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Contents GUERRERO ... THE INSIDER’S VIEW Transfer Rules 1 FROM THE EDITOR OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF UCLA ATHLETICS VOL. 2 • ISSUE 3 • OCTOBER 2006 WRITERS Gina Albert Stephanie Sampson 1 MANAGING EDITOR Rich Bertolucci 2006 UCLA ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 2 2006-07 UCLA MEN’S BASKETBALL Q&A with Sophomore Forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute 2006-07 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Schedules 4 2006-07 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Q&A with Senior Guard Noelle Quinn 6 BRUINS IN THE REAL WORLD Willie Naulls 8 ADVENTURES IN THE NCAA WORLD DESIGN Kris Crenwelge, John Bellemy/ Sports Publication Design ADVERTISING—ISP SPORTS Tom Davis (310) 825-0328 E-mail comments, suggestions, and corrections to [email protected] PUBLISHED BY Bruin Blue is published 12 times a year by ISP Sports in conjunction with the UCLA Department of Athletics. The price of an annual subscription is $19.95. UCLA Athletic Fund members receive a complimentary subscription as a membership benefit. 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I TWO B REAT LOOK ONE G + h t r o w Ash EN’S WOM C CE MI MAN RFOR PE MEN’S C EZ-TE S ’ N E M T ACKE J R E B ROFI O H POL POLO ith Knit w ket erlock V-neck plac t n I n d ipe n r a t Cotto r S a Royal st coll vy or a contra N : ble in : #H51 Availa 3 Item 5 :$ L X S- 5XTeJXTe5 ?XiX_4V^Xe`Ta&$#!%#)!#+$# hV_TfgbeX!Vb` abric ollar Knit C rformance F 2 Bar e e P r n u t o Cott Signa ombed Navy 100% C in: Ivory or m: #H36 e le b It a Avail L: $67 65; XX $ : L S-X nd ttom a vy a pen bo N o : h in it w able jacket . Avail Full Zip per pockets m: #H41 e ip front z ; XXL: $87 It 4 8 :$ S-XL ore! ELY at b Availa LUSIV le EXC LA St the UC GUERRERO ... The Insider’s View A fter a dinner, which included a healthy portion of sautééed spinach (bad timing), I had a dream: we won every game, 100% of our athletes graduated, there were no injuries, every seat was sold, LA housing prices dropped, and gasoline was down to $2.00 a gallon. OK, it was the spinach. Things don’t always go the way we’d like, no matter the preparation, effort, execution or desire. That’s life — that’s sports. And while I like what we do and how we do it almost all the time, on rare occasions things don’t work out as planned. Sometimes, with student-athletes, performance expectations are so high that realism and patience take a back seat to ambition. The intercollegiate athletic enterprise recognizes this fact, and that such feelings and predicaments are not necessarily inappropriate or without cause. As such, avenues are provided for alteration. It’s not the situation a coach wishes for — a recruited athlete who wishes to transfer — but it happens. In the case of scholarship athletes in selected sports, the NCAA transfer rules are tight. A recruited football, men’s hockey, or basketball player (man or woman) will sit out a year upon transferring. Other sports have a bit more flexibility, due to, what is commonly referred to in our business as, the “one-time” transfer rule. Here’s a typical scenario for a Division 1A basketball transfer: • The student-athlete informs the coach about the desire to transfer and requests a release. This is a letter from UCLA to another school granting permission to contact the athlete. All standard recruiting rules apply, including limits on phone calls, official visits, timing, etc. On some occasions, the other school will become aware of the athlete’s desire to transfer and may contact UCLA directly for the release letter. • Once the athlete has decided where to go, that school may issue the student-athlete a grant-in-aid contract. There is no second letter-of-intent. • Because the student-athlete was recruited and/or on athletic aid, he must sit out for a year. If a red-shirt year had already been used, the player will lose a year of eligibility in that sport. For all other sports, the transferring athlete can request use of the one-time transfer rule, and if the original school grants the release under this NCAA Bylaw (and all other criteria is met,) there is no requirement to sit for a year. • To utilize the one-time transfer rule, the athlete must be in good academic standing, which means he or she would have been eligible had they stayed, had completed all satisfactory progress requirements while at UCLA, AND they must not have previously transferred from a four-year institution. • If a football, basketball, or ice-hockey player was not recruited and never received ANY athletically-related financial aid (a true walk-on), that person is also eligible for the one-time transfer provision. • If the original institution does not grant the release (for basketball, football or hockey), or the one-time exception for all other sports, the student-athlete may request an appeal hearing to determine why and to plead their case for it being granted. The “jury” in such appeals cases is typically made up of professors and non-athletic department administrators. Intra-conference transferring within the PAC-10 Conference, trips another set of rules. • If a current student-athlete at another PAC-10 school wishes to become a Bruin, was granted the one-time exception, was in good academic standing, and was never on athletic or institutional aid, he/she does not have to sit a year. But if that athlete was on athletic related aid or was recruited and on need-based aid, they may have to sit for TWO years unless the Pac-10 Conference approves a reduction. Over the years, UCLA has benefited from the contributions of student-athletes who have transferred and other schools have, likewise, benefited from former Bruin studentathletes who have moved elsewhere for a greater opportunity to contribute. Believe it or not, students sometimes change their minds and over the course of an academic year we are bound to see some transfer movement as described above. The NCAA membership is continually evaluating these transfer rules especially in light of the mandates of the new academic reform movement. Consider the implications on an institution that loses several student-athletes over the course of a year, not only from a competitive standpoint, but also from a “retention” standpoint. The loss of too many scholarship athletes can adversely affect the APR (Academic Performance Rating), which could ultimately result in a loss of scholarship opportunities for a given program. On the other hand, one must always keep the issue of student-athlete welfare in mind...what is in their best interests? This situation is just another concern that requires our most vigilant attention. Hope to see you soon at a fall sporting event. Go Bruins. Dan From the Editor: This month’s edition of Bruin Blue features our first ever cartoon. Many thanks are offered to Cesar Vargas for animating an ordinary—yet necessary—Booster Letter. Two weeks from the deadline, Cesar took a plain letter and brought to life a tabloid page that grabbed your attention. Our intent was to persuade you to read it and Cesar deserves the credit for this creativity. A former Bruin’s child is in trouble and needs our help. Tae Butler, the nine-year old daughter of Mitchell and Dana Butler, is fighting AML Leukemia at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. Tae needs donated blood and platelets in plentiful quantities, as she will be fighting this challenge for the long haul. To give blood or platelets, please call Jaime Rivas (310-206-6167) at the UCLA Blood and Platelets Center. Being the typical fourth-grader, Tae also would appreciate cards, letters, DVDs and CDs. For Tae’s contact information please inquire at [email protected]. Go Bruins! —rb UCLABRUINS.COM • 1 Ucla Athletics HALL OF FAME Eight new members were inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 6. Invitation-only ceremonies were held in the Hall of Fame, located in the J.D. Morgan Intercollegiate Athletics Center, and in Covel Commons. The new inductees were also introduced during halftime of the Oct. 7 UCLA-Arizona football game at the Rose Bowl. The new inductees are: Carol Bower, Rowing Bower has been called the greatest all-around women’s crew athlete in UCLA history (1978-79). A bronze medalist in the 1979 World Championships, Bower joined the U.S. National Team in 1980. She was a three-time World Champion Silver Medalist (1981-83) and took home the gold medal in the eights during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Carol was selected Oarswoman of the Year in 1982 by the United States Olympic Committee and was inducted in the Rowing Hall of Fame in 1984. Bower graduated from UCLA in 1979 and served as the head coach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Women’s Rowing program from 1987-1996. She is currently the head crew coach at Bryn Mawr College Herb Flam, Tennis Flam was UCLA’s top tennis player in 1947-48-49-50. In 1950, as co-captain with Glenn Bassett, who would later become UCLA’s head coach, Flam led UCLA to its first-ever NCAA team championship. He also became the first UCLA tennis player to capture individual NCAA titles in singles and doubles (with Gene Garrett) in the same year. The 1950 team opened the door for Bruin tennis teams, which won five NCAA titles between 1950 and 1956, and ultimately established the UCLA program as No. 1 in the United States. Over several years, Flam was one of the nation’s stars in an era when most Davis Cup team members and top international players came from the intercollegiate ranks. From 1951-57, Flam was ranked in the world’s Top 10 four times. In all, Flam made the singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon on three occasions and the U.S. Open six times. He was inducted into the Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987. 2 • BRUIN BLUE • OCTOBER 2006 2006 INDUCTEES Monte Nitzkowski, Swimming and Water Polo Nitzkowski swam and played water polo for the Bruins in 1950 and 1951 after transferring from Fullerton Junior College. He won the Bob Starr Memorial Trophy as the outstanding Bruin swimmer in 1951. He was a two-time Southern Division breaststroke champion at 200 yards and held the PCC record at 2:22.4 while also owning the Bruin record in the 100-yard breaststroke. Nitzkowski had a record of 22 wins in 24 in dual meet starts while at UCLA, and was the first Bruin ever to compete in the NCAA meet twice, earning All-America honors. Nitzkowski was a member of the U.S. Olympic team in 1952 in the 200-meter breaststroke. In water polo, Nitzkowski was named first-team all Southern Division in 1951. He has become one of the world’s foremost water polo authorities. From 1954-89, he coached Long Beach City College to 32 conference water polo championships and 12 conference swim titles. Nitzkowski also served as U.S. National Team Water Polo coach from 1967-1984 and coached the U.S. team in four Olympiads, including bronze in 1972 and silver in 1984. Nitzkowski was a 1991 selection to the International Swimming Hall of Fame and is a member of the U.S. Water Polo Hall of Fame. Jonathan Ogden, Football and Track and Field Arguably, the finest offensive lineman in UCLA football history, Ogden was a four-year starter at offensive tackle from 1992-95. In 1992 he was named first-team Freshman All-American and followed that up as a second-team Sophomore All-American. As a junior, Ogden was named All-Pac-10 and third-team All-American. As a senior in 1995, Ogden received a myriad of honors including the Outland Trophy as the top interior lineman in the nation (UCLA’s first ever), unanimous first-team All-America and first-team All Pac-10 honors, the Morris Trophy, UPI Lineman of the Year, Lombardi Trophy runner-up and Co-UCLA offensive MVP. He was the cornerstone of UCLA’s offensive line, which led to the Bruins’ highest rushing average since 1967 at 4.7 yards per carry. In 1997 Ogden became the eighth Bruin to have his jersey retired. Ogden was the fourth overall selection in the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft by Baltimore. He was named to the NFL All-Rookie team and has since been named to eight consecutive Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams. Ogden remains one of the best and most dominating linemen in the NFL. He helped lead Baltimore to the 2001 Super Bowl title and was named NFL Alumni Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2002. While at UCLA, Ogden was also a strong thrower on the UCLA track and field team, winning the 1996 NCAA indoor shot put title. Ogden also finished fourth in the 1995 NCAA outdoor championships and fifth in both the 1994 and ’95 NCAA Indoor Championships. Annette Salmeen, Swimming The epitome of a student-athlete, Salmeen was a four-year All-America swimmer from 199396, a four-year Academic All-American and the first UCLA female swimmer to capture an NCAA individual title when she won the 200 butterfly in 1996 in 1:55:84. During that magical 1996 senior campaign, Salmeen won Pac-10 titles in the 100m and 200m butterfly, and was named UCLA’s Female Athlete of the Year and the Alumni Association Outstanding Senior. She also received the NCAA Top Eight Award, presented to only eight NCAA student-athletes annually for excellence in academics and athletics. In addition, Salmeen was an NCAA Woman of the Year finalist, received an NCAA post-graduate scholarship and was named a Rhodes Scholar (UCLA’s eighth student ever and first since 1973). During her Bruin career, she was a two-time team MVP, named the team’s hardest worker on three occasions, voted most inspirational twice and graduated with UCLA records in the 200 butterfly, 200 free and 500 free. Salmeen swam for the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team and captured a gold medal as a member of the 800m freestyle relay team. Individually, she finished 12th in the 200m butterfly in the Olympics. Salmeen graduated from UCLA with honors in Chemistry (3.94 GPA) in 1997 and completed her Doctorate of Philosophy degree in biochemistry as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University in 2001. She is currently conducting post-doctoral research in molecular pharmacology at Stanford University Medical School. Dennis Storer, Soccer and Rugby Storer came to UCLA from Great Britain in 1966 and began an extraordinarily successful career as a UCLA faculty member as well as the head coach of the men’s soccer and rugby programs. In soccer, Dennis was named UCLA head coach after soccer was elevated to NCAA status in 1967. Storer’s soccer teams compiled a remarkable 103-10-10 record while he was at the helm from 1967-73. Although the soccer team did not offer any scholarships, UCLA recorded three NCAA runner-up finishes, three West Coast Championships and five All Cal titles. In rugby, Storer’s teams compiled an outstanding 362-46-2 record against collegiate, major club and international teams from 1966-1982 and captured three national championships (`68, `72 and `75). UCLA Rugby also won 16 Southern California division championships. While at UCLA, Dennis also served as the U.S. National Coach in rugby from 1976-82 and 14 of the first U.S. National Team players were Bruins. Dennis has been widely recognized internationally as a coach and a great sportsman as well as for his commitment to helping underprivileged youth. From 1968-82, Storer also served as Director of UCLA’s National Youth Sports Programs and from 1982-84 he served as British Olympic Association Executive Director and Attache in U.S.A. for the L.A. Olympics. Dennis was honored by Queen Elizabeth II with an OBE in 1994 for services in British/American Education, Sport and Commerce. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1999. John Vallely, Basketball Vallely was a starting guard for two UCLA basketball national championship teams (1969-70), playing for Coach John Wooden. A junior college transfer, Vallely became known as “Money Man” for his play in big games. Against Drake in the 1969 NCAA semifinals, Vallely poured in 29 points to lead the Bruins to an 85-82 victory. Playing in consecutive Final Fours, Vallely averaged 20.5 ppg and was named to the All-Final Four team on both occasions. In all, Vallely averaged 13.8 ppg as a Bruin and was the 1969 free throw champion at 75.5%. Vallely was drafted in the 1st round of the NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks and played two seasons. He also competed in beach volleyball in 1969 and ‘70 and won a total of nine titles (seven with the legendary Ron Von Hagen), including the prestigious 1969 Manhattan Beach Open. Elaine Youngs, Volleyball and Basketball Youngs was a four-year volleyball starter at outside hitter from 1988-92) and led the Bruins to four Final Four appearances. By the end of her stellar career, she was one of only five female volleyball players (now 12) to have been selected as four-time All-Americans. As a freshman in 1988, she was named All-Pac-10 and second-team All-American while becoming the first Bruin to record over 400 kills (406). As a sophomore, she was named All-Pac-10 and first-team AllAmerican as she led the team in kill average. She also set an all-time Bruin record with 33 digs against ASU. After red-shirting the 1990 season, Youngs returned for the 1991 campaign and helped lead the Bruins to the national championship while being named All-Pac-10, secondteam All-American and NCAA All-Tournament. Her senior year, Youngs led the Bruins to the NCAA championship match and was named All-Pac-10, first-team All-American and to the NCAA All-Tournament Team. She finished the year ranked second in the Pac-10 and 10th in the nation with a .389 hitting percentage. Youngs concluded her career ranked fourth on UCLA’s career charts for kills, digs and service aces and seventh in blocks. She went on to play for the U.S. National Team from 1993-97, including the 1994 World Championships and 1996 Olympics. She has also been a very successful player on the professional beach circuit, winning the 2002 AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Women’s Player of the Year. In 2004, Youngs competed in her second Olympics and won a bronze medal in Beach Volleyball with partner Holly McPeak. Youngs also played two years (1989-90) for the Bruin basketball team averaging 5.7 points. HERB FLAM ANNETTE SALMEEN JONATHAN OGDEN UCLABRUINS.COM • 3 QA & Bruin Blue LUC RICHARD MBAH A MOUTE• MEN’S BASKETBALL BY STEPHANIE SAMPSON, UCLA SPORTS INFORMATION ASSISTANT Luc Richard Mbah a Moute began his career at UCLA in grand fashion last season as he was named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and helped the Bruins reach the NCAA Championship game. With a year under his belt in beautiful Southern California, this Cameroonian native is eager and ready showcase his and UCLA's talents this season. With his eyes set on another Pac-10 title and NCAA title run, the sophomore reflects on his first year in Westwood. Bruin Blue: You have been at UCLA for just over a year now. What has it meant to be a Bruin? Luc Richard Mbah a Moute: It means a lot. You never know how it is until you get to try it out. This last year gave me a good feel of it and helped me know I made the right decision when I chose to come here. We had a successful year in hoops and at the same time, I got to have a year of the full college experience: going to class, socializing and so on. I couldn’t have asked for a better situation. BB: What was your favorite part of your first year at UCLA? Luc: Definitely going to the Final Four. The experience of it all was amazing. It’s so special because so many people play hoops and never get that chance to play in the final game, and I got to my freshman year. It’s real special to me although the outcome wasn’t how I wanted it to end, it was still very special. BB: Any regrets after your first year at UCLA? Luc: My only regret is that we lost in the NCAA Final to Florida. That was disappointing, but other then that, I had a pretty good freshman year on and off the court. BB: Now that you’ve been in LA for a year, how do you feel about living here? Luc: I thought it would be real big and crazy, but I realized it wasn’t like that. I spent most of my time in Westwood because I was busy with basketball and school, so I didn’t get to do much during the season. BB: What’s your favorite part of living in LA? Luc: My favorite things are probably the weather and just living here is great. You can do whatever you want…… go to the movies, go to the beach, whatever. There’s just always so much to do. BB: What have you been doing during the summer? Luc: I’ve been going to summer school and have been working out, trying to improve my game for this season. I’ve also been hanging out with friends and family, going to the beach and the movies. BB: Last year you were the top freshman in the league. What should fans expect from you this season? Luc: I don’t know what they expect, but I expect to get better offensively and defensively. If I get better, my team will get better. It will help us, and I just want to improve on what I did last year. BB: How did it feel to see so many fans wearing the “Cameroon Crazies” shirts during basketball season? Luc: It felt really good to see so much support for me and Alfred (Aboya). That’s one of the big reasons I came to UCLA. There is so much support and the fans do stuff like that. It kind of spoils you, but it feels great. We didn’t grow up having this kind of support, so it definitely gives you a boost. BB: What can the fans expect from the team this season? Luc: It’s the same thing every year…… Try to go to the NCAA Tournament and win it all. It’s definitely going to take focusing on one game at a time, but we can do it. We got better as the year went on last season and with the freshman coming in and the guys on the team now, it’s going to be a very exciting year. 2006–07 UCLA MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Day, Date Thurs., Nov. 2 Thurs., Nov. 9 Wed., Nov. 15 Mon.-Wed., Nov. 20-22 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Tues., Nov. 28 Sun., Dec. 3 Tues., Dec. 5 Sat., Dec. 9 Sat., Dec. 16 Tue., Dec. 19 Sat., Dec. 23 Thurs., Dec. 28 Sun., Dec. 31 Thurs., Jan. 4 Sat., Jan. 6 Sat., Jan. 13 Thurs., Jan. 18 Opponent/Tournament Cal Poly Pomona – Exhibition Humboldt State - Exhibition Brigham Young Media www.uclabruins.com www.uclabruins.com Prime @ Maui Invitational (Lahaina Civic Center) (Chaminade, DePaul, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Memphis, Oklahoma, Purdue and UCLA) UCLA vs. Chaminade ESPN2 UCLA vs. Kentucky or DePaul ESPN/ESPNU UCLA vs. TBD ESPN/2/U Long Beach State — UC Riverside Prime Cal State Fullerton Prime @ Wooden Classic (Pond in Anaheim) UCLA vs. Texas A & M CBS USC vs. George Washington Oakland — Sam Houston State Prime Michigan CBS Washington State* FSN Prime Washington* FSN Prime @ Oregon State* Prime @ Oregon* FSN Prime @ USC* FSN Prime Prime Arizona State* Time 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 6:30/1:00 p.m. TBD 7:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 11:30 a.m. ^3 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Day, Date Sat., Jan. 20 Thurs., Jan. 25 Sun., Jan. 28 Thu., Feb. 1 Sat., Feb. 3 Wed., Feb. 7 Sat., Feb. 10 Thurs., Feb. 15 Sat., Feb. 17 Thurs., Feb. 22 Sat., Feb. 24 Thurs., Mar. 1 Sat., Mar. 3 Mar. 7 - Mar. 10 Mar. 15 - Mar. 18 Mar. 22 - Mar. 25 Mar. 31 – Apr. 2 Opponent/Tournament Media Arizona* FSN Prime @ California* FSN Prime @ Stanford* FSN Prime Oregon* FSN Prime Oregon State* Prime USC* Prime @ West Virginia CBS @ Arizona State* FSN Prime @ Arizona* CBS California* Wildcard Stanford* FSN Prime @ Washington State* Wildcard @ Washington* Wildcard Pac-10 Tournament @ Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA NCAA First and Second Round NCAA Regional NCAA Final Four Time 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. ET 6:30 p.m. MT 11:00 a.m. MT TBD 3:00 p.m. TBD TBD All times Pacific unless noted. ^approximate tipoff time. *Pacific-10 Conference games All games broadcast on AM 570 (KLAC) and the Bruin Network. FSN Prime – FSN Prime Ticket in Los Angeles as part of the Pac-10 package FSN West – FSN West in Los Angeles as part of the Pac-10 package Prime – FSN Prime Ticket in Los Angeles West – FSN Prime Ticket in Los Angeles 2006–07 UCLA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Day, Date Wed., Nov. 1 Sun., Nov. 5 Sun., Nov. 12 Thur., Nov. 16 Sat., Nov. 18 Tues., Nov. 21 Fri., -Sun. Nov. 24-26 Fri., Nov. 24 Sat., Nov. 25 Sun., Nov 26 Thur., Nov. 30 Mon., Dec. 4 Fri.-Sat., Dec. 8-9 Fri., Dec. 8 Sat., Dec. 9 Sun., Dec. 17 Wed., Dec. 20 Fri., Dec. 22 Fri., Dec. 29 Sun., Dec. 31 Opponent/Tournament Love and Basketball (Exhibition) Team Concept (Exhibition) UC Santa Barbara @ Tennessee @ UC Riverside Oklahoma Hawaii Tournament vs. Gonzaga vs. North Carolina/Sacramento State Championship @ Cal State Fullerton @ UC Irvine University of New Mexico Tournament Delaware State Sam Houston or UNM Baylor *California *Stanford *@ Washington State *@ Washington 4 • BRUIN BLUE • OCTOBER 2006 Site Pauley Pavilion Pauley Pavilion Pauley Pavilion Knoxville, TN Riverside, CA Pauley Pavilion Honolulu, HI Fullerton, CA Irvine, CA Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque, NM Pauley Pavilion Pauley Pavilion Pauley Pavilion Pullman, WA Seattle, WA Time 7 PM 2 PM 2 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 1:10 PM TBD TBD 7 PM 7 PM 6 PM 6/8 PM 12:30 PM 7 PM 2 PM 7 PM 1 PM Fri., Jan. 5 Sun., Jan. 7 Sat., Jan. 13 Thur., Jan. 18 Sat., Jan. 20 Fri., Jan. 26 Sun., Jan. 28 Thur., Feb. 1 Sat., Feb. 3 Sat., Feb. 10 Thur., Feb. 15 Sun., Feb. 18 Thur., Feb. 22 Sat., Feb. 24 *Oregon State *Oregon *USC *@ Arizona State *@ Arizona *Washington *Washington State *@ Oregon *@ Oregon State *@ USC *Arizona *Arizona State *@ Stanford *@ California All games broadcast on the internet at www.uclabruins.com. 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Following last year’s remarkable average of 18 points and 8 rebounds per game, she hopes to continue her success this season while stepping into a major leadership position. With six newcomers added to the team this season, Quinn explains that their goals have not changed and they are still striving to win both the NCAA and Pac 10 titles. Bruin Blue: You’re a senior this year; describe your experience playing UCLA basketball. Who have been your role models? Noelle Quinn: It’s always been a dream of mine to come here, so I’ve enjoyed every year. I don’t have any regrets about my decision. So many people have helped along the way. My mom is a very big inspiration for me, so anything I do is all for her and about her. She’s done so much for me. I’d say that’s my biggest inspiration. It’s just that the people around here, from the administration to the band, to the fans, everyone is just so positive, and it’s like a family environment. My experience has been great, and I’m glad that I’m a Bruin. BB: What are your outlooks for the 2006-2007 season? What changes need to be made now that several key players have graduated? Quinn: It’s a totally different team than last year because we’ve lost some great leadership and some great players, but I think that change is always good. It’s going to be a different team, but with that in mind we’re still going to do the same things. We still have the same goal, to do well in the Pac-10 Tournament. Our goals never change even though our personnel is different. We’re still going to come out and play hard every night and just give it our best. BB: For the last three years you have been part of the “Triple Threat” with Nikki Blue and Lisa Willis. How do you plan on adjusting to being the “go-to player” on the team? Quinn: It’s so different, I miss them already. I miss everything in practice; they were my girls. It’s going to be different, but at the same time, this has happened before. In high school, we lost key players and so it was kind of like I was the go-to player. It’s just kind of like reliving the past. I have to step into the role. I’ve grown now, I’m 21 years old, so I just have to grow up and be a leader for this team. 6 • BRUIN BLUE • OCTOBER 2006 BB: Nikki Blue has been the starting point guard for the past few years. Now that she has graduated, are you expected to play this position? If so, do you feel comfortable with playing the position? Quinn: Everyone has been asking me that, and I might, but it’s not official yet. We have to see with practices who will step into that role. As far as leadership, I have to take that responsibility because I probably will have the ball a lot. I don’t know, we’ll probably switch up our offense a little bit and adjust it so that it is not just point guard-oriented. BB: There are several incoming freshmen on this year’s team. Being a veteran, what advice do you have for them? Quinn: For the freshmen, they just have to realize that they can’t come in doing too much. Of course they’re expected to come and contribute, but as freshmen it’s different because college is totally different from high school. You’re playing with grown women as opposed to 15 year-olds, so that’s already an adjustment. Everyone is quicker and stronger. There was a point in my freshman year that I just hit a wall just because everything was very overwhelming. For them, I would just say come in and do what they do. Don’t try to over-do anything. Contribute what you can. If you’re a shooter, come in and shoot. Don’t try to do too much and we’ll be okay. BB: Last year, the team won the Pac-10 tournament title. How do you think that will affect this year’s performance? Quinn: Our expectations are already very high. Since we won last year, people are going to want us to win again, but we just have to realize that we’re not the same team, yet we have the same goals. So we’re going to try to get back to where we were last year. It’s going to be hard, but we just have to stick together and do it. BB: You are expected to be chosen very early in the WNBA draft. What teams are among your top preferences? Quinn: The best situation for me would be to stay here because I’m an L.A. girl. I haven’t gone anywhere in my life, but I don’t know how likely that is now. I’m just blessed to be in the position that I’m going to go to the WNBA. So whichever team I go to would be great. BB: Do you wish to pursue a career in the area of your UCLA degree after your basketball career? Quinn: My major is sociology. I just want to graduate with the degree. I’m really into real estate. So hopefully one day I can get into that. I’m just trying to get my degree and possibly pursue my basketball career. UCLABRUINS.COM • 7 BRW BRUINS IN THE REAL WORLD: WILLIE NAULLS (UCLA ’78) Bruin Blue: Give an account of your life after UCLA. You have given back to the community in many ways. As you look back, what was the turning point? [Willie Naulls was drafted in the second round of the 1956 NBA Draft by St. Louis and played one season there before moving on to New York to play for the Knicks for seven seasons. He also played three seasons for the Boston Celtics.] Willie Naulls: As a member of the NBA’s New York Knicks, I was honored to be the first African-American team captain in integrated professional sports while earning four All-Star berths. I ended my 10-year professional career as a three-time World Champion with the Boston Celtics, which introduced the first all-African- American starting team in the history of integrated professional sports, under Coach Red Auerbach. After retiring, I spent a short period of time as a volunteer coach under Coach Wooden, learning in the process that coaching was not for me. Coach reminded me at that time that coaching was about living a life’s example before the players and using my mental acumen instead of my physical abilities. Thereafter I launched an entrepreneurial career, developing several enterprises including take-out restaurants; a shopping center; companies specializing in professional contract negotiation and financial management, executive search, executive gifts, and residential and commercial real estate development; a bank; a thrift and loan company; an automobile dealership; and a non-profit youth training and development organization. In the midst of my entrepreneurial pursuits, I experienced an epiphany with God. He called me to ministry. That awesome experience became the motivating moment for me to explore my purpose here on earth. Following years of individual study and formal training, culminating in a Master’s Degree in Theology from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, I founded a Christian-based missionary ministry (Willie Naulls Ministries), a non-denominational church (The Church of Common Ground), and, most recently, Rising Stars Sports Ministry, which focuses on better preparing young people of all races through spiritual, academic and athletic leadership training and development with the result of maturing them to live in God’s purpose as they prosper to serve others. I am married to UCLA School of Medicine graduate Dr. Anne Van de Water Naulls, Ob/Gyn. Our four children include Lisa, a professional singer and graduate of Stanford University and the UCLA Graduate School of Music, and mother of one child; Shannon, a UCLA-educated computer professional who is married with two children; Jonah, a former UCLA studentathlete, currently successful in the entertainment industry, married with one child; and Malaika, a University of Florida graduate in Advertising and Business Management, currently a student in the University of Texas joint program in the schools of Law and Business. Anne put her medical career on hold to be a wife and mother, and to be available to our children as we stressed their educational, personal and spiritual growth. The main factors contributing to my success have been, first, the wisdom of my parents in seeing that I received a disciplined Christian upbringing and the best education available and, second, my good fortune in having achieved a high and rare degree of success in athletics. As an adult, I can reflect back on those factors and realize how blessed I was to escape the perpetuation of mediocrity foisted upon most African-American people. Even though I have had the opportunity of meeting and associating with the “elite” of our society, I have always understood that my successes were a deviation from the norm, and I have never stopped agonizing over the plight of those underprivileged young people who make up the norm. The insecurities that I felt while growing up in a disadvantaged community I have never forgotten. These memories have influenced directly my life’s commitment to serve young people of all ethnic backgrounds who would commit themselves to the pursuit of knowledge and excellence. I was taught very early in my life by my parents the value of a positive attitude about working toward becoming the best that I could be. Our young people are our most valuable resource, and my life’s goal is to bring together prepared and committed adults who will share their knowledge with youth who will commit themselves to preparing to become positive and productive members of our society. BB: Please discuss your parents’ wisdom in your upbringing and how success in athletics mapped your life’s course. Naulls: The summation of my mother’s teaching was to assess every person’s intent when I encountered them. The question to ask was, “Do you wish me well?” In Dallas, the [prevailing] attitude was that they didn’t wish me well, so Mom gave me “lessons” to live by which were invaluable when we moved from a Black community in Dallas to a [predominantly] white community in San Pedro. Mom’s Lessons © 2004 William D. Naulls William: Obedience to God is required Judgment by skin color is not of Him inspired Know right from wrong – and just do it Do good and not evil; be strong – pursue it Your actions are no better than anyone can see and nobody is better than you can be 8 • BRUIN BLUE • OCTOBER 2006 A three-year starter for the Bruins from 1954-56, Willie Naulls established UCLA’s tradition of great centers. He served as the Bruins’ captain in 1956 when they compiled a 22-6 record and won the conference title with a 16-0 record. That season Naulls earned consensus All-America honors as the Bruins advanced to the NCAA West Regional before losing to eventual NCAA champion San Francisco. Naulls led the Bruins in rebounding for three straight seasons and in scoring as a senior. He later enjoyed a 10-year professional basketball career. Bruin Blue caught up with Naulls, still mobile at age 72, in his birthplace of Dallas, and he was gracious enough to grant an interview. so don’t let what’s around to see entice you to become whom God didn’t create you to be Use your mind to stand against wrong’s wooing Think before you act in unwise doing Don’t be ashamed to say, “I don’t know” Wisdom is summoned when your mind wants to grow Tell me when evil does approach to violate my teaching, your soul to broach going beyond the boundary of appropriate action to violate your person for their satisfaction Care for yourself and your personal hygiene live by the Standard of our Lord Supreme Study in school; observe the Word of Faith’s test Compete with yourself alone to be God’s Best These very principles are those by which we raised our children and those I teach to young people today. BB: You played college basketball for one of the greatest coaches in collegiate history. What are some of your favorite memories playing for Coach Wooden? Naulls: The Christmas Holiday season of my sophomore year [1953] found me, at the age of 19, boarding an airplane at the Los Angeles Airport, destination Lexington, Kentucky. Our team was a traveling group of about 12 players; Coach Wooden; one assistant; our trainer, Ducky Drake; and one manager. Our mission, as I found out later, was not only to win the University of Kentucky Invitational Holiday Basketball Tournament, but also to integrate Lexington and its hotel, movie theater and basketball pavilion. The man in charge of the Kentucky Wildcats was the legendary Adolph Rupp. These are some firsts worth noting, because diversity is more than just a word of political passion. It is lives thrust into meaningful pursuits, cutting away at the core of separation’s intent. From the airport in Lexington, we were bussed together to the hotel downtown where we would be staying. What’s the big deal? Well, Johnny Moore (another black player) and I sat at the front of the bus in Lexington, Kentucky, and in front of all our teammates. Coach and Ducky sat in the front seats on the other side of the [aisle]. Johnny and I hadn’t planned it that way, but the front seat simply had more leg room and we boarded the bus first. Two African-Americans sitting in the first row of an integrated bus in Lexington, KY was a landmark occurrence. No big deal nowadays; nevertheless, a first. The bus driver attempted an intimidating expression. We ignored him. We all stayed together in the Lexington Hotel, a first in that town. Management would not let the spirit of integration sleep in their rooms, so we were relegated to the basement’s boiler room on little cots. I watched my teammates as they made jokes about the accommodations, but never complained. The humiliation was borne by each of us – black and white together. We took turns showering and ate together in a special banquet room. Another first in Lexington, Kentucky. We went to their movie theater and sat together – a first in that little college town. Coach was there beside us. We played as an integrated team in their basketball arena which was later renamed in honor of Coach Rupp. The post-tournament awards banquet was integrated for the first time as I sat next to Frank Ramsey of Kentucky. He reminded me later when we were Celtics teammates what a fool I had made of myself at the banquet that night. In the midst of hunger lust, I threw a whole spoonful of horseradish down my throat on a piece of roast beef. He and a few of the local players laughed as I gasped for relief, screaming, “What in the world was that? You folks trying to kill me?” Frank said, in his very high-pitched southern drawl, “Naw, Willie, I think you’re doing a pretty good job of that yourself.” In Lexington, where we were breaking barriers that none of us players were aware of until later, this big, slow, tree-trunk-legged player from, I believe, Duke University – in doing the correct thing by talking to his teammates aloud about defensive assignments, but in a voice loud enough to be heard several rows up in the stands – yelled, “I got this ‘n_ _ _ _ _’ over here.” Now, my mother had taught me that [I] should never lose self-control over what someone else says. So as I positioned myself in a basketball forward’s mentality, I looked into his eyes and perceived that his verbally demeaning declaration was a comfortable part of his vernacular. He appeared never to suspect that his words would evoke in me a rage to be taken out on him the next time I got my hands on the basketball – but within the rules of the game, of course. I came into the game during its latter stages when winning was up for the taking. It was one of those plays people make movies about. Facing the basket without the ball, I took four quick steps in toward the baseline, faked, and reversed quickly back to receive the pass from my teammate. Offense-minded players like me love situations like this because the defensive player is most vulnerable—lunging toward you in a desperate attempt to get back to where he should have been. This guy looked as though he were coming up in slow motion. His facial expression changed from false tenacity to horror as, with ball in hand, I faked to my left, and his knees locked in place. As I went past him, my left elbow shot out, plunging deep into the area where the jaw meets the neck. His head was hanging like a yo-yo from his body in lack of coordination as I banked the ball off the backboard and into the basket, putting us up by two points. He came yelling down the court pointing to the referees, then pointing and coming toward me. The game was stopped because he was bleeding, and I was relieved. Timeout was called. I sat there looking up at Coach as he glared into my eyes, searching for a hint of guilt. A referee walked by, looked at me and said something to Coach. I shrugged my shoulders as if I were innocent until proven guilty. In those days instant replay cameras were not used or I would have been ejected. But the whistle blew and Coach left me in the mix. The game was still up for grabs and the two of us were still guarding each other. It is amazing how a well-placed elbow, within the rules of the game, will expose a coward. This guy would not even look me in the eyes and stayed at a distance the rest of the game. In retrospect, I think Coach Wooden had gained confidence in my self-control [one] day in practice when a starting teammate intentionally sunk his elbow into my stomach. He had been threatened by the thought that I might replace him in the starting lineup and took his frustration and insecurity out on my stomach. Momentarily, he took my breath away, but my response to his loss of control impressed Coach enough to grant me his starting position. I was rewarded for not retaliating in kind as I did on that pathetic Duke warrior. Johnny Moore and I talked about those Duke University players later, on the way home. He had similar experiences as the object of racially insulting references. body that has [been] bestowed upon us. I enjoy writing – both prose and poetry as well as publishing weekly and monthly newsletters, and teaching Bible classes. I enjoy watching sporting events, specifically UCLA basketball and football, NCAA basketball’s March Madness, the NBA and NFL playoffs, and professional baseball’s league and world championship series. I like walking with my wife every day and have spent most of my life working at being man enough for one woman – my wife, Anne. Willie has written three books: • Levitation’s View: Lessons Voiced from an Extraordinary Journey, Volume I: The Wonder Years • Levitation’s View: Lessons Voiced from an Extraordinary Journey, Volume I: The Wooden Years • A Guide to Building Character in Blocks of Poetic Rhyme THE NAULLS FAMILY (Back Row, L-R): Anne, Malaika and Lisa. (Front Row, L-R): Jonah, Willie and Shannon. BB: How do you motivate today’s youth, who may not have caring or involved parents or the benefits of athletic opportunities? Naulls: As I’ve mentioned throughout, the source of my instruction about how to live was my mother. She taught when I wanted to learn and could benefit to grow. Her lessons empowered my decisions and molded me into whatever I chose to become. When people who were entrusted with my care did something in my presence contrary to her teachings or attempted to lure me into doing something contrary to what she had taught me, I was empowered to make the choice to do what I knew was right. Standing firm I could make a decision, which would honor a lesson that she had taught me to know would be in my best interest. In other words, Bettie A. Naulls’ children knew how to act when she was not around. The institution of racism imposed fear on all African-Americans. Fear is a powerful influence. It is impressive to say, “There is nothing to fear but fear itself,” but more meaningful to children when a parent or guardian is the vanguard of his or her child’s fears from birth and on through the developmental years. The responsibility of presence to consistently walk with and before and behind one’s own child promotes healthy, stress-free, question-answering developing years of the child, when he or she needs it, whether the child is aware of the need or not. My primary commitment to motivating youth is to serve them as my mother served me. She gave me a standard to live by which comes from a traceable source, the Bible. That source is applicable for any child, no matter what his circumstances. “ ... seeing is not believing. Believing is seeing,” said Rosey Grier. BB: As a minister, somewhere in your life you received a “calling.” Describe that epiphany. Naulls: Some years after my retirement from the NBA, my friend Rosey Grier re-introduced me to the spiritual/religious side of life that I had abandoned when I was a 17 year-old UCLA freshman. Standing at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Beverly Drive after lunch, Rosey, an evangelist, looked into my eyes and said, “Willie, you have been tremendously blessed and prosperous. You need to go to church with me and develop a relationship with God.” My office was one block [away], and I moved in that direction in an attempt to avoid the issue. He reached out and stopped me and said, “I’m serious. You need to go to church with me and get your life right with God.” I responded, “I’m a businessman and the bottom line is that I don’t believe anything that I can’t see.” He retorted, “That’s your biggest problem. Seeing is not believing. Believing is seeing.” Those words opened up in me the possibility of pursuing a personal relationship with the God that my mother had raised me to hear and to follow. I went to church with Rosey and soon committed my life to the pursuit of trusting in and learning more about [the] purpose for my life. My pursuit of knowledge included years of Bible study and every member of my family followed my lead. One day, driving south on the 405 Freeway from Oxnard toward my new Ford dealership in Hawthorne, a voice resounded from inside and outside of me, speaking forth: “Get out of business and better prepare yourself to minister My Word and tell people what great things I’ve done in your life.” The experience was profound and life-changing. I thought, Who else but God would intrude into my life with those instructions? Ever since that day I have pursued a life in service as a minister. The specific vision of the ministry God has entrusted to me, Rising Stars Sports Ministry, is to serve young athletes and their parents by assisting them in working out of themselves whom God has created in them individually at birth to be. Through the common bond of varsity athletics, the Bruin Varsity Club seeks to promote and develop the ongoing relationship between UCLA varsity letterwinners and the existing UCLA athletic program. In order to qualify as a Bruin Varsity Club member you must be a former student-athlete who has received at least one varsity letter in an intercollegiate varsity sport from UCLA. If you would like more information on the Bruin Varsity Club or if you have any questions, please contact the Director of the Bruin Varsity Club, Amanda Hall, at 310-206-4458 or via e-mail at [email protected]. GO BRUINS! BB: Undoubtedly, you are a busy man. What do you do in your spare time? Naulls: My wife, Anne, our four children and four grandchildren are my full-time enjoyment. 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