In case you didn’t know, UCLA is an elite school both academically and athletically. Although we lead the nation in national championships — NCAA or otherwise — we also lead the nation in number of applicants nationwide.
Because everyone wants to go to UCLA, since it’s a better bang for your buck than any other school in the nation, while also being in a prime location: Sunny Los Angeles, CA.
None of this is better defined as UCLA student-athletes making the Director’s Honor Roll. In fact, 294 student-athletes made the Spring Director’s Honor Roll, bringing the total number of appearances to 864. From UCLA Athletics:
"A total of 294 student-athletes earned spots on the Spring Director’s Honor Roll, the athletic department announced Thursday. The number equals the sum on the Winter Quarter list and brings the total for the 2011-12 academic year to 864.[…][128] student-athletes recorded grade point averages above 3.5 and 24 boasted a 4.0 gpa. Women’s rowing boasted the most members for one team, topping the chart with 34, followed by football with 33."
So although our football team hasn’t been all that elite, it’s safe to say that the team produces smart kids at the very least, and many of our student-athletes are on-task academically.
UCLA has some rigorous criteria, too. UCLA’s fight against grade inflation — which is a nationwide phenomena that universities are making it easier to get A’s — has made grading tougher overall, and for 128 students to receive a split between A’s and B’s or more A’s than B’s while also juggling a ridiculous amount of training and work that’s involved with being a student-athlete is incredible.
Here’s a list, via UCLA Athletics, of student-athletes that made the honor roll:
Baseball
Brian Carroll
Ryan Deeter
Matt Giovinazzo
Michael Kerman
Kevin Kramer
Madison Poole
Nick Vander Tuig
Zack Weiss
Men’s Baskeball
Matt DeMarcus
Larry Drew II
Kenny Jones
Khalid McCaskill
Norman Powell
Tyler Trapani
David Wear
Travis Wear
Football
David Allen
Jeff Baca
Librado Barocio
Jake Brendel
Derrick Coleman
Nick Crissman
Jeff Dickmann
Melvin Emesibe
Mike Fafaul
Todd Golper
Casey Griffiths
Austin Hill
Brett Hundley
Kody Innes
Michael Leamy
Jeff Locke
Alex Mascarenas
Kevin McDermott
Ryan Medina
T.J. Millweard
Jerry Neuheisel
Owamagbe Odighizuwa
Mike Orloff
Dylan Price
Kevin Prince
Phillip Ruhl
Sam Saultz
Ryan Shott
Jason Stewart
Sam Tai
Jay Weneta
Sean Westgate
Brandon Willis
Men’s Golf
Anton Arboleda
Nick Cook
Pedro Figueiredo
Jay Hwang
Alex Kim
Bobby Lange
Preston Valder
Pontus Widegren
Men’s Soccer
Kevin Hollingshead
Ryan Hollingshead
Ryan Lee
Patrick Matchett
Reed McKenna
Fernando Monge
Evan Raynr
Joe Sofia
Jake Tenzer
Andrew Tusaazemajja
Reed Williams
Victor Yanez
Zack Zerrenner
Men’s Tennis
Alex Brigham
Marcos Giron
Warren Hardie
Michael Hui
Evan Lee
Dennis Mkrtchian
Adrien Puget
Ryoto Tachi
Clay Thompson
Brendan Wee
Karue Sell
Men’s Track & Field
Jacob Bartholomew
Matthew Bedford
Sean Burd
Andre Chapman
Sean Colaco
Nigel Davies
Derek Eager
Alec Faldermeyer
Alec Govi
David Klarer
Philip Kostelnik
Ahmed Mahmood
Anthony Martore
David McDonald
Michael Perry
Nicholas Scarvelis
Jonathan Simmons
David Thomas
Zack Torres
Carlo Valdes
Mark Weber
Tommy Williams
Michael Woepse
Jacob Wood
Julian Wruck
Men’s Volleyball
Michael Beals
Joel Blocksom
Jonathan Bridgeman
Kyle Caldwell
Max Greer
Kene Izuchukwu
Jamey Ker
Kristian Kuld
Kendall Partie
Clayton Paullin
Jack Polales
Spencer Rowe
Ian Sequeira
Nicolas Siegle
Nick Vogel
Men’s Water Polo
Aimone Barabino
Chris Fahlsing
Daniel Lenhart
Cristiano Mirarchi
Paul Pickell
Matt Rapacz
Jed Springer
Chris Wendt
Alex Wherry
Zach Wherry
Stephen White
Brendan Zwaneveld
Women’s Basketball
Madeline Brooks
Thea Lemberger
Atonye Nyingifa
Mariah Williams
Women’s Golf
Ani Gulugian
Erynne Lee
Lee Lopez
Tiffany Lua
Ariana Patterson
Kyle Roig
Women’s Gymnastics
Kaelie Baer
Ellette Craddock
Tauny Frattone
Aisha Gerber
Tiffany Hyland
Kassidy Kozai
Rachel Luba
Samantha Peszek
Alyssa Pritchett
Cassie Whitcomb
Lichelle Wong
Vanessa Zamarripa
Women’s Rowing
Maddie Alden
Victoria Babson
Katie Bassak
Deanna Bembry
Justine Brennan
Hillary Caldwell
Alex Caniglia
Michelle Epps
Tessa Gallagher
Erin Grajewski
Mia Hamano
Ariel Handler
Kristy Kayatta
Chloe Kojima
Jessica McGuire
Emily McLaughlin
Kate Miller
Kendal Mitchell
Carolina Paini
Tamar Schaap
Molly Schoenfeld
Morgan Small
Kirstin Snook
Mariko Snyder
Cathy Stolitzka
Nicole Sung-Jereczek
Jamie Swan
Britta Syverson
Olivia Taylor
Samantha Upton
Victoria Vander Poel
Erin Wenzel
Deanna Wong
Vanessa Woodward
Softball
Ally Carda
Jessica Hall
Stephany LaRosa
Maddi Mobley
Tara Mueller
Marti Reed
Marisa Schwartz
Kaelin Sprawls
Alyssa Tiumalu
Women’s Soccer
Chelsea Braun
Charney Burk
Ally Courtnall
Abby Dahlkemper
Sarah Killion
Lucretia Lee
Torey Markowitz
Kylie McCarthy
Samantha Mewis
Alana Munger
Megan Oyster
Katelyn Rowland
Ahsha Smith
Women’s Swimming
Emily Andelson
Lauren Baker
Kate Bassett
Jesse Bergman
Maggy Boyd
Taylor Carlson
Stephanie Christofferson
Madison Fitzgerald
Molly Fitzgerald
Rachel Godfred
Hayley Hacker
Kelsey Hall
Emma Ivory-Ganja
Yasi Jahanshahi
Kelsey Louden
Briana Meyer
Kacey Milligan
Kathryn Murphy
Ting Quah
Andrea Reigel
Karoline Sanderud
Anna Senko
Noelle Tarazona
Paige Treleven
Michelle Vale
Isabel Williams
Women’s Tennis
Emily Altieri
Robin Anderson
Holly Fleming
McCall Jones
Pamela Montez
Kaitlin Ray
Carling Seguso
Women’s Track
Tori Anthony
Zibby Boyer
Victoria Breidenthal
Rachel Butler
Elena Clarke
Kimmie Conner
Andrea Faldermeyer
Katja Goldring
Liz Goodrich
Emily Gordon
Merissa Kado
Stevie Kennedy-Gold
Ava Kent
Tasha Kolbo
Allison Koressel
Allie Lopez
Karlye Marshall
Annie Mooney
Amber Murakami
Jen Owen
Taryn Pastoor
Kylie Price
Tamara Purpura
Elle Sanders
Kelsey Smith
Tatum Souza
Ida Storm
Sarah Toberty
Sierra Vega
Women’s Volleyball
Katie Camp
Lainey Gera
Tabi Love
Karsta Lowe
Meg Norton
Kelly Reeves
Bojana Todorovic
Women’s Water Polo
Randi Bresee
KK Clark
Caitlin Dement
Emily Donohoe
Becca Dorst
Emily Greenwood
Brailey Hirose-Hulbert
Gabby Juarez
Leslee Kaczmarek
Victoria Kent
Brooke Martin
Sarah Orozco
Natasha Schulman
Sarah Wilkey