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4 unusual facts about UCLA Bruins


Erik Folk

He also has another brother, Greg Folk, who played soccer at UCLA.

Omm'A Givens

Omm'A Givens is a former high school basketball All-American, and center on the 1995 UCLA Bruins men's basketball national championship team.

Pitman, New Jersey

Played collegiately for two seasons at Penn State with brother Joe, then transferred and spent last two seasons with the UCLA Bruins.

Tony Auth

Auth attended UCLA where he earned his bachelor's degree in biological illustration in 1965.


1990 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

The UCLA Bruins won their second national title by defeating the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the championship game, 1-0, after four overtime periods and a penalty kick shootout.

Brett Lawrie

Lawrie became engaged to UCLA and United States women's national under-20 soccer team forward Sydney Leroux, a childhood friend against whom he played in youth baseball leagues in Metro Vancouver, in October 2010.

Dewey Warren

During his sophomore season, he led the Vols to a win against the Rose Bowl-bound UCLA Bruins and a berth in the Bluebonnet Bowl.

Kyle Nakazawa

Nakazawa has also dabbled in acting, and he was featured in JoJo’s music video for her 2006 hit song, Too Little Too Late alongside several of his UCLA Bruins teammates.

Louisville–Memphis rivalry

Both schools were represented in a 2008 Sheraton commercial featuring fans of other college sport rivals such as Michigan/Ohio State, Duke/North Carolina, USC/UCLA, and Syracuse/Georgetown.

Maxwell Griffin

Maxwell has also dabbled in acting, and featured in JoJo’s music video for her 2006 hit song, Too Little Too Late alongside several of his UCLA Bruins teammates.

Russell Westbrook

He did not attract too much attention from top college basketball programs until Ben Howland offered him a scholarship to play for the UCLA Bruins after Jordan Farmar declared for the NBA Draft.


see also

2012–13 Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball season

March 30, 2013 – Steve Alford was named the UCLA Bruins' 13th head men's basketball coach

Nick Aliotti

Bob Toledo: UC Riverside Highlanders (1974-1975); Pacific Tigers (1979-1982); UCLA Bruins (1996-2002); Tulane Green Wave (2007-2011)