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Marathon Kids Kick Off Celebration a Success UCLA Athletics hosted the Marathon Kids Kick Off Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 24, as approximately 5,000 kindergarten through fifth graders, their families, teachers and volunteers were in attendance at Drake Stadium to officially begin the goal of running or walking 26.2 miles over the next five months.(more) |
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UCLA to Host Marathon Kids Kick Off Celebration Oct. 24 UCLA Athletics will host the fourth annual Marathon Kids Kick Off Celebration on Saturday, October 24 at Drake Stadium.(more) |
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UCLA Student-Athletes Visit Mattel Children's Hospital Members of the Bruin Athletic Council recently worked together to create a children's storybook and activity book for the patients at Mattel Children's Hospital. (more) |
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UCLA Athletes Spend The Day Mentoring Local Middle School Students A group of UCLA athletes hosted some very excited middle school students from the Team Prime Time after school program at Drake Stadium on May 3rd. The athletes kicked off the afternoon by leading the visiting students in the famous 8-clap and exchanging names and favorite sports. (more) |
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Bruin Student-Athletes Take Part in UCLA Lab School Jogathon For the third year, Bruin student-athletes volunteered their time to help out with the UCLA Lab School's Jogathon. The jogathon is an annual fund-raiser for school field trips, celebrating fitness and community at UCLA Lab School. The event took place at Drake Track and Field Stadium. Student-athletes cheered on the kids as they ran around the track, participated in a relay race, and handed out medals at the finish line. (more) |
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Bruin Football Freshmen To Visit Emerson Middle School Wednesday Afternoon On Wednesday afternoon, May 6, UCLA's 24 scholarship freshmen football student-athletes who participate in the athletic department's Community of Learners program will give back to the community. The 24 football freshmen will be visiting Ralph Waldo Emerson Middle School. They will conduct brief presentations (likely split into four groups) on the student-athlete experience, being a Bruin, the importance of staying in school, staying away from drugs, etc. (more) |
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Derrick Coleman Visits Elementary School On Monday, February 23, UCLA sophomore tailback Derrick Coleman once again served as a role model. Coleman, who was UCLA's second-leading rusher last season as a true freshman, is not like most college football players. A gene defect has resulted in nearly a complete loss of hearing for Coleman, who wears hearing aids during practices and games. The hearing issue has not kept him from reaching goals such as earning a college scholarship and playing football, and he wants others to know that the issue should not keep them from striving to meet their goals. (more) |
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Women's Golf Team Inspires Youngsters The top ranked UCLA Women's golf team brought their golf expertise and unbridled enthusiasm to Team Prime Time's Palms Middle School location for an afternoon of golf, college counseling and so much more! The students took immediate advantage of having word class student athletes on their campus, grilling them on everything from the places they've competed to what makes being a Bruin so great. (more) |
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UCLA Athletics Hosts Final Mile Medal Celebration for Marathon Kids UCLA Athletics hosted the Marathon Kids Final Mile Medal Celebration this past Saturday at Drake Stadium. Over 6000 kindergarten through 5th graders, their families and teachers from around the greater Los Angeles Area returned to mark the end of their five-month program. Head Football Coach Rick Neuheisel and Assistant Men's Track & Field Coach Tony Veney were on hand to welcome the participants on behalf of UCLA. (more) |
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Inaugural Dribble For The Cure Event a Smashing Success On Sunday, November 2, Head Coach Ben Howland's UCLA men's basketball team and the Bruin Athletic Department joined forces with UCLA basketball great John Vallely, the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF) and Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA for the inaugural Dribble For The Cure. (more) |
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UCLA Athletics Hosts Marathon Kids Kick Off Celebration UCLA Athletics hosted the Marathon Kids Kick Off Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 11, as approximately 6,000 kindergarten through fifth graders, their families, teachers and volunteers were in attendance at Drake Stadium to officially begin the goal of running or walking 26.2 miles over the next five months. (more) |
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UCLA Athletics Hosts Final Mile Medal Celebration for Marathon Kids For the second year, UCLA Athletics hosted the Final Mile Medal Celebration for Marathon Kids on Saturday, March 1st. Over 2,500 k-5th graders and their families from the Los Angeles Unified School District returned to Drake Stadium to celebrate the end of the five-month program. They ran the final lap of their incremental 26.2 mile marathon and received their participant medals. Jeanette Boldon, head women's track and field coach and head coach of the 2008 Olympic team, was on hand to cheer on the kids and congratulate the participants for their accomplishments. (more) |
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Bruin Football Visits Elementary School On Friday, Feb. 1, six members of the UCLA football team participated in "Super Bowl School Spirit Day" at 186th Street Elementary School.Running back Raymond Carter, quarterback Patrick Cowan, offensive lineman Nick Ekbatani, defensive tackle Brian Price, fullback Thevor Theriot and defensive back Courtney Viney spent about two hours with the youngsters. The Bruin players spoke to the students on the importance of staying in school and getting good grades, played games with them and signed autographs. (more) |
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Photo Gallery and Wrap-Up From the Marathon Kids 2007 Event For the second year, UCLA hosted the Marathon Kids Kick-Off at Drake Stadium on Saturday, October 13. Approximately 5,000 children and their parents filled Drake Stadium and began their goal of running or walking a distance of a marathon over the next five months. Jeanette Bolden, Head Women's Track and Field coach and 2008 U.S. Women's Track and Field coach, welcomed the participants and ran the opening ceremonial lap to kick off the event. Over 120 Bruin student-athletes were on hand to support the k-5th graders and sign autographs after the event. (more) |
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1500 Kids Attended First LA Event To Promote Physical Fitness Under cloudy skies at UCLA's Drake Stadium on last Saturday, October 14, over 1,500 children and their families participated in the Inaugural Marathon Kids Kickoff Celebration, hosted by UCLA Athletics. Drake Stadium was filled with grade-school children and their families, as kindergartners through fifth-graders from LAUSD ran the first mile (a lap and a half around the track) of the five-month long Marathon Kids program which promotes physical fitness and health. (more) |
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Bruins Participate in the Annual UES Jogathon Student-athletes from the football, women's basketball, swimming, women's soccer, men's soccer, women's track, and women’s volleyball teams participated in the Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School (UES), 10th Annual Jogathon: Celebrating Fitness and Community. The event took place on Friday, April 21 at Drake Stadium and included over 450 students from UES. Bruin student-athletes spent their time cheering on the students as they ran around the track, answering questions about their experiences as UCLA student-athletes, participating in a dance contest, and teaching the students the 8-clap cheer with the UCLA yell crew! (Photos) |
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Mata Comes Through in Team Prime Time Debut UCLA Basketball power forward/center Lorenzo Mata showed that he is not only a rising star on the basketball court, but in the community as well. (more) |
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Bruins Participate in Super Bowl School Spirit Day Members of the Bruin Football team; Jamal Rhodes, Nick Ekbatani, Brian Ruzieki, Phil Rauscher, and Ken Lombard visited at 186th Street Elementary School on February 2, 2006. (more) |
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Jason Kapono Scores Big For Team Prime Time UCLA legend Jason Kapono forged a national reputation as a clutch shooter and team leader so it should come as no surprise that when he got his shot to share his passion for basketball with, and lend a helping hand to, the youth of Los Angeles, he nailed it. (more) |
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 | Matt Stevens, Voice of the Bruins, Makes the Right Calls at Team Prime Time Former UCLA Quarterback and current voice of Bruin Football Matt Stevens brought his trademark Bruin enthusiasm to the Team Prime Time-WSA Cup Football/Volleyball Tournament on Friday March 12th. (more) |
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 | L.A. Dodger Dave Roberts Goes To Bat For Team Prime Time Bruin Baseball alum and current L.A. Dodger Dave Roberts made one of the more valuable plays of his career in a classroom this January when he met with the students of the after-school program Team Prime Time (TPT) at Daniel Webster Middle School. (more) |
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 | Bruin Hoops Stars Launch Team Prime Time Basketball Camps Members of the UCLA Basketball family, both past and present, were out in full force in support of the Team Prime Time basketball camp. The camp featured former Bruin Great and current NBA star, Earl Watson, who spent hours working with the kids. (more) |
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 | Lovelia P. Flourney Elementary Learns About Careers At UCLA Lovelia P. Flourney hosted their 2003 Annual Career Awareness Day last Friday to educate their students about the variety of career opportunities that are available to them. (more) |
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| Patrick Norton, Bruin Football Gain 32 Fans For Life Patrick Norton has made some lifelong friends. After spending time with Rosedell Elementary School Room #13, Pat has become a great mentor to the children. The students' teacher writes: "I believe his encouragement and advice will stay with these young people for many years to come. By the way, Pat and Bruin football have gained 32 fans for life." (more) |
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 | Bruins Visit Evergreen Ave Elementary UCLA football cornerback Joe Hunter along with UCLA soccer players Lindsay Greco and Kendal Billingsley visited a classroom full of anxious 5th graders at Evergreen Ave Elementary School Tuesday morning. The athletes were greeted with welcome signs at the entrance of the classroom, a huge banner made by the students filling the chalkboard area, and the UCLA Fight Song serenading them as they marched into the room. (more) |
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 | UCLA Basketball's TJ Cummings Scores At Special Olympics Junior TJ Cummings took time early Saturday morning to visit with the athletes of the Moorpark Special Olympic Basketball team as they competed in a tournament at Hart High School as part of the first annual Santa Clarita area games. The day began at 9am with an official opening ceremony which included a welcome by the host MC, special recognitions, and concluded with a torch lighting ritual. (more) |
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 | Women Hoopsters Visit Team Prime Time's Special Olympics Program Natalie Jarrett, Nikki Blue, AJ Bradley, Lisa Willis and Julia Pitts visited the Team Prime Time after-school program on May 15th to help coach and encourage the athletes and student-coaches of Special Olympics-PRIME TIME. (more) |
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 | ASA Day Another Success At UCLA Softball On Saturday, April 19, 2003, over 1100 fans turned out for ASA Softball Day, to watch the Bruins down the Washington Huskies 10-0. Hundreds of young softball players and teams packed the stands to watch an exciting UCLA Softball Pac-10 matchup. (more) |
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 | UCLA QB Cory Paus Visits Elementary School Even though 4-year UCLA Quarterback Cory Paus graduated in December, he's still willing and eager to speak with kids about life, learning, and loving football. On April 8, 2003, Cory Paus took time off of training for the NFL to visit The Country Elementary School in North Hollywood to talk with them about the importance of education, athletics and discipline, and the balance between them. (more) |
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 | Team Prime Time Takes UCLA By Storm On Tuesday, March 11, approximately 50 students from Team Prime Time, an after-school program for at-risk youth from the Daniel Webster Middle School in Los Angeles, came to UCLA for a visit with the Bruins. An excited group of kids, led by program director Peter Straus, overtook the UCLA scene as they started off their visit with a look in on the men's basketball practice. (more) |
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 | Women's Basketball Hosts Bruin Pals On Saturday, March 1, the women's basketball team welcomed school children to Pauley Pavilion as a part of the Bruin Adopt A Classroom program. During the course of the season, team members wrote and received letters from several different classrooms. All of the children were invited to a special meet-and-greet session after the game where they had the chance to get autographs and talk with their Bruin Pal. (more) |
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 | Bruin Fans Up To The Challenge The challenge was issued: pack Pauley Pavilion with 5,000 or more fans and Head Coach Kathy Olivier would donate $1,000 to the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA . On Saturday, March 1, 5,029 fans responded and helped the Bruins meet this goal. (more) |
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 | UCLA Football and Women's Track and Field Teams Visit Compton for Read Across America UCLA Bruin Football players Jibril Raymo, Ed Blanton and Alex Potasi along with Assistant Director of Academic Services Ed Kezirian visited with hundreds of elementary students at Mayo Elementary School in Compton as part of the Read Across America program. Each student-athlete visited multiple classrooms as they read Dr. Suess' tongue twisting stories and other children's books, taught them the UCLA 8-clap, signed autographs, and talked about how reading has impacted their lives. (more) |
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 | The 'I'm Going To College' Program Ends The Year With A Perfect 10.0! What a way to end the day! On Sunday February 23 the fifth and final "I'm Going To College" event this school year, the Women's Gymnastics team ended the program with Jamie Dantzscher earning a 10.0 with her floor routine on the last event of the day. Pauley Pavilion was filled with over 4,000 excited Elementary, Middle and High school students that were eager to cheer on the Bruins. Each of the young Bruin fans received a coupon for a free Pizookie, compliments of BJ's Pizza and Grill thanks to Dantzscher's 10.0! (more) |
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 | UCLA Women's Basketball Team Successfully Hosts Another 'I'm Going To College' Event Sunday January 12 was a fun-filled day as over 6,000 excited elementary and high-school students participated in UCLA's "I'm Going To College" event. Students spent their morning exploring the fair area set up outside of Pauley Pavilion. Among the organizations that helped to make the event a success were representatives from the L.A Sparks, UCLA Alumni Scholars, UCLA Early Academic Outreach Program, and Santa Monica Red Cross. (more) |
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 | Bruins Visit Local Middle School On Tuesday, June 4th, members of the UCLA football team, and UCLA Spirit Squad visited Team Prime Time at Daniel Webster Middle School. Team Prime Time is a non-profit after school program that strives to educate students about the importance of education and the lessons and achievements that can be learned from the athletic arena. (more) |
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 | Cory Paus Visits Will Rogers Elementary School On May 29th, UCLA quarterback Cory Paus visited with the second grade at Will Rogers Elementary School in Santa Monica, CA. Paus met with the children on the play ground and talked to them about college, football and life as a UCLA student-athlete. (more) |
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 | Bruin Pen Pal Day At UCLA Softball After exchanging letters throughout the season, elementary and middle school students from the greater Los Angeles area were able to watch their pen pal softball players beat Oregon this Saturday. In addition to the 7-0 victory over the Ducks, the day was topped off with photos, autographs, and a meet and greet session. With more than a thousand fans cheering from the stands, Coach Enquist later expressed her appreciation for the Pen Pal's presence at the game. "I want to thank you coming to today's game, you were our tenth man in the crowd. Thank you for your support." (more) |
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 | UCLA Football Hosts FACT On Sunday, March 10, members of the UCLA Football team hosted 30 children and their families from FACT, Focus on All-Child Therapies. The young fans met several Bruin players at Spaulding Field for an exciting afternoon of fun, football drills and instruction. Student-athletes joked and played with the kids while leading them through running plays, a football toss, quick step hurdles, field goal kicking, and even the fundamentals of tackling. (more) |
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 | UCLA Football Visits Kester Avenue Elementary School On Thursday, March 14, Offensive Line Coach Mark Weber and junior Offensive Tackle Mike Saffer visited Kester Avenue Elementary School in Van Nuys for the 10th Annual Senate Bill 65 Career Awareness Day. The Bruins joined other members of the community, including law enforcement, military, medical, entertainment, legal and political representatives, to talk to the students about their respective careers.(more) |
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 | Team Prime Time Visits The Bruins On Tuesday, February 12, students from the Team Prime Time after-school program at Daniel Webster Middle School came to UCLA for a visit with the Bruins. The group toured the UCLA campus and met with members of the men's basketball team prior to practice. Head Coach Steve Lavin and Bruin senior Billy Knight answered questions on the floor of Pauley Pavilion, while other students received shooting tips from sophomore T.J. Cummings.(more) |
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 | Gymnasts Host Bruin Pen Pals From Area Schools On Sunday, March 3, the UCLA gymnastics team hosted children from several classrooms at the 25th Annual UCLA Invitational. During the course of the season, team members exchanged letters with children from 15 different classrooms in the greater Los Angeles area.(more) |
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| UCLA Football And Women's Track & Field Team Participate in Read Across America On March 1, Bruin Football players Jason Harrison, Jibril Raymo, Steven Vieira, Nick Amendola and Assistant Director of Academic Services Ed Kezirian participated in the Read Across America program at Mayo Elementary School in Compton, CA. (more) |
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 | UCLA Men's Basketball Visits City of Hope On January 7, the men's basketball team traveled to the City of Hope Cancer Center in Duarte, CA and visited with thirty children that had undergone advanced cancer therapies. The team signed autographs, passed out posters and talked to the children about life as a UCLA student-athlete. Not only did the Bruins make an immediate and life-long impression on this group of youngsters, but the players were equally touched by the experience. (more) |
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 | UCLA Participates in 'First Book' On October 31, Bruin student-athletes, coaches and administrators participated in the First Book Gift of Reading Tour. First Book, in partnership with Coca Cola and Scholastic Inc, brought the world's largest book to the UCLA campus where every signature gathered from members of the UCLA community translated into a book donation for a child in Los Angeles. At the end of the day, over 4,000 signatures were collected. UCLA received 2500 books for its children's literacy projects and the remainder of the books were donated to children's organizations throughout Los Angeles. (more) |
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 | UCLA Coaches And Student-Athletes Visit Team Prime Time This fall, members of the UCLA Athletics coaching staff visited Team Prime Time, a non-profit after school program that strives to teach students the importance of athletics and the lessons that can be learned from the athletic arena. The program focuses on sports that children can play in high school in order to increase their desire to remain in school. (more) |
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 | Bruin Athletic Council Sponsors 'Bruins For Relief' Effort In response to the events of September 11, the Bruin Athletic Council (BAC) sponsored an event called, "Bruins For Relief." Bruin student-athletes, coaches and athletic department staff collected donations at the UCLA vs. Oregon football game on November 10 at the Rose Bowl. The day's efforts raised over $42,000, all of which has been donated to the Families for Freedom Scholarship Fund. This fund, which will be in place for the next 25 years, will provide financial assistance for children of victims wishing to attend a college or university. (more) |
