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ON THE COVER Leaders in the Dorms 8 Rower Madison Kerst, a sophomore coxswain on the men’s rowing team, and Cindy Tran, a fifth-year student and former national champion swimmer, are tackling the challenges of leading in the residence halls, giving them a rare blend of combining what they have learned in the athletic arena with intimate and daily interaction with members of the student body outside of their student-athlete circle.

SPRING 2015 SPORTS Career Change on 880 10 QUARTERLY It’s not very often an afternoon drive on Interstate 880 involves a conversation with Endowment Campaign Seeks the driver in the next lane that transforms to Fund Men’s Golf in Perpetuity 20 your career. For Al Acosta, that encounter The threat of sport cuts at California in opened the door to what has blossomed 2010-11 served a wakeup call to many into more than a decade of success as a members of the Golden Bears community. rowing coach. Now back at his alma mater, For those who supported men’s golf, howev- Acosta is in his first season directing Cal’s er, it had a familiar ring. Reinstated in 1982, women’s crew program. the sport is now at the next crucial juncture in its history, a $12 million endowment cam- Back from Adversity 14 paign that can make it financially sustain- Daulton Jefferies has experienced quite an able in perpetuity. odyssey on his way to becoming Cal’s Friday night starter, one that was nearly derailed A Call Out of the Blue 28 by an accident on the baseball field more Dora Antal was at a training camp with the than a decade ago. But through his deter- Hungarian National Team in 2012 when mined effort, he has not let the setback get she saw a missed call from Berkeley on her in the way of his becoming a successful stu- phone. She was so excited that she natural- dent-athlete at the University of California. ly decided not to call back. Why was that? She was just a little flustered because, after Meaningful Impact 18 getting offers from other top American uni- Tour Cal’s athletics facilities and it won’t versities, the one that would fulfill a dream take long to realize that the Golden Bear had finally called. programs have realized an important part of their mission as intercollegiate sports. A Tale of Two Jontes 30 Whether it be lacrosse and softball’s work When track & field team captain Jonte with the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation or Grant stepped on the Cal campus, he was the men’s and women’s swimming & div- like many other freshmen – young, eager to ing teams’ partnership with Team IMPACT, learn and compete, but also a bit immature. Cal student-athletes are endeavoring on His journey from fresh-faced newcomer to projects bigger than themselves and their the leader he now is didn’t come easy. Us- sport. ing himself as an example, Grant’s personal growth story is something that he hopes DEPARTMENTS can help his younger teammates. Letter from the Director of Athletics...... 2 Athletic Development...... 22 Sideline Report...... 4 Academic Achievement...... 34 Where Are They Now?...... 16 Home Events Calendar...... 36

SPRING 2015 1 LETTERfrom Director of Athletics Mike Williams SPORTS QUARTERLY Dear Friend of Cal Athletics: ISSUE 51 – SPRING 2015 s we near the end of our spring semester, the time is here to congratulate our student-athletes who are scheduled to graduate in May. It is also time for us to celebrate ATHLETI C ADMINISTRATION the incredible postseason success of our winter sports teams and the direction our DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: A Mike Williams spring teams are heading. We are extremely proud of our student-athletes competitive and academic achievement as well as the outstanding work they continue to do in the community DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS/COO: throughout the year. Solly Fulp SENIOR ASSOCIATE AD/ Success was the order of the day for a number of our pro- INTERCOLLEGIATE SERVICES: grams. Under the guidance of head coach Teri McKeever, our Foti Mellis women’s swimming & diving team won another national cham- SENIOR ASSOCIATE AD/CFO: pionship (fourth in the last seven years) and Pac-12 title, and David Secor featured a host of All-Americans and individual conference and ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS: Ryan Cobb, Jay John, Wes Mallette, Chris national champions. Teri was named National Coach of the Year Pezman, Ashwin Puri, Jenny Simon-O’Neill and Missy Franklin took home National Swimmer of the Yearhon- ors along with capturing the Honda Sports Award for swimming & EDITORIAL STAFF 349 Haas Pavilion diving. On the men’s side, head coach David Durden led our men’s Berkeley, CA 94720 swimming & diving team to a second-place finish at the NCAA EDITOR: Championships and sophomore Ryan Murphy took home Pac-12 Herb Benenson and NCAA Swimmer of the Year honors. Excelling both in the class- CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: room and in the pool, we are extremely proud of both squads. Scott Ball, Dean Caparaz, Doug Drabik, Miquel Jacobs, Anton Malko, Wes Mallette, Our women’s basketball team made it to the round of 32 in the NCAA women’s tournament, Kyle McRae, Tim Miguel, Jonathan Okanes, Brittany Boyd and Reshanda Gray earned All-American honors, and Reshanda took home the Mara Rudolph, Jordan Stepp Pac-12 Player of the Year award. Women’s gymnastics had a great season, too. The team DESIGN: hosted NCAA regionals, and we all enjoyed watching a rising star shine as sensation Toni-Ann Evan Kerr Williams earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Year accolades. In addition, our men’s gymnastics PHOTOGRAPHY: John Todd (GoldenBearSports.com), Michael program had another strong year with a fifth-place showing at the NCAA meet in April. Pimentel, Michael Burns, Richard Ersted, Moving into the spring, our women’s tennis, men’s and women’s crew, and women’s water Nathan Phillips, Haley Archambault, Tim Binning, Don Feria, Norbert von der Groeben, polo teams have all earned top five rankings nationally. Our baseball and softball programs Evan Kerr, Skip Stubbs, Casey Valentine have been outstanding on the diamond, as well, and continue to stack up weekly individual among others conference and national honors for their performances. ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE On the recruiting trail, our men’s basketball team signed a couple of highly coveted 195 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 94720 national prospects, including Ivan Rabb (ranked as high as the number six overall recruit (510) 642-2427 in the country) from Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland. Our football program had a [email protected] great spring practice and also pulled together a strong recruiting class that features three ATHLETIC TICKET OFFICE high school All-Americans and nine four-star student-athletes among the 24 student-athletes (800) GO BEARS announced on National Signing Day back in February. For daily updates on Cal Athletics, including schedules, press releases and player profiles, Sadly, on March 29, we lost an incredibly talented and respect- visit the department’s official website at ed young man with the tragic passing of 19 year-old Eloi Vasquez. CalBears.com. Eloi was a beloved member of our men’s soccer program and will ON THE COVER always hold a special place in our hearts. You should know the Student-athletes Madison Kerst (men’s crew) tremendous outpouring of support from around the country and and Cindy Tran (women’s swimming) are also from our Cal Family meant the world to his family. serving as resident assistants this semester. Photo by John Todd. As always, thank you for your support. It empowers and en- ables us to strive for what is expected of us at the nation’s top public university, and we are excited about the continued prog- ress we are making and the direction we are headed. Thank you, Cal Family. General Manager: Mike Kohler Go Bears! (510) 643-4825 [email protected]

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Junior Rachel Bootsma (above) celebrates winning the 100-yard BIG SPLASH: backstroke, while Cal’s 200 free QUARTERLY Bears Capture 4th NCAA relay (right) is all smiles after taking first place in its race. Title in Last 7 Years

SPORTS Together, they helped the Bears ed by sophomore Missy Franklin, who to their fourth NCAA Women’s claimed three individual events and Swimming & Diving championship Lplayed a role on a pair of victorious rein March. lays, the Cal women’s swimming & diving team powered to its fourth NCAA championship since 2009 with a convincing win March 19-21 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Named the NCAA Swimmer of the Year, Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year and Honda Ryan Murphy Named NCAA and Award winner for swimming after her perfor- Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year mance, Franklin took home first-place honors in the 200-yard individual medley, the hile helping the Cal men’s swimming & diving team 200-yard freestyle and the 200-yard back- to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships stroke. In the 200 free, she rocketed off WMarch 26-28 in Iowa City, Iowa, Ryan Murphy was the blocks and touched the wall in 1:39.10 tabbed the the NCAA and Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year after to lower her own American record in the winning both the 100- and 200-yard backstroke for the sec- event by more than a second. ond year in a row. In addition, junior Rachel Bootsma Murphy’s time of 1:36.77 in the 200-yard backstroke claimed her second NCAA title in the 100 lowered the American record of 1:36.81 set by multi-time back in 50.03 (she also won in 2013 as a Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte more than seven years ago. freshman) – a personal best that made her As a team, the Bears also won the No. 3 performer in history in the event. the 200 medley relay. In the 400 The Bears’ three relay crowns came in medley relay, Cal was narrowly out- the 200 medley relay, 200 free relay and touched by Texas, which won the 800 free relay with Franklin on the latter national title, 3:01.23 to 3:01.60, two. All told, Cal’s seven event victories yet the Bears set an American re- matched the school record set in 2009 and cord (Texas had a foreign swim- the Bears’ 513 points at the meet were mer in its lineup) and Murphy nearly 100 more than they had ever scored established a new NCAA record previously. with his lead-off backstroke time Cal earned its first NCAA championship of 44.17. in 2009 and won again in 2011 and ’12. Since 2010, Cal has ei- Along with third-place finishes in 2010 and ther placed first or second ’14, plus a runner-up showing in 2013, the at the NCAA meet, winning Bears, under head coach Teri McKeever – NCAA crowns in 2011, named the 2015 NCAA and Pac-12 Coach 2012 and 2014 under of the Year – are now the only program in head coach David Durden. the country to have ranked among the top three at the NCAA meet in each of the last seven years.

4 CAL SPORTS QUARTERLY Gray, Boyd Earn National and Conference Honors he women’s basketball tandem known as Cornflakes BRITTANY RESHANDA and Milk, Reshanda Gray and Brittany Boyd filled up BOYD GRAY Ttheir bowl with a slew of awards at the end of their senior seasons this year. Gray was voted the Pac-12 Player of the Year and Boyd was chosen a WBCA All-American – a first in the history of the Cal program. Both were also selected to the Asso- ciated Press All-America team, with Boyd on the second team and Gray on the third team. Gray joins Devanei Hampton (2006-07) as the only two Cal players to earn the conference Player of the Year honor. For the season, Gray contributed 17.4 ppg and 7.1 rpg while shooting 56.8 percent from the floor. In addition, Boyd claimed spots on both the All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Defensive teams, becoming the fourth Bear ever chosen All-Pac-12 three different times. Boyd averaged 13.4 ppg and 7.7 rpg and led the squad with 226 assists and 97 steals for the season. Cal finished the year 24-10 after hosting the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament in Haas Pavilion – the first time the Bears have played in NCAA games on their home court since 1992. As a No. 4 seed, Cal upended Wichita State, 78-66, before falling to Texas, 73-70.

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SPRING 2015 5 A Perfect 10: Toni-Ann Williams Is Pac-12 Freshman of the Year oni-Ann Williams, who has already rewritten T the program record book on vault, floor and all-around, has been voted the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. Williams is the leading freshman all-around gymnast in the NCAA this year, holding the highest all-around ranking for any newcomer. Her career-best 39.700 all-around score not only set a Cal record but is the highest individual all-around score in the country by a freshman and the highest all-around score recorded in the Pac-12 this season. In addition to the all-around, Williams set school marks on vault (10.0) and floor (9.975). On April 4, Cal hosted NCAA regionals at Haas Pavilion, and Williams took full advantage of competing on her home floor. Not only did she win the vault competition to qualify as an individual for the NCAA Championships, but she was named the West Region Gymnast of the Year. In addition, Justin Howell repeated as the regional Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season; associate head coach Elisabeth Cran- dall-Howell was named Assistant Coach of the Year; and associate athletic director Ryan Cobb claimed his second straight Administrator of the Year honor.

Soccer’s Eloi Vasquez Passes Away Tragically in Los Angeles he Cal family suffered a heartbreaking loss the final weekend of spring break when soccer freshman Eloi Vasquez passed Tduring a trip to Los Angeles. A midfielder from San Rafael, Eloi played in 12 games for the Bears last season and contributed to a team that reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. “We are absolutely devastated at this tragic news,” Director of Athletics Mike Williams said. “Eloi was a wonderful young man who excelled both athletically and academically and came to Cal with a passion for learning. This is a tremendous loss for our men’s soccer program, our athletic department and our whole university community. Our thoughts and prayers are with Eloi’s family, friends, teammates and coaches during this difficult time.” Vasquez, who was hit by a car while on spring break in Los Angeles, was honored with a touching celebration of his life in Berkeley April 7. “His impact was huge, certainly on me,” men’s soccer head coach Kevin Grimes said. “I really loved Eloi. Our teammates did, too. I think we’re grieving pretty hard right now. We’re in deep shock.” Added senior Alex Mangels: “Eloi had a way of making you laugh. He brought energy to the room every time he was with us. We all saw how much he loved his family and how much he put into the game. He loved soccer and it was his passion.”

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Life as a student-athlete is both rewarding and time demanding. The same can be said of being a resident assistant in the dorms on campus. Combine the two, and the prospects could seem quite daunting. Yet that’s exactly what a pair of Golden Bear student-athletes has done. Madison Kerst, a sophomore coxswain on the men’s rowing team, and Cindy Tran, a fifth-year student and former national champion swimmer, are tackling the challenges of leading in the residence halls, giving them a rare blend of combining what they have learned in the athletic arena with intimate and daily interaction with members of the student body outside of their student-athlete circle.

Cindy Tran

LEADERS IN THE DORMS CINDY TRAN AND MADISON KERST BRING STUDENT-ATHLETE EXPERIENCE INTO BY HERB BENENSON ROLES AS RESIDENT ASSISTANTS

While both aspects of their lives certainly Although Tran has left the pool after four hours per week with required nights, week- present their own sets of challenges and years swimming for coach Teri McKeever ends and holidays. RAs are also responsi- benefits, both Kerst and Tran say that they and is finishing her degree in sociology this ble for community development, program- can apply what they have acquired in athlet- May, the parallels still exist. ming and administration of the dorms. In ics to their residents, and vice versa. “From what I’ve experienced, I have to many ways, the policies parallel those for “I came in thinking I was this awesome speak through a more counseling and men- student-athletes. communicator because I’m a coxswain and toring voice,” Tran said. “It’s very different In order to meet those obligations, Kerst, communication, by nature, is what I do,” from what I learned as a swimmer where I who is in her second semester as an RA at Kerst said. “My communication style has had to be a strong figure. I’ve learned that Stern Hall, has worked out an arrangement changed so much since I became an RA. I’m not as empathetic as I thought I was. with her coaches that allows her to skip I’m so fortunate to learn new communica- There’s a different tone that I have to use.” practice occasionally when she has night tion techniques and how to talk to different Communicating effectively with a wide ar- duty, which lasts from 5 p.m. until 8 a.m. people in different ways. It’s not about what ray of residents who have their own values, and causes her to miss the early 6 a.m. you’re saying; it’s about what they hear. I’ve interests and backgrounds is only one as- workouts. been able to take that and apply it back pect of the position. The basic job descrip- “Every single day is a challenge,” Kerst to my career as a coxswain. It’s been a tion for RAs contains two, single-spaced said. “Luckily, I have a lot of support from best-of-both-worlds situation. Coming in pages of rules, expectations and essential both sides – my coaches and my supervi- with skills, having them develop in a new functions. It includes everything from main- sor. If I’m on duty on a Thursday night, I way, and then redeveloping, it’s just been a taining a minimum GPA and fulltime aca- won’t be able to attend practice the next positive loop.” demic status to a commitment of nearly 20 day. That’s just something I have to deal

8 CAL SPORTS QUARTERLY ““IT FITS SO WELL WITH WHO I KNEW MYSELF TO BE. I LOVE WORK- ING WITH PEOPLE AND LOVE THE IDEA OF BEING LIKE A FLOOR MOM AND RESOURCE AND HAVING THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN GROW AND BLOSSOM. ”” – MADISON KERST

“I definitely took all this for granted when I was a resident,” Tran said. “But it’s definitely cool to be on the other side. This is a great new hobby to pick up now that I am a retired athlete. I needed to put my time and energy somewhere else productive.” Kerst similarly helps develop activities that focus on such subjects as body image and fitness. Given she works with about 50 residents at an all-female dorm, she coor- dinated a Women Empowerment Month in October with seminars on healthy foods and yoga, as well as a night to polish nails and make homemade facials. “It was such an impactful program, and I think it helped this community of women feel good about themselves in a new envi- ronment,” Kerst said. “It was really important to my coworkers and me that we instill positivity in these women so they can feel good at Cal and be our best selves and go do great things. I feel like our program really helped achieve that.” Madison Kerst As an added benefit, Kerst and Tran said they are finding ways to break down stereotypes, about RAs and student-athletes. RAs with and step up my game on the days devoted to training and competition, she aren’t simply strict supervisors out to get when I am at practice. My dad always told felt that her final year at Cal was missing residents in trouble and student-athletes me that when you go to practice, you leave something. clearly do exhibit deep interest in their aca- everything else at the door. That’s some- Tran applied to be an RA last summer, demics and school life. thing that’s been in my mind since I start- but wasn’t accepted into the program. Then “The residents who are not athletes are ed rowing eight years ago and especially just before the start of the spring term an very interested in the athletic life,” Tran through this year. When I’m at rowing, it’s opening at Clark Kerr arose, and she was said. “They ask a lot of questions. What all about rowing.” given 48 hours to decide whether to accept was swimming like? What are these teams Kerst had interest in becoming an RA be- the position. It’s a choice she readily ac- like? What is your schedule like? They’re fore she enrolled at Cal from high school cepted, even if it means she will be in the very receptive and are interested in going in Long Beach, seeing it as an opportunity role for only a few months. to games and meets.” to impact others and give them more in- “I hadn’t really expanded myself on cam- Added Kerst: “I tell them about my team- sight into what it means to be a student in pus,” Tran said. “I also wanted to meet mates. I tell my teammates about my resi- Berkeley. new friends and step outside of my com- dents. I think the first step is raising aware- “It fits so well with who I knew myself fort zone.” ness on both sides about breaking those to be,” said Kerst, who has already been In addition to monitoring the residents stereotypes and then try to create more accepted as an RA into her same building to help ensure they abide by school guide- of a culture of understanding among both again for next year. “I love working with peo- lines, Kerst and Tran spend much of their groups. I’m encouraging a student-athlete ple and love the idea of being like a floor time creating regular programming where mindset. I do a lot of goal-oriented pro- mom and resource and having the chance they can often utilize skills learned from grams. We talk about being healthy. It’s a to work with people who can grow and blos- their sports. lot of the same stuff I’ve experienced in som.” For example, Tran worked with fellow staff my student-athlete life. They’re getting a While Kerst has a packed schedule with at Clark Kerr earlier this spring on a SKILLZ taste of that without necessarily being stu- school, rowing and RA duties, much of presentation, organizing a weeklong series dent-athletes.” Tran’s motivation to becoming an RA was to of events that incorporated CPR training, After all, these are all Cal students, and, fill the void left after the end of her swim- nutrition management, financial planning as Kerst and Tran have found, they have a ming career last spring. Without the hours and social skills. lot in common. SPRING 2015 9 CAREER CHANGE on

Chance880 Encounter with a Former Teammate Leads Al Acosta Back into Rowing

By Doug Drabik

It’s not very often an afternoon drive on Interstate 880 in Oakland involves a conversation with the driver in the lane next to you that transforms your career. For Cal women’s crew coach Al Acosta, that encounter opened the door to what has blossomed into more than a decade of success as a mentor in the sport he has such great passion for. Acosta earned his degree in fine arts from the University of California in 1993, where he also rowed for the prestigious Cal men’s crew program. The fall after graduation, Acosta secured a job as a middle school teacher in the Alameda school district. While driving home from work one day, a former teammate of his at Cal, Ted Hatch, spotted him riding along the freeway. Both were driving convertibles at the time, and Hatch shouted over to his former teammate. They carried a conversation briefly, before deciding to pull off the freeway where they would continue to catch up. It was that moment that Hatch presented Acosta with a career-changing opportunity. He wanted Acosta to join him as a coach with the junior rowing program he was developing, the Oakland Strokes. Acosta took his former teammate up on the offer and volunteered with the program. Acosta, who enjoys a great passion for rowing, felt at ease with his new role almost immediately. He spent eight years with the Oakland Strokes, serving as the boys’ coach for the final five seasons when he captured California state titles in 1998 and 1999 and coached boats that finished among the top three in the nation for three-straight years. “There was a big difference for my role as a teacher and as a coach,” Acosta said. “In middle school during the day, I felt about 10 percent of the people wanted to be there and 90 percent didn’t. In rowing in the afternoon, I felt 90 percent wanted to be there. It is easy to work with individuals when they have a desire to learn. I was fortunate enough to get good experience and have success very early in my career.” After nearly a decade of success with the Oakland Strokes, Acosta left for Stanford to start the Cardinal lightweight rowing program.

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“When you row for Cal, it means a lot of things. You are serious about your academics and your competition. It is going to challenge you in a lot of different ways. There are a lot of people that came before you and have had great success here. This team has been on a podium a lot. That is the standard here at Cal. We want to maintain that standard and keep this legacy rolling.” – head coach Al Acosta

“They hired me three weeks before school to hear that the team is focused on two where he enrolled at his hometown school started and we had our first boat delivered a things: maintaining a strong team culture in Berkeley, joining the men’s crew program. month into school,” Acosta explained. “We and winning the national championship.” “I remember taking my first midterm at relied on the tremendous support of both Acosta acknowledged a lot has changed Cal and being really scared,” Acosta said. the men’s and women’s crew programs, who since his days as a rower at Cal, but the one “I wasn’t sure if I could make it here aca- let us borrow their boats in the meantime. thing that hasn’t changed is the passion for demically. When I got back that first mid- Everyone there was dedicated to helping us rowing the student-athletes possess. term, I didn’t open it until I got a half-mile get started on solid footing.” “I love this university,” Acosta said. “It away from Dwinelle Hall. I got a B or a B+, Acosta, who began with a roster of walk- feels really nice to be back working with which was a big sigh of relief. I am going to ons at Stanford, developed the program the student-athletes. The student-athlete’s make it here.” into a perennial contender for the nation- passion of what they are doing on the water Not only did he make it at Cal, he gradu- al crown. He served as the head coach and in the classroom remind me a lot of ated Phi Beta Kappa and was a rower under at Stanford for 13 seasons. The Cardinal why I loved this place when I was a stu- head coach Mark Zembsch. What Acosta lightweight program captured four straight dent-athlete here.” remembers most from his days as a stu- International Rowing Association national Acosta began his collegiate career at dent-athlete with the Golden Bears is the titles from 2010-13 and finished in the top Santa Barbara City College where he first camaraderie with his teammates. three in the nation each of his last seven was introduced to the sport of rowing. “It is the people more so than the races,” seasons with the team. Acosta was hon- “My next door neighbor in the dorm we Acosta said. “We rowed miles and miles on ored as the National Lightweight Coach were in rowed and recruited me and my the Oakland Estuary with a great group of of the Year five times during his tenure at roommate to join the club team they were people. A lot of those people I rowed with Stanford. forming on campus,” Acosta explained. here I remain close with today.” In August of 2014, Acosta came back “I liked a lot of things about the sport. I Now, Acosta is back in Berkeley in a home; the Berkeley native returned to the played a lot of different sports in high much different capacity. However, his pro- nation’s No. 1 public institution where he school, but there wasn’t a sport that was gram will reflect some of those same char- was introduced as Cal’s head women’s more geared towards getting the most out acteristics that made his experience as a crew coach. of athletes in a short amount of time than Golden Bear so special. “I understand the role that Cal women’s rowing. I learned how to work harder than I “When you row for Cal, it means a lot crew plays on campus and in the rowing have ever worked prior and was fitter than I of things,” the head coach said. “You are community, as well as the place it holds in have ever been.” serious about your academics and your the history of collegiate women’s rowing,” As for that roommate who helped recruit competition. It is going to challenge you in Acosta said when he was hired. “I’m hon- him to the sport … a lot of different ways. There are a lot of ored to be entrusted with carrying on the “My roommate lasted about two weeks people that came before you and have had legacy that Dave [O’Neill] built for 16 years. and I am still involved with the sport 30 great success here. This team has been on By far the highlight of the interview process years later,” Acosta joked. a podium a lot. That is the standard here at was meeting the team and the alums and After this brief time in Santa Barbara, Cal. We want to maintain that standard and hearing their concerns. It was inspiring Acosta came back to Northern California, keep this legacy rolling.” SPRING 2015 13 BACK FROM ADVERSITY Daulton Jeffries Doesn’t Let Childhood Accident Slow His Baseball Pursuits

By Scott Ball

aulton Jefferies has experienced quite an odyssey on his way to be- he was ready to play again. Within a month, coming Cal’s Friday night starter, one that was nearly derailed by an Jefferies was cleared by his doctor and was out practicing baseball with his friends, and accident on the baseball field more than a decade ago. But through another month later was playing shortstop his determined effort, he has not let the setback get in the way of in a little league game. Dhis becoming a successful student-athlete at the University of California. Part of Jefferies’ passion for the game derives from the encouragement of his dad, Jeffries’ story begins when he was an Major League pitcher with the Washington John, and the influence of his older brother, enthusiastic seven-year-old bat boy, who Nationals) putting his jacket over me and Jake, a talented catcher who would go on had started the day enjoying an ice cream I heard the ambulance. I told my mother, to be the first pick of the third round of the sandwich, and was excited to help out the Lisa, I was fine; then I passed out.” 2008 Major League Draft by the Tampa Bay summer team of his older brother, Jake. Jefferies was not fine. The blow to his Rays. Jake ended up playing Triple A ball The date was July 1, 2003 – a day Jeffries head could have left him blind or even for both the Rays and Miami Marlins before will never forget. worse, been fatal. As a matter of super- retiring in 2012. “It was during a pitching change in the stition, Jefferies has not had an ice cream Daulton Jefferies continued to refine his middle of the game, and batters were sandwich since. game growing up and became an outstand- warming up on deck,” Jefferies explained. “I had plastic surgery on my nose,” Jef- ing left-handed hitting, right-handed throw- “I heard someone yell, ‘Daulton.’” feries said. “The doctor said my nose was ing shortstop/pitcher in high school. He Jefferies had gotten too close and was like a smashed potato chip. I ended up hav- earned the 2013 Central California Confer- struck in the face with a bat. ing two surgeries on my face and was in ence Player of the Year honor and was twice “The sound of the bat hitting my face was the hospital for nine days. For three days I league MVP at Buhach Colony High School like someone hitting a metal pole,” Jeffries couldn’t open my eyes. I remember a lot of in Atwater, California. He received several said. “It didn’t hurt; there was just a lot of people holding my hand.” scholarship offers as a high school junior ringing in my ears. Then everything went Surprisingly, the accident on the baseball and initially verbally committed to Stanford. black. I remember the grass hurting my field did not diminish Jefferies’ love for the “I was supposed to go to Stanford,” said face. I also remember Doug Fister (now a game. Soon after he got out of the hospital, Jefferies. “I had committed to them the 14 CAL SPORTS QUARTERLY summer of my junior year, but later coach (Mark) Marquess called and said it wasn’t going to work out. Yet, it was a blessing in disguise because I truly love it at Cal.” One of Jefferies’ strengths throughout his career has been his focus on funda- mentals and his mental toughness, maybe as a result of almost having the game taken away from him. Jefferies’ focus and drive have definitely paid off. His talent, competitiveness and composure so impressed the Cal coaches, he was tabbed to start the 2014 opening game against Texas – believed to be the first time a freshman pitcher had ever started an opening day for the Bears in his first collegiate outing. “Daulton is a great motivator The opening-game results were spectac- for us without necessarily being ular as Jefferies shut out the powerhouse Longhorns, 2-0, at Evans Diamond, throw- a vocal type. I think his team- ing six innings with six hits, only one walk mates respect and admire his and four strikeouts – earning Pac-12 Player of the Week honors. He followed that per- work ethic, focus and desire to formance with a 3-0 shutout of East Ten- be the best.” nessee State in Auburn, Alabama, with a seven-inning, eight-strikeout game. – pitching coach Mike Neu “Starting my first collegiate game against Texas was scary,” said Jefferies. “My mom’s whole family is from Texas, and we were big UT fans growing up. I was really anxious. It was surreal seeing my dream team, Texas, coming into Evans Diamond. I had called Doug Fister that morning for advice. He just said, ‘take a deep breath and don’t look up. Maintain focus.’ “After the game, I realized it was just one day, enjoy it, but I knew I had to get ready for the next start,” Jeffries continued. “I was really honored that David (Esquer) and Mike (Neu) had trust in me and fortunately I was able to take advantage of it. But I told the coaches, and myself, I will not ever get comfortable being the Friday starter. I will always have a chip on my shoulder.” “Daulton really prepares the right way and always gives us a chance to win against any great pitcher we might face on Daulton Jeffries, seen above during his Little League days and with his father, John, and brother, Jake, Friday night,” pitching coach Mike Neu said. has earned the role of Friday night starter for the Bears. “He is extremely competitive and takes the game very seriously, treating it like a Baseball is clearly important to Jefferies, being a student-athlete … we are students professional.” but he also takes his academics at Cal just first and then athletes. Sometimes I get in Even with great preparation, things don’t as seriously. He is planning on majoring in trouble because I don’t like to ask for help. always go as planned in athletics. Despite sociology, but also has interest in subject Often times at Cal, you are going to need the great start in 2014, Jefferies dropped matters that can help his performance on help because it is so demanding, but there his next eight decisions as a freshman the field – kinesiology (body mechanics), are a lot of resources for us.” with several close calls, including a 2-1 nutrition, molecular biology (learning about “Daulton is a great motivator for us with- complete-game loss at USC. Undeterred, illnesses and recovery) and psychology (the out necessarily being a vocal type,” Neu the Cal ace redoubled his efforts during mental side of baseball – how people react to said. “I think his teammates respect and the offseason and has been impressive adversity, how people prepare for the game). admire his work ethic, focus and desire to this year, breaking his losing streak with a “School has always been a top priority for be the best. He has helped establish a great career-high 10 strikeouts in a 6-1 win over me,” said Jefferies, who would love to be a culture within our pitching staff and team. 2014 College World Series participant UC baseball coach after his playing career is With what he has been through, he is defi- Irvine Feb. 20. over. “I love school. That is why it is called nitely an inspiration to our program.” SPRING 2015 15 WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Traveling Down The Same Path Cousins and Former Cal Lacrosse Players Molly Brady and Kirsten Jensen Bond in the Medical Field By Tim Miguel

The two have developed a close relationship, particularly giving each other someone to talk to about the demands and stresses of their careers. Jensen added how happy she is that Brady is in California or they’d hardly be able to see each other. “I’m so happy she came to Cal and became a doctor,” Jensen said. “It’s great to have so much in common with my little cousin. I’ve always considered her almost like a sister because we have so much in common. We don’t get to see each other as much as I would like to, but we do have a special bond.” Jill Malko, Cal’s former lacrosse head coach, has fond memories of coaching Jen- sen and Brady, watching them excel on the field and in the classroom. “I never had two more gifted, competitive and hard-working student-athletes on the team,” Malko said. “They also brought those same attributes to the classroom. Maybe the next generation of that family will come to Cal to play lacrosse.” Brady and Jensen both won the Neufeld Scholar-Athlete Award for having the highest GPA among Cal’s graduating female stu- irsten Jensen and Molly Brady are lit- dent-athletes, and they were each awarded From Cal lacrosse to careers in medicine, cousins Kirsten Jensen erally and figuratively close to each Oscar Geballe Postgraduate Scholarships (left) and Molly Brady (right) share Kother after graduating from Cal over a to help get their careers started on the a lot in common. decade ago. right foot. Having both attended and played la- Given how busy their lives have become crosse for the Golden Bears – Jensen ’00 with the dedication they show for their ca- and Brady ’05 – the pair (and cousins) pur- reers, Brady and Jensen said they owe a sued careers in the medical field with both lot of gratitude towards being a student-ath- landing in the Los Angeles area. Brady is in lete at Cal. It not only helped them achieve residency at the Los Angeles County Hospi- their goals, but it also taught them time tal in emergency medicine, while Jensen is management and leadership skills, as well. an MD for obstetrics and gynecology at the “I feel like my experience at Cal led me to UCLA Medical Center. think that I can do anything or conquer any “Kirsten has helped me more than I have obstacle,” Brady said. “I did well academi- helped her,” Brady said. “She is five years cally and with lacrosse, and I met amazing older than me, so she was always around people both on and off the field. I learned to give me advice about anything, and she to be very independent while at Cal, and really helped me when I was applying to that hard work gets results. Since gradu- residency. I also have to say that I didn’t ation I have embarked on various journeys intentionally follow in her footsteps, but and endeavors that I wasn’t sure I would she made Cal, lacrosse, our sorority and succeed at.” eventually medicine seem so great. It was Jensen admitted that Brady is the better because I visited her at Cal in my junior year lacrosse player. But when it comes to the of high school that I learned how amazing medical field, their patients can’t go wrong Cal is. I have to thank her for a lot.” with either one. 16 CAL SPORTS QUARTERLY Bear fans! Buy a Express Hand Wax $69.95 Get a complimentary e Works Wash Ticket worth $ 29.95 2176 Kittredge St. Berkeley, CA 94704 Open Daily from 8 am to 7 pm MEANINGFUL IMPACT Golden Bears Fulfilling a Responsibility to Give Back to the Community By Jonathan Okanes

our Cal’s athletics facilities and it with the foundation as an assistant coach The team gave Jett the choice of taking won’tT take long to realize that the Golden at Stanford and knew it was something the mural home or hanging it in the team’s Bear programs around campus have she wanted her program to be affiliated locker room, and she chose to have it stay realized an important part of their mission with right away. with the Bears. It’s now hanging next to the as intercollegiate sports. “I feel very strongly that we have a huge team’s goals for the season. Whether it be lacrosse and softball’s responsibility as college students and col- Jett is now treated as a teammate. She work with the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation lege athletes to give back to the communi- has a jersey with her name on it and has or the men’s and women’s swimming & div- ty – to relate and connect with people you spent time hanging out with the team at ing teams’ partnership with Team IMPACT, would never have the opportunity to do so practice. Cal student-athletes from every corner of otherwise,” Eubanks said. “I think it’s our At that first practice, the team reenact- campus are endeavoring on projects bigger responsibility to represent ourselves and ed its pregame routine of forming a tunnel than themselves and their sport. everything that we do every day.” with their lacrosse sticks, and had Jett run “I am extremely proud of the work our Friends of Jaclyn pairs up children fight- through it. student-athletes are doing in the commu- ing pediatric brain tumors with college “The first time we met her, it was a very nity,” Director of Athletics Mike Williams sports teams, and was able to immediately life-changing experience,” Cal attacker said. “Our student-athletes recognize the match Cal’s lacrosse program with a 5-year- Brynn Gasparino said. “Working with Jett position they are in as role models. We old girl named Jett. On the day Jett met has meant a lot to my team and maybe are quite fortunate to have such an incred- the team, Eubanks had her players arrive even more than it’s meant to Jett. Being ible group here that truly understands the 90 minutes before their scheduled prac- given the opportunity to play lacrosse at importance of making a difference in the tice and welcomed them in a conference Cal, I feel like there are so many different lives of others, especially those faced with room that included a mural the team made ways we can contribute to the community. difficult and sometimes life-threatening cir- with all of their handprints and names on Working with Jett is one of the small things cumstances.” it. They asked Jett and her parents to add that we should do and we are doing.” When Brooke Eubanks was hired as the theirs as well. Jett joined the Bears in their practice Bears’ new head lacrosse coach last sum- Eubanks then had her players push all drills on that first day. Gasparino gave Jett mer, one of her biggest immediate priori- the chairs in the room to the sides and had her jersey to wear after she said her favor- ties was to contact the Friends of Jaclyn everyone sit in a circle while she read “The ite number was 5. Foundation, a non-profit that seeks to aid Little Engine That could.” “They call her their little sister, and she the quality of life of children battling pe- “It was a day I wanted to make sure ev- thinks of them as 33 big sisters,” said diatric brain tumors. Eubanks had worked eryone remembered,” Eubanks said. Jett’s mom, Christina Saint-Laurent. “The 18 CAL SPORTS QUARTERLY “It’s nice to represent the university and to give back in that way, but it feels like a privilege more than an obligation,” Cal Team Captain Mary Lee

Cal’s athletics programs are partnering with non-profits to make an impact on the lives of children in need. way each and every one of them has ex- when she walks in the game. We hang on gave Jack and his parents a tour of Spieker tended themselves – they are all incredibly to every word she says.” Aquatics Complex, met with coaches Teri warm and enthusiastic. They seem so gen- Down on the southwest corner of cam- McKeever and Dave Durden and took a trip uinely involved in what they are doing.” pus, Cal’s men’s and women’s swimming & up to the top of the Campanile. That’s when Up the hill from Memorial Stadium, the diving programs have partnered with Team Jack “committed” to be a Bear. Cal softball team has had an ongoing re- IMPACT, which similarly finds college sports When they returned to Spieker to have lationship with Bebe, another young girl teams to pair with children facing life-threat- Jack sign his letter, the entire team was on with a pediatric brain tumor. Bebe has ening or chronic illnesses. The Bears’ new- hand cheering. been around the program since 2010 and est teammate is 13-year old Jack Zembsch, “Jack has been so totally energized by has developed a strong relationship with who has a rare form of dwarfism. this,” said Jack’s father, Mark Zembsch. Cal’s student-athletes. She delivers pep Team IMPACT’s program has children “The team’s genuineness really comes talks to the team, stays with them in the get “drafted” by a team. The Bears hosted through. The athletes involved just seem dugout, has her own locker and signs au- Jack on a pseudo-recruiting visit and held a really into it. They are patient answering tographs after games right alongside the special ceremony as he signed his honor- his questions and get excited when he gets players. ary National Letter of Intent. Since, he has excited.” “She’s completely part of the team and been integrated with the team so much that The enthusiasm and sincerity among Cal like a little sister,” said Cal team captain he is introduced over the public address student-athletes when it comes to helping Mary Lee. “Her love for life really helps us system as one of the athletes, and found others is palpable, so much so that it’s keep things in perspective and always ener- himself directing the Cal Straw Hat band at hard to determine who is benefitting more gizes us when we know she’s at the game this season’s meet against Stanford. – the student-athletes or the subjects they or in the dugout. “When the band all went over to him are supposedly helping. Bebe and her family are now included in and that interaction happened, I know “I feel like it’s easy to give back when I’ve the team’s annual holiday party, and players I was a little teary-eyed,” said Cal junior gotten so much,” Naze said. “It’s so cool to will take her to the movies or go bowling. Kelly Naze, one of three Bears who make see someone and learn from them what it “It’s nice to represent the university and up the leadership board that works most is to be a teammate and what it is to be lift- to give back in that way, but it feels like closely with Team IMPACT. “That’s when ed by people. Our team has learned how to a privilege more than an obligation,” Lee I think we knew this is something bigger lift because Jack has lifted us. I don’t know said. ”Bebe kind of commands the field than ourselves.” if he realizes how much he’s impacted me. and has everyone’s attention, and abso- On his “recruiting visit,” Naze, sopho- I know I’m giving it back even if I feel that lutely has us wrapped around her finger more Celina Li and junior Nick Dillinger I’m getting it back more.” SPRING 2015 19 DEVELOPMENT Endowment Campaign Seeks to Fund Men’s Golf in Perpetuity by Anton Malko

he threat of sport cuts at Califor- nia in 2010-11, a time of economic Tcrisis for the nation, the state and the University, was a wakeup call to many members of the Golden Bears community. For those who supported men’s golf, however, it had a very familiar ring.

20 CAL SPORTS QUARTERLY Financial sustainability is a mantra the Award in ’09 was in large part recognition program has maintained since its reinstate- of his instrumental role in the rise of men’s ment in 1982 as an NCAA varsity sport golf. in Intercollegiate Athletics, coming three Brunk was on a golf course in 1978 when years after its cost-cutting relegation to he heard from a player’s mother that men’s club status. When the team returned to the golf had lost its IA status at the University. department in ’82, with no scholarships “‘Do you know that golf has been cancelled and an agreement to cover all its costs, it at Cal?’” Frank recalled her asking. “I said built itself slowly and steadily into a nation- no. She said, ‘Well, it has. What are you ally prominent program. It didn’t award its going to do about it?’” first scholarship until 1990. Brunk was not associated at the time

“Hundreds of student-athletes have been positively impacted because the Cal family reached out to support us. Today, we need everyone’s help once again.” – head coach Steve Desimone

Tremendous achievements, both on and with Cal golf; his brother, Don, played golf off the course, have now brought the pro- for the Bears, while Frank’s reputation was gram to the next crucial juncture in its his- wedded to Pappy Waldorf and the gridiron. tory, a $12 million endowment campaign But after he sat down to discuss the men’s that can make one of the department’s golf team with a former Cal basketball play- great success stories both academically er named Steve Desimone, Brunk joined and athletically financially sustainable in forces with the future head coach to devise perpetuity. a plan for men’s golf’s reinstatement and “We’re all proud of how far the program a successful future for the program on the has come,” said Ken Lloyd, president of the competitive, academic and financial fronts. Cal Golf Committee, “but the work is not Desimone said he and Brunk agreed on done.” two major tasks when their effort began: With a current balance of approximately “One, to build a financial model that start- $5 million, the campaign has already ed slowly but could work; and two, to build demonstrated through recent pledges from a competitive model that could also start 100 percent of the Cal Golf Committee that slowly and eventually build to a national the program will not rest until the endow- program.” ment reaches its goal. The Cal Golf Committee was established “It’s important for people to understand in 1980 and a fundraising tournament there’s more to do in the form of this cam- at Orinda Country Club, today the team’s paign,” said Frank Brunk, Chairman Emeri- home course, raised $5,000. Desimone tus of the Cal Golf Committee. said that after the initial effort showed A member of Pappy’s Boys who starred success could be possible, then-Vice Chan- as a fullback for the Bears from 1946 cellor for Business Administrative Services through ’49 and played in the 1949 and Bob Curley set forth his requirements for ’50 Rose Bowls, Brunk co-owns the record the team’s reinstatement. for longest kick return in Cal football his- “Bob had three conditions,” according to tory, a 102-yard touchdown return against Desimone. “One, that Cal golf be self-fund- USC in his final season. His 2009 induc- ed forever; two, that we not give scholar- tion into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame, how- ships unless we had an endowment of a ever, was not due solely to his success on minimum of $100,000; and three, and I the gridiron. Brunk’s Hall of Fame Service smile when I say this, Bob wanted a prom-

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KL California University Athletics Ad 6-26-14 v2 Continued from page 21 ise from me that I’d be here for at least four years. I said, ‘On behalf of the program, I absolutely accept all three conditions.’ Bob said, ‘I thought that you would. Something tells me you’re going to be here more than four years.’” Since that time, Cal men’s golf has earned 19 trips to the NCAA Regionals, 10 trips to the NCAA Championships and its national title in 2004. The success has been historic over the past five years, with Top: the 2004 NCAA Cham- two appearances in the national semifinals pions; left: the 2013 Pac-12 in five trips to the NCAA Championships; 30 Champions; below left: Max Homa, the 2013 NCAA and stroke-play victories, including a single-sea- Pac-12 individual medalist; son NCAA record 12 in 2012-13; and the below: (L-R) All-America first two NCAA Regional and Pac-12 titles in Scholars Michael Weaver, school history. Brandon Hagy and Joël Classroom success has also been re- Stalter. sounding, with the recent example of three Bears – Brandon Hagy, Joël Stalter and Michael Weaver – named Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars in two consecutive years by the Golf Coaches Association of America. All three gradu- ated the Haas School of Business and turned professional following their senior campaigns in 2013-14. The men’s golf team regularly achieves one of the highest average team GPAs among Cal’s 30 varsity sports. Unsurprisingly, the five National Letters of Intent signed by recruits in the fall of 2014 comprise what is expected to be one of the best groups of incoming freshmen in men’s collegiate golf next year. So far in 2014-15, two tournament victories in the autumn have been followed, at In addition to its home course of Orinda “We need to devote ourselves to this en- press time, by two more this spring. In Feb- Country Club, the program utilizes up to 15 dowment campaign. It’s critical to our long- ruary, James Hahn became the first former regional courses for its training. In 2007, term success,” said Lloyd, the committee Cal golfer to earn a PGA TOUR victory when it successfully opened a short-game facil- president who played on the team before his he won the Northern Trust Open. ity for the men’s and women’s programs 1974 graduation. “These are really quality The team’s trip to the NCAA Champion- at Oakland’s Metropolitan Golf Links that young men who deserve our support, and ships in the spring of 2014 was their fifth was privately funded, providing a platform with a community effort, we can get there. straight and marked the 10th anniversary for players to improve their pitching, putting Coach Desimone offered further per- of the team’s national title in 2004, when and aerial games while also opening the spective on the distance his program has the Bears came in as the only program in opportunity to the community for camps traveled, literally and figuratively, to drive the field that was less than fully funded by and clinics with the Bears. home the call to action for the Cal Men’s its athletic department. Given the success of the team and recent Golf Endowment Campaign. “It amazes me that the program has all-time highs in fundraising for the program, “If this program had not have been rein- become what it is,” Brunk remarked. “It’s the Cal Golf Committee believes now is the stated as an NCAA sport, if we had not had definitely a community effort, and it’s hap- time to secure the remaining $7 million the phenomenal support over the years, pened under Steve’s leadership.” for the endowment. The endowment drive think about all the lives that would have Now completing his 36th season at the is being spearheaded by Ted Helgans and been changed in unknown ways,” Desim- helm of the program, Desimone was a unan- Laura Hazlett, both members of the Cal Golf one said. “Hundreds of student-athletes imous choice for National Coach of the Year Committee who have already achieved early have been positively impacted because the in 2012-13, when the Bears finished the success toward the total goal of $12 million. Cal family reached out to support us. Today, year ranked No. 1 in every national poll after Looking forward, complacency may be we need everyone’s help once again.” a semifinal finish at the NCAA tournament. the biggest threat to the future of Cal men’s To learn more about how to support the He was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year in golf. The community, one could reason, may Cal Men’s Golf Endowment Campaign, con- both 2011-12 and 2012-13, and is a recent get so accustomed to the team’s success tact Brian Raney at [email protected] and inductee into the Halls of Fame for the Golf that it overlooks the importance of the cam- (510) 643-0888 and you, too, can be a part of Coaches Association of America and the paign for an endowment that will see the what Desimone called “an incredible success Northern California Golf Association. team safely into the future. story in the history of Cal Athletics.” SPRING 2015 23 Bear Sightings

Hellman Tennis Stadium Gala n January 24, 2015, the University celebrated Othe grand reopening of a renovated Hellman Tennis Complex as the Golden Bears men’s tennis team defeated Mississippi State, 4-2, to earn a spot in February’s ITA Nation- al Men’s Indoor Championships in Chicago. Men’s head coach Peter Wright was among the speakers, which also included lead donor and Cal tennis alumnus Kent Newmark – for whom (along with wife Pat) court one is named – and donor and Cal tennis alumna Stacy Savides Sullivan, for whom court four is named. Director of Athletics Mike Williams, Vice Chancellor John Wilton, women’s head coach Amanda Augustus, and student-athletes Chase Melton and Zsofi Susanyi also spoke to the assembled crowd. Features at Hellman now include the new seating, team locker rooms, public restrooms, a team room that can be used Above: Director of Athletics Mike Williams ‘82 with women’s for meetings and academic tennis head coach Amanda Augustus and men’s tennis head study, and new banners to a coach Peter Wright; below left: Stacey Savides Sullivan ‘85; legacy wall commemorating below: renovation project lead Kent Newmark ‘60. Cal’s conference, national and postgraduate on-court success. “I do really have to thank our development office for putting together a campaign that en- abled us to be successful,” Wright said, “because it’s such a challenge in this environ- ment to do what we managed to accomplish. Our development office did a phenomenal job.” Wright also acknowledged Wilton for his work with campus Real Estate Services and thanked Newmark and Savides Sullivan for their support of the Cal tennis programs.

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Bear Backer Luncheon he annual Bear Backer Luncheon was held Feb. 17 at the Claremont Hotel and Spa to Thonor Cal Athletics’ loyal donor community. Lou & Roger Dunn ’55 received the Cal Spirit Alumni Award outstanding spirit, and Kevin Chou ‘02 was Cub of the Year, an award presented to young alumnus or alumna for significant endeavors. Joanne and Mike Wood ’63 were named Bears of the Year for their outstanding contribu- tions to the continuing excellence of Cal Athlet- ics, and the Big C Society received the Golden Above: Joanne Sibug ‘00, Kabam; Vidya Bala ‘02, Kabam; Cub of the Year recipient Kevin Chou Bear of the Year honor for volunteer service. ‘02, Kabam; Justin Panarese, Cal Athletics; Holly Liu ‘03, Kabam; Steve Swasey, Kabam.

Far left: Solly Fulp, Cal Athletics; Cal Spirit Award recipients Lou ‘55 and Roger ‘55 Dunn; left: Sydney Gray, Cal track & field, Golden Bear of the Year Recipients Mike ‘63 and Joanne Wood; Scott Esparza, Cal track & field.

Far right: Betty Mayne and Coleen Ricksen ‘55; right: Brooke Eubanks, Cal lacrosse; Jack Clark ‘79, Cal rugby; Caroline Schle- gel, Cal lacrosse, and Gabby Christman, Cal lacrosse.

Far left: Burl Toler Jr. ‘78 with Danielle and Dale Power ’67, (JD) ‘70; left: Lara Vukasovic, Cal volleyball, and Chris Carpenter ’64, Big C Society; right: Cub of the Year recipient Kevin Chou ’02 and Stefan McClure, Cal football.

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By Jonathan Okanes

ora Antal was at a training Antal decided to wait 10 minutes and second in the conference in scoring. Her camp with the Hungarian then finally returned the call to Berkeley. 75 goals were the second-most ever by a Associate head coach Matt Flesher Cal freshman. DNational Team in 2012 answered and immediately offered her a Antal also assimilated seamlessly into when she saw a missed call from scholarship. the team dynamic. Her drive and focus Berkeley, California, on her phone. “We had a conversation but I don’t really made her an immediate role model for remember it because I was so excited,” teammates. She was so excited that she naturally Antal said. “After that, I called my dad back “She knows her goals and she wants decided not to call back. and we both started to cry.” to reach them,” said teammate and “I called my dad and told him my Antal knew all about Cal by researching roommate Anna Illes, who is also Antal’s phone showed somebody called me from American universities and talking with teammate in the Hungarian National Team Berkeley,” said Antal, a sophomore first- other Hungarian players and coaches that program. “She is really serious about her team All-American on the Cal women’s had come to the United States. She kept goals. And she’s always trying to help. Of water polo team. “He said, ‘Why don’t you hearing the same thing – that Cal would course, she was in the Olympic Games call them back?’” give her the best combination of athletics and World Championships. (Teammates) It wasn’t that Antal didn’t want to and academics. usually come to her.” call back. She was just a little flustered At age 21, Antal already has had an Antal’s determination was on full display because, after getting offers from a handful accomplished international playing career. during the Bronze Medal Game at the 2012 of other top American universities, the one In addition to her Olympic feats, she Summer Olympics. After Australian goalie that would fulfill a dream had finally phoned. helped Hungary capture the bronze medal Alicia McCormack stopped a potential Antal was considered one of the top at the 2013 World Championships and game-tying shot by the Hungarians with 10 young water polo players in the world the silver medal at the 2011 World Junior seconds left, it appeared the game was in hand and Australia began to celebrate. Antal, though, surprised McCormack by “Her work ethic and attitude out of the water are the same swimming under water, stealing the ball as her performance in sport. Dora’s Olympic demeanor is away and scoring the game-tying goal with one second remaining. the best. She’s a great young student-athlete.” “I realized we had 10 seconds to do – head coach Richard Corso something,” Antal said. “I just went under water and stole the ball from the goalie.” Antal speaks positively about her Olympic after graduating from high school in Eger, Championships. She’s also led Hungary to experience but it makes her want more. Hungary. She was the youngest player to multiple medals in European competitions. Hungary lost its semifinal game by one goal compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics, “Her work ethic and attitude out of the and eventually lost to Australia in overtime where she helped the Hungarians advance water are the same as her performance in in the bronze medal game. to the bronze medal game. sport,” Cal head coach Richard Corso said. “That was my first Olympic Games,” Before playing in London, she had “Dora’s Olympic demeanor is the best. Antal said. “It wasn’t that bad. Now I have received offers from other top U.S. She’s a great young student-athlete.” experience and I know what to do better. “ institutions. But she really wanted to go to Not surprisingly, Antal made an impact The expectations Antal puts on herself Cal. immediately in American pools. She was the are higher than anyone else could put “Berkeley is pretty famous in Europe,” 2014 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation on her. After the Bears lost to Stanford Antal said. Newcomer of the Year after finishing in the semifinals of last season’s NCAA

28 CAL SPORTS QUARTERLY All-American Dora Antal has made a seamless transition to collegiate water polo from her homeland in Hungary, thanks in part to having Hungarian teammate Anna Illes (center, right) along with her.

(Antal) and I were sitting on the bench saying, “What are they doing?” We didn’t understand. They helped us a lot with how we should think about practice. At first, we would complain about hard practices. Now, we are dancing and singing.” Illes also appears to be taken to American culture a bit quicker than Antal. While Antal laments the abundance of fast food, Illes has taken to hamburgers. But Illes said she has been able to lure Antal to join her for ice cream now and then – although mostly in the offseason. “She eats really healthy,” Illes said. “Watching her, she’s so serious. But sometimes she comes with me to get Ben & Jerry’s. She came more last semester than this semester because now it’s the season.” Championships, she was in tears because “They were fighting over popcorn for 20 Antal admits the initial transition to she felt she should have done more. This minutes,” Illes said. “She was in a funny life at Cal wasn’t always easy, especially coming from the team’s leading scorer and mood.” overcoming a language barrier while All-American. Both Antal and Illes say having each other studying at the top public university on While Antal displays intensity in the water, around helped them make the transition the planet. But with the help of Illes and she’s still able at times to let her hair down from their homeland to Berkeley. So has her new teammates, Antal has fallen in – as much as her iconic short hair will let the team. Illes said the Bears’ ability to love with Berkeley and can’t imagine being her. Once, Illes invited teammate Lolo Silver make practices fun is something different anywhere else. over to watch the movie “Ace Ventura – Pet than national team practices, and took “It’s always hard being far from your Detective” while Antal was studying. Antal some adjustment. family,” Antal said. “I had time to prepare and Silver ended up jokingly fighting over “We have really hard practices and they for it and already knew what I had to do. And popcorn while watching two versions of the are laughing,” Illes said. “We would go back I wasn’t alone here. I had my teammates movie – one in English and one in Hungarian. to the locker room and they were dancing. and coaches.”

SPRING 2015 29 A Tale of Two Jontes As Jumper Jonte Grant Matures, He Takes on More Responsibility By: Jordan Stepp

hen track & field team captain Jonte Grant stepped on “As I’ve gotten older and understood W that as a child, you don’t always see campus at the University of California, he was like many other fresh- the good things that your parents do for you and you end up taking a lot men – young, eager to learn and compete, but also a bit immature. for granted,” Grant continued. “I look back on it now, and my dad used to A jumper for the Golden was often an afterthought in the eyes of help me out with all of my projects and Bears, Grant entered the his father, a struggle that partly fueled stay up into the wee hours of the night program as a very confi- his independence at a young age. to help me study and spell. He always dent, though not widely “Because of the way I felt as a child cared about me, but for some reason heralded recruit. His jour- and how I felt because of those cir- I always felt like he wasn’t there when ney from fresh-faced new- cumstances, I’ve always been an inde- I needed him. Now that I am older and comer with a lot to under- pendent kid,” Grant said. “There were more mature, I see that he was. He stand about responsibility circumstances I put myself in where was there for all of the milestones in to the leader he now is even though a simple phone call could my life, and now I understand that I Jonte Grant didn’t come easy. Grant’s have solved an issue, I didn’t do it. I have to appreciate that.” personal growth over the course of his felt like I should have to do things by Grant is proud of that realization and life has been something that he hopes myself. My parents gave me a great personal growth. Now as a Cal team can help his younger teammates. childhood even though they didn’t leader, he can bestow some of his Grant admitted that before he arrived have the same, so I felt obligated that new-found wisdom upon younger team- in Berkeley he struggled at times with I couldn’t take that help. They didn’t mates. Grant also shares lessons with relationships at home, something that have the help and now look where they teammates learned from Bears who isn’t uncommon for many people at a are.” came before him to Cal that have young age. In Grant’s mind, his father, Grant’s parents have built a suc- helped him grow into his current role. Roy, always seemed to have the majori- cessful living for themselves and have “I have to help the younger people ty of focus on his older brother Dejon’s been able to provide a quality life for to see the process and reinforce that athletic prowess. Grant felt as though he each of their children. they have the talent and that they

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You have to trust in the process, because as long as you look out into the horizon and you see the steps that get you there, you will be successful.” – Jonte Grant Grant has grown quite a bit both as a jumper, as well as a person and is anxious to impart his knowledge to his younger teammates. must trust in our coaches to get it being that we are both dual jumpers. maturation. He credits former Bears out of them,” Grant said. “You have to That isn’t very common to be good at jumps coach Ed Miller and current trust in the process, because as long both of them and to be able to keep it coach Nkosinza Balumbu for continu- as you look out into the horizon and up over the course of your career. He ally instilling confidence and belief of you see the steps that get you there, had a similar journey, though not with his abilities. you will be successful.” the same exact circumstances. He “Coach Miller and Coach Balumbu An admittedly stubborn Grant began was a bit of a wild child when he came are two totally different types of coach- his athletic career at Cal with a lot of in. Then there was one year when he es,” Grant said. “They taught me two confidence in his abilities, but he didn’t just completely changed. All of a sud- different, but both very important les- necessarily approach his obligations den, all he wanted to do was stay in sons. Coach Miller was one of those as a teammate with much thought. and watch video of jumps. He took ev- coaches that saw the potential of his The fact that there was a large group erything more seriously. For whatever student-athletes and always took it of experienced veterans led Grant to those reasons were, it made me want upon himself as his responsibility to let those responsibilities slip a bit. to make those changes as well.” take them where they need to be. For “With my older teammates being Another former teammate, Maurice that reason, he always fought for me. there, that was reason enough for me Valentine Jr., helped teach Grant a very He taught me not to give up on anybody. not to have to do certain things,” Grant valuable lesson about perseverance. “I have known Nkosinza for a very recalled of his early days on campus. Valentine came in with a long list of long time,” Grant added. “He’s young, “I didn’t have to be on time because accolades and expectations, but unfor- too, and that is a blessing because there was a whole senior class that tunately for him and the Bears, he fell our communication is so open. If I feel was going to be on time. As long as I victim to a series of injuries through- some kind of way, I am able to tell him jumped far, that was my only concern. out his career. and he’ll tell me how he feels and we At that time, I wasn’t really required to “There was really no reason that he can work to a solution that is best for be responsible. It seemed like 30 of shouldn’t have been an All-American me. That also does cause us to butt (seniors) left all at once. I woke up one every year he was here, were it not for heads at times, but that is the best morning and realized that all of a sud- his injuries,” Grant said. “That said, thing because we are both so passion- den, I was alone.” he was always smiling, was always in ate. I’m just here on the front end to It was at that point, just before this great spirits and was always quick to absorb all of the energy and knowledge year, that Grant realized it was time help someone even when he wasn’t he has to give.” to grow up and take more responsi- feeling the best himself.” Grant continues to dream big with bility, and former teammate Hammed Though Valentine and Suleman have goals of winning an NCAA champion- Suleman played a huge role in helping now moved on, the lessons that have ship or earning an Olympic team berth. Grant see the light. been ingrained into Grant’s psyche are Yet even if those goals are never met, “Hammed is my best friend,” said now ready to be passed to his current his journey and growth as a person will Grant, who excels in the long jump and teammates. Grant’s position coaches speak loudly to those around him now triple jump. “We have a lot of parallels, have also played a large part in his and into the future.

SPRING 2015 33 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Finance Career, Pro Tennis Beckon Gregory Bayane

By Dean Caparaz ’90

regory Bayane is the prototyp- Everything is scheduled to balance ten- 2013-14 season with a run to the NCAA ical Golden Bear. nis and academics.” quarterfinals and a No. 19 final ranking. G “He takes it to another level,” Wright Through March 2 in the 2014-15 sea- On the tennis said of his studious senior. “We were son, Bayane posted an 18-10 singles court, he’s a dou- laughing and joking with him that if we record that included an 11-0 dual-match bles All-American were on a roller coaster, Greg would have mark and a 12-match unbeaten streak. who reached the a book open and be reading. Greg is a He didn’t become a cowboy and he NCAA quarterfi- hard-working and driven person both on won’t become an engineer – a brief aspi- nals last season, the courts and off the courts. He’s done ration – either. But the economics major and he’s off to a an incredible job graduating in three and hopes to one day pursue an MBA and great start in sin- a half years. He is a fantastic player. He’s perhaps a career in banking after trying gles this year. a fantastic student. But most importantly his hand as a pro player first. Gregory Bayane He’s also smart. he’s a fantastic teammate.” “I’m really interested in understand- A product of Meaux, France, Bayane has Bayane began playing tennis at three ing how the world works as far as fi- compiled a 3.64 GPA and is two-time and a half years old. The Frenchman, nance and trades,” he said. “But I think member of the Pac-12 All-Academic first who grew up idolizing professional play- I’m going to play tennis still. I want to team. His success helped men’s tennis ers Juan Carlos Ferrero and Andy Rod- give it a chance.” produce the best GPA – 3.3 – of any Cal dick, soon excelled in the sport. “Greg is the type of player who can play men’s team in the fall of 2014. He decided to play collegiately in the on the pro level,” Wright said. “Some- The veteran Bayane – who will grad- United States, though Bayane’s father times his biggest enemy is he’s such a uate at the end of the 2015 spring se- wanted him to go to Texas initially. perfectionist, and he doesn’t tolerate mester – lauds head coach Peter Wright “I don’t think his dad had been to the mistakes very well. Tennis players tend for creating an atmosphere in which he United States yet, and he really thought to make a lot of mistakes; that’s part of and his teammates can excel. cowboys were cool,” Wright recounted. the game. Over the years he’s become “Along with being a great tennis “But Greg decided to come to Berkeley, better at accepting himself for who he coach, Peter cares about us and who which we were really excited about.” is and sometimes for the mistakes he we’re going to become later in our In doubles, Bayane and teammate makes on the court. That level of matu- lives,” Bayane said. “He cares a lot Chase Melton initially struggled to be- rity and that level of growth will help him about school, and he gives us time to come the Bears’ No. 3 doubles tandem. as he pursues the dream of becoming a study on the road as well as at home. But the pair improved enough to cap the professional tennis player.” 34 CAL SPORTS QUARTERLY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Women’s Golf’s Jo Ee Kok Dreams to Tour the Globe

By Miquel Jacobs

hen Haas School of Business lecturer Dan Himelstein asked Wmembers of his class where they see themselves in 10 years, the answer came easily to Cal women’s golf senior Jo Ee Kok – to be Indonesian player I used to play with. We all come full circle.” the CEO of a company that would allow her to travel all over the world. But although she gets to know the The Singapore But she doesn’t stop there. Kok’s ide- people from these various parts of the international has al eight-month trip between finishing her globe, she rarely, if ever, gets a chance always loved bachelor’s degree in business adminis- to tour through the nations she visits. traveling, most- tration and beginning graduate school “You get to travel, but you don’t see ly because she would also include stops in St. Peters- the place,” Kok explained. “You see relishes learning burg, Latvia, the Ukraine – “I really want the golf course and the airport. When about new cul- to see Chernobyl”– Poland, Serbia, Tur- we played in Turkey, I went to the Istan- tures, having been key, Egypt and Morocco before eventual- bul airport and transferred to the golf to North Korea, ly tackling South America. resort. You don’t really see Turkey. You Jo Ee Kok China, Turkey, and Kok’s visions of combining travel with see visitors who are taking vacations in Greece. learning date back to just after she ini- their swimsuits in the resort. It makes As Kok progressed through her four tially picked up golf at the age of eight me want to travel to these places again years playing golf at Cal, she enjoyed visit- in a country where very few females to really get to see it.” ing new places but noticed she never saw take up the sport. Soon enough, she Experiencing that a variety of cultures much of the cities or countries that the was competing for the national team in is also what helped lead Kok to Cal. team traveled to other than the course. her age level, leading to trips to other “Cal was a super easy choice,” said “I like to daydream,” the golfer said countries and playing against girls from Kok, who was tabbed first-team Pac- one afternoon while gazing out past the different backgrounds. 12 All-Academic and an All-American Golden Gate Bridge from the top floor “You have nothing to do but talk to Scholars by the golf coaches’ associa- of Haas Pavilion. “There are a bunch of each other,” Kok said. “I like the friend- tion last year. “It’s such a good school things that I want to do. If I could put it ships I had in golf. In other countries with such a great athletic program, and all into one trip, I would start in China you play golf and then we all come to I liked the experience that I would get and then fly back to North Korea before the U.S., so you already know so many as an international student with a lot of exiting through the north border to Vlad- of the international student-athletes. Americans on the team. I didn’t want to ivostok, which is in Russia. From there I know the Thai girl from Kansas, I go to a team that was all internation- I would take the Trans-Siberian Railway know the Thai girl from Northwestern. al students. I wanted to have diversity, making many stops.” When we go to Pepperdine, I see the and Cal fit everything.” SPRING 2015 35 BAS Baseball (Evans Diamond) SB Softball (Levine-Fricke Field) CRW Crew (Redwood Shores) SVB Sand Volleyball (Clark Kerr Campus) FB Football (Memorial Stadium) T&F Track & Field (Edwards Stadium) WGYM Women’s Gymnastics (Haas Pavilion) MTN Men’s Tennis (Hellman Tennis Complex) HOME EVENTS LAX Lacrosse (Memorial Stadium) WTN Women’s Tennis (Hellman Tennis Complex) 2014-15 SPRING CALENDAR RUG Rugby (Witter Rugby Field) WWP Women’s Water Polo (Spieker Aquatics Complex) For a complete schedule, visit the official Cal website at CalBears.com.

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