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YOUR MONTHLY RESOURCE FOR SUPPORTING UCLA ATHLETICS AND THE WOODEN ATHLETIC FUND
I N S I D E U C L A A T H L E T I C S D E V E L O P M E N T
The following individuals listed below have recently joined the Wooden Athletic Fund and/or Bruin Varsity Club for the first time as part of our 10,000 Champions Campaign challenge to increase our annual fund from 8,513 to 10,000 donors. We would like to take this opportunity to thank these individuals for truly making a di�erence in our ability for success.
W O O D E N AT H L E T I C F U N D N E W M E M B E R U P D AT E
SEPTEMBER 2018
Molly and Brian M. Abraham - San Diego, CAYvonne and Steven Acosta - Panorama City, CAAbby and Martin T. Alejos - Chula Vista, CADuane Allen - Upland, CAMario Anaya - Fullerton, CAMatt and Alisa Anderson - Lancaster, CAJohn and Doreen Anderson - Los Angeles, CAArnold Artavia - Torrance, CAJoseph Audino - Newport Beach, CAHermoz and Armineh Ayvazian - Glendale, CACarolyn A. Baker - Sacramento, CARichard and Susan Barden - Newport Beach, CABrett Barnes - Huntington Beach, CAJoanna Barron and Robert Varela - Lakewood, CACynthia Bartok - Calabasas, CAJacqueline and Robin Bates - Fontana, CAGrace and John Beale - Porter Ranch, CAMark and Jennifer Benhard - Palm Springs, CAJames Berk - Huntington Beach, CAJohn and Ingrid Blanchette - Newport Beach, CARobert Block and Sandra Madrid - Whittier, CAMona Bontty - La Verne, CAJessica Finical and Korey M. Bosworth - Lake Forest, CACraig Brannon - Venice, CAKyle Bridges Claire and Jay Brillantes - Anaheim, CALeticia Calzada - Sherman Oaks, CAThomas Cassaro and Christal Smith - Alhambra, CALoren Castro - Placentia, CALewis Chilton - La Canada Flintridge, CADanny Cotti - Valencia, CALaurie E. Crasnick - Los Angeles, CAGregory Daly and Michele Elizalde Daly - Rancho Cucamonga, CADouglas De Jesus - Redwood City, CARocio De La Torre - Whittier, CAJanet De Leon - Tarzana, CAKevin Deemer - Redondo Beach, CAJessica and Mathew Deville - Redondo Beach, CANina Kleinert and Brant Dveirin - Los Angeles, CAJe�rey and Susan Engler - Tarzana, CAValerie Espinoza - Chino Hills, CAEmily Feher - Santa Ana, CAAlexandra M. Fekete - Chino, CAMakenzie Ferguson - Los Alamitos, CACatherine Foley - Pasadena, CASam and Lucy Follis - Palos Verdes Estates, CABrian Foote - Del Mar, CAErin Foschetti - Pasadena, CAIrene Garcia - Westlake Village, CAAdam Garelik - San Jose, CARoyen Gharagedaghi - Glendale, CAElena Golt - Moorpark, CAJohn Gorder - Riverside, CAPatrick and Kristy Gradoville - Palos Verdes Estates, CADanny and Nora Graham - Torrance, CABrook Gray - Encinitas, CAMichelle and Michael Greco - Saugus, CAFrank Hlavaty - Cayucos, CAKarl and Amy Holmes - West Hills, CAGlenn Hopkins - Sherman Oaks, CAMitchell Hu�man - Huntington Beach, CAJe� Hutchins Marion and Lee Ikemoto - Culver City, CARobert and Shellan Isackson - Belmont, CATerry Johnson - Upland, CACarlos Jones - Whittier, CAJohn Juarez - Riverside, CANicandro and Elizabeth Juarez - Los Angeles, CAMichael and Kimloan Kao - Los Angeles, CASteven R. Kemp - Torrance, CARichard King - Murrieta, CAAleksey and Erica Lanis - Simi Valley, CATimothy Larocca - Torrance, CAKathie and Jack Lassner - Roseville, CAMalina Lee - Chicago, ILKirk Lewis - Glendora, CARoger and Carol Lindley - Nipomo, CAJavier Llerenas - El Monte, CARene Martinez - Ontario, CAMaria Blazquez-Mata and Robert Mata - Los Angeles, CA
Janie and Donald Mazer - Oceanside, CAGail McElroy - Cupertino, CACurtis McReynolds - La Crescenta, CAChad Millan - Orange, CASandra Mills - Pacifica, CADavid Miya - Culver City, CAShehab Mohammad - Long Beach, CAFernando Monge and Melissa Parsons - Newport Beach, CAMattew Morrison - Hacienda Heights, CAAlexandra Nalevanko - Camarillo, CAJoseph Nazzaretta - Culver City, CANashaun Neal - Cypress, CASamuel Nemours - Seatac, WAWailmond Ng - Oklahoma City, OKMarie and Binh T. Ngo - Hoover, ALRichard and Laura Ohara - Hacienda Heights, CAJuan Ojeda - Los Angeles, CARonit Vanderlinden and Sean M. O'Reilly - Los Angeles, CAMike Ormsby - Atlanta, GACuauhtemoc Ortega - Los Angeles, CADavid Osuna - Hollywood, CANicolas Ott - Petaluma, CAJoshua Paris - Thousand Oaks, CAGeorge Paster - San Marino, CAEthan Paulson - Los Angeles, CACynthia and Richard Pearson - Los Angeles, CAJoanna Phillippe - Los Angeles, CATimothy Plewe - Corona, CAAmy Poyer - Manhattan Beach, CAPreston Prince - Fresno, CAChristina and John Probst - Redondo Beach, CACathleen Quinonez - Pico Rivera, CAJohn Ramos - Temple City, CADoug Ray - Whittier, CAJudith Reeves - Fullerton, CABruce and Shellie Reichenfeld - Bell Gardens, CAErin Ripley - Azusa, CAMark and Sandra Rodgers - Bakersfield, CASteven Rodriguez - Santa Monica, CAOmar Roque - Los Angeles, CASteven Rounds - Montebello, CAEdward Sakabu - Santa Clarita, CAMatthew Salinas - Upland, CAChristopher Sapien - Harbor City, CATravis Schofield - Celina, TXKirk Scott - Beverly Hills, CARohit and Manali Shendrikar - Los Angeles, CAMichael and Amy Shonstrom - Denver, COGregory and Ethne Silberg - Calabasas, CAGregory and Suzanne Silva - Alameda, CAStephen Sims - Las Vegas, NVRobert Smith - Arcadia, CAKatherine and Kevin Smith - Laguna Niguel, CAEckwood Solomon - Rancho Palos Verdes, CACourtney Sorensen - West Hollywood, CAMichael Stange Robert and Kristine Steedman - Long Beach, CACeleste Suarez Vera M. So and Manwai Szeto - Monterey Park, CACharles Thompson - El Cajon, CAKenneth Totrakarn - Sierra Madre, CAJoseph and Christine Tuttle - Westminster, CALajoya and Emmanuel T. Umodu - Corona, CASagar Vaidyanathan - Pasadena, CAMary and Mark Vanden Berge - Whittier, CAGarrick Vanderfin - Los Angeles, CAEfren Varela - La Mirada, CAMaria Vargas and Graciela Luna - Long Beach, CAAndrew Villamil - Los Angeles, CAReuben Villanueva - Los Angeles, CAFrank Von Arx - Harbor City, CAMark T. Walker - North Hollywood, CASusan Walker - Corona, CAJennifer M. Walske - Beverly Hills, CASean Waters - Hemet, CAHenry Wielandt - Covina, CAMichael and Teresa Williams - Moorpark, CALance and Sydney Williams - Los Angeles, CADonald R. Wisdom - Santa Clarita, CA
Dawn Abel - La Canada, CAJose Aranda - Santa Monica, CAJuan Campos - Bakersfield, CALarry and Debbie Coyle - Los Alamitos, CARobert A. Di Giacomo - Santa Monica, CANathan Dick - Pasadena, CAJames E. Evans - Santa Barbara, CAJoseph Gallo - Fullerton, CAJon Garkow - Glendora, CAAlexander Levy - Ripon, CAPatrick and Joan Mc Laughlin - Pasadena, CAEdward Mollard - Carson, CAAndreas C. Neuman - Los Angeles, CA
Barbara D. Parr - Hawthorne, CAFrank and Mary Quevedo - Palm Desert, CAJulianna Santibanez and Luis Corrales - Claremont, CACraig and Erinn Sheppard - Santa Monica, CAVinay and Claudia Swaminathan - Redondo Beach, CARussell Torres and Nancy Welliver - Westminster, CATonya and Mitchell Toups - Beaumont, TXRichard Urbanowicz - Concord, CAKimberley Valentine - Altadena, CA
UCLA GAME DAY: NCAA RULES REMINDERS
September is an exciting month with the start of football season under new head coach Chip Kelly. We look forward to UCLA fans heading out to the Rose Bowl and cheering on our Bruins all season long. Here are a few important NCAA rules reminders for game day that apply to our fans and supporters:
You may NOT provide the following to current UCLA student-athletes or their family:
• Complimentary or discounted tickets to the game. • Transportation to or from the Rose Bowl. • Food, beverages or gifts before, during or after the game. • Invitation to sit with you in your seats during the game. • Invitation to a Rose Bowl hospitality suite or tent.
The above are considered impermissible extra benefits under NCAA rules.
The prohibitions above also apply to prospective student-athletes (“prospects”). A prospect is a student who has started classes for the ninth grade. The one excep-tion is if a booster or his/her family has a pre-existing relationship with a prospect that did not originate in athletics. Under that scenario, a prospect who is a long-time family friend and has come to games previously can continue to do in the same manner, but no recruiting conversations can take place.
NCAA rules forbid boosters from making contact with a prospect and his/her family to encourage them to attend UCLA. At the Rose Bowl or elsewhere, refrain from approaching or contacting prospects, and as always, please leave recruiting to the UCLA coaches.
Thank you for your continued adherence to NCAA rules.
For questions about NCAA rules specific to game day, recruiting or any other situation, please contact Dan Goldberg, Assistant Athletic Director Compliance & Recruiting, at (310) 794-8813 or [email protected].
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U C L A A T H L E T I C S ’ C O M P L I A N C E C O R N E R
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Dribble for the Cure – October 14, 2018 On Sunday, October 14, 2018, Dribble for the Cure will be held at Drake Stadium on UCLA Campus. This annual event, now in its eleventh year, teams the UCLA Athletics Department and men’s and women’s basketball programs with the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation and Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA to help raise funds and awareness for pediatric cancer.
Open to all ages, participants receive a Dribble for the Cure tee shirt and goodie bag while they enjoy the opening ceremonies. The one-mile course winds through UCLA campus, and participants can walk, jog, dribble, or run along the route at their own pace alongside student-athletes. UCLA Basketball Head Coaches Steve Alford and Cori Close, along with assistant coaches, sta� and basketball student-athletes, will join participants to help provide a fun festival event that features vendor booths, games, autograph signing, and photo opportunities.
If you have any questions, please call the Wooden Athletic Fund o�ce at 310-206-3302, or email [email protected].
U P C O M I N G E V E N T
UCLA Football Kicko� Dinner – August 22, 2018 At the end of last month, UCLA Football and the Wooden Athletic Fund hosted the annual UCLA Football Kicko� Dinner on the UCLA Campus. This beautiful evening brought together members of the Wooden Athletic Fund, Wasserman Football Center donors and UCLA Football Then Now Forever Fund donors at Royce Quad to celebrate the start of football season. After a brief welcome by Senior Associate Athletic Director Josh Rebholz, UCLA’s new head football coach, Chip Kelly, spoke to over 300 guests, introducing his coaching sta�, sharing about our 2018 football student-athletes, as well as o�ering insight into his vision for UCLA Football and the upcoming season.
For more information on how you can qualify to attend this event and many others, please call 310-206-3302, or email [email protected].
E V E N T R E C A P
Priority Access to Home UCLA Football Single Game Tickets Did you know that as an exclusive benefit of membership, all Wooden Athletic Fund members have exclusive access to individual game tickets in UCLA Scholarship Seating locations for UCLA Football home games?
Single game tickets for all seven UCLA home football games are now on sale. Your Wooden Athletic Fund donation prequalifies you to purchase seats at the face value of the ticket in UCLA Scholarship Seating locations in the Rose Bowl. Availability varies based upon Wooden Athletic Fund membership level.
If you are interested in purchasing single game tickets to any UCLA Football home game, please call the 310-206-5991, or visit www.uclabruins.com/tickets.
Individual Sport Giving Each of UCLA’s 25 intercollegiate athletics teams has a fund available for fans to directly support the programs about which they are most passionate. Every sport-specific gift is important and has a positive impact on each student-athlete on that team. As a donor, the benefits o�ered for gifts made to a specific sport vary by sport and gift amount. However, donors who contribute $25,000 or more to a single sport will also be recognized with non-seating Wooden Athletic Fund member benefits at the Director’s Circle level, and donors who contribute $50,000 or more to a single sport will be recognized with non-seating Wooden Athletic Fund member benefits at the John R. Wooden Benefactor level for that membership year. Wooden Athletic Fund benefits for priority season tickets are o�ered only for gifts directed specifically to the Wooden Athletic Fund.
For more information on supporting individual UCLA sport programs, please contact the UCLA Athletics Development o�ce at 310-206-3302 or [email protected] .
B E N E F I T O F T H E M O N T H
W A Y O F G I V I N G
CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTOSFROM THE 2018 UCLA
FOOTBALL KICKOFF DINNER
CLICK HERE TO VIEWNAMING OPPORTUNITIES FORWALLIS ANNENBERG STADIUM
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MOREABOUT THE WAF 10K CHAMPIONSEXPERIENCE REFERRAL PROGRAM
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASEUCLA FOOTBALL HOME GAME
SINGLE TICKETS
In February, 2017, the Wooden Athletic Fund announced a special incentive to our donors through our 10K CHAMP10NS campaign. All current Wooden Athletic Fund members are encouraged to refer a friend to join the Wooden Athletic Fund. This qualifies you to be entered to win a monthly prize. If you referred a friend during the month of January, you were automatically entered to win the prize for the month of January.
We are pleased to announce the winner of the August 10K CHAMP10NS Experience is Ralph Phillips from Palo Alto, CA. A hearty ‘Congratulations’ goes out to Ralph! Ralph has won the following prize for the 10K CHAMP10NS challenge for the month of August:
• UCLA Football Experience: Four (4) UCLA Football Elite tickets to UCLA vs. Cincinnati 2018 Home Opener at the Rose Bowl on September 1, 2018. Includes four (4) passes into the Blue Moon Club and one (1) Premium Parking Pass
The prize for the September 10K CHAMP10NS Experience will be:
• UCLA Football Experience: Four (4) UCLA Football Elite tickets to UCLA vs. Utah at the Rose Bowl on October 26, 2018. Includes four (4) passes into the Blue Moon Club and one (1) Premium Parking Pass The winner of September’s 10K CHAMP10NS Referral Program challenge will be announced in the October newsletter!
For more information on the 10K CHAMP10NS Referral Program, please call 310-206-3302, or email [email protected].
AU G U S T 1 0 K C H A M P 1 0 N S E X P E R I E N C E W I N N E R
The generous Wooden Athletic Fund donors listed below have increased their giving at least one giving level since August 1st and thereby “Become a Champion” for UCLA Athletics. We would like to take this opportunity to thank these individuals for their generous support.
N E W “ B E C O M E A C H A M P I O N ” D O N O R S
“ T H A N K Y O U ” F R O M T H E B R U I N S
ANIKA RODRIGUEZ Women’s Soccer • Senior
Torrance, California • Political Science Major
CLICK HERE TO SUPPORTUCLA WOMEN’S SOCCER
CLICK HERE TO SUPPORTUCLA INDIVIDUAL SPORT PROGRAMS
“Being a Bruin has been about pursuing excellence, giving back, and embracing our creativity. This culture of excellence and community is something I am honored to have been allowed to be a part of. It is a privilege to play here and it is all because of the support you show the student-athletes. Thank you for the opportunity to play the sport I love at the school of my dreams.”
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DRIBBLE FOR THE CURE EVENT
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Wallis Annenberg Soccer Stadium Grand Opening – August 17, 2018 This past month, UCLA hosted the Grand Opening of the new home of UCLA Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Wallis Annenberg Stadium. Located at the previously-named North Athletic Field, the festive event was held adjacent to the new stadium prior to the UCLA Women’s Soccer team holding their season home opener. UCLA dignitaries, UCLA Soccer alumni, donors and fans gathered to witness Wallis Annenberg cut the ribbon to formally open the stadium. The Grand Opening signified the completion of the first phase of the Wallis Annenberg Stadium project that featured grandstand seating and press box on the west side, a Daktronics LED video board and Musco Sports lighting. The stadium renovation was made possible with a generous lead gift of $5 million from the Annenberg Foundation. The Grand Opening event was followed by an exciting 1-0 UCLA Women’s Soccer win over Long Beach State with the winning goal coming with just two seconds left in regulation play. Future phases of the stadium project may include expanded stadium seating, a training room, student-athlete locker room, coaches' locker rooms, meeting spaces, ticketing space, and a new press box.
For more information on UCLA Athletics’ new Wallis Annenberg Stadium, please call 310-206-3302, or email [email protected].
E V E N T R E C A P
Kate Sommer Associate Director, Development
What is your favorite college sport to follow? A biased answer, but PAC-12 Women’s Volleyball. (I competed in the Pac-12 in Women’s Volleyball as a student-athlete for Washington State.)What is your favorite pro sport to follow? NHL, particularly the Los Angeles KingsWhat is your favorite sport to play? Beach VolleyballSince you began working at UCLA, what sport have you
gotten to like that you never thought you would like? Women’s Gymnastics! What is your favorite kind of music? Favorite group, band, or musician? Country- at the moment, one of my favorite artists is Chris Stapleton.Where would you like to travel to that you’ve never been to before? Santorini, GreeceCat person or dog person? Dog! What was your high school mascot? The SaintsUnique fact about yourself? I use to be a part of a singing group, which is ironic, as I do not have singing talent.
