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BY SAVANNAH SHAPIRO comprised of the coaches, the accommodate both the large Daily Bruin reporter players and the staff. The man- party and limited budget need ager’s job allows others to do to be found. Fifty. what they do best – the coaches On top of a manager’s exter- Give or take an hour or two, are able to coach and the play- nal responsibilities, Peled Eitan Peled accumulates nearly ers are able to focus on playing attends every practice and sets 50 demanding hours a week the game. up all equipment for practice. working for the UCLA men’s After enrolling at UCLA in Something as simple as set- water polo team. the fall of 2012, Peled walked ting up and cleaning training When water polo season is on to the men’s water polo team, bikes and making sure they are in full swing from September hoping to continue playing at a ready to go for the players is to early December, the head collegiate level. But after two just one thing that Peled does manager runs around campus quarters of balancing training in addition to being a mentor – from the pool to the coach’s and a full course load, he decid- to the other managers on the office to training – doing as ed to forgo his water polo career team. much as he can for the team. to focus on his academics. “Everything that I know As the pinnacle point of the “Playing a Division I sport about being a manager, Eitan water polo season begins to is an intense commitment,” has taught me,” said fresh- wind down and the shift turns Peled said. “After reflecting on man manager Tyler Fidler. “He to offseason, Peled works a it, I decided I didn’t want to really has started the mana- “manageable” 15 hours instead play anymore, that I wanted to gerial work that I’ve learned.

of 50. focus a little more on my stud- He knows pretty much every- MARLEY MARON/daily bruin Fifteen. ies, focus a little more on other thing from working with the Graduating men’s water polo manager Eitan Peled was part of two national champion teams during his time in Westwood. “During season we have 8 to things, but I wanted to still help games on the computer to what The fourth-year economics student also dedicates time to raising awareness for Palestinian activism. 10 a.m. practice and 4 to 7 p.m. the team in any way that I can we need to prepare for tourna- practice,” said senior manager and the best way to help out ments. He’s just always there.” and some of them are time sen- on we film it with a camera. specific aspects of a particular Erik Najarian. “Eitan is always was to be manager.” The never-ending list of sitive, especially during season, Then when the coaches go back game they choose. there, but even after that, (he) Earning a managerial posi- responsibilities continues to (and) staying on top of every- they sometimes want to watch Every game played in Divi- sometimes goes in the office tion in the spring of 2013, Peled run throughout the course of thing is pretty tough because specific things,” Peled said. sion I water polo throughout the or works with (coach) Adam had a powerful impact on the the season. With the aid of other of that irregularity. It’s a lot “Let’s say they want to watch all year is a game that the manage- (Wright). Eitan devotes so UCLA water polo team through assistant managers on the team, of stuff – there’s a lot of stuff the frontcourt offense so they rial staff films. Although each much time, I don’t even know other means, by organizing Peled guides them in complet- behind the scenes to set up for want to watch the offensive team within the division con- the hours.” their operations and working ing the day’s tasks – preparing the guys so that they can prac- possession of our game from ference uploads game video to Often times, an overlooked behind the scenes. everything from game film and tice and focus on that.” a specific tournament, or the a shared server due to budget position on any sports team is He focuses on the smallest practice equipment. The day is One of the most important defensive possessions of one constraints, the video break- the manager. Ironic, however, details, helping turn them into always changing and there is aspects of Peled’s job is han- game, what we do is called tag- down is something unique to is the importance that a man- the bigger picture and allowing no such thing as a normal daily dling game video. Dartfish, a ging a video with this app.” the UCLA program. ager plays on the team and the the team to function cohesive- routine for a manager. multifaceted program, allows Once the video is tagged on When Peled began managing amount of hours he contributes ly. Hotels need to be booked, “The most challenging thing UCLA water polo to analyze and the computer, Peled clips spe- in his first year, he searched for to the team as a whole. The conference rooms need to be is the irregularity,” Peled said. break down opposing teams. cific sections for the coaches to water polo team is essentially reserved and restaurants to “Things come up all the time “When there is a game going study, allowing them to watch PELED | Page A14

SENIOR CLASS LEGACY Take a look back at the accomplishments and legacy of the UCLA's Walk-on steps into 2016 spotlight senior class – including their win-loss records, All-Americans, and top-3 NCAA finishes. BY DAVID GOTTLIEB “I kind of decided with my Assistant Sports editor parents that I was going to TOP-3 NCAA FINISHES focus on academics,” Rosica The first catcher on the said. “And then try to walk on depth chart wasn’t going to be to which ever school I chose able to play. The second catcher and see if it worked out. If it on the depth chart quit. That didn’t work out, then I would left UCLA baseball with options just move on and start my real three and four. life.” Redshirt junior Darrell Rosica only played two years Miller Jr. – the team’s project- of varsity baseball. He went to PAC-12 AND MPSF CHAMPIONSHIPS ed starting catcher – had his showcases earlier on in his high collegiate career cut short by school career, but said he abso- a labrum tear just two weeks lutely hated the process. before the season. Freshman “Me, I’m not like a super Michael Benson – California’s physical specimen, so I’m not third-best high school catcher hitting home runs, I’m not out- in the 2015 class – opted to play running guys,” Rosica said. “I at a junior college, compromis- wasn’t really attracting too ALL-AMERICANS ing the Bruins’ depth. much attention from coaches, HARISH BALASBRAMANI/illustrations director Coach John Savage was left especially in those one-day Beach volleyball Kamila Tan with Jake Hirabayashi, a fresh- showcase deals.” ing Rosica. him into the prestigious engi- Cross country Lane Werley man who had no prior catch- Rosica, who is listed at Savage called Rosica a no- neering school in Westwood. Football Jake Brendel, Ka’imi Fairbairn ing experience but had some 5-foot-11 and 180 pounds, said brainer to go play baseball for Now it was time to walk on. upside offensively, and redshirt he was not a standout on his an Ivy League school, but that’s Savage said that hardly any- Men’s golf Lorens Chan, Jonathan Garrick freshman Daniel Rosica. high school team. He only took not where the Fountain Valley, one just comes out of the blue, Women’s golf Louise Ridderström “The Rosica story,” Savage hold of the starting catcher’s California, local wanted to be. but Rosica was as close as it said before the season began. job at the tail end of his junior “I looked into that a little bit, gets. Rosica never had to try Gymnastics Sophina DeJesus, Sadiqua Bynum, “That could be Rudy.” year. He would keep the job but the (the Ivies) can’t real- out, all because of a few phone Danusia Francis Savage compared Rosica to throughout his senior year, bat- ly beat SoCal,” Rosica said. “I calls. Men’s soccer Larry Ndjock, Grady Howe, Jerry Neuheisel – both players ting ninth. didn’t want to leave.” “I had a couple calls from who knew the system but were He earned the trust of his A couple of Rosica’s friends guys that I trust,” Savage said. Edgar Contreras unlikely to play. coaches, who even allowed him are playing Division I baseball “‘This guy won’t play for you,’ Softball Allexis Bennett His 2140 SAT score and 3.97 to call his own games, but no now. They signed their letters of they told me. ‘And he will be an unweighted high school GPA Division I program was about intent on National Signing Day, unbelievable bullpen catcher.’” Swimming & diving Katie Kinnear – 4.50 weighted – were what to offer Rosica a letter of intent. but Rosica would have to wait When Savage went to see Women’s tennis Kyle McPhillips, Catherine Harrison brought him to UCLA. An inju- But he didn’t need one. about a month before he could Rosica play, he saw that the Track & field Nick Hartle, Nicholas Scarvelis, ry, a player quitting and some Rosica is one of the rare make his decision. high school backstop could mid-season adjustments were Division I athletes who applied “I remember I had a game,” catch and throw the ball back to Lane Werley, Kylie Price, what brought him behind the and got into college just like an Rosica said. “All my friends and the pitcher in the bullpen, but Trinity Wilson, Sydney Lewis plate at Jackie Robinson Sta- ordinary student. He applied to my parents and their parents he said that was where it ended. dium. about 10 engineering schools, went out to dinner, and I just Rosica spent his entire fresh- Men’s water polo Anthony Daboub, Danny McClintick ––– getting into UC Irvine, UC San went straight home to check if man year in the bullpen, listen- Women’s water polo Alex Musselman, Charlotte Pratt, Baseball and academics gave Diego and UC Santa Barbara. I got into UCLA.” ing to Savage and learning the India Forster Rosica two avenues for success He didn’t get into Stanford or Rosica had completed half system. He worked with James in high school. As his junior Vanderbilt. The Commodores of the goals he had set out for Kaprielian, a first-round pick by MEN’S ANNUAL WIN PERCENTAGES year approached, he honed in would win the College World himself before his junior year of on one. Series just months after reject- high school. His academics got BASEBALL | Page A17 Basketball Baseball Water polo 100% SUBMISSION – SENIOR SIGNOFFS 80% 60% Giving thanks to the UCLA community 40% BY SOPHINA DEJESUS activities – life was going to be UCLA may be a large and rely on the people around me 20% a breeze. prestigious campus, but at as much as my own family, My college experience But it started as a night- the core, it provided all the things improved. No matter 0% began when I was 17, but mare that took me a while to resources I needed to become how talented you are or how 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 traveling for acting and wake up from. In my first two successful. much you may have done in gymnastics on top of going to years, I kept trying to make Things began to change: life, you still need a support school kept my social life to a my ideal image of college I formed study sessions with system. WOMEN’S ANNUAL WIN PERCENTAGES minimum. come true and couldn’t classmates, utilized the Life is a roller coaster – Which brings me back to understand why it was so counseling resources, took you can’t always stay up, but Volleyball Beach volleyball Soccer the first time I stepped foot difficult – my grades weren’t advantage of office hours with you’re not always supposed to onto the UCLA campus – the high, practice wasn’t easy and my professors and joined a stay down either. 100% incredible feeling of happi- my social life was more like a group of friends that I hung Enjoy the ups, grieve the ness and excitement as I dry, painful cactus than the out with in between studying downs, but jump right back on 80% walked into an orientation blooming lotus I envisioned. I and traveling. During this and enjoy the thrill of the ride. full of athletes and college was bored and lonely. I missed time, I was also looking for After getting back on track, 60% students, with the expectation my family, I missed dancing something that was missing I became a better student, a of making lots of new friends. and acting, and I missed the – I was looking for Sophina better athlete and ultimately a 40% I had a vision that life and structure I was accustomed because somewhere along the better person. everything in it would become to. way, she had become lost. In my senior year, I remem- 20% much easier than before. I realized it was time to When I found her, I learned ber calling my mom and In my mind, collegiate make a transition. Adjust, I could do anything when I telling her how I had found 0% gymnastics was going to be a adapt, change course. UCLA believed in myself. myself – my grades were 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 cinch compared to elite. No gave me the effective tools I Once I made the decision going up and I was having a strict schedule, specific meal needed to adapt to a new life to let UCLA be my surrogate SOURCE: UCLA Athletics. Graphic reporting by TuAnh Dam, Sports editor. Graphic by Rachel Guo, Daily Bruin contributor. or sleep plans or juggling that worked. At the surface, family and trusted that I could DEJESUS | Page A14 A14 DAILY BRUIN | Sports | Monday, June 6, 2016 | dailybruin.com/sports dailybruin.com/sports | Monday, June 6, 2016 | Sports | DAILY BRUIN A15

and when the music began to play, By TuAnh Dam, Sports editor DEJESUS it sent a shiver of excitement down my spine. I can still hear the sound from page A13 of my name being announced, feel Relive the wins you will always remember and the losses you’d rather the wave of empowerment as I forget in this timeline of memorable UCLA athletic moments. great time at UCLA. I told her I was performed my routine, and remem- Year in Review: contemplating giving up gymnastics ber the amazement I felt upon learn- and doing my own thing. But she ing my performance had gone viral. told me no – I wasn’t finished. I I am blessed to have experienced needed to go out there this year and all my sport had to offer. From my DEC. 3 | UCLA basketball takes be me. low points to my very high points, I NOV. 28 |UCLA football loses to USC I knew she was right. can look back now with no regrets. The morning of our meet against UCLA was a perfect fit for me – it down No. 1 Kentucky our rival Utah, I woke up full of joy. was my family, my educator and my Blue hairspray in my hair, sparkles friend. I will never forget the life on my eyelids, leo up, I was ready to lessons I learned here and how I perform for the right reasons, not grew from a child into an academi- for scores, not to fit in, and not for a cally strong woman with the help of medal but for myself and, above all, my Bruin support system every step for God. of the way. All I had to do was ask. When they called my name that KEILA MAYBERRY/daily bruin staff afternoon, I felt a rush go through DeJesus competed for the UCLA Her first two years weren’t what she envisioned, but senior gymnast Sophina DeJesus adjusted and adapted to get the most out of her career as a Bruin. my body. I stepped out on the floor gymnastics team from 2013-2016.

SUBMISSION – SENIOR SIGNOFFS UCLA thrower imparts wisdom, advice to fellow track mates AUBREY YEO/daily bruin senior staff The crosstown rivals were headed in seemingly opposite directions. Starting the season 3-2, USC fired their second BY NICHOLAS SCARVELIS live vicariously through all coach in three years, Steve Sarkisian. UCLA, led by freshman phenom quarterback Josh Rosen and coach Jim Mora, my teammates so damn hard. was ready to challenge powerhouses Stanford and Oregon for the Pac-12 title. But by their meeting in late Novem- I am so excited for the new “That one, the one who just ber, both teams had racked up three conference losses and were tied for first in the Pac-12 South. The Bruins trounced Under Armour deal UCLA just stole third, that’s my son. That the Trojans in the previous season and were looking to secure a fourth-straight win. Halfway through the second signed, the athletic gear we team, the one who just won quarter, UCLA led 14-10. Then, USC exploded. The Trojans held their crosstown rivals to seven points over the rest of all get will be so cool. ... But Pac-­12s, that’s my team.” the game and put up 40 of their own to reclaim the Victory Bell and book a rematch against Stanford in the Pac-12 of course I won’t be getting That kind of talk begs championship game. The Bruins? They were relegated to the Foster Farms Bowl and ended a once-promising season any because I’m leaving. The for action. What can I do to with a slew of missed opportunities and plenty of questions to answer. rest of the student-­athletes make sure my team succeeds AUBREY YEO/daily bruin senior staff will, and I keep forgetting that without me being there to UCLA men’s basketball season started inauspiciously – Monmouth anyone? With an unimpressive resume I won’t be on the track team help? This is a question the heading into a matchup against then-No.1 Kentucky, few, if any, thought the Bruins could even compete with next year. These are things I’ve great John Wooden must have Dec. 5 | Women’s volleyball the Wildcats, especially after what happened last season. UCLA quickly fell behind 24-0 in the CBS Sports said: “I hope they go back to asked himself upon retiring. Classic, ending the half with only 7 points behind 3-37 shooting. This Bruin team proved naysayers and critics cotton for our workout shirts Of course he already had the wrong, trailing the top team in the country for less than a minute. Led by much-improved sophomore Thomas next year,” and, “I’m so excited answer, prepped and primed: comes back against Michigan Welsh, UCLA came away with the 87-77 win in front of a raucous and packed Pauley Pavilion. Freshman Prince to go to Austin, Texas for his big ol’ Pyramid of Success Ali punctuated the upset with a slam-dunk and an and-one over Kentucky big man Alex Poythress. The rest of regional championships next (not a euphemism). But I’m the season was dismal and lackluster and Pauley Pavilion never quite filled up again, but for that one night, year,” and, “Next year we’ll be late to the game, I have no UCLA basketball fans had something to cheer for. so good.” established philosophy. And This isn’t exactly looking who am I to tell these under- backwards is it? It’s not exactly classmen right from wrong? being stuck in what’s now my Apparently coach Wooden had DEC. 6 past. I’m still looking to the no such qualms. He had self­- | Men’s water polo completes future, I just keep forgetting assurance. He had visual aids. that it’s not really my future That being said, I’m old 30-0 season with NCAA championship anymore. But in throwing shot enough to have scraped up put, if you get too excited and some wisdom of my own, and try to watch where the ball will I’m going to share it whether land, sometimes you lose your my team wants me to or not. balance and fall out the front Visual aids be damned, I’m of the ring. That’s a foul. No shooting from the hip. This is mark. so my track­ mates (and anyone I mean, five years of athletic so inclined to hear me out) can eligibility is a good number go off and make me proud. I KEILA MAYBERRY/daily bruin staff the NCAA came up with. For don’t mean to preach, but I’m A second-round game suddenly got complicated. After closing out the regular season with a five-set most it’s exactly enough, and going to. upset of No. 1 USC and nearly upsetting No. 6 Stanford days later, UCLA women’s volleyball was on the I am ready to move on. For First, stay away from refined ropes against visiting Michigan. The Bruins led for most of the first two sets, but late comebacks by the Pete’s sake, my future involves grains. I’m starting small, just Wolverines put the home team in a two-set deficit. On the brink of elimination, UCLA needed to sweep exciting things in its own like the Wizard of Westwood the next three sets to secure an NCAA regional semifinal berth. Behind junior Claire Felix, who set a right; in the immediate sense, instructing his players on how career high in kills, and 35 assists and 12 digs from freshman Zana Muno, the Bruins clawed back and it involves the Olympic Games to tie their shoes. So yeah, cut won their fourth 3-2 match of the year. Muno hurdled over a Michigan player who went sprawling under in Rio. I just can’t help but those out. the net to keep her team in the game and ultimately in the tournament. slip up and say these stupid Second, perhaps more KORBIN PLACET/daily bruin senior staff things that make me sound seriously, do your thing with Senior Nicholas Scarvelis ends a five-year run with UCLA track and field. The shot put and discus thrower looks back on his record-breaking career with humor. AUBREY YEO/daily bruin senior staff like some letterman-­sporting passion. For my trackies, To put it simply, UCLA men’s water polo dominated. Rarely challenged, the Bruins went 25-0 during the regular sea- forty-something who peaked that means knocking down good goal is one made with And fourth, purchase a Anyway, four good blocks Tack the poster to the wall at FEB. 5 | son, including an 11-6 thumping of USC on senior day. After dispatching California 12-11 in double overtime to win in the twelfth grade. Which is 200-meter repeats as if they the understanding that our reasonably priced creatine there. Maybe not a pyramid, the front of the room. Keep my Sophina DeJesus’s modern the MPSF championship, UCLA had a chance to win their second national championship since 2004. Their opponent? fine. I’m no sentimental chump. owed you money. For the rest emotions are governed by supplement from a trusted but I could make a nice square balance. Exit through the back A Trojan team hungry to end a seven-game skid against the Bruins and reclaim the national title. Facing a rare deficit But the fact that I keep doing of you, that means avoiding expectations. Feelings are as brand such as Allmax or with them. Draw it right out on of the ring. down 3-1 in the first quarter, UCLA scored four unanswered goals and didn’t relinquish the lead. The Bruins capped off this, slipping up, means that lukewarm anything. Modera- subject to relativity as photons. Primaforce. Creatine loads a piece of poster­ board. Bring it floor routine goes viral a perfect 30-0 season, extended the second longest win-streak in program history and lifted their second consecutive this place and these people tion has its place, just not in big Have a clear perspective of your muscles up with water with me to the first track team Scarvelis threw shot put and NCAA trophy and UCLA’s 113th overall. have meant a great deal. It life moves. Do something with where you are and make a to aid in the ATP production meeting of next year. Walk discus for the UCLA men’s also means that I, like a dad everything you have. goal for yourself that you will, process (We all took high to the front of the room amid track and field team from who gets into fights at Little Third, set good goals. with all probability (at least 70 school biology.) and lessen confused whispers, things like, 2013-2016. He was an A&E League games, am going to Not just any benchmark, a percent), achieve. mid­workout fatigue. “What is he still doing here?” contributor winter 2015. FEB. 6 | Women’s basketball hits buzzer beater in Pac-12 tournament “Honestly if (Peled) were knowledge. If the guys have me, it’s for other people so that invested in some companies doing stuff like writing because PELED not here these last few years, any questions about anything we can all be successful is the that actually make a profit off you want to try to get the word we would not have been able to logistical or about game time or best.” the military occupations that’s out the best you can because from page A13 win a national championship,” games, he’s there. If you need The 50-hour weeks that going on,” Peled said. “That’s people are halfway across the Najarian said. “The amount of help with video, he’s there to Peled effectively managed to an example of something we world suffering from very ter- a way to reevaluate the way the time he puts in and the amount help.” handle throughout his four would try to bring awareness to rible things.” program broke down the video. of time he saves with just the Najarian emphasized that years at UCLA translated into and then try to hopefully pres- The total time he spends in UCLA had been using the behind-the-scenes stuff makes one aspect that makes UCLA two national championship sure the UC to not be invested the classroom and advocating program for a number of years. it tremendously easier on water polo special is how the titles and a 115-12 record. in such a thing, because these for his organization only adds Peled took it upon himself to (coach) Adam so he can just team always comes first no mat- The hard work and passion are our tuition dollars and want to the 50 hours of peak polo sea- reorganize the breakdown pro- focus on the water polo part.” ter what role you play on the that Peled has placed into the them to go to humane things.” son, yet it does not make Peled cess, which proved to be much Peled maintains the ambi- team. Everyone does their part water polo program is also evi- In between water polo and stray away from advocating for MACKENZIE POSSEE/assistant photo editor quicker and efficient. tion of doing as much as he and that’s what makes them so dent in his work with Students school, Peled continued his something he believes strongly There are over 17 million reasons why this was a memorable moment. Senior Sophina DeJesus blew the “It’s a quicker turnaround can do for the entire team. It’s successful. for Justice in Palestine, a secu- involvement in the organiza- about. world away with a gymnastics floor routine that incorporated the whip, nae-nae and dab. Oh, and tumbling for the coaches to watch more embedded within his nature to “The most rewarding part is lar organization whose goal is to tion and has raised awareness “He’s going to go do big stuff as well. UCLA was trailing its Pac-12 rival Utah before the senior and her teammates mounted a comeback on video and ultimately helps the help the team in any way that really the team. That’s what it’s promote Palestinian activism. through outlets such as writing in this world,” Najarian said. their signature event. DeJesus helped secure not only the win behind her 9.925 but also overnight fame. The courtesy of ADAM EBERHART team be more successful,” Peled he can. all about,” Peled said. “It’s all SJP puts on educational events submissions for the Daily Bruin. “He wants to help other people. Temecula, California native appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and turned the spotlight onto women’s Kari Korver had missed her last twelve three-pointers. But with a Pac-12 championship berth on the line, the said. “He always brings a positive about being a part of the team throughout the year, where “It’s obviously an issue that He wants to others that didn’t college gymnastics. Although DeJesus capped off her four-year career with All-American honors on uneven junior made the one that mattered. With seven seconds left in the Pac-12 semifinal, then-No. 12 UCLA trailed The men’s water polo team attitude. If the guys are ever and everyone doing their part speakers are invited to come I am very passionate about,” have the same opportunity as bars and guided the Bruins to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA championships, she left her mark on collegiate unranked California. Kari, a cousin of NBA sharpshooter Kyle Korver, hit a fade-away three pointer and sent the has been successful the past down or having a hard time, so that the team can be suc- and present their viewpoints. Peled said. “The more you him.” gymnastics with an unforgettable and viral performance. game to overtime with the score at 61 apiece. Five minutes stood between the Bruins and their first confer- two years, securing back-to- they come and talk to Eitan and cessful. Even when things get “One of the reasons that it is learn, the more passionate you ence final since 2013 when they fell 51-49 to the Stanford Cardinal. The Bruins ran away in overtime, outscor- back national championships, he just lifts their spirits up and tough or when there’s a lot of so important to have organiza- get, the more you want to get Email Shapiro at smshapiro@ ing the Golden Bears 12-6. Although Oregon State, the regular season champion, outplayed UCLA in the title and capping off a perfect season practice goes a little bit bet- work, keeping that in mind that tions like that on our campus involved in something, and then dailybruin.com or tweet game, the Bruins earned a higher NCAA seed because of their tournament run. They carried that momentum with an undefeated 30-0 record. ter,” Fidler said. “He also brings it’s for the team, it’s not just for is because the UC is actually that’s what ultimately leads to @savannahshapiro. 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Thirteen innings in and coach John Savage was still sitting at 399 wins. In the last game JINTAK HAN/assistant photo editor of the Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic, UCLA and USC baseball were dead- UCLA softball almost didn’t make it to the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. After losing the locked in a 3-3 tie. The Bruins loaded the bases with one out in the top of the 14th and first game of a best-of-three series to No. 5 Oregon, the No. 12 Bruins were trailing 1-0 in game two. Down redshirt senior Christoph Bono stepped up to bat. His grounder barely slid under the to their last two outs in the bottom of the seventh, junior Gabrielle Maurice launched a solo home run over glove of the Trojan shortstop, allowing two runners to score. With UCLA up 5-3, the bull- the wall to knot the score at one apiece. The game then headed to extra innings. In the bottom of the ninth, pen finished off the game. After allowing three runs in the first two innings, the Bruin senior Mysha Sataraka led off with a double and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt. Sophomore Madeline @DailyBruin pitchers limited their crosstown rivals to just four hits over nine scoreless innings. The Jelenicki stepped up to the plate with the game on the line and pulled through, blooping a walk-off single win secured a 3-0 sweep on the weekend – a year after they went 0-3 – and gave Savage into left field. The Bruins proceeded to win game three to advance to the Women’s College World Series for his 400th win as UCLA’s coach. the 26th time in school history. A16 DAILY BRUIN | Sports | Monday, June 6, 2016 | dailybruin.com/sports dailybruin.com/sports | Monday, June 6, 2016 | Sports | DAILY BRUIN A17 Walk-on thrives on court with bedrock of commitment, passion BY KYLE CARDOZA unless I thought they could Daily Bruin contributor really help us and I knew that Daily Bruin Sports awards she could play and practice and The nets are cut, the buzzer has sounded and the accolades are ready. Bruins from all sports set records, won awards and made head- Laura Luca sat in a classroom knew she was doing really well lines throughout the country. To commemorate an eventful 2015-2016 year, the Daily Bruin Sports editors – TuAnh Dam, David Gottlieb, at UCLA waiting for a sign of on the club team,” Sampras Michael Hull, Grant Sugimura, Hanson Wang – have Daily Bruin Sports Performance Yearly Awards for the best, the worst and the most hope. The third-year senior Webster said. “We just didn’t interesting highlights UCLA Athletics had to offer. couldn’t focus on the class lec- have a lot of depth this year so ture because her mind was com- we needed her to come in.” pletely occupied by something Luca knew she couldn’t let else. the opportunity slip away. When was he going to call “I knew I wasn’t at that lev- best coach: john speraw, MEN’S VOLLEYBALL back? el and I was really behind so I A few weeks earlier in the fall kept asking Rance and Stella to The coach of the year award goes had no starting seniors, and devel- recently, Team USA brought home quarter, Luca talked to Rance have some separate workouts so to John Speraw. In his fourth year as oped it into a serious championship championships in the 2014 FIVB Brown, associate head coach we could work on some stuff,” UCLA’s men’s volleyball coach, he is contender. Volleyball World League and 2015 FIVB of the women’s tennis team, Luca said. “It was so physically widely considered one of the premier And with the same starting rotation Volleyball World Cup. Now they look about a chance to practice with demanding.” coaches in the country and has returning next season, the future is forward to contending for the gold in the collegiate squad. This was Luca was supposed to be a certainly shown his merits this season. bright for UCLA volleyball. the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. the opportunity she had been backup but in UCLA’s first dual Speraw’s squad went from a 13-14 Being a successful collegiate coach And if the stats don’t tell the story, working toward since she first match against UC Irvine, she record, the worst season UCLA volley- would be enough for most, but not for then the approval of USA Volleyball arrived in Westwood in 2013. was an unexpected addition to ball has ever had, to a 25-7 record and a Speraw. will. Speraw just received a contract But her dream was slowly slip- the starting lineup. That’s when MACKENZIE POSSEE/assistant photo editor final four appearance. As the head coach of the U.S. men’s extension to helm the U.S. men’s ping away with every passing the senior’s nerves started to Speraw harnessed the energy and volleyball national team, Speraw has national team through the 2020 Olym- moment. get to her. best coach raw talent of his young team, one that found even greater success. Most pics. “I was devastated, I mes- “There was a lot going on in saged him and he never got back my mind,” Luca said. “For the to me,” Luca said. “I had given first two or three weeks, I was up completely.” so nervous about joining the She felt her phone vibrate and team, I couldn’t toss my ball for quickly reached in her pocket. a serve. It was rough.” most clutch: bryce alford, best female athlete: The message she received was The length of the season not an ordinary emoji-filled tested the walk-on, with each men’s basketball text. It was from head coach week generating a much tough- jordin canada, Stella Sampras Webster asking er opponent. It was difficult for Pauley Pavilion was all set The Wildcats, however, slowly to meet with her the next day. It Luca to keep up. up for “Westbrook Night,” and clawed into the Bruins’ lead, women’s basketball felt too good to be true. “Losing match after match to many in the stands, seeing tying the score at 84 with less “I was shaking. I left in the took its toll on my confidence,” Russell Westbrook and Kevin than 15 seconds remaining. Last year’s Pac-12 women’s basket- middle of class and screamed,” HANNAH YE/daily bruin senior staff Luca said. “These girls had been ball Freshman of the Year only got Durant was the main attrac- What happened next was Luca said. “That night I didn’t Senior Laura Luca, a Romanian native, played two years on the club tennis team before getting the call to join UCLA women’s tennis this season as a walk-on. playing for so many years and tion of UCLA’s game against like a movie scene. better. sleep because I was so nervous they knew how to approach then-No. 7 Arizona. Freshman guard Aaron As the Bruins’ point guard, Jordin for the next day.” doing it,” Luca said. “So I college application process. She playing tennis on campus. “I had something wrapped matches. There was too much Canada led the team on both ends of Junior guard Bryce Alford Holiday dribbled across the Less than 24 hours later it switched coaches and started didn’t receive a scholarship for She found her way back to around my hand (for the blis- going on in my head and more the floor, registering 16.1 points, 5.7 proved them wrong. timeline and tossed the ball assists and 2.3 steals per game – with was official. Luca was a member practicing six days a week.” tennis, but it didn’t mean she UCLA club tennis. The years ters) and I couldn’t even feel the and more every match I kind of After a discouraging to Alford, who then received the latter two good for second in the of UCLA women’s tennis – the With a new practice regimen would stop playing the sport of experience under her belt racket,” Luca said. “I was also had this grim outlook.” road sweep at the hands of a ball screen from senior conference. first ever walk-on player dur- and a renewed dedication, she she loved. showed every time she took the cramping up. I kept thinking The senior regained her con- Washington and Washington forward/center Tony Parker. Coaches and the media named ing Sampras Webster’s 20-year surpassed her previous oppo- More than 6,000 miles sepa- court. ‘what’s happening to me.’” fidence toward the season’s con- State – the two schools picked Alford slowly dribbled to his her to the All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All- tenure in Westwood. nents’ level of play. Once she rated Luca from her home coun- “Clearly she was one of the The minor injuries affected clusion, specifically after her to finish at the bottom of the right with seven seconds left Defensive teams, and her high level of The Romanian native was turned 16, she claimed a spot try when she first stepped foot better players and we relied on her play in doubles, but by sin- final win of the year on the road

conference, the Bruins faced a on the clock. Then six, then JINTAK HAN/assistant photo editor play throughout the season directly hooked on tennis the moment in the top-40 rankings while onto UCLA’s campus. During her game a lot on the court,” gles, the adrenaline rush took in Colorado – a 6-3, 6-3 victory. do-or-die game. five. Suddenly, he stopped on a led UCLA to a runner-up finish in the she first picked up a racket 15 competing with the top players her first week of summer in Los said freshman Johnson Chen, control. A shoulder injury forced her Alford, much maligned as dime, dribbled behind his back best female athlete Pac-12 tournament and its first Sweet years ago. She spent Friday in Tennis Europe – the equiva- Angeles, she knew exactly what one of Luca’s mixed double “I had (other players) fix me to miss the final few weeks of he is, scored 22 points as UCLA and launched a stepback three. 16 appearance in 17 years. afternoons in Bucharest on the lent to the United States Tennis to do to continue playing tennis. partners. “She hits very flat, but up really quick because I need- the year, but by then, she had raced out to an early lead. Splash. The sophomore also jumped into the court with her parents and sis- Association. She marched right to the office has a lot of power and she can ed to get back (on the court),” already made her mark on the national spotlight this season, as she ter, casually rallying with one Despite committing more of the women’s tennis team, really do damage from the back Luca said. “I told them I’d prom- tennis program. was named to John R. Wooden Award another. But then it became than a quarter of her life to play- where she first met Brown. court.” ised them we were going to win “You have to have respect for Late Season Top 20 and an honorable more than just a hobby. ing tennis, at 18 she had to face Luca mentioned her previous The most memorable match this.” her for what she has been able best dorm decor: josh rosen, football mention All-American. By the time she was 10 years a harsh reality. She wasn’t pre- experience and European rank- for Luca came during her sec- The match wasn’t even close, to do,” Sampras Webster said. old, she had a coach, attended pared for the professional world ing to Brown. He responded by ond year on the team at the with Luca securing a 6-1 victory “I think it was just really neat Very early on, there were signs be content in only entertaining us practices regularly and was set tour. But she didn’t want to stop letting her try out for the team. USTA Tennis On Campus against her opponent and the for our players to get to know that we were getting more than just on the field. on competing in tournaments. playing tennis. There was one minor prob- Spring Invitational in Tucson, tournament title for UCLA. her, someone from a different a star quarterback in Josh Rosen. As one story goes, a young Her coach said she wasn’t ready, “I knew at that point that lem for the Romanian: she Arizona. But even with her impres- country who had similar and He showed up on campus two lady at the University of Arizona but that didn’t stop her. I wouldn’t choose tennis as a hadn’t played tennis in six The scorching desert heat sive resume in club tennis, Luca different experiences playing in quarters early, trading in the known only as @totallychristine on “For a year I kept saying, career but I started hearing weeks. To get some extra prac- caused trouble for Luca and her always had a certain aspiration the juniors.” second semester of his senior year Instagram held a sign asking Rosen best male athlete: ‘let me go, let me go,’ but they that people play college tennis tice in before the big tryout, teammates. Dehydration kicked in the back of her mind – play- Persistence and commit- of high school for some time on to call her. One way or another, she wouldn’t,” Luca said. “So I went so that’s what I decided to do,” Luca looked to the club tennis in after multiple matches each ing for the collegiate team. ment to tennis is what led Luca frat row. Rosen joined Sigma Alpha ended up in Westwood. Specifically, nicholas scarvelis, anyways. I made (my parents) Luca said. team. day. With her hands covered She became very persistent, to accomplish her aspirations Epsilon – one of the “top houses” in Saxon Suites, sitting in the hot sign me up without telling my Luca couldn’t get recogni- The timing of the tryout was with blisters and her upper spending a majority of her time on and off the court. Although at UCLA – in winter quarter. If tub with Rosen. men’s track and field coach.” tion from American colleges, not in Luca’s favor. Even after body red from sunburn, Luca practicing at the Los Angeles she said she will not pursue a you knew someone in a discussion Of course, all good things After a few discouraging however, because of an average a successful set of rallies with managed to push through each Tennis Center to make sure the professional career following section with him, even they told must come to an end. The hot tub losses in her first tournaments, International Tennis Federation alumna Kaitlyn Ray, Sampras game, leading the Bruins into coaches noticed her – and they graduation, she will find a way you he had a personality. violated UCLA’s residential hous- As an indoor shot put first team All- she realized her opponents had ranking and because she was Webster denied her a spot on the finals. did. to get back onto the court in the But before the F–k Trump Insta- ing policy, and as far as we know, American, Pac-12 shot put champion, been much more prepared than too far to hold showcases and the team because the roster was A matchup with crosstown Sampras Webster sought out future, just like she always has. gram posts and before Jim Mora Rosen’s dorm is now sans-hot tub. NCAA Western Regional shot put her, so she was determined to flaunt her skills to recruiters. filled with a stack of veteran contender USC loomed. She pre- Luca last fall when the women’s champion and with potentially two compared him to Johnny Manziel, Nonetheless, we applaud Rosen’s get better. UCLA’s reputation as a pres- players. pared for her first taste of the tennis team needed an extra more All-American accolades coming Email Cardoza at kcardoza@ there was the hot tub. effort and look forward to covering his way in this year alone, Nicholas “I was really furious and tigious university and its loca- Still, Luca continued to find storied rivalry, but she pushed player due to injuries. dailybruin.com or tweet In a way, the hot tub let the his antics as he finishes off his Scarvelis is far and away the best male I cried, but I wanted to keep tion attracted Luca during the other opportunities to keep her body to the limit. “I wouldn’t add anyone @kylecardoza8. world know that Rosen would not career as a Bruin. athlete of the year. He goes into his last meet as the fourth best shot putter to come through the legendary UCLA throws SUBMISSION – SENIOR SIGNOFFS

AUBREY YEO/daily bruin senior staff program that boasts the NCAA record-holder John Godina. The redshirt senior is a three-time Pac-12 most clutch champion, and his 67-7.50 rocket is the farthest throw in the nation this year Bruin owes resilience to challenges faced as student-athlete by 9.5 inches. That throw would have won 10th BY DANNY MCCLINTICK my freshman year, we earned or award, but rather an oppor- at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games ourselves a spot in the final for tunity. Each day brought with most under the radar: women’s golf in London, and Scarvelis will get the With graduation approaching an epic showdown with USC. it a challenge: the chance to be chance to actually place in the Games quickly, we as seniors can’t However, one of the fastest pushed to the limit mentally, It’s not often that a team finishes – including three when he throws for Greece in Rio de help but reflect on the past four lessons I learned here was that physically and emotionally. has the player of the year, where she at least shared the Janeiro this summer. years. Although for many this is things rarely go as planned. Each day presented the chance Over his five-year UCLA career, three All-Americans, and a lead – in 10 tournaments, the end of our journey at UCLA, When we fell at the buzzer to find my personal boundary he’s also made an impact on UCLA No. 1 ranking for part of the which culminated in her being that’s greater than just his individual we will be Bruins forever. in the title game that year, and try to go a little further season and still not have much named the PING Women’s Golf achievement. When he committed Comparing where I was – we followed it with a grueling than the day before, to succeed recognition. Coaches Association Player of to UCLA, his teammate, sophomore entering as a freshman – to offseason to avoid the same where I had previously failed UCLA women’s golf did just the Year and a WGCA first team Braheme Days, said it provided “incen- where I am now – just a week result. Unfortunately, as is and to find a way to thrive that. All-American. tive for other talented people to come away from graduation – I know often true in life, there are no during times of discomfort or The Bruins weathered an Freshmen Lilia Vu and behind him.” I owe my growth and develop- guarantees, and we failed to uncertainty. underwhelming start where Bethany Wu are first team Even as he leaves, the throws team ment as an athlete, student and make the NCAA Tournament in While I leave my athletic they only won one of their first and honorable mention All- will be getting another high-target most importantly, a person to 2013 after UCLA’s best regular career behind me, I know that five tournaments. But as in Americans, respectively, as recruit named Nathan Esparza, but the program that has defined season in 20 years. as I move forward I will always every sport, success isn’t about the two combined to place in it remains to be seen if anyone in the who I’ve been for the last four Heartbroken, some of us carry what I have learned. how you start – it’s about how the top 10 seven times over the VICTORIA CHANG/daily bruin senior staff near future can contribute to the years. questioned our system, each I know I can always push you finish. course of the season. throws team as much as Scarvelis has Joining the UCLA water other and ourselves. But coach myself to be better today than And UCLA completed the The Bruins’ season ended best dorm decor this year and over his entire career. polo team was more than just Adam Wright never did. He led I was yesterday, and I know year at a scalding-hot pace, in the NCAA semifinals, which a commitment to play water us when we were lost, he gave that while at times, failure is winning four of its last seven is still better than a lot of polo; it was a commitment to be us life when we were deflated, inevitable, I can always choose stroke-play tournaments. other sports can say. For these challenged and grow, to fail and he demanded our best when we how I respond to it. As I leave Junior Bronte Law led reasons, their body of work was then succeed, to be pushed and were at our worst. We got back this university that has done so the way with seven top-four the most under the radar. respond. Although my playing to the final in 2014 and again in much for me, I carry with me career has come to an end, the 2015 and won both, cementing a mindset that will serve me lessons I have learned will stick our place in UCLA Athletics forever. And as long as I have with me forever. history. When I reflect on that, I will always be a Bruin. At UCLA, it is every student- these experiences, I realize the athlete’s dream to reach the single greatest gift I received McClintick played for the UCLA MICHAEL HULL/daily bruin senior staff pinnacle of college sports: the from being a student-athlete at men’s water polo team from Senior Danny McClintick capped off his UCLA water polo career with two national championships. The challenges he faced NCAA championship. In 2012, UCLA was not a record, trophy 2012-2015. his freshman and sophomore years tested his boundaries mentally and physically before molding him into a better person.

little confidence.” When the season started, the “Jake and I always alternated to-last in the Pac-12 and missed This could be Rosica’s only BASEBALL When Miller went down, Rosi- two split time. Hirabayashi got a on the weekend,” Rosica said. the playoffs. year getting significant playing ca had a shot. slightly higher share of the play- “Then when I caught Friday, His .264 batting average time. To a highly-touted catch- from page A13 Rosica had already begun to ing time for the first six weeks Saturday and Sunday (against ranked sixth on the team, ing prospect, UCLA’s program fight for the backup spot. He fig- of the season, but he began to Oregon) I kind of realized, OK, meaning he out-hit veterans like would be very attractive because the New York Yankees in 2015, ured that because Miller wasn’t struggle offensively, collect- I’m the catcher now.” junior Brett Stephens, senior of a history of success and the and David Berg, who was picked very fast, he might be able to ing just two hits in his first 38 Rosica said the adjustment Trent Chatterton and redshirt lack of depth – a freshman could five rounds later by the Chicago pinch run and stay in the game at-bats. Rosica felt like he was had less to do with mechanics senior Christoph Bono. His play right away. Cubs. to catch a couple innings. struggling at the plate, too. than it did with seeing more live defense was serviceable, throw- The Bruins are bringing in Coaches told Rosica that his When Miller had surgery just “I was kind of a non-factor pitching. ing out 34 percent of would-be three catchers for next year, main goal was to help the pitch- weeks before the season, Rosica offensively,” Rosica said. “It Whatever it was, it worked. base stealers, not far off from Savage said. That means Rosica ers improve and to be America’s wasn’t fighting for a backup spot was kind of building up a lit- From game one of the Oregon the Pac-12 average of 36 percent. could be right back in the bull- best bullpen catcher. Playing anymore. He was fighting to tle frustration. Not too much, series through the last game of His academics are still in pen. time was all but off the table, be the starting catcher on the because everybody was telling the season, he hit .313. order. He’s an economics student “I’m fine with that – to be hon- but Savage said there was still a UCLA baseball team. me: defense, defense, defense. He took one day off the whole now and he hopes to add another est – as long as we have a better possibility that Rosica could play Because Hirabayashi had Whatever you do offensively is rest of the season. Rosica had major – psychology. season than this year,” Rosica senior year. never caught before, he got a bonus.” won the job. So how does he feel? said. “Winning is a lot better “The fact that he left it open more reps during intersquad Then he turned it around. ––– “I want to say that my parents than playing.”

HARISH BALASUBRAMANI/illustrations director KORBIN PLACET/daily bruin senior staff just a little bit,” Rosica said. play than Rosica. Hirabayashi’s Rosica cites the series against Rosica’s Rudy-like narrative are a little happier than I am,” “Even though it didn’t seem like high school resume – four var- Oregon as his season’s pivotal was a bright spot in an other- Rosica said. “I played, but that Email Gottlieb at dgottlieb@ most under the radar best male athlete he believed the words that he sity years at Notre Dame High series. In the three-game set he wise disappointing season for wasn’t really the goal. ... It was a dailybruin.com or tweet was saying, kind of gave me a School – also gave him an edge. went four for 11. the Bruins, who finished second- pretty bad year.” @BroadcasterDave. A18 DAILY BRUIN | Sports | Monday, June 6, 2016 | dailybruin.com/sports

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