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s I’ve mentioned before in this space, I receive e-mails … lots and lots of e-mails. INSIDE THIS ISSUE WINTER 2016 Some are friendly. Others, well, not so much. Many are eloquent in their prose. CHAMPIONS Others are decidedly less eloquent but no UCLA ATHLETICS IN PHOTOS ...... 2 / 6 / 8 / 12 Aless colorful in their language. All of them, however, SUPER FROSH: MEN’S BASKETBALL ...... 14 share one thing in common — they were sent to deliver GOLDEN GIRLS: GYMNASTICS ...... 18 a message. IMPACT FRESHMEN: UP CLOSE WITH In my inbox yesterday, one e-mail in particular stood THE BEST, BRIGHTEST NEW BRUINS ...... 22 BANK out. It was from my daughter, Katie. DAN GUERRERO “Hey Pops,” it began. After a brief explanation HOOPS DNA: KARI KORVER ...... 24 accompanied by a couple of links, she pasted an e-mail BRUINS IN AUSTRALIA ...... 28 from her friend Anthony that read: SUPPORTING UCLA: JODY CHAPMAN ...... 32 COVER PHOTO BY KATIE MEYERS HERE “Hey Katie, I’m reaching out with a favor. My brother was killed by a drunk driver on Sunday while walking back to his college dorm. He loved sports more than anything and lived for lacrosse. Since his death THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF UCLA ATHLETICS #teamthree and #rs3 have been trending with all the college lacrosse and VOL 3 • ISSUE 2 • WINTER 2016 athletics programs, creating awareness for kids not to drink and drive. Robert Flores from ESPN even posted. If you could share his with your WRITERS: CHRIS FOSTER, EMILY LERNER dad and the UCLA program it would mean so much to me. Thank you!” MANAGING EDITOR: DANNY HARRINGTON [email protected] Anthony’s brother was a young man named Robby Schartner, a junior studying LAYOUT AND DESIGN: IMG COLLEGE marketing at Manhattanville College, who wore #3 for the school’s men’s lacrosse KRISTY MARQUES, SARAH JANE SNOWDEN, MATT COY, KRISTIN PRATT, MATT MONTAVON BECOME A BRUIN team. The driver — a 24-year-old young woman who was allegedly more than three ADVERTISING: IMG COLLEGE BLUE SUBSCRIBER BY times over the legal limit at the time of the incident. DAMON DUKAKIS • (310) 825-0328 JOINING THE WOODEN ATHLETIC FUND, CALL The message of the e-mails from Katie and Anthony was clear — please use your [email protected] influence and your platform to create awareness. 310-206-3302. And I wasn’t the only one receiving this message. From Plattsburg women’s hockey, to Neuman University men’s lacrosse, to Eastchester football to University of Maryland volleyball and scores of other for NCAA reform and in doing so, trend worldwide on Twitter, or they can ‘whip/ programs, #teamthree and #rs3 spread across social media like wildfire. nae nae’ at a gymnastics meet and wind up on “Ellen.” The world is watching. What A movement born out of tragedy, this seemingly simple act of sending an e-mail we do with our platform is up to us, but our voice has never been more amplified. demonstrated the power of what one individual can do to affect awareness. An e-mail Ever hear of the Ice Bucket Challenge? Inspired by Pete Frates, a former Boston from Anthony to my daughter. An e-mail from my daughter to me. And a plea College baseball star suffering from ALS (better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease), it resulting in hundreds of tweets and the AD’s message in this magazine. This chain was pushed out through social media by the Eagles and resulted in everyone from was not even possible when I was a student-athlete here at UCLA — or for a good Taylor Swift to Justin Bieber to Tom Cruise to President Obama participating in portion of my adulthood for that matter. But just look at the results. the act of dumping ice cold water over their respective heads. And now thanks to Today, we are all aware of the power of social and digital media. We are also aware some $220 million raised, an important gene discovery has been made by a doctor of the power of sports and the platform it provides. at UMass Medical School. With more scrutiny on the young men and women who compete at UCLA than I’m grateful my daughter shared Anthony’s e-mail with me. My heart breaks for ever before in this University’s long and storied history, the platform for their voice his family, for his brother Robbie’s teammates and the entire Manhattanville College has never been greater. community. As AD of the nation’s all-time winningest athletic program with 113 NCAA Tragedy touches all of our lives at one point or another. It’s how we handle the Championships and a nearly $100 million budget, my platform has never been adversity that ultimately defines us. In this case, thanks to one brother’s determination, greater. tens of thousands of people are more aware today of the dangers and lives destroyed And with access to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and other emerging technologies, as a result of drunk driving. your platform has never been greater either. The world is watching. It’s up to each and every one of us as to what we want it You could read this article, tweet about it, a friend of your great aunt could see to see. it, start a Go Fund Me campaign and raise six figures for the Schartner family in If we heed the advice of Coach Wooden and “Make each day your masterpiece,” I the click of a mouse. Never before in the history of our society has the ‘average Joe’ think that would be a pretty good place to start. #BetterBanking4Bruins had more of a voice. Public opinion can now be shaped through a friend of a friend of a friend, hence the entire ‘viral’ concept. It’s simply remarkable how the society Go Bruins! marches forward, continually re-imagining itself. At UCLA, we encourage our student-athletes to have an educated voice in social discourse. College is a time for personal discovery, where you find out who you 1-888-8WESCOM (1-888-893-7266) are, both through your triumphs and your mistakes. For intercollegiate athletics in wescom.org particular, this is an unprecedented time. Our student-athletes can publicly lobby Dan

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RECENT NBA CHAMPION KEVIN LOVE OF THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS LED UCLA FANS IN AN 8-CLAP DURING UCLA’S GAME AGAINST STANFORD AT THE ROSE BOW ON SEPT. 24. LOVE WAS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR A MAJOR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION — THE LARGEST EVER BY A FORMER MEN’S BASKETBALL STUDENT-ATHLETE — TO THE MO OSTIN BASKETBALL CENTER. IN HONOR OF HIS GIFT, UCLA’S BASKETBALL-SPECIFIC STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING FACILITY WITHIN THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE KNOWN MOVING FORWARD AS THE KEVIN LOVE STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING CENTER. (PHOTO: KATIE MEYERS).

INSET: UCLA ATHLETICS DIRECTOR DAN GUERRERO PRESENTS KEVIN LOVE WITH A SPECIAL FRAMED MOMENTO CONTAINING RENDERINGS OF THE NEW KEVIN LOVE STRENGTH AND CON- DITIONING CENTER. (PHOTO: DON LIEBIG/ASUCLA).

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UCLA ATHLETICS INDUCTED EIGHT NEW MEMBERS INTO ITS HALL OF FAME ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 DURING AN INVITATIONAL-ONLY CEREMONY ON CAMPUS. MEMBERS OF THIS DISTINGUISHED CLASS ARE (L-R): NATALIE GOLDA (WOMEN’S WATER POLO), JULIE ADAMS (SOFTBALL), CHRIS HENDERSON (MEN’S SOCCER), WENDELL TYLER (FOOTBALL), MIKE MARSH (TRACK & FIELD), ADAM KRIKORIAN (WATER POLO), JAMIE DANTZSCHER (WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS) AND BARON DAVIS (MEN’S BASKETBALL). (PHOTO: TODD CHENEY/ASUCLA)

INSET: BARON DAVIS POSES WITH HIS NEW PLAQUE THAT WILL BE PERMANENTLY DISPLAYED IN THE UCLA ATHLEICS HALL OF FAME. (PHOTO: TODD CHENEY/ASUCLA)

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THE TOP-RANKED UCLA MEN’S WATER POLO TEAM IMPROVED TO 19-0 ON THE YEAR WITH A 15-8 VICTORY OVER NO. 11 UC DAVIS ON OCT. 9 AT THE SCHAAL AQUATICS CEN- TER IN DAVIS, CALIFORNIA. MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE BRUINS, IT MARKED UCLA’S 52ND STRAIGHT WIN, BREAKING THE NCAA RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES. THE TWO-TIME DEFENDING NCAA CHAMPION BRUINS WILL LOOK TO MAKE IT THREE IN A ROW THIS DECEMBER IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO: ANNIE BARDET).

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QUARTERBACK MIKE FAFAUL CONNECTS WITH RECEIVER NATE IESE IN A GAME AGAINST UTAH AT THE ROSE BOWL ON OCT. 22. FAFAUL, FILLING IN FOR AN INJURED JOSH ROSEN, THREW FOR 464 YARDS AND A SCHOOL RECORD 40 COMPLETIONS ON THE AF- TERNOON. (PHOTO: SCOTT CHANDLER)

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ONCE RIVALS, FRESHMEN BASKETBALL PLAYERS HAVE (FROM LEFT) TJ LEAF, IKE ANIGBOGU AND LONZO BALL LOOK TO TAKE UCLA TO THE FINAL FOUR IN PHOENIX THIS YEAR. FORMED A TIGHT BOND IN WESTWOOD.

By Chris Foster irst impressions can lead to hyperbole. “We were close before we got here,” Ball said. “Now I see them every day. Leaf, who played at Foothills Christian High School in El Cajon, had season. Even in games Foothills Christian lost, teams had to survive him. Lonzo Ball, TJ Leaf and Ike Anigbogu — the UCLA basketball They are my new brothers.” similar troubles. He faced Chino Hills and Ball three times last season — all Ball knows that as well as anyone. Chino Hills swept three games from Foothills team’s talented freshmen class — were eliciting over-the-top The only contempt that familiarity may bring is from opposing teams victories by the Huskies. Christian last season. Leaf scored 44, 43 and 36 points in the three games. Fcomments with their above-the-rim play in their collegiate debut against who must deal with them on the court. “He did those intangible things to help his team, things you can’t coach,” “I’ll take the win, but he had crazy numbers every game,” Ball said. “He’ll the Sydney University Lions in August. This may have merely been an “They didn’t have to get to know each other,” Head Coach Steve Alford Leaf said. “It’s nice being on the other side of that now.” get a rebound, fill the wing and catch a lob on the other end for a dunk. Not exhibition game, but the thunder they caused down under while turning said. “It’s been a natural transition.” Ball has always done those things. He can’t remember a time when he a lot of 6-10 guys can do that.” the Lions into lambs had Australian broadcasters over-stimulated. — didn’t have a basketball in his hands. His first experience with organized Leaf took those abilities overseas last summer. He was born in Tel Aviv, “Look out, there he goes again; Anigbogu with a two-hand slam.” The first thing Leaf noticed about Ball was how much fun it is to have basketball came at the age of 6. with his family returning to the United States when he was 2. It made him “Ball finds Leaf and he throws it down with authority.” him as a teammate. “The court was small and a lot of kids were traveling,” Ball said. “I was eligible to play for Israel in the 2015 European Under-18 B Championships. “Uh-oh, here we go. Lonzo Ball on a breakaway. That’s what the crowd “We were put on the same team during a camp and it was a blast,” Leaf the only one dribbling the ball and not fouling. My dad decided I should Leaf averaged 16.1 points and 8.4 rebounds with Israel losing to Sweden came to see. Another thunderous jam.” said. “He was trying passes off the backboard. He makes the game easy. It’s play in older leagues.” in the gold medal game, 73-72. He was named the tournament’s Most The 123-76 victory was just a little more competitive than an average not the fancy passes, he gets you the ball where you can have an edge on the These days, there might not be a league big enough for him. Valuable Player. While the award was nice, the overall experience was his Harlem Globetrotters-Washington Generals game, but it did allow the three defender. I thought, ‘Dang he’d be fun to play with all the time.’” “He can take over any game,” Anigbogu said. “That’s a lot nicer when favorite souvenir that he brought home. freshmen to stretch their legs as Bruins for the first time. By the time Ball was a senior at Chino Hills High School, it would have you’re on the same team.” “I wasn’t sure I wanted to go, but once I got there and started bonding “Whether it was the season or not, I was wearing UCLA across my chest,” been hard to find a player who wouldn’t want him as a teammate. His ball — with the guys, it was awesome,” Leaf said. “They were older and were used Leaf said. “I had been looking forward to that for a while.” skills were extraordinary for a 6-foot-6 point guard. Anigbogu was amazed the first time he got a glimpse of Leaf after joining to moving around the basket. They knew how to position themselves for Their reputation crossed the international dateline ahead of them. The only “L’s” Chino Hills had in 2015-16 were the Ball brothers —Lonzo, the Compton Magic, an AAU team. He was another 6-10 guy, only he rebounds before the shot even went up. I learned pretty quick that I was “I remember getting off the bench to go into the game and fans started LiAngelo and LaMelo. The Huskies were 35-0, won the California State moved around the court like a guard. going to have to fight and battle on the court.” clapping,” Ball said. “I was surprised we had that much attention.” Open Division title and were the top-ranked high school team in the nation. “I thought guys my size stayed on the block and guarded the basket,” Those lessons made him more than a handful back in the States. But, Ball said it was a moment and the moment passed. Ball averaged 23.9 points, 11.3 rebounds, 11.5 assists and 5.1 steals per Anigbogu said. “He was pushing the ball up the floor, shooting threes. I was In Foothills Christian’s 69-61 victory over Centennial a year ago, “You forget the hype and move on,” Ball said. game. He was an easy choice as National Player of the Year. like, ‘Wow, how does someone that tall have those skills?’ ” Anigbogu was happy about one thing. Lasting memories, not first impressions, are on the agenda. “He has the long, lean basketball body and can beat you a lot of ways — Others were asking the same questions. “I didn’t have to guard him,” Anigbogu said. The Bruins, coming off a 15-17 season, landed the nation’s No. 5 scoring, rebounding, assists, steals,” Alford said. “You don’t see that in a lot “He is a very good passing big man who can hurt you in the post or behind — recruiting class, according to ESPN. The threesome arrived with hefty of players.” the three-point line,” Alford said. “When he gets rebounds, we let him go Ball’s first impression of Anigbogu was more or less a shrug. résumés. ESPN ranked Ball the No. 4 player in the nation, Leaf No. 13 and Anigbogu’s first experience with Ball was in an AAU tournament with the ball because he makes really good decisions in the open court.” “He was in the eighth grade and hadn’t been playing very long,” Ball said. Anigbogu No. 60. They add “oomph” to a team that returns four starters. “The things he was doing on the court, I had never seen,” Anigbogu said. Leaf, the son of a high school coach, grew up with the game. Brad Leaf, “He was a big kid, but wasn’t doing very much.” This, though, was more than three talented players being brought “He would throw these perfect full court passes and his brothers would score.” his father, is the head coach at Foothills Christian. When they crossed paths again, things had changed considerably. together. The trio comes to Westwood with a basic working relationship, Anigbogu saw more of that when Chino Hills played his Corona “I was always in the gym,” Leaf said. “He was a total rim protector and just loved to dunk,” Ball said. “He having intersected with each other through the years, both as opponents Centennial team. While the 6-10 Anigbogu is a fierce shot blocker, the He parlayed that work into skills that make him more than just a big wasn’t one of those big men who shoots fading away. When he touches the and, occasionally, as teammates. closest he got to Ball was, “when I fouled him once.” kid. Leaf averaged 28.4 points, 12.4 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 3.2 steals last ball, he attacks. The rim.”

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■ Nov. 11 / Paciﬁc ■ Jan. 5 / California ■ Nov. 13 / CSUN ■ Jan. 8 / Stanford (FROM LEFT) IKE ANIGBOGU, TJ LEAF, AND LONZO ■ Jan. 19 / BALL MADE THEIR UCLA DEBUTS IN AN EXHIBITION ■ Nov. 17 / San Diego Arizona State GAME AGAINST THE SYDNEY UNIVERSITY LIONS IN ■ Jan. 21 / Arizona AUSTRALIA IN AUGUST. (PHOTOS BY JOSH GROOM) ■ Nov. 20 / Long Beach State ■ Feb. 9 / Oregon ■ Nov. 30 / UC Riverside ■ Feb. 12 / Oregon State ■ Dec. 10 / Michigan ■ Feb. 18 / Th e evolution in Anigbogu’s game came from experience. Basketball “I block a shot, TJ gets the rebound and passes to Lonzo,” Anigbogu said. USC was new to his family. His parents are from Nigeria. His father, Chris, “We run the fl oor. Th e combination works.” ■ Dec. 14 / UC Santa Barbara ■ Mar. 1 / Washington $ came to the United States at the age of 19. His mother, Veronica, arrived Off the court as well. ■ Dec. 21 / ■ Mar. 4 / when she as 21. Th e three have meshed, as Alford foresaw. Th ere was a comradeship from Western Michigan Washington State Soccer, a game his father played, was the primary sport in the family. But the moment they moved into the UCLA dorms. athletics were not stressed in the house. “Let’s just say there have been some wild moments when TJ is around,” “Th e primary focus was school,” Anigbogu said. Ball said. “If something pops into his head, he’ll do it. I mean, he thinks he Anigbogu’s sister, Ada, played basketball in high school, but attends can dance. He can’t dance.” Michigan, USC, Conference Non-Conference UCLA on an academic scholarship. When Ike transferred from Temescal Leaf laughed at this, and countered. Arizona Canyon High School as a freshman, it was because Centennial had an “We were rooming together in Australia and couldn’t sleep,” Leaf said. $199 $109 $89 International Baccalaureate program. “He starts playing music and dancing. He was dancing, poking at himself “My parents never saw sports as being something that could take you to in the mirror for two hours.” $129 $50 $30 college,” Anigbogu said. As for Anigbogu, Ball said, “He seems quiet, but then he’ll just start $99 $50 $30 Others did, including Centennial coach Josh Giles. singing and he has no vocal talents.” Anigbogu had fi rst played basketball in the fourth grade, but said, “I really Said Anigbogu, “Well, Lonzo thinks he’s a rapper.” $69 $29 $19 didn’t take it seriously.” He did at Centennial and blossomed, throwing his Ball raised the stakes, saying, “Ike takes all these selfi es, like he thinks $ $ $ 6-10, 250-pound frame around. He averaged 17.1 points and 9.6 rebounds he’s a model.” 49 29 19 as a senior. Opponents drove to the hoop at their own risk. It’s the type of banter that usually takes time for teammates to develop. $35 $12 $8 When Foothills Christian and Centennial met last December, Leaf saw a Alford wanted to see that blend with the team. jaw-dropping moment. “We didn’t want them to go through a period of transition,” Alford said. Group rates start at 15+ people “One of our guys went in for what sure looked like an easy layup,” Leaf “Th ey were not going to step on anyone’s toes. Th e leaders on this team, said. “Ike came out of nowhere and absolutely destroyed him. Th e ball the seniors, knew they needed them. Th is wasn’t messing with another ended up in the third row. I thought, ‘Th is guy is a monster.’ “ guy’s turf.” (310) 206-5991 — So, Alford was pleased to see Ball speak up during a game in Australia. /tickets Th e fi rst thing that Leaf noticed when the three came to Westwood this “We called a timeout and Zo chewed on everybody, telling them, ‘Th is is PAULEY PAVILION past summer were the possibilities. the way we need to play.’” Alford said. “It was what we needed him to do.” [email protected] “We’re three very diff erent basketball players,” Leaf said. “We complement Th e lasting memory they want to create can come in Phoenix this March. each other.” “Th e goal is defi nitely the Final Four,” Ball said. “We’ve been preaching Anigbogu could play scenarios in his mind before the season began. that since we got here. All the talk was about Phoenix.”

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GIRLSOLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS WILL COMPETE FOR AN NCAA WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS TEAM FOR THE FIRST TIME.

By Chris Foster hey are UCLA’s golden bookends. Kyla Ross and Madison Kocian may have had slightly different journeys getting to UCLA, but their paths were the same from birth. They were born to be elite gymnasts. TKiana Ross remembers taking her infant daughter to the park and having parents ask, “‘Whose baby is that on top of the jungle gym?’ And I would say, ‘That’s my baby. Don’t worry about it. She’s fine.’” Meanwhile, down in Texas, Cindy Kocian had her own handful in her daughter. “I guess I would grab on to anything I could get a hold of as a baby,” Madison Kocian said. Ross (20) and Kocian (19) were destined for Olympic greatness, from cradle to podium. Now they have brought their considerable skills to UCLA. Both won gold medals in the team competition for the United States — Ross in 2012 and Kocian in 2016. It is the first time Olympic gold medalists will compete Photo by Katie Meyers for an NCAA women’s gymnastics team. AT JUST 15 YEARS OF AGE, KYLA ROSS (FAR RIGHT) WAS THE YOUNGEST Ross and Kocian both committed in 2015 but deferred their college “All kids do gymnastics when they are little,” Kyla Ross said. “It’s natural. MEMBER OF THE “FIERCE FIVE” AT THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS WHERE careers a year. The wait was worth it for head coach Valorie Kondos Field. What little kid doesn’t do cartwheels?” SHE AND CURRENT UCLA VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH, JORDYN WIEBER “This is just massive for UCLA Gymnastics,” said Kondos Field, who has Ross had advanced well beyond the cartwheel stage by the time she was (SECOND FROM LEFT), HELPED TEAM USA CAPTURE THE GOLD MEDAL. (CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES) led the Bruins to six NCAA titles since 1997. “I have always felt that a big 5. She joined the Richmond Olympiad. From there, the family moved part of my job was to create a buzz.” to Orange County, where Ross joined Gym-Max Gymnastics, where she Yet the hubbub this fall wasn’t about red-carpet stars walking onto worked under coaches Jenny Zhang and Howie Liang. campus. Kondos Field gives her student-athletes an assessment test, called “I wasn’t very good at the skills and needed a lot of work,” Ross said. for Team USA since 1996. The group, dubbed the Fierce Five, were instant traits, with her work ethic and personality.” the Enneagram, which separates personalities into nine categories. Both But she had the drive. celebrities. Where they parted was on career trajectory. Ross and Kocian were a six. “She is just so competitive,” Jason Ross said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s “I remember the photo shoot for the cover of Sports Illustrated before we Kocian was on the rise after joining the elite junior level in 2012. She “That’s someone who is extremely loyal, who likes a plan,” Kondos Field gymnastics or school. She would come home from school and say, ‘This girl went over to London,” Ross said. “I had no idea that was considered a bad finished sixth in the all-around at the U.S Championships in Dallas that said. “They are very focused on their character.” got a better grade than me, and Kyla had a 98.’” luck charm until we got to London. But we trained hard every day. No one year. It’s the one time scoring a “six” was a good thing to a gymnast. Ross has channeled that personality in positive directions. She developed missed routines. When we got on the floor, we knew we had it.” But intermingled with the success were injuries. “The biggest thing for me is being part of a family,” Ross said. into an elite junior competitor, where she earned the name Mighty Mouse. In 2012, she suffered a broken wrist. A year later, Kocian joined the The academic life has been refreshing, Kocian said. That led to an eye-catching performance at the 2009 Junior Pan American — senior elite level and qualified for the national championships. There, she “The first week of school, I had to do an English paper,” Kocian said. “I Championships. suffered an ankle injury and had to withdraw. Kocian was selected to the had to give a speech. I was getting to adjust to college life.” She helped Team USA to the team gold medal and also finished first in the The journey to the Olympics took Kocian a different route, one with a national team even though she could not compete. It only added to the quality of life experiences the two have gathered. all-around, uneven bars and balance beam during individual competition. few detours. The most severe threat came five months before the Olympic Trials. “Really, I had no idea what it took to be an elite gymnast,” Ross said. Like Ross, her energy led her parents into seeking an outlet. Kocian took Kocian seemed a lock to make Team USA — she was part of a four-way — “Howie and Jenny showed me.” to dangling from anything that was in reach, whether at the playground or tie for first in the uneven bars at the 2015 World Championships. Then, She learned quickly and climbed the ladder. She jumped to senior elite in a grocery store. while performing a routine during training, she landed wrong and suffered There was no way to contain Ross as a kid. She was a handful even for her level in 2012 at the age of 15 and had a string of solid performances that led “I was at a Montessori school, and they had a little gym set up, with a a fractured tibia. father, Jason Ross, who played baseball in the Atlanta Braves organization. up to the Olympic Trials. low beam and bitty bars that I loved to hang on,” Kocian said. “The staff “I was on crutches, then had to wear a walking boot,” Kocian said. “It used to take all my effort to get her to sit in the car seat,” Jason Ross “The Olympic Trials were more nerve-wracking than the Olympics recommended that I start gymnastics classes.” “All I could do was work on keeping my upper body strength. There were has said. “And I’m a pretty strong guy.” because I had been working forever to make the team,” Ross said. “I didn’t She was enrolled in the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy in Plano numerous hours with the therapist and chiropractor to make sure all the Her family moved from Honolulu to South Carolina to Virginia, as Ross have my best competition, but I was able to make the five-member team.” (Texas), which had produced Olympic gold medalists Carly Patterson and muscles were working together. But I knew things would work out in the worked his way through the Braves organization. He reached the Triple-A For Ross, not at her best was better than most at their peak. At the Trials, Nastia Liukin. Kocian has vivid memories of watching Patterson perform in end if I stayed patient.” team with Richmond in 2001. she tied for first on the uneven bars and finished third on the balance beam Athens, where she won Olympic gold in the all-around. By the time the Olympic Trials rolled around, Kocian felt “100 percent” By then, Kyla’s own athletic career was gaining traction. and fifth in the all-around. Kocian was competing at the junior elite level by the time she was 12 and and walked into the competition “confident in my skills.” Her parents decided that gymnastics was the perfect outlet for their The team, including Ross, was at its best in London. Ross’ performance would often cross paths with Ross. Kocian said, “I didn’t think about it at all. Why mess with your mind? 3-year-old ball of energy. on the uneven bars and balance beam helped secure the first gold medal “We kind of grew up together,” Kocian said. “I remember she had similar I had worked my whole life to get in this position. I wanted to walk away

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from that weekend with no regrets. “It was a really hard decision to make,” Ross said. “I had been an elite She walked away as a team member. How hard could the Olympics be gymnast for so many years. It took a toll. I just didn’t feel I was at the same after that? level. It was time to move on. I wanted to prepare for college.” Kocian helped Team USA secure the gold medal. She also won a silver Kocian, too, found the post-Olympic glow a little overwhelming. There medal in the uneven bars during the individual competition. were the ceremonies honoring the team, a spotlight moment with Beyoncé “This year has been very crazy -— going to the Olympics, realizing my at the MTV Music Awards and the Kellogg’s Tour with the other Olympic biggest dreams, coming home with a gold and silver,” Kocian said. “It has gymnastics team members. all been very special to me.” But the high point came when she threw out the first pitch at a Texas Rangers game — doing a flip before firing a strike to the plate. — “My dad was at the Rangers’ game in 1997 and had to come home because my mom went into labor,” Kocian said. “I was born the next day, How do you top meeting the President of the United States? on Father’s Day. That’s how my love for the Rangers started.” For Ross and Kocian, you go to UCLA. Still, she said, “I didn’t have a chance to step back and think about it for Ross had her Oval Office moment in 2012. She then returned to Aliso a while.” Viejo High and found that life had changed. UCLA has given both Ross and Kocian a new challenge. “I did not expect such a big welcome when we came back from London,” “The best thing is being a part of this team,” Ross said. “We’re with each Ross said. “I was a sophomore. I was having to balance school with photo other all the time, in the gym, going to class, studying together. At the shoots and TV shows. I had my family keep me grounded.” meets, the student section has grown and the fans are involved.” Ross continued competing internationally, placing second in the Said Kocian: “I felt part of the Bruin family the first day I was here.” all-around and on balance beam and uneven bars at the 2013 World That family now sets the gold standard. Championships. She won bronze in the all-around at the 2014 World “Kyla and Madison are not just great student-athletes, they are the type /UCLAGYMNASTICS Championships. of athletes who have received international attention,” Kondos Field said. @UCLAGYMNASTICS She decided against another Olympic run, retiring from international “That makes UCLA gymnastics really strong.” competition last February.

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Jessie Fleming // Women’s Soccer Fleming is coming off a summer in which she started at midfielder for the Canadian Women’s National Team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, helping her country earn a bronze medal. In 2013 at the age of 15, Fleming became the second-youngest player (behind former UCLA standout Kara Lang) to play for Canada’s Full Team. She leads the Bruins in scoring this year, tallying 22 points on 10 goals and two assists, which includes three game-winning goals (as of 10/30). Coach Amanda Cromwell Adds: “Jessie has such a high soccer IQ that her movement off the ball is well beyond her years. She also has a work-horse mentality that makes it very hard for opposing teams to mark her as she goes all over the pitch. She is a special playmaker who greatly enhances our program.”

Mariel Galdiano // Women’s Golf Galdiano had a busy summer, representing the United States in both the Curtis Cup and the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. She also shot a championship-record, 9-under 133 to earn medalist honors at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, breaking the previous lowest 36-hole score by two shots. Galdiano was a three-time Rolex All-American and has already appeared in three U.S. Women’s Opens. Coach Carrie Forsyth adds: “Mariel is one of the top players in the class of 2016 and has represented Team USA well during the last few years. She is an excellent addition to our team.”

Maddie Musselman // Women’s Water Polo Musselman helped the U.S. Women’s National Team to its second-straight gold medal at the 2016 Rio Games. One of the team’s top scorers, Musselman tallied 12 goals throughout the Olympics, including a game-high four goals against China in pool play. One of the youngest players on the team, the attacker scored 13 goals in the qualification tournament this past March to help the U.S. qualify for the Olympics. Coach Brandon Brooks Adds: “We are thrilled to have Maddie join the Bruin Family. She is a very well rounded player with a great knack for scoring. She represented our country with class and im sure she will do the same for the Bruins both in the classroom and in the water.” SETTING THE PACE FOR TRAILBLAZERS EVERYWHERE. Madilyn Nickles // Softball Nickles begins her freshman season at UCLA this spring after being named the Gatorade National Softball While some run from challenges, Optimists run toward them. Inspiring the world at every turn— Player of the Year in 2016. The pitcher/infielder posted a 20-5 record and a 0.63 ERA as a senior with 308 strikeouts in 167 1/3 innings, while hitting .552 at the plate with eight home runs. Nickles has also worn the as voices against oppression, champions for people with disabilities, watchdogs for the public Red, White and Blue with the 2015 U.S. Junior National Team and the 2016 USA Elite Team. good. After surviving the ravages of war in East Africa as a child, UCLA alumnus Meb Keﬂ ezighi Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez adds: “Madilyn is a very versatile athlete who can hit with power and consistency. became the only marathoner to win Boston, New York and an Olympic medal. This year, the She can pitch and play any position. I look forward to getting her on the field.” motivational author and speaker represented the U.S. as an Olympic marathoner once again— at age 41. Spreading his message of hope every step of the way.

Ena Shibahara // Women’s Tennis Shibahara has been one of the hottest players in the nation as of late. For starters, she and Jada Hart (also a Bruin) won the USTA Girls’ 18s Nationals in San Diego to earn a main draw wild card into the U.S. Open. WHAT DREAMS WILL YOU CHASE? Playing against the top women’s players in the world, the Bruin duo lost in the first round, however they would go on to win the junior draw in New York for their second title in less than a month. Shibahara continued that momentum after arriving at UCLA in September, taking home singles titles at both the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships and the Oracle ITA Masters. Coach Stella Sampras Webster Adds: “She’s only a freshman but is already one of the top players in the country. She’s a great a fighter with a tremendous spirit. I’m excited to see her grow and develop at UCLA.” UCLA.edu/optimists

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HOOPS DNA BASETBALL RUNS IN THE ORVER FAMILY. KARI KORER SET THE UCLA SINGLESEASON RECORD FOR POINTERS WITH IN 2011. SHE ENTERS HER SENIOR SEASON UST SHORT OF BECOMING UCLAS ALLTIME CAREER LEADER. (CREDIT: DAVID BUTLER IIUSA TODAY SPORTS). By Chris Foster ari orver doesn’t have the ball, yet her mind is already working How lasting is that impression orver tore her anterior cruciate liga- “You’re so little and the hoop is 10 feet and you’re trying to chuck it up Oregon State was already recruiting Korver when Close was hired as on the shot. She will begin lining up her 5-foot-9 frame. ment in her knee two months before the 2013-14 season, yet her teammates there,” Kari said. “ e challenge was fun.” UCLA’s coach. “I get my feet set and my hips in position to turn,” said or- still voted her team captain. Her father stressed work ethic and she soon picked up a shooting tutor. Close, an assistant at Florida State, interviewed for the job in 2011. ver, a senior for the UCLA women’s basketball team. “I suare “I have never heard of that before,” Close said. Still, it didn’t surprise Close. Kyle was drafted in the second round by the New Jersey Nets in 2003 When it became clear she was going to get the job, Lance Scott, another up and get in the position where I like to shoot. It’s all muscle memory.” “She has so much integrity and is so steady and program-centered,” Close when Kari was in the third grade. He o ered advice and worked with her Seminoles’ assistant, told her, “If you take one player, take this Kari Korver Th at’s how orver approaches the game. You can call it muscle memory, said. “I’d like to take credit for that, but ari came to us that way.” on the court. kid. I love her,” Close remembered Scott saying. or chalk it up to repetition. But there is also DNA at work here. Basketball was a given for orver. It has more or less been the family “I was a kid, throwing the ball up there with two hands,” Korver said. After landing the Bruins’ job, Kari said that Cal Sparks Coach Elbert Kin- Th e shooting was inherited. orver is one branch of a basketball fam- business. “He was the one who taught me how to shoot with one hand.” nebrew began raving about one of his players during a phone conversation. ily tree that also includes her cousin, Atlanta Hawks’ guard yle orver. en orver, her father, played NCAA Division III basketball, as did four She learned well, and she learned quickly. Korver drifted into AAU ball “He said it was one of the best kids he ever coached,” Close said. “I asked Family reunions can be held at center court and asking to pass the rolls at of his brothers. Laine orver, ari’s aunt and yle’s mother, once scored 74 with the Cal Sparks and became a star at Valley Christian. She averaged him who it was and he said, ‘Kari Korver.’ So I went out to watch her play Th anksgiving might be risky. Th ere have been times when gatherings have points in a high school game and played Division III as well. 17.3 points per game as a freshman and 19.4 as a sophomore. As a junior, and she made seven of nine 3-pointers in the rst half.” turned into a long-range game of horse. Th en came the children. yle is Creighton’s fi fth all-time scorer. His she averaged 25.3 points and led the nation with 138 3-pointers. Close o ered a scholarship. It was a dream o er for Korver, followed by “We don’t have many dunkers,” yle joked. three brothers also played Division I basketball, layton at Drake, aleb at Games became family events. a nightmare. She tore the ACL in her knee before her senior season. Close Yet, ari’s story has been more than a stop-and-pop-up book. Behind her Creighton and irk at Missouri-ansas City. urtis orver, ari’s brother, “ e intensity she has on the court, and the way she plays, my brothers was not concerned. are years of perspiration and perseverance, with knee injuries that wiped out played at Northwestern College, a Division III school. and I always felt that if we had a sister, it would be someone like Kari,” “She wasn’t the fastest person to begin with,” Close joked. “But she could her senior season at Cerritos alley Christian High School and her sopho- “We learned a long time ago for the orvers to be eff ective on the bas- Kyle said. play the game.” more year at UCLA. ketball court, we needed to put the ball in the basket from deep,” yle said. Korver found how di cult his cousin could be during one visit. Korver underscored that by winning the 3-point competition at the Her spot on the UCLA team is more than hanging out around the three- “Th e game has been a big part of our family for generations.” “She was a junior in high school and we were shooting around and American Family Insurance Girls’ ree-Point Contest at the 2012 Final point line. When the extended family gathers, “there could be 20 of us out there started playing horse,” Kyle said. “I realized very quickly that I better get Four, out shooting some of the top players in the nation despite lugging “It doesn’t take more than a couple minutes of conversation to realize how playing horse, giving it a good fi ght,” orver said. serious or else I was going to get beat by my cousin. She was draining shots around a thick knee brace. uniue she is,” UCLA Coach Cori Close said. “Sometimes you come across orver took up the family trade in kindergarten. She played against boys from two or three feet behind the three-point line. She might be the best “I would rather have done something with the team, but that contest was a family that makes a bigger impression on you than you do on them.” in YMCA leagues. shooter in the family.” a great way to end that senior year,” Korver said.

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It was also a good jumping o point for her freshman year at UCLA. She DESPITE BATTLING THROUGH TWO NEE SURGERIES IN HER CAREER, SENIOR GUARD KARI KORER PLAYED AN INTEGRAL PART IN UCLAS RUN TO THE scored 11 points, making three of ve 3-pointers, against San Diego State SWEET 16 IN 2016. (CREDIT: DAVID BUTLER IIUSA TODAY SPORTS). in her rst game. Korver, used mostly as a reserve, averaged 4.7 points per game and shot .345 on 3-pointers. Before she could build on that success, she tore up her also an All-Pac-12 academic team selection. other knee. Last season, she averaged 7.9 points and made 69 3-pointers in helping Going through two serious injuries in three years gave Korver a di erent the Bruins reach the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the rst time since perspective and reinforced her beliefs. 1999. UCLA nished with a 26-9 record. “ e rst time was really hard, because so much of my identity was bas- Korver had some of her brightest moments in big games. ketball,” Korver said. “I was getting prideful about my basketball and the She had 11 points, making three 3-pointers at the start of the second injuries really humbled me. I realized I am more than a basketball player. half, as the Bruins ended a 21-game losing streak against Stanford with a I’m a daughter of Christ rst. I’m grateful in some ways because some of 56-36 victory last year. Korver then scored the rst 10 points of the second that was slipping away.” half to rally the Bruins to a 76-73 victory over USC. She also had 12 points Such perspective earned the respect of her teammates, who voted her — nine in the rst half — in a 71-51 rout of 11th-ranked Oregon State. captain even though she was unable to play. en there is the game-tying 3-pointer that she hit with eight seconds left “I was shocked,” Korver said. Close wasn’t. in regulation in the Pac-12 Tournament semi nal game against California. “She has such great character that she needs to be someone creating lead- e Bruins would go on to beat the Golden Bears in overtime. ership,” Close said. “Every day, she plays with top athletes and nds ways to make them When Korver returned as a player in 2014-15, she was able to create a better,” Close said. “She’s more than a good shooter. She puts teammates in lot more than leadership. good positions so they can be successful.” She averaged 10.1 points per game and set a UCLA single-season record at’s just her basketball DNA.“I fell into basketball because of my fam- with 74 3-pointers. It earned her second-team All-Pac-12 honors. She was ily,” Korver said. “It’s who we are.”

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By Emily Lerner Director of Communications, UCLA Athletics Development taught in Germany for two years and got to travel all over Europe.” Besides tuition, room and board, and books, student-athletes have After satisfying her desire for travel, at least for the time being, Jody expenses for equipment, uniforms and gear, sports medicine and training left Germany and the Army behind, and returned to the states where she room, team travel, academic services such as tutoring and advisors, athletic hen she began her began her illustrious teaching career at Los Angeles Harbor College in performance and nutrition, and game expenses. undergraduate career Wilmington. “I don’t have the exact number for how much it takes to fully fund at UCLA, there was “I thought I would try teaching at the community college level and then an ongoing scholarship,” said Jody. “But my understanding is that it’s no kinesiology major, maybe later I would go to a four-year, university level college,” said Jody. somewhere upward of $200,000. That’s why I established the trust.” norW was there a kinesiology department. “But I found Los Angeles Harbor College — this small community college The trust Jody is referring to is a charitable remainder unitrust that she There was, however, a physical education — and discovered that teaching the students there was so satisfying that I established in 1996. This type of planned gift allows Jody to support UCLA department, where one could graduate ended up staying for 30 years.” by putting her contribution in trust for UCLA Athletics, while providing with a major in physical education. But this was the mid-1960s, which was still a difficult time for women’s Jody with income now, the amount of which is tied to a percentage of her However, if you were a woman college athletic programs. contribution. It also provides a tax break, as the donor receives a charitable you were not permitted to participate When Jody first began teaching at the community college level in Los income tax deduction. in competitive collegiate sports, but Angeles, there weren’t any women’s teams, and the young women students “I think planned gift arrangements like this one are a win-win,” said Jody. you were allowed to study education would come to her and other administrators for help. “Both [UCLA Athletics] and the donor benefit. For example, the annuity curricula to become a physical education “They would come to me and beg me to help them start a basketball payments I receive augment my income, and then I can enjoy having a teacher. team, or a softball team,” said Jody. “So that’s what we did, and what many positive impact during my lifetime on UCLA and UCLA Athletics. Physical education at the time was women did. There was no pay, and there was constant fighting for gym “Since it is a planned gift, the trusts don’t kick in until my demise,” said not something women would go into space and time. Jody. “And as time goes on that gets closer, like it does for everyone. Right with the hopes of becoming a college or “For many years our basketball team would practice on the volleyball now I think I have enough for maybe six or seven fully-funded scholarships, professional athlete or trainer. Physical court, but we would play our games in the main gym where the team had and I’ll continue aiming for my ultimate goal of having all sports funded education was simply a field of study never played before. So every game was like an away game for the team.” with one scholarship.” that women could choose for their own As the ERA movement gained footing, and then Title IX (of the 1972 Jody is not at all hesitant to admit that she loves UCLA because of all it enjoyment. Educational Amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act) was enacted, it has given her. This is why she chose to leave UCLA Athletics this deferred This was the state of women’s collegiate set the wheels in motion for gender equity in college athletics, and things gift, as well as making current use contributions to the UCLA women’s athletics when Josephine Chapman, started to change for the betterment of women’s collegiate athletics. basketball, women’s volleyball, and women’s folf programs. or Jody as she prefers to be called, first Governed by the new AIAW (Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for “I feel like I was lucky enough that my parents gave me the gift of my enrolled at UCLA in the 1950s. Women) in the early 1970s, women’s collegiate teams could win an AIAW education, but my education has given me everything I have,” said Jody. “I was a physical education major,” Championship, but not an NCAA Championship. “UCLA has given me the ability to have everything I have; to teach, to earn, said Jody. “At that time, you were in that It took another decade before the NCAA umbrella officially included and to gain all of those student contacts which have been so important in department solely to become a teacher. women’s collegiate sports where a women’s collegiate team could finally win my life. It was completely different than what an NCAA Championship title. “The fact that women’s programs are much better now is great, but with universities have today. It didn’t become “Those were the transitions that I went through at that time; we did everything I received from UCLA, my philosophy is ‘what goes around, the kinesiology department until everything on a completely volunteer basis for volunteer programs,” said comes around.’ I was in some lucky real estate investments at the right time, years later.” Jody. “Once Title IX came in, money became more available and we started so I am able to do this for the school that gave me so much.” So Jody earned a BS degree in Physical to slowly grow. At the beginning we were happy to have uniforms instead of Jody is not the only one in her household to establish a trust at UCLA. Education — now called Kinesiology — just wearing T-shirts and shorts.” Jody’s life partner, Sandra Small, established a trust for UCLA’s Graduate in 1958, and furthered her education by Living and working through these transitional times was one of the School of Education and Information Studies Department. Sandra, a Cal earning an MS degree from UCLA in reasons why Jody made a big decision. She decided to set a goal for herself; State-Northridge graduate, did not attend UCLA, but when she and Jody the same field in 1959. a goal that, when achieved, would assist generations of future female Bruin met more than 30 years ago, Jody definitely had her opinions on the matter. She then launched her teaching career, student-athletes. “There was just no way Sandy wasn’t going to be a Bruin,” said Jody. starting at a small community college in “My goal is to have one fully-funded endowed scholarship for each of “I think she enjoys [the Bruin games,] which is good, since there was no Solvang, California. UCLA’s women’s intercollegiate sports,” said Jody. “Whether or not I can other way!” “It was a wonderful teaching achieve my goal, well, we’ll have to see. But I am working diligently towards Added Jody, “I have to say that I’m very proud of still having my UCLA experience and I loved it there,” said this effort.” season seats. I have very loyal Bruin friends still living in Los Angeles who Jody. “I taught there for two years, but To fully appreciate how much it takes in this day and age to fully fund use my tickets when I’m not there, which I’m also proud of. then I was bitten by the travel bug. So I an athletic scholarship, one has to first consider the cost of an academic “UCLA has one of the best women’s athletic departments in the country joined the Army. We were part of what scholarship. The money needs to cover tuition, room and board, and books. — that’s something else to be really proud of. 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