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Alameda Ave. Media and photography credentials for 550 Camarillo Center Drive Bristol, CT 06010 Burbank, CA 91523 UCLA home matches may be obtained by Camarillo, CA 93010 860/766-2000 805/437-0275, 805/437-6167 (f) 818/840-4237, 818/840-3535 (f) working press only by e-mailing or calling www.venturacountystar.com Alex Timiraos (phone: 310-206-0524, ABC-7 e-mail: [email protected]). All UCLA Daily Bruin 500 Circle Seven Drive requests should be submitted at least 24 308 Westwood Plaza Glendale, CA 91201 hours in advance. Los Angeles, CA 90024 818/863-7677, 818/863-7889 (f) 310/825-9851, 310/206-0906 (f) PHOTOGRAPHY www.dailybruin.ucla.edu Television and photo credentials entitle video and still photographers to shoot from designated areas only. Please consult with MEN’S WATER POLO SUPPORT STAFF Sports Information or Event Management DRIVING DIRECTIONS staff for those locations. UCLA’s Spieker Aquatics Center is located INTERVIEW POLICIES on campus at the intersection of DeNeve All interviews must be arranged by UCLA’s Drive and Easton Drive. Sports Information Office. Please do not From the 405 freeway, exit at Sunset Blvd expect players to be available if you have and head east. Continue on Sunset until not made prior arrangements with the the intersection of Bellagio Drive. Turn Sports Information Office (men’s water right onto Bellagio. Continue on Bellagio polo SID Alex Timiraos). and turn left onto DeNeve Drive. Follow INTERVIEW AVAILABILITY DeNeve no more than one-quarter mile. Spieker Aquatics Center will be on the The UCLA team practices Monday through right-hand side of the street, with Sunset Friday from 3-6 p.m. at Spieker Aquatics Don Morrison Tony Spino Jill Robinson John Wilkins Center. Players and coaches are available Faculty Athletic Rep. Staff Athletic Trainer Strength and Conditioning Student Manager Village parking structure just beyond the aquatics facility. before or after practice. Arrangements for pool access must be made in advance with From areas east, take Sunset Blvd and the Sports Information Office. The best continue heading west. Turn left at time to reach head coach Adam Wright Westwood Plaza (signal at intersection) is weekday mornings. and make an immediate right onto Charles E. Young Drive. Continue on Charles E. TRAVEL INFORMATION Young and turn right at DeNeve Drive (stop For security purposes, the UCLA does not sign). Sunset Village parking structure will release to the general public any travel be on the left side of the road, no more information for UCLA athletic teams. If than 200 yards away. Spieker Aquatics you would like to reach a member of the Center is located just past the parking UCLA water polo team on the road, please Mike Sondheimer Pete Maglieri Alex Timiraos Tina Johnson structure/residential building. contact the Sports Information Office. Academic Admissions Services Equipment Room Sports Information Administrative Assistant 34 UCLA ADMINISTRATION Chancellor Block holds UCLA faculty appointments in psychiatry and bio-behavioral sciences in the David Geffen School of Medicine and in physiological science in the GENE College of Letters and Science. He also heads a research laboratory on campus BLOCK that is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Previously, he served as vice president and provost of the University of Virginia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stanford University and a master’s CHANCELLOR • 5th Year and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Oregon. Alma Mater: Stanford ’70 Chancellor Block and his wife, Carol, have two adult children. The Blocks are avid Dr. Gene Block became chancellor of UCLA in August 2007. As chief executive Bruin fans and attend the competitions of various Bruin athletic programs. officer, he oversees all aspects of the university’s three-part mission of education, research and service. A champion of public universities, Chancellor Block has set four major priorities for UCLA during his administration: academic excellence, diversity, civic engagement and financial security. He has called for UCLA to deepen its engagement with the Los Angeles region and to increase access for students from underrepresented populations. In his nine eight years, Guerrero has clearly established a pattern of “image and substance” that few in his profession can match. UCLA stands as the No. 1 DAN University in the nation for NCAA team championships (107) won, a number that continues to grow under his direction. In those nine years, UCLA teams have won 21 NCAA team titles (the highest total in the nation in that span) in 11 different GUERRERO sports, finished second 17 times and have had an additional 32 Top Five finishes. A staggering 172 teams (of 207 possible) have qualified for NCAA postseason ATHLETIC DIRECTOR • 10th Year competition and the football team has appeared in seven bowl games. The program Alma Mater: UCLA ’74 has also won 46 conference championships in 15 different sports, produced over 460 All-Americans and featured four Honda Award winners, including the In nine years as UCLA’s Director of Athletics, Daniel G. Guerrero has boldly placed 2003-04 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. his imprint on the school’s highly-successful athletic program. Guerrero came to UCLA in 2002 from UC Irvine, where he had served as UCI’s Guerrero, one of the most respected and talented administrators in intercollegiate fifth Director of Athletics for 10 years. Prior to arriving at UC Irvine, he was the athletics, has placed his mark on the program as the director of athletics at UCLA. Athletic Director for five years at Cal State Dominguez Hills (1988-92). He received He is the current president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors his Bachelor’s degree from UCLA in 1974 and played second base in the Bruin of Athletics (NACDA) and a member of the NACDA Executive Committee. He baseball program for four years. Born on November 10, 1951 in Tucson, AZ, served as president of the Division I Athletic Directors Association in 2010-11. he is married to the former Anne Marie Aniello and they have two daughters: In June of 2007, he was named NACDA Division I West Region Athletic Director Jenna and Katie. of the Year. In June of 2010, Guerrero complete a five-year term on the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. As the Chair in 2009-10, he served on the NCAA Advisory Committee that resulted in the $10.8 million, 14-year NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament television package with CBS and Turner Sports, as well as the decision to create the “First Four” and the expansion of the Tournament to 68 teams.