Cal Sports Quarterly - Spring 2011 by Cal Media Relations

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SPORTS

QUARTERLY

on the cover

41,240 Miles in the Life of Pia Halbig

Pia Halbig is a senior on the Cal women’s golf team who juggles the commitment of being one of the top-20 golfers in the nation with being a media studies major with a 3.673 GPA. She is also a member of the German National Team and still plays for her local club team in Frankfurt, Germany. Sound exhausting? You don’t know the half of it.

SPRING 2011 FEATURES

A Different Mindset

An Inspirational Resource

Keith Power arrived on campus in July 2009 as the first-ever High Performance Director in the history of collegiate athletics. His role is to lead the High Performance Initiative, an exciting and innovative approach to maximize the talent and resources associated with Cal Athletics, and a task that has him intimately involved in all aspects of the department.

California sophomore Tony Renda is more than just an outstanding college baseball player. He is a source of inspiration for the entire Golden Bear program. Last season, he batted .373 and earned Freshman AllAmerica honors despite dealing with the impact of an illness that eventually claimed the life of his father, Frank.

Back to the Future

As a boy growing up in Oakland, Mike Wood hurdled numerous obstacles to succeed in the classroom and on the track. Despite long odds and sacrifices, he graduated in 1963, and while he had to end his collegiate career earlier than he would have preferred, his gifts to the track & field program ensure that student-athletes in decades to come will be able to maximize their potential.

Long Lasting Battery

The relationship between pitcher and catcher involves more than just tossing the ball back and forth to each other. So it stands to reason that Cal sophomores Jolene Henderson and Lindsey Ziegenhirt have more than a leg – or should it be arm – up on their competition. The nearly lifelong neighbors have been battery mates since they were seven years old.

11 All-Americans Highlight Recruiting Class

For the second consecutive year, Cal football added a recruiting class that ranks among the 20 best groups in the country. This year’s haul – rated as high as No. 14 nationally – includes 11 All-Americans among the 22 total student-athletes who will join the Golden Bears for the 2011 season.

DEPARTMENTS LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS................... 2 SIDELINE REPORT................................ 4 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?.................. 16 SPRING SEASON PREVIEWS............. 18 ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT................. 22 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT................ 34 HOME EVENTS CALENDAR............... 36

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LETTER

from

Director

Athletics Sandy Barbour

Dear Friend of Cal Athletics:

or those of us who loyally follow the exploits of the Golden Bears, citing our long list of accomplishments is an easy task. From championships in the field of play to the continually increasing graduation rates of our student-athletes to the modern facilities rising in Strawberry Canyon, it is obvious that we do a lot of things well. Your advocacy for Cal Athletics clearly plays a key role in that success, and these achievements are a direct result of your devotion and passion for our programs. Yet, we must never be satisfied to rest on our laurels. Striving to improve is embedded in each one of us as we seek the ways and means to reach higher and higher. Not only does this require us to turn inward and examine ourselves, but we also must look outside of our department, and even the world of collegiate athletics, to find new ideas that will help us realize even greater success. Such is the goal of our unique program, the High Performance Initiative. Especially in these challenging economic times, we must find ways to maximize our resources in order to provide the best opportunities for our student-athletes to succeed. Leveraging efficiencies and becoming more effective in every area of Cal Athletics are clearly at the top of our list. One such example that is helping us achieve our objective is the recently instituted annual high performance review for each of our sports, which allows us to evaluate strengths and areas for improvement in an integrated way across the department. These assessments encourage and facilitate better planning, reviewing and learning on the part of our coaches, administrators and support staff, all of which can lead to a competitive advantage. Undeniably, one of our most innovative coaches is women’s swimming’s Teri McKeever, who questioned why swimmers train the way they do and developed her own style of training – one that varies greatly from traditional practice by utilizing a variety of dry-land activities in addition to pool work. The results certainly speak for themselves as the Bears captured their second national championship in three years this March. Teri’s outside-the-box thinking is exactly what the High Performance Initiative is all about. Of course, congratulations are also due to men’s swimming coach David Durden, who directed his squad to the programs first NCAA title since 1980 a week after the women secured their crown. As we move into the months of April, May and June, we can all take pride in the fact that 10 of our spring sports are ranked among the top 20 in the country (as of press time). Quite an accomplishment, no doubt, but certainly not the ultimate outcome we are seeking. As Golden Bears, we will continue to compete until the end – and then try to improve again next year. Go Bears!

ISSUE 35 - SPRING 2011 ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Sandy Barbour DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Steve Holton DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS/SWA: Teresa Kuehn Gould SENIOR ASSOCIATE AD/ INTERCOLLEGIATE SERVICES: Foti Mellis HIGH PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR: Keith Power EDITORIAL STAFF 349 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 94720 EDITOR: Herb Benenson CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Scott Ball, Dean Caparaz, Melissa Dudek, Anton Malko, Kyle McRae, Tim Miguel, Anna Oleson-Wheeler, Jeremy Wu DESIGN: Evan Kerr PHOTOGRAPHY: John Todd (goldenbearsports.com), Michael Pimentel, Kelley Cox, Richard Ersted, John Dunbar, Evan Kerr, Don Feria, Tim Binning, Chris Carson, Modulus Consulting, among others ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 195 Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA 94720 510-642-2427 bearback@berkeley.edu ATHLETIC TICKET OFFICE (800) GO BEARS For daily updates on Cal Athletics, including schedules, press releases and player profiles, visit the department’s official website at CalBears.com. ON THE COVER Senior Pia Halbig, a standout golfer and student, has traveled around the world to compete on the links. But after active summer on the road, she arrived at a surprising conclusion. Photo by John Todd (goldenbearsports.com).

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SIDELINE REPORT Fresno State Football Game Seats Now Available

ickets for Cal’s 2011 season-opener against Fresno State on Saturday, Sept. 3 at Candlestick Park are on sale now at CalBears.com or by calling the Cal Athletic Ticket Office at (800) GO BEARS. Golden Bear fans should note that the Cal-Fresno State game is considered a neutral-site contest, overseen by Russ Potts Productions and WFI Stadium, Inc., and is not part of Cal’s season-ticket package of games at AT&T Park in 2011. Prices start as low as $40 and are available at the following levels: Sideline Upper Box ....................... $95 Sideline Lower Box and Lower Reserve .............................. $95 Corner/End Zone Upper Box, Lower Reserve and Box................ $75 Sideline Upper Level...................... $55 Corner/End Zone Upper Level........ $40 Cal Student Tickets (on sale in summer)....................... $20

Fans who reserve tickets through Cal Athletics will be seated in the Cal sections of Candlestick Park. Seating within each price category will be based on Bear Backer priority points. Pasadena, Calif. Nov. 5 Sat Washington State AT&T Park Nov. 12 Sat Oregon State AT&T Park Nov. 19 Sat at Stanford Stanford, Calif. Nov. 26 Sat at Arizona State Tempe, Ariz.

A recent overhead photo shows the scope of the construction at Memorial Stadium.

2011 Cal Football Season Tickets on Sale to General Public April 25

an Francisco is now Bear Territory! Season tickets for Cal’s 2011 football season at AT&T Park go on sale to the general public on Monday, April 25. While Memorial Stadium is undergoing its long-awaited renovation, join the Golden Bears in San Francisco for all five home games with a schedule that includes rival USC and new Pac-12 opponent Utah.

2011 Cal Football Schedule Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Nov. 26

Sat vs. Fresno State Candlestick Park Sat at Colorado Boulder, Colo. Sat Presbyterian AT&T Park Sat at Washington Seattle, Wash. Thu at Oregon Eugene, Ore. Thu USC AT&T Park Sat Utah AT&T Park Sat at UCLA Pasadena, Calif. Sat Washington State AT&T Park Sat Oregon State AT&T Park Sat at Stanford Stanford, Calif. Sat at Arizona State Tempe, Ariz.

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With reduced capacity of approximately 46,000 seats at AT&T Park, demand for season tickets is expected to be high. Don’t miss the chance to be part of the Blue and Gold in San Francisco. Reserved season tickets start at $225 and can be purchased online at CalBears.com or calling (800) GO BEARS. For more information on the 2011 Cal football season, visit CalFootballSF.com.

Follow Memorial Stadium Progress on Webcam

olden Bear fans can keep up to date with the renovation and seismic retrofit of Memorial Stadium by visiting the CalBears.com/stadiumcam. The webcam is posted high above the East Rim of the stadium, facing west, and provides archived images for remote viewing. Using the “camera control,” visitors can choose different angles, zoom in and out, and select archived images to follow construction through time. In addition, fans can click on the panorama image at the bottom of the screen to get wide-angle views of the project. The work to renovate Memorial Stadium is progressing well with crews on site six days per week to ensure that the project is completed by the start of the 2012 season. For more information on the stadium and the entire construction project, visit stadium.berkeley.edu. The stadium webcam allows fans to follow the renovation.

New Bear Blog Provides Inside Look at Cal Athletics

al fans are encouraged to check out the new Bear Blog on CalBears.com or by visiting CalBears.com/blog. Before he graduates in May, former Cal football player David Seawright is spending the spring semester going behind the scenes to give a peek into the everyday life of Cal student-athletes. Within the first couple of weeks of the blog’s launch, fans could catch see video of the women’s swimming team’s victory over Stanford, read a Q&A with a lacrosse player, view a photo slide show from volleyball practice and participate in a live chat during the men’s basketball game vs. Stanford. To get the inside scoop on the Bears, from workout regiments to competitions, the Bear Blog is the best place to fill your need for Cal Athletics.

Hall of Champions: Golden Bear Swimmers Claim NCAA Titles

he hallway that connects Haas Pavilion and the Recreational Sports Facility houses, arguably, the greatest concentration of highachieving programs in the country. Coaches for five Cal teams have offices off the short corridor – volleyball, men’s and women’s water polo, and men’s and women’s swimming & diving. The Golden Bears celebrate with their men’s and women’s NCAA swimming & diving trophies. Both the volleyball and men’s water polo squads claimed national runner-up status in their respective NCAA Tournaments this past fall, while the Golden Bear women’s water polo team is currently ranked second in the country. As impressive as those accomplishments are, none are enough to Nathan Adrian Damir Dugonjic Tom Shields Amanda Sims Cindy Tran claim the top rung. On March 19, Teri McKeever’s Cal women’s swimmers captured their second McKeever was no less elated even Adrian won both the 50 and 100 freestyle, NCAA title in three years, and a week later, though she experienced her first crown Damir Dugonjic claimed the 100 breastDavid Durden directed his men’s swim- only two years prior in 2009. stroke, Tom Shields took the 100 backming squad to the program’s first national “It was a total team effort, and I’m re- stroke, and the Bears won three relays – championship in 31 years. ally proud of the way everybody contrib- the 200 and 400 medley relays and the 400 “This is such an awesome experience,” uted,” McKeever said. “The team was very free relay. Durden said. “I came to Cal four years ago professional; that’s really the only word I The women also brought home firstand to be able to work with this group of can think of to describe them. It was pretty place honors in three relay events – the 200 seniors … it is just wonderful to be able exciting.” and 400 medley relays and the 200 free reto finish this way with them. I couldn’t be In addition to their team crown, the Cal lay. Amanda Sims also won the 100 fly and more thrilled.” men also prevailed in seven races. Nathan Cindy Tran triumphed in the 100 back. spring 2011

SIDELINE

REPORT

Crabbe Grabs Pac-10 Freshman of the Year Honor

Cal Athletics Says ‘Thank You’ to Bear Backers

ore than 500 loyal Cal supporters gathered at the Claremont Hotel, Club and Spa Feb. 22 for the annual Bear Backer Thank You Luncheon. The number of guests was so large they had to be accommodated in two separate ballrooms. Roxy Bernstein, the voice of Cal men’s basketball, served as the emcee, and Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour addressed the Ted Bartlett crowd before the award ceremony began. Tuck Coop, a fourth-generation Cal grad and the executive director of the California Alumni Association was presented the Cal Spirit Alumni Award. Former Golden Bear swimmer Scott Greenwood was named the Cub of the Year, Ted Bartlett received the Golden Bear of the Year, and Phil and Marji Dunn were named the Bear of the Year winners.

Cal Bears Official Mobile App

he official mobile application for Cal Athletics is now available on both iPhone and Android devices. The app features a live news feed, live scores, videos, photos, tweets, schedules and more. Fans can customize their app and filter for their favorite sports and news. In addition, users can receive up-to-the-second live stats at all home football and basketball games. Find the app by searching “Cal Bears Official” on the App Store for Apple or the Android Market.

Allen Crabbe

ollowing in the footsteps of such notable Golden Bears as Jason Kidd, Leon Powe and Shareef AbdurRahim, guard Allen Crabbe was named the 2011 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year. After contributing just 8.5 ppg through the first six weeks of the season, Crabbe tossed in 16.4 ppg during conference games, including a 30-point effort in Cal’s overtime win vs. Washington State. He ended the regular season in spectacular fashion, averaging 23.0 ppg on 24-of-35 shooting from the floor, including 11-of-17 from three-point range, in wins over Oregon, Oregon State and Stanford. Crabbe is the first Cal player to claim the award since Powe in 2006. Other Bears who have received the honor are: Dave Butler (1983), Leonard Taylor (1985), Kidd (1993), Tremaine Fowlkes (1995) and Abdur-Rahim (1996).

Joanne Boyle Wins WBCA Award for Coaching Excellence

he Women’s Basketball Coaches Association has bestowed one of its most prestigious honors upon Joanne Boyle, presenting her with its 2011 Carol Eckman Award. The honor is given annually to an active collegiate women’s basketball coach who exemplifies Eckman’s spirit, integrity and character through sportsmanship, commitment to the student-athlete, honesty, ethical behavior, courage and dedication to purpose. The award is named in honor of the late Carol Eckman, the former West Chester State College coach who is considered the “Mother of the Women’s Collegiate Basketball Championship.” Eckman organized the first women’s basketball tournament at West Chester in

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Joanne Boyle

1969 and continued to garner recognition and support for the women’s game until her death from cancer in 1985. Boyle recently completed her sixth season as head coach of the Golden Bears. She has directed Cal to four NCAA Tournaments,

including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2009, and the 2010 WNIT championship. Boyle was formally recognized during the WBCA Awards Show April 4 held in conjunction with the NCAA Women’s Final Four in Indianapolis.

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FEATURE

41,240 in the Life of

Miles

Pia Halbig

Well-Traveled Senior Women’s Golfer Shares Stories from the Road

By Melissa Dudek

Ladies Amateur Match Play Championship. “The one thing about England, our team doesn’t really like English food,” Halbig said. “Normally, we are there for a week, so we kind of scope the Italian restaurant closest to our hotel. If it is good, we pretty much go there every day.” Halbig had a free week after the British tournament before voyaging back to Spain for the European Ladies Team Championship. “It was during the World Cup soccer,” Halbig recalled. “The day we got there, Germany was playing Argentina, so got out of the plane and went to the middle of the city in Alicante to watch it at a city square on a massive screen. We were the only German fans there and everybody was rooting for Argentina. We were afraid at the end when we won by so much (4-0), so we left really quickly.” The team went back to Frankfurt on a Sunday, and a day later, Halbig left for southern Germany with her home club team. Afterwards, Halbig came home on a Sunday and was back on the road on Monday, this time for Prague in the Czech Republic for the European Individual Championships. “The course was actually east of Prague in the middle of nowhere,” Halbig said. “It was probably the worst place I have ever stayed in. We got there and (the hotel) was a 10-story building built in the ’50s. It looked so scary. We made an effort to not look under the sheets, to not look under the bed and to just go with it.” Following the Individual Championships, it was back to Frankfurt for a couple of days of relaxation before driving five hours to Zurich to visit a friend.

ia Halbig is a senior on the Cal women’s golf team who juggles the commitment of being one of the top-20 golfers in the nation with being a media studies major with a 3.673 GPA. She is also a member of the German National Team and still plays for her local club team in Frankfurt, Germany.

Sound exhausting? You don’t know the half of it. From the end of final exams in May 2010 through the end of the fall competition season, Halbig logged more than 41,000 miles of travel, touching down on three continents and playing tournaments in seven different countries. Pia Hlabig As soon as her school commitments were completed last spring, Halbig flew from Berkeley to Frankfurt, where she was home for a couple of days before taking off with the German National Team to Spain. They spent five days training at the La Manga Club in Murcia preparing for the European Ladies Team Championship. The biggest challenge for Halbig and her teammates, other than the physical rigors of the long days of practice and conditioning, was communicating with the locals. “We speak German and English,” Halbig explained. “But usually, in the south of Spain, they don’t really understand English. So usually, it ends up being a mix of hands, two different languages, and trying to point to something.” After the training session, Halbig returned home for a few days then headed to the northern England to compete in the British 8

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“That is a beautiful city as well, but really expensive,” Halbig said of the Swiss town. “And they don’t have the Euro. We are so used to everyone having the Euro, I didn’t even think about Switzerland not having it. I was like, ‘Dang it, I forgot to change money.’” After the tournament, Halbig head home again, then departed for Wales and the British Stroke Play Championship. In Wales, the story was, predictably enough, the weather. “The last day it started blowing 40 mph winds coming straight from the sea with rain that was sideways,” Halbig said. “I was so cold and trying to stay out of the rain, which wasn’t working, so at some point I just gave up trying to avoid it and just played with it. They actually reduced one of the rounds because we just couldn’t play in that weather.” Halbig finished sixth in the tournament, but had little time to celebrate. “I came back from Wales and my grandparents had their 80th birthday that night,” she said. “My brother picked me up from the airport and I changed in the car from my official travel gear to my dress and heels on the way to the party.” The next day, she was on a plane back to the Bay Area for the start of the fall semester at Cal. After playing in three tournaments for the Bears this past fall,

lish, and I don’t really speak Spanish. We didn’t have a common ground to go off from. He was trying really hard. He taught me the numbers so we could talk about the numbers. After eight days, I was pretty much fluent on golf stuff so I could say the numbers and the wind direction. The last day, he forgot I don’t speak Spanish, and he just started rattling things off to me in Spanish, I was just like no? No? Okay what are you trying to say here. Just give me my club and I will try to hit the ball.” Pia’s father, Rolf Halbig, who was attending a legal convention in Buenos Aires at the same time as the tournament, got to watch his daughter and her team finish in a tie for eighth among the 54 teams competing at the Worlds. In addition to providing moral support, he also gave his daughter a huge assist with her homework. “I turned in two essays from Argentina,” Pia said. “We didn’t have internet in the hotel, only on the course. My dad took his laptop to the course. Five minutes before we warmed up, I would email my professor really fast. It was really amazing that it all worked out.” After a paperwork snafu nearly stranded Halbig in the outside of customs in San Francisco, she managed to beg and plead her way back into the country, where she was met at SFO by assistant coach Anna Temple. Halbig, who was suffering from a kidney infection the entire time she was in South America but had no desire to Pia Halbig: Frequent Flyer go to a “Medico CenMay - November 2010 ter” down there, went straight to the hospital Depart Destination Mileage from the airport. Berkeley ........ Frankfurt, Germany, (one way):.........................5,699 Frankfurt ..... Murcia, Spain (RT): ............................................... 2,412 After getting treatFrankfurt ..... Yorkshire, England (RT):...................................... 1,344 ment, she was back and Frankfurt ..... Murcia, Spain (RT):................................................ 2,412 ready to compete with Frankfurt ..... Schwabisch Hall, Germany, (RT):............................252 the Bears a week and a Frankfurt ..... Prague, Czech Republic (RT):................................... 634 half later at Stanford to Frankfurt ..... Zurich, Switzerland (RT):.........................................512 Frankfurt ..... Pembrokeshire, Wales (RT):................................ 1,456 close out the fall portion Frankfurt ..... Berkeley (one way):...............................................5,699 of Cal’s season. Berkeley ........ Ft. Collins, Colo. (RT):.......................................... 2,074 Through all her travBerkeley ........ Franklin, Tenn. (RT):..............................................3,996 els over the past year, Berkeley ...... Tacoma, Wash. (RT):..........................................1,356 Halbig learned a parBerkeley ........ Buenos Aires, Argentina (RT):............................13,394 Total Mileage 41,240 ticular lesson: “I have decided to not play professionally.” “After last summer, Pia Halbig with her father, Rolf, at the World Amateur Team Championships in Buenos it was just traveling Aires, Argentina. and I had the opportunity to experience what including getting her first career individual medalist honors in it would be like to play on a tour, flying from one place to Tennessee, Halbig took off to Buenos Aires for the World Amateur another,” Halbig said. “And I just came home and I was really exhausted. Mentally exhausted. Physically exhausted. I didn’t Team Championships. “South America is really different than anywhere I have played want to see my clubs. I didn’t have the urge to go out to pracbefore,” she said. “People are really nice, but it is such a big dif- tice. I feel like I wouldn’t be happy playing professional golf.” Halbig will finish out her Cal career in the spring and play twice ference between rich and poor. For us playing golf, it is even more different because we play on these beautiful courses with beauti- more this coming summer with her German National teammates. ful houses on the property. Then you drive out of the gate with After that, she is going to take advantage of the free time to find an security and you are in the middle of a slum where people live in internship and gain work experience before returning to the States cardboard houses. I was really overwhelmed by the whole thing.” for graduate school. But has she retired from traveling? Once again, language threw her for a loop. “I’ve always wanted to go to East Asia, to see Japan and “We had professional caddies from the South American tour,” Halbig said. “The only problem was my caddy didn’t speak Eng- Thailand,” she replied with a big smile. spring 2011 spring 11

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a different mindset

High Performance Initiative Touches All Aspects of Cal Athletics by herb benenson

eith Power arrived on campus in July 2009 as the first-ever High Performance Director in the history of collegiate athletics. His role is to lead the High Performance Initiative (HPI), an exciting and innovative approach to maximize the talent and resources associated with Cal Athletics.

Keith Power’s vision for Cal Athletics will help shape the functionality of new Student-Athlete High Performance Center.

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“The High Performance Initiative is essentially a road map for how we can become a truly world-class organization,” Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour said. “It’s about how we can become world class at communication, information and integration that will result in high performance. Keith is the facilitator of this vision and is a tremendous resource for all of us.” Power’s resume is impressive. He has competed internationally for his native Great Britain in both track & field and bobsled, was British bobsled coach at two Olympic Games, is a licensed sport psychologist and is a renowned authority in sport science, sports medicine and coach education. He also has extensive experience working with high performance organizations, such as Motorola, Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba. In order to implement the initiative, Power does not sit still. On a typical day, he might be on the pool deck with the men’s water polo team, work on the department’s long-term strategic plan, run a workshop on high performance with the women’s soccer squad and meet with football coach Jeff Tedford to discuss progress on the Student-Athlete High Performance Center … all before lunchtime! “What we’re really trying to do is break the mold,” Power said. “We want to em-

brace all the good things about collegiate athletics, but at the same time, look at what’s happening in world-class sport outside of the U.S. and bring all the good things to Cal and embrace them. We want to be innovators with what we’re doing. I also want to use my business background to build in efficiencies within each of our sports, which has become even more necessary given the current financial challenges facing Cal Athletics.”

Communication

Power speaks often about the need to be world class at communication and how this, along with information and integration, are the cornerstones of a high performance organization. “Coaches, student-athletes, support staff and administrators spend 90-plus percent of their time communicating so we need to be world class at it,” said Power, who believes that communication is a much undervalued skill in sport. “Whether it’s communicating the vision of the department, working with alumni to communicate what is happening in the department or a coach working with a student-athlete, we need to be world class at this.” Annual high performance reviews and regular high performance team meetings are just a couple of examples of how

communication is being improved to look at others; this is what works within Cal Athletics. These new in college athletics. Keith brings to HPI fundamentals have become the table a very broad perspective part of the coaches’ routines. In of what works around the world.” the reviews, coaches sit down with Cobb added that the biggest facPower, Barbour and their sport sutor to manage is time. pervisor at the end of each season “So if we carefully plan ahead, for an analysis of the just-completwe really get a big pickup,” Cobb ed year and set a plan in place with added. “We made some changes their vision for the upcoming 12 Power talks to members of the Cal women’s soccer team. on how we staff certain sports, and months. it allowed us to have better cover“I think all of us tend to plan for the year, but sometimes you get age. Instead of having our senior and more experienced staff on the caught up in putting out fires here and there,” men’s water polo road so much, we shifted things around so that they actually travel coach Kirk Everist said. “Keith gave us a framework of an overall less and are more available to do higher skilled work.” season plan that, as coaches, you are going to make work for you specifically. I think the overall structure of it is really good. It was Integration something I hadn’t seen.” Power also emphasizes the importance of integration, be it Cal’s The high performance meetings are intended to keep the year- administrative departments functioning in a collaborative manlong plan on track ner with sports and coaches, or support staff and student-athletes and maximize com- working together to maximize performance. munication with all of “Performance is made up of five key factors – skills, tactics, those feeding into the fitness, mental toughness and culture,” Power said. “How well we program, including integrate each of these areas can be the difference between the coaching staff, athletic good and the great.” trainers, strength & To incorporate these elements, coaches and support staff work handconditioning coaches, in-hand to assess and monitor student-athlete’s performance needs, and academic advisors. then jointly to improve strengths and address areas of improvement. Everist said he likes to “Keith sat us down and said let’s create structure and integraassemble his group at tion,” said head strength & conditioning coach Mike Blasquez, least every two weeks, referring to developing processes around such areas as organizalthough the frequency ing, planning, and fitness and strength testing. “Part of this was to Power visits with men’s water polo coach varies among teams. Kirk Everist during a recent practice. implement a much “You have a lot of more sport specific kids that you are managing,” Everist said. “Some of them might and scientific apcommunicate more openly with different pieces of your staff. Be- proach to how we ing able to get together and have a big picture is important because are measuring and you might be hearing something from your academic advisor that monitoring fitness. might relate to performance in the pool, such as workflow, stress We have also devellevel or applying to graduate school. Maybe you didn’t know ex- oped a great trackactly, or maybe you knew it but weren’t really paying attention.” ing system which allows us to run reports and continualInformation The High Performance Director is also keen to stress the im- ly direct progress on portance of information. “The better the quality of the informa- a day-to-day basis Power consults with strength & conditioning tion we have, the better decisions we can make,” Power said. for coaches. We are coach Mike Blasquez. technology “If you don’t have good information, it’s hard to measure things using effectively, which means they are hard to monitor, and therefore and science to integrate what we do – within the limited resources we have available.” improve.” The way sports medicine now operates provides a good example. The Cal sports medicine team took a hard look at the way High Performance – The Future for Cal it ran itself, recognizing that it needed to put its limited resources The High Performance Initiative is intended to encourage coachwhere they could be best used, delving into the basics of the pro- es and staff to adopt a new way of thinking, to be cutting edge, and fession. What works and what do we know works? How can we to maximize available resources and the talent of student-athletes, do it here? How do we cover sports? Do we need to have experi- coaches and staff. enced trainers on the road all the time, or are services better used “We know that talent is not enough” Power said. “As a departon campus? ment, we need to think about what high performance organizations “Where Keith really started to fill in the blanks was not only in sport and business do and how we can apply that in a collegiate with evidenced-based practice, but best practices from around the setting like Cal. There is a lot of research out there, a lot of good world,” head athletic trainer Ryan Cobb said. “College athletics examples. Becoming the best we can be allows us to support the tends to look inward and say we’re our own identity. We don’t need needs of our coaches and student-athletes.” spring 2011

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An Inspirational Resource Family, Teammates Help Shape Tony Renda’s Leadership Abilities

By Scott Ball alifornia sophomore Tony Renda is more than a perfectionist and it rubbed off on me. He just an outstanding college baseball player. He is a source of was incredibly proud of everything I did, but would get on me if he thought it was inspiration for the entire Golden Bear program. Last season, Ren- was a blessing that he still got to see me needed … It made me a better person and a da earned Freshman play before he got too sick, and that I got a better baseball player.” All-America and All- chance to go home and be with him. Before It was not just his father who has proPac-10 honors in his my father became ill he had attended nearly vided motivation to Cal’s 20-year-old star first year of college every one of my little league, high school infielder, but also his mother, Larree, and baseball. He almost and Cal games. He would even attend our older siblings, Tommy and Kristina. made it look easy as intrasquad scrimmages in the fall.” “My mother and father grew up in Des What Frank Renda saw before his pass- Moines, Iowa, and knew each other when he led the Bears in Tony Renda hitting and played his ing was his youngest son take college base- they were kids,” said Renda. “When my best baseball at the end of the season when ball by storm, not only earning all-league mother was young her father also passed it mattered most, helping Cal to an NCAA and All-America honors, but becoming a away. To help make ends meet, she started member of the 2010 Norman (Okla.) Re- bagging groceries at Safeway when she regional berth. But life was far from easy for Cal’s out- gional All-Tournament team as the Bears was 16. She is now the Executive Vice standing second baseman. President of Safeway.” He was able to produce Another inspirational famone of the greatest perforily member is Renda’s brother, mances of any newcomer Tommy. There were complicain the program’s history, tions during Tommy’s birth, and despite a serious illness afat one time he stopped breathflicting his father. ing. He was born with a mild “What Tony provided case of cerebral palsy and does us last season was a mennot have full use of his right arm. tal and physical toughness, Despite his disability, Tommy even though he was going was a huge influence on brother through a tough time in Tony’s baseball career, not only his life,” said head coach in a supportive role, but also as David Esquer. “He was a mentor. Despite his disability, an example to the rest of Tommy played Division I basethe team on how to handle ball at the University of Portadversity. Even as a freshland. man, he was not afraid to The Renda family (from left): Kristina, Larree, Tommy, Frank and Tony “My brother never blamed take on challenges and he anything on his disability,” Tony advanced to an NCAA regional for the sec- said. “He would both throw and catch expected to succeed.” Renda’s example of determination, ond time in three years. Renda finished his with his left hand, switching the glove to discipline and diligence in the face of tough first collegiate season as the Bears’ leading his left hand when he needed to catch the times makes him an ideal leader. His inspi- hitter with a .373 average, third-best in the ball. When we were growing up, he would ration comes from a family that has molded Pac-10, and ranked in the Top 10 in the always allow me to play with him and his him into a strong individual, an outstanding conference in six other offensive catego- older friends, and that really helped me imbaseball player, and a leader of a baseball ries. prove because I was always playing with The first thing Renda did when he heard older guys.” program that is playing under tough cirhe made All-Pac-10 was to call his father. cumstances. Tommy went on to compete four years “My father had built houses for over 25 for the Portland Pilots and earned a de“My father, Frank, was diagnosed with lung cancer in March 2009 and passed years and he was an incredibly hard work- gree in business and economics. When his away in July of 2010,” said Renda. “But it er, smart and strong,” said Renda. “He was father got sick, he came home to help the 14

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Tony Renda earned Freshman All-America honors in 2010 after leading the Bears with a .373 batting average and helping the team reach NCAA regionals.

“What Tony provided us las t seas on was a mental and phy sical toughness ... He was an exam ple to the rest of the team on how to handle adversity . Even as a freshm an, he was not afraid to tak e on challenges and he expected to succeed.” - head coach David Esquer

family, but has now returned to the University of Portland to earn his master’s degree. Sister Kristina also attended Portland and returned home to help care for her father after graduation, as well. “My sister had just finished up her degree in communications at Portland right around the time he became seriously ill,” said Renda. “Kristina immediately returned home, and she and my dad would spend every day together. She has always put everyone else’s needs first.” A surprise source of inspiration for Renda came from his Cal teammates. This past fall, the Bears showed their support for Tony and his family by making a combined donation to the Jog for Jill 5K Fundraiser in honor of Tony’s father. The entire squad participated as “Team Frank” to remember Frank Renda and to help raise money for cancer research. “The team coming together to honor my dad made my mom cry,” said Renda. “I had no clue they were going to be there. It meant a lot to me and it meant a lot to my family. The turnout for the fundraiser was unbelievable and it raised a lot of money that will go toward research and will hopefully save some lives.” “Our program prides itself on being a family,” said Esquer, who recruited Renda out of Serra High School. “I really felt our team took that to heart. One of our brothers was hurting, and it was our job to be there for him. The coaching staff and the players were all there to support Tony and that was really nice to see. The support was not surprising because Tony is so committed to his teammates, and the team knows he is so devoted to his family. He is an unbelievable individual and one of the finest kids I have ever had the pleasure of coaching.” Now for the 2011 season, Renda is facing another challenging situation with the announcement that the university will be discontinuing the baseball program after this season. But if past examples are true to form, Cal’s star slugger will continue to persevere. “I haven’t given up on anything,” said Renda. “As long as there is a baseball program at Cal, this is where I want to be.” spring 2011

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Animal Instincts Former Volleyball Star Alicia Powers Enjoys Working at ARF By Jeremy Wu

was a generous donation from a philanthropy called Maddie’s Fund that allowed ARF to elevate Powers to her current position in the spring of 2010. Powers continues to volunteer at the zoo when she can, and in addition to her own participation in a Today, she serves as an Animal Intake and Behavior Special- volleyball league, she began coaching at her alma mater, ist for Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Carondelet High School, just minutes from the ARF facilities. “Volleyball has really been a constant in my life,” said Powers. Creek, Calif., where she works with dogs and cats on a daily basis. Powers’ career path since she left college has been anything “There are definitely a lot of similarities between the world of volleyball and the world of animal behavior. Working with animals but typical. “Everything I’ve decided to do since I left school always started has taught me patience; to understand the right way to train an out with me asking myself a question,” said Powers. “Can I learn animal. As a coach, I employ some of the same theories and techniques when it comes to dealing with human personalities.” something important from doing this?” Today, Powers has her eye on a masThough she excelled on the volleyball ter’s degree in the wildlife program at court, she was also exceptional academHumboldt State and has a desire to do ically. From 2002-05, Powers appeared work to help rehabilitate families of aniin all 123 of Cal’s matches and amassed mals in places where they may be suscep431 blocks and 887 kills while hitting tible to human development conflicts. .238. Her blocking total still stands as Though her favorite animal is a wolfourth all-time in program history. She verine, Powers most readily identifies received all-conference honorable menwith whales in their natural habitat. tion twice and was twice on the Pac“Those magnificent animals are 10’s all-academic list. world travelers,” she said. “They love Her interest in working with animals the water but most of all, they’re peacepeaked when she took a course called After studying and volunteering at several animal care around the world, former Cal volleyball star Alicia ful and docile.” Comparative Animal Psychology. After facilities Powers has found a home at ARF. Whether she is working with dogs, serving as Cal’s captain in the fall of 2005, Powers headed to Australia to spend the spring of 2006 in a whales, or wolverines, Powers will always be a Golden Bear. From her days in the Golden Bear Volleyball Club to her evenings study-abroad marine biology program at James Cook University. The semester away groomed her for volunteer work at the Oak- cheering for her little brother, Jeff, who is a member of the men’s land Zoo and the Marina Mammal Center while she completed her basketball team, Powers has maintained a connection to the school degree. A summer in Costa Rica in a Field Studies Abroad pro- that sparked her appetite for learning and her passion for animals. “What drives me is the desire to learn,” said Powers. “That degram set Powers on her path to become an apprentice zookeeper. In the fall of 2008, an impromptu visit to ARF netted Pow- sire has fueled my aspirations to make a difference in the world ers a full-time job as an Animal Care Specialist at the facility. It through working with and rehabilitating wildlife.”

here are some things that you just can’t teach, which can be a problem when all you want to do is learn. Former Cal volleyball middle hitter Alicia Powers received a degree in public health in 2007, but her education didn’t stop there.

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he Golden Bears, ranked 17th in Baseball America’s preseason poll, return three players – junior catcher Chadd Krist (.344, 10 home runs), sophomore left-hander Justin Jones (10-6, 73 strikeouts) and sophomore second baseman Tony Renda (.373, 21 doubles) – who were first-team All-Pac-10 choices on a squad that finished 29-25 overall last year and competed at the 2010 NCAA regional in Norman, Okla. In addition, Cal juniors Marcus Semien (shortstop), Erik Johnson (right-hander) and Danny Oh (outfielder) were honorable mention all-league. Jones and Renda were also named Freshman All-Americans, the first time in school history two players earned the recognition in the same season.

Important Home Dates

April 21-23 – Arizona State Perennial power comes to Evans Diamond for three games May 27-29 – Stanford Regular season concludes with key Pac-10 series

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al returns a strong unit after capturing the 2010 IRA title in the varsity 8+ and finishing as the runner-up at the Pac-10 Championships. Key returnees include seniors Samuel Walker and Nick Lucey, who won silver for the United States at the 2010 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Brest, Belarus, last summer. Senior Spencer Crowley and junior Chris Yeager also back from the ’10 varsity 8+ boat. The Bears are led by third-year head coach Mike Teti, who was inducted into the National Rowing Hall of Fame last year. During the fall, Cal was victorious at the Head of the Oklahoma and swept its races at the Newport Autumn Rowing Festival.

Important Home Date

April 30 – Stanford Schwabacher Cup between schools dates back to 1902

men’s crew The defending Pac-10 champion and 2010 NCAA runner-up Cal crew needs to rebuild after losing several key rowers to graduation. But as head coach Dave O’Neill has demonstrated over the years, the Bears should quickly be back in the national-title hunt. Cal has finished among the top five in the country nine times in the past 10 years. Two of the Bears’ key returnees are senior Mary Jeghers and junior Kristina Lofman, who each rowed on the U.S. women’s eight and won gold at the 2010 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Brest, Belarus, last summer. Both Jeghers and Lofman were part of Cal’s 2010 varsity 8+ boat, along with sophomore Kara Kohler, the 2010 Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year.

Important Home Dates

April 30 – Stanford Cal swept Stanford last year in event dedicated to the late Jill Costello

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al has set the bar high and will be disappointed with anything less than a strong showing at the NCAA Championships this spring. Last year, the Bears returned to the national showcase for the first time since winning the event in 2004 and finished a respectable 23rd. The current version of the squad features a strong mix of veteran players and talented youngsters. Last season’s Pac-10 individual medalist Eric Mina and fellow senior Stephen Hale are experienced leaders. Sophomores Max Homa and Michael Weaver, and freshmen sensation Ben An, the youngest player to ever win the U.S. Amateur at the age of 17 in 2009, fill out a strong starting lineup. The Bears produced in the fall, winning two of their five tournaments.

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he Golden Bears ended the fall portion of their schedule being ranked No. 7 in the country by Golfweek with two individuals rated among the top 20 – junior Joanne Lee (No. 15) and senior Pia Halbig (No. 18). Cal posted a pair of wins in two Bay Area tournaments early in the spring season, prevailing in the Peg Barnard Invitational at Stanford and the Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational in San Jose, with Emily Childs taking medalist honors in both events. The Bears are trying to earn their 12th consecutive NCAA Regional bid and a trip back to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2006.

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eterans Allie Shropshire, Vail Horn and Tara Arolla – each named to the MSPF AllTournament team last spring – lead a young squad that features eight freshmen and 10 sophomores. Horn, a junior midfielder, garnered a spot on the All-MPSF first team in 2010 when she ranked third on the squad in goals (35) and tied Arolla for third in points (39). Shropshire, a senior goalkeeper, claimed a berth on the All-MPSF second team after posting a 10.83 goals-against average. Arolla ranked fourth in goals (26) and second in assists (13) as a sophomore. The Bears, who play three nationally ranked opponents this season, tied for third with Oregon in the 2011 MPSF Coaches’ Preseason Poll.

Important Home Date

April 8 – Oregon Final home match is key MPSF game for both squads

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al rugby comes into the homestretch of its 129th season hoping to jell into a championship-caliber unit following the departure of 12 student-athletes, including its three All-America co-captains, from the 2010 title-winning team. Wins in 2011 have included a convincing victory over Stanford for the Scrum Axe and a comefrom-behind effort to beat British Columbia. Should the Bears qualify for the national postseason, Cal will play the quarterfinals May 7. The semifinals are May 15 at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colo., followed by the national collegiate championship May 21 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.

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ith a strong corps of returnees and a talented freshman class, Cal looks to earn its 26th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament this spring, the second-longest streak in the nation. The Bears bring back seven starters, including six players who earned All-Pac-10 recognition a year ago, including junior outfielder Jamia Reid, a first-team choice after breaking her own school steals record with 48 thefts. The other all-conference returnees to the field are junior outfielder Frani Echavarria, junior utility Jace Williams, sophomore catcher Lindsey Ziegenhirt, and starting pitchers Jolene Henderson and Valerie Arioto. Cal advanced to the NCAA Super Regional again in 2010 and has the pieces in place to challenge for a spot in the College World Series.

Important Home Dates

April 15-17 – Oregon Bears and Ducks both reached Super Regionals last year April 29-May 1 – UCLA Returning NCAA champion UCLA visits for a three-game stand

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he Golden Bears return a core of experienced upperclassmen to the court this season, led by senior Pedro Zerbini, who moved into the top 35 of the national singles rankings by the start of the spring. Two highly-touted sophomores – Riki McLachlan and Christoffer Konigsfedlt - rolled through the competition early in the season and look to continue their success through conference action. Cal won 13 matches in 2010 and finished fourth in the Pac-10 to earn a school-record 11th consecutive bid to the NCAA championship tournament. The Bears were ranked No. 18 in the final ITA poll and have a chance to improve as a young crop of talent joins the squad.

Important Home Dates

Men’s Tennis

March 25 – USC Two-time defending NCAA champions visit in a pivotal dual April 5 – San Diego The Toreros visit Hellman Tennis Complex on Senior Day

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al looks to return to the NCAA championship match for the third time in four years as a well-balanced squad hits the courts led by senior Mari Andersson and junior Jana Juricova. The pair of All-Americans has a slew of strong Bear cubs to bring along, especially sophomores Tayler Davis and Annie Goransson. Junior Stephany Chang and senior Marina Cossou will also look to make a strong impact and help Cal improve on a 20-6 mark from a season ago. The ITA had the Bears at No. 12 at season’s end last spring, but a round-of-16 finish in the NCAA tournament has head coach Amanda Augustus looking for more.

Important Home Dates

April 8 – Washington Bears and Huskies battle in the heat of the Pac-10 season April 16 – Stanford Cal celebrates its seniors in final regular-season dual

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al returns three NCAA qualifiers from the 2010 season, led by senior Mike Morrison, the NCAA runner-up in the decathlon and a two-time MPSF champion in the indoor heptathlon. In addition, Steve Sodaro is back for his final campaign after capturing the Pac-10 title in the 3000-meters steeplechase and placing sixth at the national meet last year. Pole vaulter Connor Landry was 13th at NCAA’s in ’10 and has cleared over 17-5 in the event. Other key performers to watch include senior Michael Coe, who is moving up in distance to the 5000 meters, and sophomore long jumper/triple jumper Hammed Suleman. Among the top newcomers are two-time state JC champion Ray Stewart in the 110 hurdles, 7-2 high jumper Harrison Steed and Monte Corley, who had the top prep time in the state in the 400 hurdles last year.

Important Home Date

April 22-23 – Brutus Hamilton Invitational The annual meet attracts some of the top athletes in the country

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he Golden Bears are led by junior Deborah Maier, who earned All-America honors in the 5000 meters last June and added All-America recognition in cross country this past fall. Sophomore Alima Kamara came within an eyelash of breaking Cal’s 15-year-old record in the 400 when she was timed in 52.75 at NCAA regionals. The entire quartets from the 4x100 and 4x400 relays that reached the NCAA national meet also return, including senior Cherrelle Garrett, a former Pac-10 runnerup in the 100 meters. Highlighting the class of new faces are heptathlete Ashley Smith, who was second at the USATF Junior Championships and represented the U.S. at the World Junior Championships last year; Ashley Cooke, who ranked sixth among high schoolers in the 300 hurdles; and Charnell Price, a state finalist in both the 100 and 200 meters.

Important Home Date

April 22-23 – Brutus Hamilton Invitational Looks for some world-leading marks to be set at Edwards Stadium

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al, a third-place finisher at last season’s NCAA Tournament, is led by returning All-Americans Emily Csikos and goalie Stephanie Peckham, a pair of juniors who also serve as team captains, plus sophomore Dana Ochsner, who was a member of the MPSF All-Freshman team in 2010. Ciskos led the Bears with 69 goals and became Cal’s first, first-team All-American since 2001. Peckham allowed just 5.67 goals per game a year ago and picked up honorable mention notice for the second time. Last season, the Bears qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history and concluded the year 26-9.

Important Home Dates

April 9 – San Diego State Bears host Aztecs in key match in MSPF race April 16 – Stanford Rematch from last year’s NCAA Tournament semifinal

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BEAR BACKER SPOTLIGHT

s a boy growing up in Oakland, Mike Wood hurdled numerous obstacles to succeed in the classroom and on the track. Coming from a broken home and caring for a younger brother with emotional difficulties, Wood’s childhood became a constant struggle to make ends meet.

After his family inherited a home in Lafayette from his grandfather, Wood moved out of Oakland and enrolled at Acalanes High School. There, hoping someday to compete for the Golden Bears, he became county champion in the half mile, ending his high school career as one of the top quarter- and half-milers in the Bay Area. In 1958, he got the offer from Cal that he craved, but the grantin-aid was not enough to cover costs. Wood was unable to participate in fall track as a freshman and received an exemption for financial need from legendary coach Brutus Hamilton. Struggling at the same time to pull up his grades, Wood worked as a playground director and washed dishes in the kitchen at his fraternity, Psi Upsilon. The hard work was nothing new for Wood, who had a newspaper route at age 10, painted homes and spent summers toiling at a marina resort in South Lake Tahoe. After Wood’s freshman year, Hamilton was able to secure a better aid package for him, allowing the sophomore to dig into two solid years of full-time track participation. Wood ran the quarter mile, half mile and 4x400 relay. Back on the track, Wood could follow in the footsteps of his older brother, Gary; father, John; grandfather, John Edgemond; and godfather, Tom Moore, three of whom raced for the Bears. Mike got to race with and against his brother Gary, who was a senior during Mike’s sophomore year. Together, they competed with some of the best runners in the history of Cal track & field. Fellow Bear Jack Yerman won a gold medal in the 4x400 relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in world-record time. Yerman

Top: The Lafayette Sun showed Mike Wood winning the Apple Valley County Championships for Acalanes High School. Above: Sebastian Sam, Natalya Beneby and Chase Wheeler receive scholarships through Wood’s generosity; Wood is second from left in the second row of the 1961 Cal track & field team photo.

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By Anton Malko also set a world record in the two-mile relay with teammate Jerry Siebert, one of the world’s top half-milers who ran the 800 in the ’60 and ’64 Games. “Our jobs were to try and get third,” said Wood about the challenge for him and his older brother when they raced as a group. The marquee names on Wood’s teams continued with Dave Archibald, one of world’s best quarter-milers, as well as future Director of Athletics Dave Maggard, who set the school’s shot-put record. Add Hamilton and assistant coach Al Ragan (whom Wood credits for much of his coaching) and Mike and his brother were surrounded at times by six future Cal Athletic Hall of Famers. After meeting his future wife, Joanne Yaeger, at his summer job in South Lake Tahoe, Wood buckled down to finish his degree, earn the money to pay for it and start a life after college. Mike and Joanne got married during the summer following Wood’s junior year. To make it all work, he had to forego his senior track season. Despite long odds and sacrifices, Wood graduated in 1963 with a degree in business administration. While he had to end his collegiate career earlier than he would have preferred, his gifts to the track & field program ensure that student-athletes in decades to come will be able to pursue excellence. “If you give your full effort to Cal, Cal gives it back a hundredfold,” Wood said. For the track & field program, Wood has made a 25-year pledge to fund scholarships, with three current team members – Chase Wheeler, Sebastian Sam and Natalya Beneby – able to focus more fully on their lives as student-athletes. “Mike Wood’s scholarships are invaluable because they give us the flexibility to recruit the best athlete available, regardless if that person is in or out of state,” said director of track & field Tony Sandoval. “All of his recipients reflect Cal’s mission of excellence both academically and athletically.” Wheeler, a sophomore from San Ramon, Calif., was the 2009 California state champion in the long jump and named the De La

Salle High School Athlete of the Year as a senior. He has not declared a major yet after redshirting his first year. Sam is a junior American studies major from San Jose, Calif., who has notched the Bears’ best 800 times two years in a row after arriving from high school as a two-time Central Coast Section champion in the event. Beneby, also an American studies major and now a senior, competes in the 400 hurdles and 400. She came to the University from Nassau, the Bahamas, where she excelled at soccer as well as track. All three of these student-athletes have the opportunity to maximize their academic and athletic potentials thanks in large part to Wood’s scholarships. “That’s one of the reasons I did it,” Wood said. “Wouldn’t it have been great if I didn’t have to do all the things I had to do to be able to run track and go to school? We’ve made it possible that these young student-athletes can do Joanne and Mike Wood co-founded the home Ho’omalu O Na Kamali’I, that.” which means “for the safety and Wood, who moved to protection of children.” Hawaii with Joanne “the day after I finished my last final” in 1963, co-founded MW Group, Ltd., a successful real estate development company with fellow Cal grad Steve Metter. The Woods have remained in Hawaii to this day and have raised three boys, who have given them nine grandchildren. Wood still makes regular trips back to Berkeley to attend football and basketball games and track meets each year. As a 25year football season-ticket holder who also holds four seats in the

Endowment Seating Program, he counts Cal among his mostloved commitments. “It’s a ‘have-to’ deal,” said Wood about the project to fund Cal Athletics through the revamped Memorial Stadium. “The stadium is going to become one of the major Cal attractions. It’s a brilliant idea and we certainly support it.” As a founding member and former president of Cal Alumni Club of Hawaii, Wood clearly sees the catalyst Intercollegiate Athletics can be to the alumni community who, in turn, can help put today’s student-athletes in a position to excel. “Whether you’re personally involved as an athlete or as a fan, it’s a way to continue your ties to the school,” Wood said. “And those who keep those ties want to help build the facilities to help Cal athletes compete.” Wood’s other ventures consistently demonstrate his commitment to the community. One of the original Big Brothers in Hawaii, he served on the Big Brothers/Big Sisters Board for 18 years. Wood has also devoted himself to assisting young people in ways he wishes his younger brother could have been helped. While Wood serves on a number of boards in his community, his greatest contribution came in 2009, when he and his family co-founded a home for abused and neglected children called Ho’omalu O Na Kamali’i (for the safety and protection of children). Located on the west coast of Oahu, where the greatest need exists, this transition home provides crucial shelter for children and teens who might otherwise have nowhere to turn. Developed with the support of the private and public sectors, including the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, this four-thousand-square-foot home offers a place children can stay until they can return to their parents, another family or foster care. The transition home has provided shelter for over 200 children to date. Wood’s eyes were opened to this great need through his position on the board of Family Programs Hawaii, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping foster children and families. “There was no program for kids that were pulled out of abusive

homes, whether it was physical or emotional,” Wood said. “It just weighed on me.” He added: “Cal’s important to us, but this one is even more important.” Mike Wood clearly wants to see all young people thrive. Thanks to his care and generosity, many more surely will, from Berkeley to Hawaii, and beyond. spring 2011

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Long Lasting Battery Softball’s Pitcher-Catcher Duo of Jolene Henderson and Lindsey Ziegenhirt Has History on Its Side By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

he relationship between pitcher and catcher involves more than their college days came just tossing the ball back and forth to each other. Nonverbal to a close. On the diacommunication cues, pitch signals and a familiarity that comes with mond, the Bears’ perenthrowing to the same person game after game are all part of the equation nial top-10 status meant they would be joining to create a successful tandem. Cal sophomores Jolene Henderson and Lindsey an established powerhouse that makes an annual Ziegenhirt, though, have more than a leg – or should run in the postseason and plays in the Pac-10, the it be arm – up on their competition. The nearly life- preeminent conference for collegiate softball. Both long neighbors have been battery mates since they felt at home in serene Strawberry Canyon when were seven years old. they attended youth camps at Levine-Fricke Field as Growing up in Elk Grove, youngsters, as well as on their Calif., a suburb of Sacramento, official recruiting trips later on. the pair transitioned together “What I liked most was from rec ball to the more presthe family atmosphere of the tigious American Softball Assoteam,” Ziegenhirt said of head ciation teams to varsity softball coach Diane Ninemire and her at Sheldon High School. All the assistants. “The coaches genuwhile, pitcher Henderson and inely care about us in all aspects catcher Ziegenhirt developed of our lives and not just about into two of the top players in winning softball. The girls had the country, earning prep Alla really great family connection American honors in both 2008 besides just being teammates and ’09. on the field.” Once the collegiate recruitIn addition to the benefits ing process began, they knew of playing Cal softball, the they wanted to attend the same possibility of remaining teamschool. So when Henderson mates for another four years verbally committed to joining the Jolene Henderson also appealed to Henderson and Golden Bears as a high school Ziegenhirt. freshman, Ziegenhirt followed suit the next year. “I wanted her catching me through college because Two different national rankings made the choice we have a good, trusting relationship on the field,” an easy one for both Henderson and Ziegenhirt. Henderson noted. “Throwing to Lindsey is second Attending the nation’s No. 1-rated public institu- nature now; we just know what we need to do. We tion would guarantee them top-notch academics don’t have to say things, we’ll use looks. She’ll do and a degree that would help ensure success after something to encourage me or tell me to pick it 28

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Huskies garnered No. 1 rankings in the Sacramento region and the nation. Family influences played a role for both Henderson and Ziegenhirt staying with softball as their sport of choice. Henderson’s father, Joe, coached her for years, and her younger sister, Danielle, was a teammate on multiple teams and will join her in Berkeley next year. For Ziegenhirt, there has always been one constant – her mother, Laura, who served as a coach for the majority of her pre-Cal days. Once Ziegenhirt moved onto the Pac-10 and Berkeley – 90 miles west of Elk Grove, Calif. – Laura was no longer in the dugout, but to Lindsey, things did not change too much. “I always had my mom – rec league, ASA and high school,” Ziegenhirt said. “But last year, she came to every game and we would debrief about the game after, so it was like she was there. I don’t miss it too much because she’s there anyway.” The pair was clearly instrumental in the Bears achieving a 44-19 record and 25th consecutive trip to the postseason. During freshman campaign, Ziegenhirt caught every game – all 63 – and Henderson secured herself a spot in the starting line-up, splitting time at first base and the pitching circle. Ziegenhirt up, or she’ll walk out and tell a joke to bring it all earned an All-Pac-10 honorable mention honors and together and help me relax, take some of the pres- was named to the conference’s All-Freshman team after she finished second on the squad with 13 doubles, sure off.” It’s a great pitcher-catcher relationship that almost 15 homers, 58 RBI, and a .562 slugging percentage. “We’re fortunate to have a catcher of Lindsey’s calnever was. Henderson readily admits that she had trouble learning the rudimentary fundamentals of the iber,” Ninemire said. “She provides great leadership with her catching skills and brings a big bat with her.” game during her early years with the sport. Henderson notched a 20-10 record and 1.78 ERA “I was terrible,” Henderson said. “I wanted to quit, but my parents made me keep going with it. I would sit in 192.2 innings of work, possessing a 0.59 ERA down in the outfield and play with the flowers, so they in nonconference play prior to the Athens Super Regional. She pitched three moved me to infield. I threw recomplete-game one-hitters and ally hard. I would hit people and a perfect game at the Colum(throw the ball) over the backstop bus Regional, then was justly sometimes. So because of me, lauded with placement on the they made up a rule if you hit five All-Region first team, the Allpeople, you were taken out of the Pac-10 second team and the game.” Pac-10 All-Freshman team. As Henderson grew, so did her “I am looking forward to skill set. She warmed the bench what Jolene will bring with during her first years of ASA her this year since she’s stronball but gradually started earning ger than ever,” Ninemire said. her way into the line-up until one “She gained some great exday, it all came together. perience last year by pitchOnce she began working with ing in some of biggest games. a pitching coach, Henderson We’re counting on her to carry quickly moved up the ladder. the team this year. She’s very As an 11-year-old, she played polished.” with a 14-and-under team, and by Lindsey Ziegenhirt For their sophomore season, 14, she competed with the 18 and there is no question what the pair wants: a trip to the unders. Together, Henderson and Ziegenhirt took their 16U Women’s College World Series. Ziegenhirt’s powersquad – the Lady Magic – to a national title. At Shel- ful bat and confident direction behind the plate comdon High School, they won the section championship bined with Henderson’s leadership and experience in their sophomore and junior years and were runners-up the circle pack a one-two punch that will help put the in their freshman and senior seasons. At one point, the Bears on the base paths to Oklahoma City.

“I wanted her catching me through college because we have a good, trusting relationship on the field. Throwing to Lindsey is second nature now; we just know what we need to do.” - Jolene Henderson

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By Kyle M Rae All-Americans Highlight Another Top 15 Recruiting Class c

al football added a top-15 recruiting class for the second year in a row on National Signing Day Feb. 2 with the announcement that 11 All-Americans and 22 total student-athletes will join the Golden Bears for the 2011 season. This year’s group ranked as high as No. 14 nationally according to Scout, while Rivals put the class at No. 17, ESPN at No. 18 and MaxPreps at No. 20. The collection of 2010 recruits was rated 11th in the country by Rivals. “We are excited about the student-athletes that we have signed in our 2011 recruiting class,” said head coach Jeff Tedford. “Many of the players are among the nationally elite at their respective positions and will have an opportunity to make an immediate impact on the Cal football program. I’m really proud of the way our staff recruited. Recruiting is such a team effort – not just the coaches but all the people on campus, from the academics to compliance to housing … you name it. A total team effort and I’m just really pleased the way it all turned out.” The 2011 class includes six participants in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl – LB Jason Gibson, DB Stefan McClure, DL Viliami Moala, OL Jordan Rigsbee, DL Brennan Scarlett and DB Avery Walls – while DL Todd Barr played in the Under Armour All-America Game. The Bears have had a total of 12 signees from the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl in their past two recruiting classes. Five members of the 2011 group – Barr (No. 48), Walls (No. 68), WR Maurice Harris (No. 91), Moala (No. 97) and Gibson (No. 131) – are on the ESPN 150 list. 30

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A total of nine Cal recruits are rated among the nation’s top-150 players overall by at least one recruiting service (highest rating in parentheses) in Moala (No. 4 Prepstar), Barr (No. 48 ESPN), DL Mustafa Jalil (No. 52 Sporting News), Walls (No. 68 ESPN), Gibson (No. 71 Sporting News), Scarlett (No. 73 Sporting News), Harris (No. 91 ESPN), McClure (No. 118 Rivals) and Rigsbee (No. 136 Prepstar). Cal continued its strong national recruiting presence with nine of the 22 newcomers listing a hometown outside the state of California. In addition to the 13 studentathletes from California, other states represented were Arizona, Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon, and Texas, as well as the country of England. “We have expanded our national recruiting efforts over the last several years and continued to do so with this signing class,” explained Tedford. “We feel like there is a growing interest from national recruits in the University of California, both in our academics and in our football program’s potential. It is evident by the number of out-of-state players that we have signed in this year’s class.” Moala is a five-star recruit (Scout, Tom Lemming) who is listed as the nation’s No. 2 defensive tackle by Lemming, Scout and SuperPrep, No. 7 at his position according to ESPN and No. 8 by Rivals. He had 226 tackles and 31.0 sacks over his final

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2011 Cal Football Recruits NAME POS HT C.J. Anderson TB 5-11 Todd Barr DL 6-3 Brendan Bigelow TB 5-10 Kyle Boehm QB 6-3 Nathan Broussard LB 6-4 Darren Ervin ATH 5-11 Jason Gibson LB 6-3 Maurice Harris WR 6-3 Kameron Jackson DB 5-10 Mustafa Jalil DL 6-4 Jalen Jefferson LB 6-3 Daniel Lasco TB 6-2 Puka Lopa DL 6-3 Stefan McClure DB 5-11 Viliami Moala DL 6-3 Jordan Morgan DB 6-0 Jordan Rigsbee OL 6-5 Richard Rodgers TE 6-4 Brennan Scarlett DL 6-4 Avery Walls DB 5-11 Matt Williams OL 6-7 Joel Willis DB 5-10

WT YR EXP HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOLS) 215 Jr. JC Oakland, Calif./Laney CC/Bethel HS 260 Fr. HS Lakewood, Calif./Lakewood HS 180 Fr. HS Fresno, Calif./Central East HS 220 Fr. HS San Jose, Calif./Archbishop Mitty HS 240 Fr. HS Plano, Texas/Plano West HS 200 Fr. HS Houston, Texas/Lamar HS 215 Fr. HS Gardena, Calif./Junipero Serra HS 200 Fr. HS Greensboro, N.C./Northern Guilford HS 175 Fr. HS Long Beach, Calif./Long Beach Poly HS 310 Fr. HS San Diego, Calif./Cathedral Catholic HS 215 Fr. HS Ventura, Calif./St. Bonaventure HS 190 Fr. HS The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands HS 255 Fr. HS Sacramento, Calif./Grant HS 180 Fr. HS Vista, Calif./Vista HS 350 Fr. HS Sacramento, Calif./Grant HS 193 Fr. HS Lakeside, Ariz./Blue Ridge HS 300 Fr. HS Chico, Calif./Pleasant Valley HS 240 Fr. HS Worcester, Mass./St. John’s HS 255 Fr. HS Portland, Ore./Central Catholic HS 184 Fr. HS McDonough, Ga./Eagle’s Landing Christian HS 290 Jr. JC Liverpool, England/ND State College of Science/Proctor Academy 185 Fr. HS Garden Grove, Calif./Pacifica HS Counter-clockwise from top: Puka Lopa, Stefan McClure, Jalen Jefferson, Jordan Morgan, Richard Rodgers, Darren Ervin

two prep seasons and led his team to a combined 39-2 record and three consecutive conference titles during his final three campaigns as well as a state crown as a 2008 sophomore. Two others – Barr and Scarlett – picked up four-and-a-half stars from Lemming. Barr ranks as the nation’s No. 6 defensive tackle by ESPN and Lemming, as well as the No. 12 defensive end (Scout) and strongside defensive end (Rivals). Barr is also deemed as high as the nation’s No. 26 defensive lineman overall according to SuperPrep. The 2010 first-team Best in the West selection and Moore League Player of the Year led his conference with 20.0 sacks in his final prep season while adding 73 tackles and 35.0 tackles for loss. He is also a two-time all-state choice. Scarlett comes in at No. 9 on Rivals’ ranking of the nation’s top defensive ends and is its No. 2 player overall from Oregon. He had 31 tackles in his first two contests of 2010 before suffering an injury that ended his regular season. Scarlett posted 59 tackles and 6.0 sacks as a junior in 2009. Gibson is listed among the nation’s top10 outside linebackers by ESPN (No. 6), Rivals (No. 9) and Scout (No. 10). The 2010 SuperPrep All-American posted 93 tackles and 13.5 sacks as a senior.

McClure checks in as the nation’s No. 4 cornerback according to Scout, while SuperPrep has him at No. 6 and Rivals No. 9. He led the East Division of the Avocado League in both receiving (58 catches, 1,317 yards, 13 TDs) and interceptions (4) as a senior to earn first-team Best in the West recognition. Rigsbee ranks as high as No. 9 nationally among offensive guards by Rivals, while Walls is the No. 6 safety nationally by ESPN and No. 8 according to Rivals. In addition to the seven players who earned spots in the prestigious postseason bowl games, other signees who garnered at least one All-American honor in 2010 include QB Kyle Boehm, Jalil, TB Daniel Lasco and TE Richard Rodgers. Boehm ranks as high as the nation’s No. 7 pro-style quarterback according to Rivals, while Jalil is listed as the nation’s No. 9 defensive tackle by Scout. Lasco is Lemming’s No. 13 running back and Rodgers, son of Richard Rodgers of The Play fame, is Rivals’ No. 24 tight end as well as Lemming’s No. 9 athlete. Cal’s top national rankings by position according to Rivals are running backs (No. 3), defensive tackles (No. 10-T), defensive ends (No. 11) and defensive backs (No. 14-T).

TB Brendan Bigelow and Lasco are both among the nation’s top-15 running backs, with Bigelow coming in at No. 11 by Rivals and Lemming, and Lasco’s top national ranking at his position No. 13 according to Lemming. On the defensive line, Moala (No. 2 DT Lemming, Scout, SuperPrep), Barr (No. 6 DT ESPN, Lemming), Jalil (No. 9 DT Scout) and Scarlett (No. 9 DE Rivals) all have top-10 national positional rankings. The remaining members of the recruiting class are TB C.J. Anderson, LB Nathan Broussard, ATH Darren Ervin, DB Kameron Jackson, LB Jalen Jefferson, DL Puka Lopa, DB Jordan Morgan, OL Matt Williams and DB Joel Willis. Anderson and Williams are the two junior college transfers in the class. Ervin, Walls and Williams enrolled at Cal for the 2011 spring semester and began taking classes in January. All three are expected to participate in the team’s 2011 spring practices. The 2011 class includes 13 defensive players, eight on the offensive side of the ball and one that has been recruited as an “athlete.” For more detailed information on Cal’s 2011 recruits, including full bios and highlight videos, visit CalBears.com/ signingday. spring 2011

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Ahead of His Class Rugby’s Zack Klaas Finds Balance in All His Endeavors

By Alexandria Cariaso

Mike Rielly about the field he hopes to break into. Klaas’ excitement for the course was evident. Rielly called Klaas “a standout student. He’s organized, thinks deeply, has great focus and communicates well – it’s But this spring, he freed up his schedule. “I no surprise he’s achieving success both on and off the field.” really wanted to focus on my academics this Klaas’ character is unsurprising, too, given the list of programs semester,” he said. on his résumé. He comes from De La Salle High School in ConAnd Klaas has a history of performing well cord, where he played as a two-way lineman for coach Bob Laacademically. His achievements are all the doceur’s renowned football team. more impressive given his rigorous schedule Comparing DLS football and Cal rugby, Klaas said both stress as a student-athlete. Klaas called his commit- discipline, accountability and “are built around being stand-up ment to rugby “like having another job, es- characters first.” Zack Klaas pecially during season … You’re constantly Klaas’ character also shines in his commitment to his responsitrying to find a balance.” bilities. “It’s not just about you playing on the field,” he said. “If Klaas has achieved that balance beautifully. He has worked you’re not doing your job, you’re letting all those guys down.” his way up the roster of the rugby team in 2011, getting the bigAs for everything else connected to the sport, he said: “I love gest start of his career against Central Washington and captaining rugby, but the work experience I’ve had has been really fulfilling, the team at the UCLA Tournament against Washington State. In too, and I’ve been able to learn a lot while I’m doing it.” the classroom, his work has been “I respect Zack for stretching to rewarded with admission into the reach his potential on and off the Haas School of Business, an acfield,” said Cal rugby head coach complishment he does not take Jack Clark. “He is part of the long for granted. “When I got in I was line of proud and high-achieving ecstatic, jumping for joy,” he said. men that come out of De La Salle “It’s a really big accomplishment football and Cal rugby.” for me.” Klaas is determined to make the Though focused on good grades, most of his opportunities, spurred Klaas cares about what he learns. on by advice from his parents. After taking Education 190 with “That way,” he said, “you won’t Professor John Hurst, his academic have any regrets and know you approach shifted: “It was the first gave it your all, and that’s really class I took where I was actually important to me.” more interested in learning the maWith his positive outlook, his terial than getting the grade.” athletic ability and admirable And Klaas’ favorite material has academic record, Zack Klaas can been from his favorite class, Sports A part of two championship teams, Zack Klaas is helping the Bears only have more great opportuniMarketing, where he learned from pursue their seventh national title in the last eight years. ties ahead of him.

hese days, Zack Klaas has a little more time on his hands. At one point the senior from nearby Castro Valley juggled two marketing internships, including one with the Golden State Warriors, a library job, his position as forward on Cal rugby and class. Early mornings and late nights were the norm rather than the exception.

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A Leader Through and Through Team Captain Tara Arolla Earns Respect for Her Hard Work

By Dean Caparaz ’90

games for Cal and ranked third on the team in goals (26) and tied for third in points (39). As a sophomore, Arolla claimed a Arolla was part of head coach Theresa spot on the MPSF All-Academic team with a 3.537 GPA and, after Sherry’s first recruiting class, along with de- scoring seven points in two games, earned a berth on the MPSF fenders Tori Harrison and Melissa Sheehan All-Tournament team. and midfielder Vail Horn. A talented playArolla and her teammates hope to capture this year’s MPSF maker, Arolla quickly became a key member Tournament title and, for the first time, the automatic NCAA Tourof the team. nament bid that goes with it. Now a junior attacker for the Golden Bears, Off the field, Arolla points that focus towards the business and Arolla is also an American studies major who marketing courses within her American studies major. Her favorite Tara Arolla sports the second-highest GPA on the squad. A course so far has been American Studies 110 – Advertising Amerleader on the field as well, Arolla is one of the team’s four captains ica – an upper-division class taught by Professor Kathleen Moran. this season and is the only one who is not a senior. “Those classes are so much fun,” Arolla said. Moran, the associ“Tara is a leader in every way for this team,” Sherry said. “She ate director of the American Studies Department, “really likes interworks hard off the field in the classroom and is very involved in acting with students and getting our opinions. We had the opportuthe community as a mentor and tutor at local schools. She is so nity to review commercials and advertisements, learning what the hard working and driven; she doesn’t back down from adversity.” marketing peoples’ intentions are, which is very interesting.” Arolla’s leadership especially Arolla worked as a sales showed this past fall when she proand marketing intern with vided moral support for many of Ghirardelli Chocolate in the Cal’s younger players, who comSan Francisco Bay Area and prise a majority of the roster, when said that she may pursue the program’s future was in doubt. sports marketing as a career “She’s a mentor on our team as after Cal, unless she goes to well, especially for the underclassgraduate school first. With a men,” Sherry added. “With everyyear and a half left in Berkething that happened in the fall, we ley, she is not tied down to felt we needed another person who one option. commanded respect as a captain. “I think it’s important to go She has a good handle with what’s out there and experience difgoing on with the underclassmen ferent kinds of jobs,” Arolla and is a good link between them and said. “My boss a year ago said, the upperclassmen.” ‘You’re not going to know As a freshman, Arolla collected what you like till you do it.’ I nine goals, four assists and 13 points have to put myself in different in 13 games in 2009. She blossomed Head coach Theresa Sherry credits Tara Arolla for being a mentor to experiences to narrow down in 2010, when she started all 18 younger members of the Golden Bear lacrosse team. what I want to do.” he combination of lacrosse and the No. 1 public university in the United States was a no brainer for Tara Arolla. Coming out of La Costa Canyon High School in 2008, the Carlsbad, Calif., native wanted the best of both worlds, and she found it at Cal.

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LAX vs. Lafayette WTN vs. Harvard

BAS vs. USC SB vs. Arizona State WTN vs. Arizona

BAS....................................................... Baseball (Evans Diamond) CRW........................... Men’s & Women’s Crew (Redwood Shores) LAX................................................... Lacrosse (Witter Rugby Field) MGY.......................................... Men’s Gymnastics (Haas Pavilion) SB....................................................... Softball (Levine-Fricke Field) T&F.............................................. Track & Field (Edwards Stadium) MTN................................................ Men’s Tennis (Hellman Courts) WTN..........................................Women’s Tennis (Hellman Courts) WWP...................................... Women’s Water Polo (Spieker Pool)

BAS vs. UC Davis

BAS vs. Oregon SB vs. UCLA CRW vs. Stanford

SB vs. Stanford BASE vs. Arizona State

16 BAS vs. San Francisco MTN vs. Texas A&M

BAS vs. USC SB vs. Arizona State WTN vs. Arizona State

LAX vs. Navy WTN vs. Hawaii

BAS vs. USC SB vs. Arizona State

BAS vs. Ohio State WWP vs. Harvard

BAS vs. Pacific MTN vs. San Diego

BAS vs. Arizona State SB vs. Stanford T&F in Brutus Hamilton Invitational

23 BAS vs. Arizona State SB vs. Stanford T&F in Brutus Hamilton Invitational

BAS vs. Ohio State WWP vs. Harvard

SB vs. Santa Clara

LAX vs. Oregon WTN vs. Washington

BAS vs. Ohio State WWP vs. UC Davis WWP vs. George Washington

9 WTN vs. Fresno State WWP vs. San Diego State

21 BAS vs. Nevada

13 SB vs. Saint Mary’s

23 T&F in California Multi Meet

15 SB vs. Oregon

24 T&F in California Multi Meet

SB vs. Oregon WTN vs. Stanford WWP vs. Stanford

BAS vs. Washington State MGY vs. Stanford MTN vs. USC T&F vs. SF State

17 SB vs. Oregon

26 BAS vs. Washington State MTN vs. UCLA WCRW in Pac-10 Challenge

27 BAS vs. Washington State WCRW in Pac-10 Challenge

Senior Steve Sodaro, 2010 Pac-10 3000-meter steeplechase champion

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May 1 BAS vs. Oregon SB vs. UCLA

27 BAS vs. Stanford

28 BAS vs. Stanford

29 BAS vs. Stanford

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