming coach; Dr. Julie Bremner Romias, women's volleyball; Jack Hirsch, men's basketball; Fred McNeill, football; Stacey Nuveman, softball; Charles Pasarell, men's tennis; Coralie Simmons, women's water polo; Stella Umeh, gymnastics; and Dr. Gerald Finerman, team doctor
:2013 (8): Mohini Bhardwaj
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, gymnastics; Carlos Bocanegra
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, men's soccer; Fred Bohna, wrestling; Eric Byrnes, baseball; Yvonne Gutierrez, softball; Don Johnson, men's basketball; Maylana Martin, Maylana Martin Douglas, women's basketball; Nandi Pryce, women's soccer
:2014 (8): Guy Baker (water polo), James Butts (men's track & field), Joanna Hayes (women's track & field), Joe-Max Moore (men's soccer), Francis Wai (football, basketball, track & field, rugby), Natasha Watley
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(softball), and Onnie Willis (women's gymnastics)
:2015 (8): Annett Buckner Davis (volleyball), Danny Farmer (football/volleyball), Billy Martin
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(men's tennis), Paul Nihipali (men's volleyball), Jan Palchikoff (women's rowing/swimming & diving), Janice Parks (softball), Eric Valent (baseball) and Richard Washington (men's basketball)
:2016 (8): Julie Adams (softball), Jamie Dantzscher
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Early life
Dantzscher was born in Canoga Park, California and raised in ...
(women's gymnastics), Baron Davis (men's basketball), Natalie Golda (women's water polo), Chris Henderson (men's soccer), Adam Krikorian (water polo), Michael Marsh (athlete), Mike Marsh (track & field) and Wendell Tyler (football)
:2017 (9): Toby Bailey (men's basketball), Robin Beauregard (women's water polo), Monique Henderson (track & field), Maurice Jones-Drew (football), Bob Larsen (track & field/cross country coach), Kristen Maloney
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(gymnastics), Brandon Taliaferro (men's volleyball), Gina Vecchione (softball), and Bobby Field (football, administration)
:2018 (8): Nikki Blue (women's basketball), Kevin Chappell
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Amateur career
Chappell was born in Fresno, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles where he won the ...
(men's golf), Lynn "Buck" Compton (baseball/football), Larry Farmer (basketball), Larry Farmer (men's basketball), Amanda Freed (softball), Jenny Johnson Jordan (women's volleyball), Eric Lindroth (men's water polo),and Stella Sampras, Stella Sampras Webster (women's tennis)
:2019 (7): Jill Ellis (women's soccer), Peter Fleming (tennis), Peter Fleming (men's tennis), Tairia Flowers (softball), Skip Hicks (football), Courtney Mathewson (women's water polo), Adam Naeve (men's volleyball), Kristee Porter (women's volleyball, basketball, track & field)
:2020 (9): Keira Goerl (softball), Lauren Holiday, Lauren (Cheney) Holiday (women’s soccer), Kevin Love
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(men’s basketball), Mike Powell (long jumper), Mike Powell (track and field), Noelle Quinn (women’s basketball), Dave Roberts (outfielder), Dave Roberts (baseball), Tasha Schwikert
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(gymnastics), Russell Westbrook (men’s basketball), Adam Wright (water polo), Adam Wright (men’s water polo)
:2021 (8): Jeanette Bolden (track & field), Tiffany Joh (women's golf), Megan Langenfeld (softball), Marcedes Lewis (football), Tracy Murray (men's basketball), Keiko Price (women's swimming & diving), Kate Richardson (gymnastics)
:2022 (9): Patrick Cantlay
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(men's golf), Gerrit Cole
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(baseball), DeShaun Foster (football), Dawn Harper-Nelson (track & field), Kelly Inouye-Perez
Kelly Keiko Inouye-Perez (born January 2, 1970)
Playing career
As a player, she was a catcher for UCLA and helped her team to three National Championships and a finish as National Runner-Up in her four playing seasons. She missed the 1991 season ...
(softball), Ole Mikkelsen (men's soccer), Linda Robertson Hanley (women's beach volleyball), Dave Saunders (volleyball), Dave Saunders (men's volleyball), Ed Kezirian (extraordinary service)
Athletics apparel sponsorships
From 1993 to 1999, the school had an apparel contract with Reebok.
In 1999, an agreement was reached with Adidas for six years, ending in June 2005. The deal was to provide equipment and apparel to UCLA's 21 intercollegiate teams. Additional terms of the deal included internship opportunities for UCLA students and an exclusive licensee for athletic replica wear. The reported monetary terms of the agreement included $1.625 million in cash and $1.3 million in equipment each year.
In 2005, the deal was renewed for $2.6 million in cash and $1.6 million in equipment. Additional terms included one full-time Adidas employee on the UCLA campus, $2,500 each year for a "non-UCLA charitable" project selected by the Football or Basketball head coach, game tickets for Adidas executives, radio acknowledgements during games, and appearances by the Football and Basketball head coaches at Adidas events.
In April 2010, a letter of intent to renew was reached between UCLA Athletics and Adidas. By June of that same year the terms of the deal were finalized but not published. In a report, UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero stated that the deal is for seven years and "will approach" the deal Adidas has with Michigan worth $7.5 million.
In May 2016, UCLA signed a 15-year, $280 million deal with sportswear manufacturer Under Armour starting in the 2017–18 season. In June 2020, Under Armour announced that it will be terminating its apparel deal with UCLA.
In December 2020, UCLA signed a 6-year deal with the Jordan Brand to outfit the football and men's and women's basketball teams. Starting July 1, 2021, Nike also outfits the other 25 varsity sports teams at UCLA.
* 1993-1999 Reebok
* 1999-2017 Adidas
* 2017-2021 Under Armour
* 2021-Future Nike, Inc, Jordan and Nike
See also
*2019 college admissions bribery scandal
In 2019, a scandal arose over a criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities. The investigation into the conspiracy was code named Operation Varsity Blues. The investigation and rela ...
References
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