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UCLA to Reward Championship Athletes
March 7, 2008
As part of its First to 100 celebration, UCLA will provide all athletes, coaches and assistant coaches of NCAA championship teams with a commemorative gift.
The gift is an oversized gold-plated ring that sits on a wooden base and is being made available thanks to the generosity of Faculty Athletic Representative Don Morrison and his wife Sherie.
UCLA has acknowledged each of the individual NCAA championship teams during halftime of every home football and men's basketball game over the course of the 2007-08 athletic season by introducing former players and coaches. The final team introduction will take place at halftime of Saturday's basketball game against Cal and will culminate in the awarding of the First To 100 trophy to Chancellor Gene Block from Athletic Director Dan Guerrero.
UCLA is the first and only school to win 100 NCAA team championships.
The oversized rings will not be offered for public sale and are exclusively for members and coaches of NCAA championship teams.
Questions from championship team members and coaches about the commemorative gift can be directed to Brezya Rhodes at (310) 794-4875 / E-MAIL
Saturday, September 8 FB vs. BYUChampionship # Team Representative(s) 16 1969 Men's Water Polo Jim Ferguson and Coach Bob Horn 19 1970 Men's Tennis Michael Kreiss 35 1976 Men's Volleyball Dennis Cline 48 1984 Men's Gymnastics Mitch Gaylord and Coach Art Shurlock 58 1988 Men's Golf Bob Lasken 80 2000 Women's Indoor Track & Field Seilala Sua 81 2000 Women's Gymnastics Lena Degteva 97 2005 Men's Tennis Kris Kwinta 99 2006 Women's Water Polo Emily Feher
Saturday, September 22 FB vs. Washington
Championship # Team Representative 5 1956 Men's Track & Field Rafer Johnson 21 1971 Men's Volleyball Ed Machado 31 1974 Men's Volleyball Bob Leonard III 68 1992 Softball Lisa Fernandez 74 1996 Men's Water Polo Sam Grayeli 87 2002 Men's Soccer Ryan Futagaki 92 2004 Women's Golf Charlotte Mayorkas
Saturday, October 6 FB vs. Notre Dame
Championship # Team Representative(s) 1 1950 Men's Tennis Glenn Bassett 9 1964 Men's Basketball Walt Hazzard 18 1970 Men's Volleyball Ed Becker and Coach Al Scates 44 1982 Softball Dot Richardson and Coach Sharron Backus 100 2007 Women's Water Polo (Entire team)
Saturday, October 20 FB vs. Cal
Championship # Team Representative(s) 27 1972 Men's Track & Field John Smith 41 1982 Men's Swimming Brandon Day, Robin Leamy and Coach Ron Ballatore 46 1983 Men's Volleyball Steve Gulnac 59 1988 Softball Lisa Longaker Hadfield 60 1988 Men's Track & Field Eric Bergreen and Danny Everett 89 2003 Women's Water Polo Robin Beauregard
Friday, November 9 MBB vs. Portland State
Championship # Team Representative(s) 7 1960 Men's Tennis Norman Perry 33 1975 Men's Volleyball Joe Mica 52 1984 Women's Volleyball Liz Masakayan 57 1987 Men's Track and Field Coach Bob Larsen and Michael Marsh
Saturday, November 10 FB vs. ASU
Championship # Team Representative 23 1971 Men's Track and Field Wayne Collett 30 1973 Men's Track and Field Lynnsey Guerrero 43 1982 Men's Tennis Marcel Freeman 51 1984 Softball Gina Holmstrom 79 1999 Men's Water Polo Sean Kern 91 2004 Women's Gymnastics Jamie Dantzscher
Tuesday, November 13 MBB in CBE Classic - Day 2
Championship # Team Representative(s) 6 1956 Men's Tennis Mike Franks 11 1965 Men's Tennis David Reed 84 2001 Women's Indoor Track and Field Deana Simmons Guidry
Friday, November 23 MBB vs. Yale
Championship # Team Representative(s) 36 1976 Men's Tennis Brian Teacher 78 1999 Softball Stacey Nuveman and Sue Enquist 90 2003 Softball Natasha Watley and Sue Enquist
Saturday, November 24 FB vs. Oregon
Championship # Team Representative 8 1961 Men's Tennis Larry Nagler 25 1972 Men's Basketball Jamaal Keith Wilkes 26 1972 Men's Volleyball Richard Irvin 37 1978 Men's Track and Field William Banks III 62 1989 Softball Kelly Inouye-Perez 93 2004 Softball Keira Goerl
Wednesday, November 28 MBB vs. George Washington
Championship # Team Representative 61 1989 Men's Volleyball Anthony Curci 77 1998 Men's Volleyball Tom Stillwell
Sunday, December 2 MBB vs. Texas
Championship # Team Representative 39 1979 Men's Tennis Blaine Willenberg 42 1982 Men's Volleyball Karch Kiraly 75 1997 Women's Gymnastics Leah Homma 96 2005 Women's Water Polo Thalia Munroe
Saturday, December 15 MBB vs. Idaho State
Championship # Team Representative 3 1953 Men's Tennis Bob Perry 63 1990 Softball Dee Dee Weiman-Kingsbury 94 2004 Women's Track and Field Dawn Harper 95 2004 Men's Water Polo Joe Axelrad
Tuesday, December 18 MBB vs. Western Illinois
Championship # Team Representative(s) 4 1954 Men's Tennis Ron Livingston 53 1985 Softball Mary Ricks 54 1985 Men's Soccer Dale Ervine and Coach Sigi Schmid
Saturday, December 29 MBB vs. UC Davis
Championship # Team Representative 24 1971 Men's Water Polo Jim Puffer 40 1981 Men's Volleyball Steve Salmons 82 2000 Men's Volleyball Mark Williams 86 2001 Women's Water Polo Jaime Hipp
Thursday, January 10 MBB vs. Washington
Championship # Team Representative 2 1952 Men's Tennis Larry Huebner 10 1965 Men's Basketball Keith Erickson 69 1993 Men's Volleyball Mike Sealy 76 1997 Men's Soccer Matt Reis
Saturday, January 12 MBB vs. Washington State
Championship # Team Representative(s) 17 1970 Men's Basketball John Vallely 56 1987 Men's Volleyball Jeff Williams 66 1991 Women's Golf Elizabeth Bowman Benson and Coach Jackie Tobian-Steinmann 71 1995 Men's Volleyball Erik Sullivan
Saturday, January 19 MBB vs. USC
Championship # Team Representative(s) 70 1995 Men's Basketball Ed O'Bannon and Coach Jim Harrick 73 1996 Men's Volleyball Stein Metzger 83 2000 Men's Water Polo Matt Flesher 85 & 88 2001 & 2003 Women's Gymnastics Valorie Kondos Field
Thursday, January 31 MBB vs. ASU
Championship # Team Representative 22 1971 Men's Tennis Spencer Segura 32 1975 Men's Basketball David Meyers 49 1984 Men's Volleyball Ricci Luyties 98 2006 Men's Volleyball Steve Klosterman
Saturday, February 2 MBB vs. Arizona
Championship # Team Representative(s) 28 1971 Men's Water Polo Kurt Krumpholz 45 1982 Women's Track and Field Jeanette Bolden and Coach Scott Chisam 64 1990 Men's Soccer Jorge Salcedo 72 1995 Men's Water Polo Adam Krikorian and Coach Guy Baker
Thursday, February 21 MBB vs. Oregon State
Championship # Team Representative(s) 12 1966 Men's Track and Field Robert Day and Coach Jim Bush 20 1971 Men's Basketball Kenny Booker 29 1973 Men's Basketball Larry Farmer 34 1975 Men's Tennis Billy Martin
Saturday, February 23 MBB vs. Oregon
Championship # Team Representative(s) 4 1954 Men's Tennis Joseph Blatchford 15 1969 Men's Basketball Ken Heitz 50 1984 Men's Tennis Mark Basham 65 1990 Women's Volleyball Alyson Randick and Coach Andy Banachowski
Thursday, March 6 MBB vs. Stanford
Championship # Team Representative(s) 13 1967 Men's Basketball Mike Warren and Lucius Allen 38 1979 Men's Volleyball Sinjin Smith 47 1983 Women's Track & Field Kari Peyton 55 1987 Men's Gymnastics Chris Waller 67 1991 Women's Volleyball Elaine Youngs
Saturday, March 8 MBB vs. Cal
Championship # Team Representatives 14 1968 Men's Basketball The entire team
