Sweet 16-Bound Bruins!

2016-17 IN REVIEW SWEET 16-BOUND BRUINS!

Men’s Basketball Posts 31-5 Record Women’s Basketball Advances to Second After opening the season with a 13-0 mark, the Bruins soared in the rankings Consecutive Sweet 16 and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the third time in four seasons The Bruins posted a perfect 16-0 home record and returned to the Sweet 16 The dynamic freshmen duo of Lonzo Ball and TJ Leaf and the senior leadership of The tandem of juniors Jordin Canada and Monique Billings along with the hot shooting Bryce Alford and Isaac Hamilton helped UCLA establish one of college basketball’s of senior Kari Korver helped the Bruins earn back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances most high-octane offense in recent history. for the first time in program history. UCLA went 11-2 in non-conference play and The Bruins’ early-season success was punctuated with a 97-92 victory at No. compiled a 16-0 mark at home (the Bruins will enter 2017-18 with a 29-game home 1-ranked Kentucky on Dec. 3, 2016, UCLA’s first-ever game at the Wildcats’ Rupp winning streak). Arena. That win helped UCLA secure a spot in the national spotlight as the Bruins The Bruins’ 16-0 home record set a school record, while UCLA’s 29-game home jumped to the No. 2 slot in the top-25 rankings. winning streak is the second-longest active streak in the nation (behind Connecticut). Alford established UCLA’s single-season and career records for most three-pointers UCLA’s biggest win of the year came at Stanford in Pac-12 play, as then-No. 15 UCLA made, while Ball set the UCLA single-season mark (and finished No. 2 in the Pac-12 took down No. 8 Stanford, 85-76, on Feb. 6. Canada scored 25 points, Billings had 21 single-season record book) with 274 assists. By season’s end, Ball led the nation in points and 15 rebounds, and Korver totaled 17 points. assists per game (7.6) and total assists. Strong play down the stretch, which included home wins over Oregon, Oregon State The Bruins entered March with a flawless 7-0 February record, winning 10 consecutive and Washington (all NCAA Tournament teams) helped the Bruins secure an NCAA games down the stretch before the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals. Tournament berth and the right to host the first and second rounds. The Bruins opened Convincing wins over No. 14-seed Kent State and No. 6-seed Cincinnati during the with an 83-56 win over Boise State, following that effort with a 75-43 win over Texas first weekend of the NCAA Tournament propelled UCLA into a rematch with Kentucky A&M. UCLA led Connecticut at halftime, 41-38, in a Sweet 16 matchup before falling in the Sweet 16. The Bruins came up short in their third Sweet 16 contest in the last to the Huskies, 86-71. four seasons, dropping an 86-75 decision to the Wildcats. Korver tied UCLA’s career record for most three-pointers made (256) and was second Aaron Holiday played a major role as the nation’s most efficient “sixth man,” while in three-pointers attempted (691) and free throw percentage (.816). Billings set the Thomas Welsh continued to establish his trademark 15-foot jump shot. Both Holiday UCLA single-season record for free throw attempts (242), tied the mark in makes and Welsh averaged in double-figure scoring. (154) and set the record for blocks (66). Her 357 rebounds were second on UCLA’s single-season list, just three behind Denise Curry’s mark of 360 in 1980-81. Freshman Ike Anigbogu provided a valuable boost off the bench, particularly as a much-needed rim protector. Anigbogu finished the season with 35 blocks in 29 Canada became just the sixth Bruin all-time to record 100 or more assists in three games, averaging 13.0 minutes per contest. straight seasons while leading the Pac-12 in assists (7.1 apg) and setting UCLA single- season records for assists (242) and assists per game. She also led the conference in UCLA became one of just six teams to have earned its third trip to the Sweet 16 in assist-turnover ratio (2.66) and steals per game (2.5). four years (along with Arizona, Gonzaga, Kentucky, North Carolina and Wisconsin). The Bruins ended the year with a 15-4 record away from home, including key road wins at The Bruins’ final ranking of No. 13 in the USA Today Coaches Poll was the highest final No. 1-ranked Kentucky in early December and No. 4-ranked Arizona in late February. mark in program history.

Four Bruins Selected in NBA Draft Four former UCLA basketball players – Lonzo Ball, TJ 17 school year, was taken No. 36 overall by the Leaf, Ike Anigbogu and Jonah Bolden – were selected Philadelphia 76ers in the second round. in the 2017 NBA Draft on June 22, 2017, hosted at the Anigbogu, a freshman who excelled off the bench in Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. 2016-17, rounded out the group of four Bruins as the Ball and Leaf, freshmen at UCLA in 2016-17, were No. 47 overall selection by the Indiana Pacers in the each selected in the first round. Ball was chosen No. 2 second round. overall by the Los Angeles Lakers, while Leaf was taken UCLA has produced 118 all-time NBA Draft picks, No. 18 by the Indiana Pacers. Ball became the highest including nine selections in four seasons under head selection by any UCLA player in the draft since 1979 coach Steve Alford, who will enter his fifth year as (David Greenwood, No. 2 to the Chicago Bulls). UCLA’s head coach in 2017-18. The Bruins have had Bolden, who spent his first two collegiate seasons at least one player chosen in 18 of the last 21 NBA with UCLA before playing in Serbia during the 2016- Drafts (spanning 1997 through 2017).

3 2016-17 IN REVIEW Softball Earns Third Consecutive Trip to Women’s Golf Program Secures Pac-12 Title Women’s College World Series Bruins earned their first conference title since 2006. For the third straight year, UCLA’s softball Behind strong pitching performances team had quite the memorable run from Selina Ta’amilo and Garcia in Game in advancing to the Women’s College 2, the Bruins punched their ticket to World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla. The Oklahoma City with a 1-0 victory. Bruins swept three consecutive games at UCLA made its 27th appearance in the home in the NCAA Los Angeles Regional Women’s College World Series (33rd before hosting No. 12-seed Ole Miss the overall trip to the NCAA Tournament). The following weekend at Easton Stadium. Bruins fell short in Game 1 in Oklahoma Down to their final strike on multiple City, dropping a 2-1 decision to LSU. occasions in Game 1, the Bruins tied the Two days later, the Bruins outlasted game in the seventh and 10th innings Texas A&M in an elimination game, 8-2. before winning the contest, 8-7, in the Kylee Perez and Brianna Tautalafua each 11th, thanks to Madeline Jelenicki’s run- had three hits, while Garcia limited the scoring walk-off single. Rachel Garcia Aggies to one run through six innings The women’s golf team captured its first Pac-12 Conference Championship since struck out a career-high 12 batters in in the circle. Later that day, UCLA lost to 2006, securing its sixth conference title in 2017. The Bruins entered the tournament 11 innings after Ole Miss had overcome No. 6-seed Washington, 1-0, ending the ranked No. 3, nationally, as sophomore Lilia Vu won her unprecedented fourth a 4-0 deficit with a five-run sixth inning. team’s season. tournament in a row to claim medalist honors. UCLA concluded this year’s conference tournament as the only team in red figures at 2-under (862). The Bruins were one of two teams to go on par on the final day of the three-day, 54-hole event at the Sewailo Golf Club in Tucson, Ariz., shooting a 1-under (287). UCLA was 21 shots clear of second-place Colorado, notching the program’s fourth tournament victory of the season. Vu became the first golfer to win four consecutive tournaments, defeating the field by six shots with a three-round total of 209 (-7). The sophomore was even par (72) on the tournament’s final day, making three birdies (on holes five, eight and 15) and three bogeys. Vu became the fifth Bruin golfer to take home medalist honors at the conference championships. Freshman Mariel Galdiano gave the Bruins a 1-2 finish, as she was the only other player under par for the tournament at 1-under (215). The Bruins finished eighth at the NCAA Lubbock Regional, with Vu closing as UCLA’s top finisher at The Rawls Course (Lubbock, Texas). UCLA posted a final-round score of 1-over (289) to finish with a three-round total of 881 (+17). The Bruins closed their 2017 spring campaign ranked No. 5 in the country.

Five UCLA Players Chosen in 2017 NFL Draft Men’s Water Polo Makes History With Takkarist McKinley was selected No. 26 overall by the Atlanta Falcons 57-Game Winning Streak Defensive end Takkarist McKinley headlined a After having won the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Championships, the group of five Bruins who were selected in the 2017 UCLA men’s water polo team made history by securing its 52nd NFL Draft. The No. 26 overall pick in the first round consecutive win with a 15-8 non-conference victory at UC Davis by the Atlanta Falcons, McKinley became the on Oct. 9, 2016. The streak continued to 57 games, snapped by fourth Bruin in the past five seasons to be chosen an 8-7 loss in a regular-season meeting at USC on Nov. 12, 2016. in the first round. The Bruins’ streak began late during the 2014 season. Following a UCLA’s 25 total players selected in the last five 5-3 loss to Long Beach State in that season’s MPSF Tournament, drafts is the most of any Pac-12 program during UCLA began its win streak with three straight NCAA Tournament that stretch. Defensive back Fabian Moreau victories to capture its first and defensive lineman Eddie Vanderdoes were NCAA men’s water polo title each taken in the third round of the draft by the since 2004. UCLA kept on Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders, rolling in 2015, winning every respectively. Linebacker Jayon Brown was chosen game that season en route in the fifth round by the Tennesse Titans, while to the program’s second offensive lineman Conor McDermott was taken in consecutive NCAA title (30-0 the sixth round by the defending NFL Champion a streak of eight consecutive games with at least overall record in 2015). New England Patriots. one tackle for loss and concluded his UCLA tenure The Bruins’ win at UC Davis McKinley’s selection marked the fifth straight with a career-best 11-tackle effort at California. in October 2016 helped UCLA year in which UCLA had a defensive lineman Moreau, a senior in 2016, had captured honorable rewrite the NCAA’s record taken in the draft – joining a group that includes mention All-Pac-12 acclaim as both a sophomore book, eclipsing Stanford’s Datone Jones (2013), Cassius Marsh (2014), Owa and senior. He was part of a Bruins’ secondary 51-game win streak set from Odighizuwaw (2015) and Kenny Clark (2016). As unit that surrendered a conference-low 12 1985-87. In addition, the a junior in 2016, McKinley earned first-team All- scoring passes during the season. Vanderdoes team’s record-clinching win at Pac-12 honors after having ranked 10th in the also secured honorable mention All-Pac-12 UC Davis marked career victory nation in tackles for loss per game. His 18 total accolades during his senior year. He concluded No. 200 for Bruins’ head coach tackles for loss in 2016 tied for No. 11 on the his UCLA career having made 33 career starts Adam Wright. school’s all-time single-season record list. He had along the Bruins’ defensive front. UCLA goalkeeper Garrett Danner

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Drake Stadium Continues to Undergo Renovations UCLA honors its track and field history with Sherie and Don Morrison Plaza UCLA’s Drake Stadium underwent the third phase of its renovation project, with Women’s Water Polo Captures MPSF Titles “Sherie and Don Morrison Plaza” being dedicated on April 29, 2017. Bruins (24-2) won MPSF regular-season, tournament championships The latest renovation pays tribute to former track and field coach Ducky Drake, as The women’s water polo program In the championship game, Rachel Fattal well as the storied history of the Bruins’ track and field program. The updated plaza compiled a 24-2 overall record and scored a team-leading three goals and features an entryway with a magnificent bronze statue of Coach Drake and bronze a 6-0 mark in MPSF regular-season six Bruins accounted for 13 steals. UCLA relief plaques at the entrance to the facility. The newly-installed relief plaques highlight action, winning the MPSF Tournament held Stanford scoreless over the game’s the accomplishments of Coach Drake, Rafer Johnson and Jackie Joyner-Kersee. championship for the fourth time in the final 20 minutes and 47 seconds, while “This is an unbelievable moment for me, to be standing in Drake Stadium where all last eight seasons. goalkeeper Carlee Kapana recorded four of her six saves in the final quarter. around us are memories of athletes who have made this university and who have UCLA dropped just one game during the shared in some of those great moments,” Johnson said at the dedication ceremony. regular season before cruising into the UCLA outscored Stanford by a 3-0 margin “This means a great deal to me.” MPSF Tournament as the conference’s in the second half, after both teams A wall of honor featuring UCLA’s 40-plus Olympic gold medalists, world champions No. 1 seed, sporting an overall record of entered intermission deadlocked at 3-3. and world record-holders stands near a timeline of the legacy of UCLA Track and Field. 20-1. The Bruins overcame two second- Fattal’s goal with 4:06 to play in the third half deficits against No. 5-seed California quarter put the Bruins ahead, 4-3. Alexa Drake Stadium’s most recent renovations not only have brought validation and in a semifinal matchup, as Bronte Halligan Tielmann scored on a 6-on-5 advantage recognition to the track and field program’s accomplishments, but also will impact slammed home the game-winning goal just shy of the quarter’s final minute to current and future student-athletes. with 2:35 to play in the fourth quarter in give UCLA a 5-3 advantage. UCLA’s 9-8 victory. “I’ve traveled the world, and all I can talk about is UCLA,” Joyner-Kersee said at the The Bruins advanced to the NCAA recent dedication ceremony. “So now when people come out to Drake Stadium, they Playing before a home crowd at UCLA’s Tournament’s championship game for will be able to read the rich history of UCLA and what UCLA has to offer on many levels. Spieker Aquatics Center, the Bruins the 14th time in program history after UCLA, you have made my dreams come true by my just being a student-athlete.” defeated No. 2-seed Stanford, 6-3, after victories over Wagner (first round) and The faciltiy’s first two renovation phases included the resurfacing of the track with holding the visiting Cardinal scoreless in California (semifinals). Stanford captured a new, blue “Mondo” track and the installation of a new state-of-the-art video the second half of the title contest. the NCAA Championship with an 8-7 win scoreboard. over UCLA in Indianapolis.

Olympic Gold Medalists Make History for UCLA Gymnastics Freshman Kyla Ross won the NCAA balance beam championship and a share of the uneven bars title UCLA freshmen Madison Kocian and Kyla Ross made history in 2017 when UCLA fans came out in record numbers in 2017. The Bruins set a new school record they became the first Olympic gold medalists ever to compete in NCAA Women’s for average home attendance with 7,568. A new single-meet attendance record was Gymnastics. Kocian, a two-time medalist in Rio in 2016 (team gold, uneven bars also set when 12,576 fans came to see UCLA defeat California on March 5. silver), and Ross, a medalist in London in 2012 (team gold), made their collegiate debuts in the Bruins’ 2017 season opener. Kocian won the all-around and at least a share of first place on three events, and Ross tied for first place on uneven bars. Ross made history again at the NCAA Championships when she won the NCAA balance beam title and a share of the uneven bars title. Her championships gave her the distinction of being the first female gymnast ever to win Olympic, World Championship and NCAA titles. Ross and Kocian were part of UCLA’s 10.0 brigade, as the Bruins scored 10 perfect 10s in 2017, the most in a season since 2004. Ross led all Bruins with four perfect 10s – two each on uneven bars and balance beam. Her perfect 10 on balance beam to win the Pac-12 Championship was the first-ever perfect 10 at that meet. Christine Peng-Peng Lee scored three perfect 10s – two on uneven bars and one on balance beam. Katelyn Ohashi scored back-to-back perfect 10s on balance beam on March 5 and March 12, becoming the first Bruin ever to accomplish that feat. Kocian’s perfect 10 came on Feb. 11 on the uneven bars, the event on which she was the reigning world champion. Christine Peng-Peng Lee

5 2016-17 IN REVIEW BASEBALL 12 Championship, snapping USC’s 62-match winning streak. UCLA’s Megan and Nicole McNamara captured Overall Record: 30-27 AVCA All-America honors for the second straight year. Pac-12 Record: 19-11 Pac-12 Finish: 3rd CROSS COUNTRY UCLA returned to postseason play for the ninth time Men’s Conference Finish: 3rd under head coach John Savage after a third-place finish in the Pac-12 standings. The Bruins were led by Women’s Conference Finish: 7th All-Pac-12 selections Griffin Canning, Sean Bouchard Men’s NCAA West Region Finish: 3rd and Jon Olsen. Canning, a junior right-hander, became Women’s NCAA West Region Finish: 6th the sixth UCLA pitcher to surpass the 300 career Men’s NCAA Championship Finish: 15th strikeout mark. The Bruins’ young squad also received Women’s NCAA Championship Finish: 28th significant contributions from position players Kyle The men’s cross country team made its fourth Cuellar and Michael Toglia, who were named Freshman appearance at the NCAA Championships in the last All-America selections by Collegiate Baseball. Six five seasons, finishing 15th overall. The women’s Bruins were selected in the MLB Draft in June. team was led by sophomore Carolina Johnson at the championship meet, and she placed 59th overall. MEN’S BASKETBALL Senior Ferdinand Edman secured USTFCCCA All- Overall Record: 31-5 America honors after finishing 14th overall at the Men’s Pac-12 Record: 15-3 NCAA Championships. That marked UCLA’s highest Pac-12 Finish: 3rd individual finish since men’s runner Meb Keflezighi won Abu Danladi, men’s soccer the title in 1997. Edman finished 10th overall at the Final Ranking (AP/USA Today): No. 8/9 Vu earned first-team honors after tying a single-season prestigious Wisconsin Invitational on Oct. 14. The Bruins advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s school record by winning four tournaments in a row. Vu posted the second-lowest scoring average for one Sweet 16 for the third time in four seasons, tying the FOOTBALL program’s record for most regular-season victories season at UCLA and became the fifth Bruin to earn (28, also achieved in 2007-08). Guided by All-Pac-12 Overall Record: 4-8 Pac-12 Championship medalist honors. Freshman performers Lonzo Ball, TJ Leaf and Bryce Alford, the Pac-12 Record: 2-7 Mariel Galdiano was a WGCA Honorable Mention All- Bruins defeated every team on their schedule and Pac-12 South Division: 5th American. She ranked second on the squad in scoring average and produced five Top 10s in 10 events. opened the season with a perfect 13-0 record in non- The Bruins opened the season with a 3-2 record before conference action. UCLA concluded the year as the losing quarterback Josh Rosen to a season-ending GYMNASTICS nation’s leader in field goal percentage (52.2%), assists right shoulder injury in a game at Arizona State in early per game (21.4), total assists (771) and assist-turnover October. Scott Quessenberry returned from injury to Overall Record: 13-4-1 ratio (1.91). Ball was selected as the No. 2 overall pick earn first-team All-Pac-12 acclaim at center in 2016. Pac-12 Record: 5-1 in the 2017 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers, while Defensive end Takkarist McKinley finished the year with Pac-12 Finish: t-3rd Leaf (No. 18) and Anigbogu (No. 47) were chosen by 10 sacks and 18 tackles for loss, ranking among the Final Ranking: No. 4 the Indiana Pacers. nation’s top 11 in each category, before being selected No. 26 overall in the first round of the NFL Draft (Atlanta UCLA enjoyed a historic season in 2017, with record- WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Falcons). In all, the Bruins had five players chosen in breaking crowds filling Pauley Pavilion to see the first two Olympic gold medalists to ever compete in NCAA Overall Record: 25-9 the draft – including three in the first three rounds (McKinley, Fabian Moreau and Eddie Vanderdoes). Women’s Gymnastics – Madison Kocian and Kyla Pac-12 Record: 13-5 Ross. Kocian, who was coming off a gold and silver Pac-12 Finish: 4th medal performance at the 2016 Olympics, won six Final Ranking (AP/USA Today): No. 15/13 MEN’S GOLF all-around titles for the Bruins in her freshman season Pac-12 Finish: 5th and earned All-America honors in the all-around, vault UCLA went 25-9 and reached the Sweet 16 of the and floor exercise. Ross achieved a historic trifecta, NCAA Tournament for the second straight year, the Freshman Hidetoshi Yoshihara earned second-team All-Pac-12 acclaim, while junior Tyler Collier and becoming the first woman ever to win Olympic, World first time the Bruins have accomplished that feat in and NCAA titles after capturing the NCAA uneven bars school history. UCLA stunned No. 8 Stanford during the sophomore Cole Madey each picked up All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention accolades. All three players made and balance beam championships. The Bruins scored regular season, winning in Maples Pavilion for the first 10 perfect 10s on the season, with Ross scoring four, time since 1999. Jordin Canada captured honorable trips to the NCAA Regionals as individuals. Yoshihara led the Bruins in scoring average, posting four Top Christine Peng-Peng Lee earning three, Katelyn Ohashi mention All-America acclaim (Associated Press) for the two and Kocian one. second consecutive season. UCLA closed the season 10s, including his first-ever win at the final event of having been ranked in the top 25 for 35 straight weeks, the regular season, The Maxwell. Madey was second the program’s third-longest such streak. The Bruins’ on the team in scoring average, recording three Top ROWING No. 13 final ranking in the weekly USA Today Coaches 10s and six Top 20 showings. Collier ranked third on Pac-12 Finish: 6th Poll was the highest final mark in school history, since the team in scoring average, notching three Top 10s The Bruins opened the spring with first-place finishes the poll began during the 1985-86 season. and five Top 20s. In addition, junior Corey Shaun was named a GCAA All-America Scholar. at the UC Challenge before embarking in weekend races against Stanford and San Diego State and the BEACH VOLLEYBALL annual two-day San Diego Crew Classic. Competing at Overall Record: 30-6 WOMEN’S GOLF the two-day Clemson Invitational in mid-April, UCLA’s Pac-12 Finish: 2nd Tournament Victories: 4 varsity eight crew secured a first-place finish and the Final Ranking: No. 5 (tied) Pac-12 Finish: 1st second varsity eight finished third in respective B final Final Ranking: 4th races. Senior Marie Jacquet became UCLA’s first back- The Bruins ended their season with an overall mark to-back All-Pac-12 Team selection in four years and of 30-6, setting a school record for total victories. The Bruins won their sixth Pac-12 Conference title, secured second-team Pocock All-America acclaim. UCLA also won 24 consecutive duals during the defeating the field by 21 shots and finishing the 2017 campaign, also setting a program record. The tournament as the only team in red figures. UCLA Bruins’ only losses were to the top three teams in the won four tournaments during the 2016-2017 season, country. UCLA downed No. 1-ranked USC for the first finishing first or second in seven events. A pair of Bruins time in program history in the semifinals of the Pac- were named WGCA All-Americans, as sophomore Lilia

6 2016-17 IN REVIEW SWIMMING AND DIVING MEN’S VOLLEYBALL Overall Record: 11-4 Overall Record: 17-10 Pac-12 Record: 4-4 MPSF Record: 10-8 Conference Finish: 5th MPSF Finish: 5th NCAA Championships Finish: 20th Final Ranking: No. 6 The Bruins broke eight swimming records and two Junior Jake Arnitz secured second-team AVCA All- diving records in 2016-17. Senior Linnea Mack set America honors, while senior Mitch Stahl was named three UCLA individual records and played a role in all an honorable mention All-America selection for UCLA in four new top relay times. UCLA registered wins over 2017. Both players earned first-team All-MPSF honors Pac-12 foes Oregon State, Arizona, Arizona State and and helped lead the Bruins to a 17-10 record and No. 6 Utah. Junior Maria Polyakova won her second straight national ranking. UCLA’s season ended with a four-set conference title, taking the 3-meter contest at the Pac- loss to No. 5 UC Irvine in the quarterfinals of the MPSF 12 Championships meet, and she secured Pac-12 Tournament. The Bruins opened the year with wins Diver of the Meet and Diver of the Year honors. Tom in eight of their first nine matches and logged a 2-0 Stebbins was named Pac-12 Diving Coach of the Year. record against crosstown rival USC.

Reily Buechler, women’s volleyball MEN’S TENNIS WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Overall Record: 22-6 Overall Record: 27-7 MEN’S SOCCER Pac-12 Record: 6-0 Pac-12 Record: 15-5 Overall Record: 10-8-2 Pac-12 Finish: 1st Pac-12 Finish: T-2nd Pac-12 Record: 4-5-1 Final Ranking: No. 5 Final Ranking: No. 6 Pac-12 Finish: 4th UCLA won its second consecutive Pac-12 regular- The Bruins followed up an outstanding regular season, UCLA advanced to the postseason for the 34th season title, clinching the championship with a 4-1 which saw them beat crosstown rival USC twice, with consecutive season, reaching the second round of the home win over No. 6 USC. UCLA’s doubles duo of a third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament’s NCAA Tournament. Under head coach Jorge Salcedo, Martin Redlicki and Evan Zhu finished the year ranked regional semifinals. UCLA advanced to the Regional Jose Hernandez secured All-America honors and was No. 5, nationally, and collected ITA All-America honors Final for the first time since 2011. UCLA registered named co-Pac-12 Player of they Year. In addition, and the Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year award. Gage a pair of victories against eventual national champion Jackson Yueill earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors for Brymer, Logan Staggs, Redlicki and Zhu earned All- Stanford, including their first Regional Final appearance the second time in his career. In January, three Bruins Pac-12 honors, as the Bruins advanced in the NCAA since 2011. Senior Taylor Formico was named Pac-12 were selected in the MLS Draft, highlighted by first Tournament to the quarterfinal round. Libero of the Year for the second straight season and overall pick Abu Danladi. was joined on the All-Region Team by fellow seniors WOMEN’S TENNIS Jordan Anderson and Jennie Frager, junior Reily Buechler and freshman Torrey Van Winden. WOMEN’S SOCCER Overall Record: 14-9 Overall Record: 15-5-2 Pac-12 Record: 7-3 MEN’S WATER POLO Pac-12 Record: 7-3-1 Pac-12 Finish: t-3rd Pac-12 Finish: t-4th Final Ranking: No. 23 Overall Record: 25-3 Despite the loss of top scorer Darian Jenkins to a MPSF Record: 2-1 A streak of 10 straight doubles points from March MPSF Finish: 2nd season-ending injury in early October, UCLA advanced 4-April 15 fueled a seven-match win streak, making Final Ranking: No. 3 (tied) to the NCAA Round of 16, falling in penalty kicks to UCLA winners in seven of the team’s first eight Pac-12 No. 1 seed West Virginia. The Bruins utilized a youthful contests. The doubles duo of Terri Fleming and Jada The Bruins established school, conference and national lineup, with six freshmen in the starting lineup. Hart won five of six matches against ranked opponents records for most consecutive wins during the 2016 Freshman Jessie Fleming earned NSCAA All-America during the season, before securing Pac-12 Doubles season. The historic win streak that began in Nov. 2014 honors, becoming just the fourth Bruin freshman ever Team of the Year honors. Freshman Ena Shibahara went concluded midway through the 2016 season and the to do so. Fleming, who won a bronze medal at the 2016 40-7 and collected ITA National Rookie of the Year, Pac- Bruins closed the year wtih a 25-3 overall mark. UCLA Olympic Games with Team Canada a little over a week 12 Singles Player of the Year, Pac-12 Newcomer of the set NCAA and school records with its 57-game winning prior to arriving in Westwood, led UCLA in goals (11) Year and ITA All-America honors. streak and also won an MPSF and school-record 26 and points (27). consecutive league games (dating back to 2013). TRACK AND FIELD Senior goalkeeper Garrett Danner was named the SOFTBALL MPSF Player of the Year for the second straight season. Men’s Conference Finish: 3rd Overall Record: 48-15 Women’s Conference Finish: 5th WOMEN’S WATER POLO Pac-12 Record: 16-8 M. NCAA Championship Finish: t-33rd Pac-12 Finish: t-3rd W. NCAA Championship Finish: No Score Overall Record: 24-2 Final Ranking: No. 5 MPSF Record: 6-0 Sophomore Rai Benjamin recorded one of the fastest MPSF Finish: 1st UCLA headed back to the Women’s College World 400m hurdles championship race times, hitting a Final Ranking: No. 2 Series for the third year in a row, totaling 13 comeback personal best 48.33 to finish as the runner-up at the victories, including a thrilling win in Game 1 of the Super NCAA Championships. Benjamin secured first-team The highest-scoring team in program history, UCLA Regionals against Ole Miss. Rachel Garcia became the All-America honors by the USTFCCCA. On the women’s defeated its opponents by a school-record average of first Bruin to be named the NFCA National Freshman side, senior Zaybree Haury earned second-team 9.77 goals per game. The Bruins had an undefeated of the Year. She also secured second-team All-America All-America acclaim after capping her career with a mark in MPSF play and the conference tournament honors after having led UCLA in earned run average, record throw of 171-4. Freshman Isaiah Holmes had championship game before falling to Stanford in the wins, innings pitched and strikeouts. Offensively, an impressive inaugural outdoor season, winning the NCAA Tournament’s title match. Rachel Fattal became UCLA ranked in the national Top 20 in four categories Pac-12 high jump title and securing Pac-12 Freshman the fourth Bruin to reach the 200 career goal mark. (including third in home runs). The Bruins hit .319 as of the Year and Men’s Field Athlete of the Year honors. Freshman Maddie Musselman etched her name into a team, led by junior Kylee Perez’s .408 clip. Perez, In addition, he later won the national high jump title at the record books by scoring a program freshman- Garcia, senior Delaney Spaulding and junior Madeline the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships. record 69 goals. Jelenicki all captured first-team All-Pac-12 honors.