UCLA Athletics made its headlines this year – bagging two new pieces of national hardware along the way. With plenty of individual and program milestones, Daily Bruin Sports steers through the top moments of the 2023-2024 year in UCLA sports.

Whether their season culminated in glory or not, UCLA’s student-athletes had lots to be proud of throughout the 2023-2024 year. Whether it was a late-game breakthrough or consistency throughout the season, these eight players scribbled their name into Bruin history books.

This post was updated May 12 at 11:32 p.m.
Bruin golfers came out of the gates swinging in October, collecting multiple team and individual top-10 finishes.

This post was updated May 7 at 9:32 p.m.
UCLA men’s volleyball claimed its second national championship in as many seasons with a win over Long Beach State on Saturday.

No. 2 seed UCLA women’s basketball is just days away from its Round of 64 contest against No. 15 seed California Baptist to start March Madness.

This post was updated March 5 at 10:10 p.m.
A 14-game winning streak and their highest ranking in program history boosted the Bruins for over two months.

This post was updated Feb. 6 at 11:32 p.m.
Izzy Anstey is retiring from basketball.
The UCLA women’s basketball forward announced Monday night via Instagram that she is hanging up her jersey.

The number 121 echoes with significance in Westwood.
It’s tied to the tireless work of Bruin players and coaches alike.
But on the periphery of the spotlight lies a dimmer constituent, the ones anchoring UCLA’s winning engine – athletic trainers.

UCLA Athletics has produced 410 Olympic athletes in addition to coaches and other various staff. The 2020 Olympics had Bruins pick up 16 medals, adding to an overall count of 136 gold, 71 silver and 63 bronze medals.

The Bruins will embark on a new golfing adventure in the desert.
“We haven’t played a competitive style of alternate shot,” said sophomore Kyle An. “We’ve practiced it before, but we’re basically, honestly, going in kind of blind.”
UCLA men’s golf is gearing up for its first tournament of the new year, in which it will switch up the style of play in a two-day event at The Copper Cup in Maricopa, Arizona.