Left to right: Redshirt sophomore defender Max Matthews celebrates winning the 2025 NCAA men’s water polo championship. Senior guard Gabriela Jaquez lifts the 2026 NCAA women’s basketball championship trophy. UCLA beach volleyball players celebrate on the sand after winning the 2026 NCAA beach volleyball championship. (Left to right: Michael Gallagher/Daily Bruin senior staff. Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff.Courtesy of UCLA Athletics.)
I don’t know where to begin.
How does one characterize this year of UCLA sports?
Broken records.
Banners raised.
Players drafted.
It would be an understatement to say this past year was a period of unprecedented success.
During my freshman year of high school, I watched a WSLAM video showcasing a day in the life of Kiki Rice.
Rice was the No. 2 recruit in the class of 2022, per ESPN, and had not made her college commitment at the time.
This post was updated June 3 at 11:32 p.m..
The Bruins have produced many of the best players in softball history.
But a trio like Megan Grant, Taylor Tinsley and Jordan Woolery only graces a program once.
Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery dominate headlines.
And for good reason, as the “Bruin Bombers” have racked up historic senior year campaigns, with Grant setting a single-season home run record with 40 and counting four-baggers, along with Woolery being on track to become the first player in NCAA history to boast a .500 batting average while hitting more than 30 home runs and plating more than 100 runners.
This post was updated May 30 at 2:51 p.m.
Jordan Chiles is That Girl.
But Taylor Tinsley is UCLA softball’s rendition.
The senior pitcher has pitched the sixth-most innings out of any pitcher in the nation, completing 215 frames while recording the second-most circle wins with 32 this season thus far.
UCLA football will not play its first 2026 campaign until Sep 5 against California. But that does not mean there are not positional battles occurring across the gridiron.
UCLA football will not play its first game of the 2026 campaign until Sept. 5 against California. But that does not mean there are not positional battles across the gridiron.
The 2026 NCAA men’s volleyball campaign has officially concluded after Hawai‘i beat UC Irvine in four sets in the national championship match hosted at Pauley Pavilion on Monday.
This post was updated May 25 at 10:19 p.m.
The transfer portal is a never-ending cycle. A large chunk of players leave, while typically a solid contingent stays, as the ever-swinging door of the portal goes back and forth.
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