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Discover Bruin Baseball Alumni Team
Head Coach Gary Adams
Adams coached the UCLA baseball squad for 30 years and finished his career as the winning-est baseball coach in the school's history. Adams has sent over 100 players into professional baseball, including Chase Utely, Ben Francisco, Mike Magnante, Eric Karros, Todd Zeile, Dave Roberts, Troy Glaus and many more! He finished his outstanding career at ULCA with 1,172 career victories.
Adams headed up the inaugural UCLA Alumni team at the French Open tournament in Paris during June 2005. The Bruins won the gold medal! Trips to Italy and Spain produced a dramatic 5 game series against the Spanish National Team with the Bruins winning 3 of them. In Italy, the Bruins played semi pro teams from Parma and Nettuno along with playing at the Major League Baseball Academy near Pisa. The Huntington Beach Open also saw the Bruins come away with their 2nd championship defeating a strong National Team From Ireland which was touring California.
In 2008 our Bruins went to the Gold Coast of Australia and won another gold medal for the Bruins winning the Pan Pacific Masters Games. Coach Adams continues to achieve records for his squads.
On Friday November 4, 2011 Coach Gary Adams was Inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame!Coach Adams repeatedly stated that he wishes he that he could thank everyone personally for making this possible.
Gary has been staying busy as a successful author. Please visit www.GaryAdamsBooks.com and check out his recently released "Conversations with John Wooden: On Baseball, Heroes, and Life".
Go Bruins!!! "Take two and hit to right"
General Manager Martin Stuka
Stuka earned his BA from UCLA in 1984 where he studied five languages and played baseball. In 1983 he coached the French National Baseball Team in the European Championships in Italy. While managing the team, he was instrumental in clinics throughout France. He played/managed the Paris University Club in the European Cup that same year and struck out 16 batters in helping defeat the Germans. 1984 saw Stuka work as a liaison for the Olympic Baseball Committee at Dodger Stadium working closely with the late Dick Case and USA Baseball .
Since then, Stuka has continued coaching including the French National Junior Team, high school baseball, Little League Baseball, Pony Baseball and most currently with MVP Baseball www.mvpbaseball.net . He remains a strong alumnus to UCLA and the French Federation of Baseball, Softball and Cricket.
Stuka and his wife Eileen and their two sons Ted and Luc reside in Newport Beach, CA, where he maintains his insurance firm www.StukaInsurance.com.
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