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 difference in our ability for success.

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(310) 206-3302 • development@athletics.ucla.edu ATHLETIC FUND

APRIL 2017

“ T H A N K Y O U ” F R O M T H E B R U I N S

RAI BENJAMIN Men’s Track • Sophomore

Political Science Major • Mount Vernon, NY

Abel M. Alvarez - Los Angeles, CAMichael A. Avendano - Simi Valley, CARobyn and Steven J. Bialek - Los Angeles, CAStewart Black - Conyers, GAStefanie and William Bond - Manhattan Beach, CALinda and Brian Burmeister - Geneva, ILJoseph Castro - Warrenton, ORJocelyn Chase - Del Mar, CAKalani Childs - Los Angeles, CACindy Costa - Victorville, CAMary DeWitt Wilson - Pasadena, CALane Dilg and Brian Nelson - Santa Monica, CAKarly C. Drolson - Del Mar, CARyan H. Erlich - Los Angeles, CAAbbie E. Feldman - Los Angeles, CANanette and Timothy W. Fong - Los Angeles, CADaniel W. Frankel - Encino, CAEric D. Glass - Kentfield, CATeresa Hernandez - Simi Valley, CASam Y. Kim - Rolling Hills Estates, CAKiwanis Club of Glendale - Glendale, CAMira and Brian S. Lee - Los Angeles, CAMary Murakawa and Eric Lew - Los Angeles, CADebbie Lichtenberger - Temple City, CAJake W. Lindelof - Santa Barbara, CAGeorge W. Lindstrom - Valencia, CA

Chris A. Maclaughlin - New York, NYRobert F. Marshall - Beverly Hills, CADawn and William McGlynn - Los Angeles, CASusan and Frank McKevitt - Venice, CATamara and Maxwell Merritt - Woodland Hills, CAMuzakkir Nana - Mill Valley, CAJill J. Olson - Chandler, CARotem Perelmuter - San Francisco, CAJoyce and Stephen Rangen - Los Angeles, CATerrence Reid - Altadena, CAKaren and Dan L. Richmond - Sherman Oaks, CAJames Ruiz - Brea, CAPaige Scheckla and Sean Sabino - Los Angeles, CATracey and Jeffrey L. Scott - Valencia, CARyan Scott - Los Angeles, CAAdam H. Smith - Costa Mesa, CAAlicia and Jeffrey R. Spain - Los Angeles, CAThomas Sparkman - Frankfort, KYKevin P. Torres - Culver City, CAMichael L. Torres - San Pedro, CARichard Tri - South Windsor, CTRachael and Matthew Wade - Redondo Beach, CABradley E. Walsh - Pacific Palisades, CADavid C. Woodrich - Lubbock, TXHelen and John J. Yoon - Pasadena, CA

Ellen Amasaki-Maiorano and David Maiorano - Claremont, CABeth Bennett and Larry McAdams - Simi Valley, CAMarni and Edward G. Bobich - Upland, CAMyron and Donna Bromberg - Reseda, CADenise Bustamante and Dermot Martin - Redondo Beach, CAGeorge and Laurie Da Vall - Palos Verdes Estates, CAGilbert and Janet Dyrr - Riverside, CACarl and Amy Engler - Pasadena, CARandolph Garcia - Torrance, CALynne and Mark F. Gordon - Valencia, CAJacqueline and Hans A. Gritsch - Los Angeles, CAChris and Harry L. Gunther - Rowland Heights, CASteve and Pam Hackett - Dallas, TXKathleen Head - West Hollywood, CABrian and Lisa Holmes - Malibu, CARandall and Sharen Kanemoto - Alhambra, CAAlbert and Judith Lachman - Huntington Beach, CABrian and Heather Lazarus - Los Angeles, CA

Andrew S. Lenchewski - Los Angeles, CACynthia and Steven H. Levine - Los Angeles, CAAlexander Marr and Alexandra Smith - Phoenix, AZJoana C. Gallo-Marsteller and Jack Marsteller - Manhattan Beach, CABlair Mertens and Laura Chan Mertens - Glendale, CAMargot and Robert M. Moss - Sherman Oaks, CALinda Mullen-Winer - Palm Desert, CARandall and Susan Onishi - Torrance, CAAlfred B. Pasillas - Tustin, CALaura and Alex Revy - Los Angeles, CAGreg and Sharon Roberts - Newport Beach, CAMichael K. Rosenthal - Sherman Oaks, CARobert E. Shannon - Long Beach, CAAkira Shinoda - West Hills, CAOtis and Irene Stephen - Santa Rosa, CAMark and Jill Stull - San Diego, CAMinoru Tonai - Woodland Hills, CAJames and Jean Van Zanten - Manhattan Beach, CAJeffrey and Susan Weekley - Porter Ranch, CA

Spring Football Practice

April is a terrific month on the UCLA campus and spring football practice adds to the excitement. Practices at the Intramural Field are open to the public, and there are select donor events taking place each week culminating with the Spring Showcase and Wooden Athletic Fund Appreciation Day at Drake Stadium on Saturday, April 29. Here are some of the NCAA rules to explain why spring football practice is conducted the way it is:

• Teams are allowed 15 practice sessions that must take place within 34 consecutive calendar days. • The Spring Showcase counts as one of the 15 practice sessions. • Only 12 of the practice sessions may involve contact, with no contact allowed in the first two sessions. • Of the 12 contact practices, eight may involve tackling. • No more than three of the tackling sessions can be devoted primarily to 11-on-11 scrimmages. • During the weeks of spring practice, players are limited to a maximum of four hours per day and 20 hours per week of athletic activity.

During these sessions and at the Spring Showcase, you may notice prospective student-athletes (“prospects” or “recruits”) in attendance, and they will be viewing practices from a separated area. Please remember the following important NCAA restriction: As boosters of UCLA Athletics, you are not permitted to have any contact or interaction with UCLA prospects. This restriction applies to the UCLA campus and also to those prospects who have signed a National Letter of Intent. Whether on-campus or off, please leave recruiting and contact with recruits to our UCLA Coaches. Thank you.

Questions about the above or any other NCAA rules? Please do not hesitate to contact Dan Goldberg, Assistant Athletic Director Compliance at (310) 794-8813 or dgoldberg@athletics.ucla.edu.

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UCLA Football Select-a-Seat Priority As an exclusive benefit of membership, all Wooden Athletic Fund members receive priority to improve their UCLA Football Season Tickets each year. Priority for seat improvement is based upon Wooden Athletic Fund membership level, lifetime giving to UCLA Athletics and years as a UCLA Football Season Ticket Purchaser.

This year’s UCLA Football Select-a-Seat process will take place online during April into the first week of May with individual appointment times assigned to each Season Ticket Holder according to their donor priority. All UCLA Football season ticket holders should have received detailed information in March about the Select-a-Seat process along with your unique Season Ticket Holder selection appointment time.

To learn more about how to improve your priority for UCLA Football Select-a-Seat or to become a Season Ticket Holder, please call the Wooden Athletic Fund at 310.206.3302, email development@athletics.ucla.edu, or visit www.WoodenAthleticFund.com.

B E N E F I T O F T H E M O N T H

“Being at UCLA has been a true blessing. The opportunity given to further my academic and athletic career is something I am extremely thankful and grateful for. With this institution being one of the most competitive in the world, words are a mere description of what it feels like to represent such a distinctive University. There is no doubt that these remarkable experiences I have had during my time here would not be accomplished without the help of donors and supporters. I am extremely grateful to you for this experience that most only dream of.”

Forever Champions Endowment Opportunities There are many ways of giving to UCLA Athletics, one of which is the Forever Champions initiative. This program allows a donor to establish an endowment to provide perpetual support for either a student-athlete scholarship or the operations of a specific sport or program. The Forever Champions program is comprised of two types of endowments: Scholarship Endowments and Program Endowments. Additionally, with the UCLA Chancellor’s Centennial Scholars Match program being offered through June 30, 2017, any scholarship endowment donation of $125,000+ will be matched by the UCLA Campus at 50%, which means that 50% will be added to your total endowment fund! Gifts eligible for matching funds can be to establish a new endowment or to add to an existing endowment.

• A Scholarship Endowment is applied to student-athlete scholarships, allowing you to create an everlasting endowment directed to the sport of your choice. When you make a scholarship endowment gift starting at $125,000, you automatically earn LIFETIME Wooden Athletic Fund annual membership credit at 5% of your endowed gift amount. For example, if you established an endowment at $125,000, you will receive 5%, or $6,250, annual WAF credit, and so on.

Other benefits for Forever Champions endowment donors include being paired with a UCLA student-athlete each academic year in the sport to which the endowment has been directed. Your name will be displayed in the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame, and you will receive invitations to Scholarship Donor Dinners, exclusive to endowment donors and student-athletes only.

• A Program Endowment, once established, is applied to supplement sport-specific budgets, providing much needed support to whichever sport program you choose, which is used at the discretion of the head coach for that program.

When you create a Scholarship Endowment or Program Endowment, your name will forever be linked to a championship tradition, while making a direct impact on future generations of UCLA student-athletes and ensuring their futures. If you would like more information regarding the Forever Champions program, please call (310) 206-1952, or development@athletics.ucla.edu.

W AY O F G I V I N G

1967 NCAA Championship Team Reunion On March 4, prior to UCLA Men’s Basketball’s last regular season game vs. Washington State, nearly 70 guests attended a reunion of the 1966-67 UCLA Men’s Basketball Championship Team. Held in the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center on campus, team members had the opportunity to get together for dinner, talk about old times, and catch up with one another. Each team member and coach in attendance was presented with a framed, personally inscribed team championship photo from their win in 1967.

The team was further honored during halftime of UCLA’s win over the Washington State Cougars, where a standing ovation was given to the team members, assistant coaches, and managers before a sellout crowd that cheered the Bruins on to their 77-68 victory.

E V E N T R E C A P

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WAF Member Appreciation Day and UCLA Football Spring Showcase – April 29, 2017 All Wooden Athletic Fund members are invited to join us for our 5th Annual Wooden Athletic Fund Member Appreciation Day event, which will be held on Saturday, April 29th, from 12:00 noon to 3:00pm on Marshall Field at Drake Stadium. This fun event will be held before and during the UCLA Football Spring Showcase at Drake Stadium, which begins at 1:00pm. We hold this annual event as an opportunity to thank each of our donors for their generous and continued support of UCLA Athletics by providing a fun, welcoming, Bruin atmosphere. The WAF Appreciation Day experience includes complimentary BBQ lunch provided by San Pedro Brewing Company, complimentary giveaway opportunities throughout the event of unique UCLA Athletics apparel and memorabilia, adidas gear, prizes, a live band, and an appearance by the UCLA Spirit Squad.

Children and adults will have the opportunity to pose in our photo booth and meet student-athletes from a wide variety of our intercollegiate athletics teams. The WAF Member Appreciation Day event is free to ALL Wooden Athletic Fund donors, but please note that to gain access you must have a 2017 UCLA Football Spring Showcase ticket ($5 each for advance purchase.) The deadline to RSVP is April 21st and advance RSVP is required to attend the event.

All current WAF members will receive their exclusive invitation via email this week. If you are not a current Wooden Athletic Fund member and would like to join WAF to receive an invitation to attend this event, please call 310-206-3302, email development@athletics.ucla.edu, or visit www.woodenathleticfund.com.

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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 March, you were automatically entered to win the prize for the month of March.

We are pleased to announce the winner of the March 10K CHAMP10NS Experience is Alex Carrillo from Fontana. A hearty ‘Congratulations’ goes out to Alex!

The March 10K CHAMP10NS Experience that Alex just won included: UCLA Baseball Experience • Four (4) Dugout Club Tickets to UCLA vs. Washington on April 9 • One (1) Diamond Club Parking Pass • UCLA Baseball apparel

For the month of April, the prize for the 10K CHAMP10NS challenge will be: UCLA Head Coach Autograph Package • Signed Football by Coach Mora • Signed Basketball by Coach Alford • Signed Basketball by Coach Close • Signed Baseball by Coach Savage • Signed Softball by Inouye-Perez

The winner of March’s 10K CHAMP10NS Referral Program challenge will be announced in the May newsletter!

For more information on the 10K CHAMP10NS Referral Program, please call 310-206-3302, or email development@athletics.ucla.edu.

M A R C H 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

Authentic UCLA Men’s Basketball Jersey Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 National Championship Win an authentic UCLA Men’s Basketball jersey commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1967 National Championship! This authentic jersey is the same design worn by our Bruins when they played Washington State on March 4, 2017.

Proceeds of auction winnings go to support UCLA student-athletes through the Wooden Athletic Fund. Hurry — this auction item closes on April 5, 2017, at 11:59pm! Call 310-206-3302 or email development@athletics.ucla.edu for more information.

A U C T I O N I T E M

The generous Wooden Athletic Fund donors listed below have increased their giving at least one giving level since March 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 favorite college sport to follow? College basketball.What is your favorite pro sport to follow? NHL – Go Kings Go! What is your favorite sport to play? My two favorite days of the year are when we get to compete for the external team softball crown and super shot championship. Since you began working at UCLA, what sport have you gotten to

like that you never thought you would like? Gymnastics! It’s an absolute pleasure to watch some of the top gymnasts in the world compete with such enthusiasm and competitive spirit. What is your favorite kind of music? Favorite group, band, or musician? I’m a hip hop guy. Recently, I’ve been listening to Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book whenever I have the chance to listen to an entire album straight through. Where would you like to travel to that you’ve never been to before? I would love to travel to Mauritius. Cat person or dog person? Dogs all the way!What was your high school mascot? Diamond Ranch Panthers.Unique fact about yourself? I once played in front of John Wooden during a Junior Varsity game between Occidental College and Pomona-Pitzer.

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