UCLA 101

No, that's not a survey course... it's our total of National Championships!

Women's Water Polo did it again... a four-peat. The only other teams to accomplish that were Al Scates' Men's Volleyball in the early 80's and (of course) Coach Wooden's teams of the 60's and 70's. Kudos to Krikorian (even if his team can pull off the win next year, he'll still be two short of the Wizard)... the man truly belongs in the pantheon of Bruin greats: he captained the Men's team in 1995 to an NCAA title, then has coached the Men's team to Championships in '99, 2000, and '04 AND the Women's team to championships in '01, '03, and the last four years. That means as a player and coach he's been a part of TEN NCs... and coached NINE teams to NCAA titles. While he's still a distance behind Scates' 19 titles and the Coach's 10 titles (IN 12 years), he's still a winner.

A leader of nine National Championships in 10 years (in two sports)... simply incredible. This year his team was undefeated and the graduating seniors of this group (Gabrielle Domanic, Brittany Rowe, Courtney Mathewson, Jillian Kraus and Kamaile Crowell) finished with four titles, two undefeated seasons (they were perfect in their freshman year as well), and an absolutely SICK record of 126 wins and only SIX losses.

True Bruins.