From Aotearoa to NCAA Women’s College Basketball Champions: Charlisse Leger-Walker’s Championship Journey with UCLA

UCLA Bruins guard Charlisse Leger-Walker celebrating on court during a college basketball game with cheerleaders in the background.

UCLA has officially reached the mountaintop of college basketball, capturing the program’s first-ever NCAA women’s basketball championship in a wire-to-wire 79-51 demolition of the three-time champion South Carolina Gamecocks. This historic 37-1 campaign was built step-by-step by head coach Cori Close over 15 seasons. But looking at the roster, the defining characteristic of this title […]

Pacific Talent You NEED to Know: Julius Halaifonua

There is something powerful happening in the world of basketball right now. It is not always loud, and it does not always sit under the brightest lights of March. But if you pay attention, you can feel it building. A new wave of Pacific talent is rising, carrying culture, pride, and purpose onto some of […]