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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 2017
Selena A. Adway - Los Angeles, CAJairo Alvarado - Panorama City, CAAlan Arredondo - Covina, CATodd A. Avakian - Costa Mesa, CAPamela and John G. Bailey - Los Angeles, CAEmily Barton - Redlands, CAAdelle and David Bautista - Montclair, CASusan V. Bermudez - Norco, CAJeremy Boback - Los Angeles, CATraci E. Buchholz - La Verne, CAChris Candelaria - Danville, CASylvia P. Castillo - Baldwin Park, CAEdward Chavez - Whittier, CAOtis Cliatt - Trabuco Canyon, CAJuanita and Angel Delgadillo - Fontana, CAEmma and Sal Di Stefano - Alhambra, CAVictoria and David Ferguson - Los Alamitos, CAIlia and Evan J. Flagg - Culver City, CAKatherine and Scott R. Franklin - Moraga, CACole Franz - Agoura Hills, CAFelix A. Galvan - Hacienda Heights, CAMarco Garcia - Montebello, CAPaula Gomez and Jordan Waite - Newhall, CAMarissa and Jacob Good - Los Angeles, CAClayton J. Green - Washington, DCJustin Hellinger - San Diego, CAAda and James Horwich - Beverly Hills, CACorey M. Huntley - Long Beach, CA
Alexander J. Jazyk - Glendora, CANikki and Kevin P. Keating - Medford, ORBrendan Keeney - Burbank, CAArthur L. Keith - Los Angeles, CAJeremiah Kraft - Austin, TXJose L. Larios - Los Angeles, CAMaribel Chang and Charles Lin - Alhambra, CATamara B. Horwich and Gerald S. Lipshutz - Los Angeles, CARay F. Lopez - Montebello, CADavid Lujan - Maywood, CAPamela and Richard Maxson - Santa Ana, CABrent J. Mendoza - Los Angeles, CADonte M. Miller - Colton, CAEdward Mollard - Carson, CAMark T. Mondello - Manhattan Beach, CAPaula McElligott and Matt Morrison - Dana Point, CAJonathan Muller Kathryn T. Murphy - Novato, CAMark Pietrantonio - Boston, MAMiguel Polanco - Pasadena, CAGustavo A. Reyes - Lakewood, CAAlexander Schoeder - South Pasadena, CAKelly and Thomas A. Sooter - Northridge, CAAlison and David Steinberg - West Linn, ORMarcus Wilhite - Los Angeles, CAElena and Drew J. Zager - Los Angeles, CA
Mark and Polly Bamberger - Los Angeles, CAJason Donatini - Agoura Hills, CAIan S. Drayer - Lake Grove, NYMichael Flynn - Pasadena, CARodney Fodran - Arcadia, CAMargaret Fonkalsrud - Santa Monica, CAJay Goldman - Glendale, CAJean and Mark Hunter - Irvine, CAPaul and Betty Isley - Manhattan Beach, CABritta Bushnell and Brenton W. Kessel - Topanga, CA
Teri and Peter Lauenstein - La Canada Flintridge, CASusan and George C. Lowry - Studio City, CADan Maloney - Upland, CACorey D. McMahon - Simi Valley, CAJacob Merrifield - Porter Ranch, CADouglas Mylowe - Los Angeles, CACraig Steel - San Gabriel, CAMarlene P. Willauer and Brian K. Lowe - Woodland Hills, CA
Complimentary Admissions for Student-athletes and Prospects
September is an exciting month for UCLA football fans with three home games. Your season ticket booklets have arrived and we look forward to our fans packing the Rose Bowl to cheer on the Bruins. One thing to remember is that you may not o�er a complimentary or discounted ticket to a current UCLA student-athlete or their family members. You also may not invite them to sit with you in your seats during the game. Doing so would be an impermissible extra benefit under NCAA rules. The same prohibition applies to prospective student-athletes (“prospects”).
Current student-athletes and prospects are provided complimentary admissions by the UCLA Athletic Department according to NCAA rules as follows:
Student-Athletes: • May be provided a maximum of four (4) complimentary admissions for home and away games in their sport • Comp admissions are issued on a game-by-game basis • No hard tickets are issued, and all admissions for family and friends are through a gate list • Student-athletes can trade comp admissions amongst themselves, but cannot sell or trade them • For post-season games, student-athletes may receive up to six (6) comp admissions and additional tickets may be purchased at face value
Prospects: • May be provided a maximum of three (3) complimentary admissions for a home game, with two (2) additional comp admissions available for non-traditional families (ex: divorced parents) • May be provided up to six (6) comp admissions if on a one-time o�cial visit • Must be in general seating areas only, and cannot be in suites or VIP sections • No hard tickets are issued, and all admissions are through a gate list • No comp admissions are allowed for postseason tournaments (conference or NCAA)
Questions about complimentary admissions or other NCAA rules? Please do not hesitate to contact Dan Goldberg, Assistant Athletic Director Compliance & Recruiting, at (310) 794-8813 or [email protected].
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UCLA Football Kicko� Dinner – August 23, 2017 UCLA Athletics and Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero and his wife Ann Marie hosted the annual UCLA Football Kicko� Dinner on Wednesday, August 23 on Royce Quad at UCLA. Members of the Wooden Athletic Fund, along with Wasserman Football Center donors and Then Now Forever donors were invited to attend this special evening. Guests enjoyed an evening with UCLA Football coaching sta� and senior football student-athletes as they celebrated the opening of the 2017 UCLA Football Season. After a wonderful reception and sit-down dinner, UCLA Football Head Coach Jim Mora introduced his coaching sta�, before individually recognizing the 24 seniors of the 2017 football class, many of whom had their parents in attendance. Each senior was given the opportunity to speak about their time at UCLA and how UCLA Football had become an integral part of their lives. Guests were also given an inside preview of the upcoming season by Coach Mora, and took home souvenir UCLA glasses along with memories of a pleasant evening spent with fellow Bruins.
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
UCLA Football Then Now Forever Fund The UCLA Football Then Now Forever Fund was established to provide additional resources to help UCLA compete at a nationally elite level in football. Then Now Forever, or TNF, is an annual giving program designated to directly support the excellence of UCLA Football. All financial support received is used directly and solely to enhance critical areas for our football student-athletes such as academic services, recruiting and dining and nutrition. Given these resources, our student-athletes will have the opportunity to keep the UCLA Football program to where it rightly belongs: among the nation’s elite.
With a tax-deductible gift of $100 or more to the Then Now Forever fund, benefits begin with an invitation for two to the annual Spring Football Practice and Coach Jim Mora Meet & Greet. Benefits for larger gifts include complimentary admission to the annual Football Kicko� Dinner and annual Football Awards Banquet, sideline access to home Bruin football games, complimentary access to all Then Now Forever Football Tailgates, personalized parking at the Rose Bowl, and travel for two to an away WAF UCLA Football Donor Trip.
For more information regarding the Then Now Forever Fund, please contact the Wooden Athletic Fund at 310-206-3302, or [email protected].
W A Y O F G I V I N G
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STORE OF UCLA ATHLETICS
Olympic Sports Access with WAF Membership Card One of the many exclusive benefits o�ered to ALL Wooden Athletic Fund members is complimentary general admission access for two (2) to all regular season UCLA Athletics home events, with the exception of UCLA Football, Men's Basketball and any post-season events. Admission may be granted by presenting your Wooden Athletic Fund membership card upon entry and you and a guest will be admitted to the event for free. Additionally, if you are a member of the Director’s Circle or Wooden Benefactor support group, your WAF membership card will grant you complimentary admission for four (4) people.
To learn more about this and other exclusive WAF benefits, please call the Wooden Athletic Fund O�ce at 310-206-3302, email [email protected], visit www.WoodenAthleticFund.com.
B E N E F I T O F T H E M O N T H
CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WAF 10KCHAMPIONS EXPERIENCE REFERRAL PROGRAM
This past February, 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 August, you were automatically entered to win the prize for the month of August.
We are pleased to announce the winner of the August 10K CHAMP10NS Experience is Victor Martinez from San Fernando, CA. A hearty ‘Congratulations’ goes out to Victor!
Victor has won the following prize for the 10K CHAMP10NS challenge for the month of August: Two (2) UCLA Football tickets to a game of his choice for the 2017 season
The prize for the September 10K CHAMP10NS Experience will be: Two (2) UCLA Football Pregame Sideline Experience Passes for a game of your choice for the 2017 Season 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].
A U 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 O�cial Store of UCLA Athletics With the first UCLA Football game kicking o� in just a few days, you suddenly find yourself without any new UCLA gear. Where will you go for your new Bruin gear? Purchasing new UCLA gear is as easy as logging onto The Bruin Team Shop, the O�cial Store of UCLA Athletics and the best place to find the latest in styles from Under Armour, the new O�cial Apparel Partner of UCLA Athletics. The Bruin Team Shop site includes the new Under Armour Iconic Collection, as well as free shipping with orders over $50.00.
T H E B R U I N T E A M S H O P. . .
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
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What is your first UCLA memory?
Neema Barbod: “My first memory of UCLA would be my parentsbringing me and my sister to campus. We lived in Santa Monica and my mom would bring us to campus sometimes on weekends to walk around and picnic in the Sculpture Garden. I was probably 5-6 years old at the time but I remember walking around campus not knowing where we were but having the distinct picture of Royce Hall and the Sculpture Garden in my mind.”Alicia Junker: “My first UCLA memory is being hired as an intern and working my first big special event, which was the grand opening of new Pauley Pavilion in the fall of 2012. This was certainly a proud day for UCLA Athletics and UCLA Basketball, and I was grateful to be a part of it.”Kat Lauer: “My first memory of UCLA is from my recruiting trip February of 2009, I flew here from Connecticut with my parents and we saw the boathouse where I would later row, and watched the Men’s Basketball team play. I was hooked from then on.” Emily Lerner: “My first memory of UCLA was from when I was a freshman in a small college in New York and picked up a Sports Illustrated that had a story about Ann Meyers playing basketball at UCLA and how she could play against the men as well as the women. I was so impressed by her story that it made me look up UCLA (in a library; this was pre-internet) to find out more about this incredible woman. From then on I followed UCLA games.”Jill Machuca: “My first UCLA memory was from the 1989 UCLA-USC football game at the Coliseum. Bruin Alfredo Velasco (who lived on my block) kicked a field goal on the final play of the game that hit the crossbar and bounced back into the end zone. It would’ve been the winning point for UCLA.”Parker Poliako�: “My first UCLA memory is watching the 2008 UCLA vs. Cal basketball game. I was watching it on TV with my friends in Connecticut and we all went crazy when Josh Shipp hit the game winning shot from behind the backboard!”Josh Rebholz: “My first memory of UCLA was when I was hired, which was the summer of 2012, I was taken by a colleague to the old “UCLA Men’s Gym” (now the Student Activities Center) to watch the NBA professionals play “pick-up” basketball. I was amazed to see so many other NBA players – including NBA All-Stars and future Basketball Hall of Famers – playing basketball with our current Bruins and many former Bruins but without any of the fanfare you might expect. It was raw, it was astonishing and it was so…UCLA. I will never forget that “Aha” moment where I knew I was on a campus that was unlike any other in the country – and it was an incredible feeling.” Zack Rosenfeld: “My first UCLA memory was back in the late ‘90s when my parents took me to the Rose Bowl for my first UCLA Football game. I’ve been a true Bruin ever since!”Brian Smith: “I first visited UCLA while interviewing for an internship in 1989. I remember going through the Hall of Fame and being blown away by the names of all the former student-athletes and Olympians …. Robinson, Wooden, Meyers, Joyner-Kersee, Walton, Vidmar, Johnson, Ashe, Smith, Abdul-Jabbar, Connors, Pavin, Banks, Chambliss, Gri�th Joyner, Partie, Warren …. It was then that I realized how special UCLA Athletics truly was.” Taylor Swearingen: “My first UCLA memory was in Pauley Pavilion in 2004 when I was a recently admitted prospective UCLA student watching UCLA Gymnastics compete for (and ultimately win) the NCAA Championship. I was immediately hooked on UCLA Athletics!”
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“ T H A N K Y O U ” F R O M T H E B R U I N S
AUSTIN KENTFootball • Punter
Sophomore • Charlotte, North Carolina
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“Having the privilege to be a student athlete at UCLA is truly a blessing that has only become possible through the generosity of UCLA’s donors. These donations helped to place us in an environment that's provided us with the keys needed to succeed both in the classroom and on the field. The connections I have made with my teammates through competition, and students in the classroom are unparalleled. Not many have the opportunity to play the sport they love at such a high level while at the same time getting a great education. Attending UCLA is a great opportunity and every day I strive to make the most of it.”
