Beat 'SC Parade, Bonfire and Rally
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Watch video highlights of the 2006 Beat ‘SC Parade, Bonfire and Rally.
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Grand Marshal
Sue Enquist ’80
The 2007 season marks Sue Enquist’s 19th campaign as head coach of the Bruin softball program. It is her 28th year as part of UCLA’s softball coaching staff and her 31st year of involvement with the program as either a coach or player. This year is also Enquist’s 11th season as the sole head coach for the Bruins.
Before being named co-head coach, Enquist coached nine seasons (1980-88) as an assistant coach, and before that, she was a member of the team. As a student-athlete playing for Coach Backus, Enquist led UCLA to its first National Championship in softball, a 1978 AIAW title. After graduating high school in December of 1974, Enquist went on to play four seasons for Backus from 1975-78.
Enquist became the prototypical player for Bruin softball in terms of attitude, desire and will to win. UCLA’s first softball All-American, Enquist led the Bruins in doubles three times and twice led UCLA in batting average and triples. Enquist established the UCLA career batting average record with an impressive .401 mark, and was the first Bruin to complete her career with a batting average over .400. That career batting average record stood for 24 years, until Stacey Nuveman completed her illustrious career in 2002. Enquist’s No. 6 jersey was retired on April 29, 2000, becoming the third number in Bruin softball history to be retired, joining the No. 16 of Lisa Fernandez and No. 1 of Dot Richardson. A three-time ASA All-American for the Raybestos Braketts, Enquist helped lead that team to four ASA National Championships in 1976, ’77, ’78 and ’80. She also enjoyed success as a player at the international level, earning gold medals at three National Sports Festivals, the 1978 World Championships and the 1979 Pan American Games.
A native of San Clemente, Calif., Enquist surfed professionally from 1979-81 and continues to be an avid surfer. She currently resides in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Karch Kiraly ’83
The most decorated athlete and legend of his sport, Karch Kiraly ’83 has devoted much of his life to indoor and outdoor volleyball, and placing in almost every event he has entered. Kiraly is the only player to win Olympic gold in both beach and indoor volleyball - earning a total of three gold medals.
Getting an early start from his father, who taught him the skills of volleyball, Karch went on to play for the Junior National Team in high school. While a biochemistry student at UCLA in the early 1980s, Kiraly led the Bruin volleyball team to three NCAA titles as an All-American team player. In the summer Olympics of 1984 and 1988, he won gold medals for Team USA as both setter and hitter, and the International Volleyball Federation subsequently declared him the “Best Player in the World” in 1986 and 1988. In 1992, Kiraly was inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame where his jersey was retired.
At the age of 45, Kiraly continues to compete and beat players half his age. He has won 24 out of the 27 seasons played, and to date, his titles include 2002 AVP Best Defensive Player, 1990 AVP Best Offensive Player, 1997 AVP Comeback Player of the Year, 1990-94 AVP Most Valuable Player AVP Sportsman of the Year, and the 2004 AVP Outstanding Achievement.
Judges and Dignitaries
Dignitaries
Ted Chen
UCLA Bruin
Co-Anchor and Reporter, KNBC Channel 4 News
Ted Chen, a proud UCLA Bruin, is a co-anchor and reporter for KNBC Channel 4 News in Los Angeles. Since joining the award-winning station in 1995, Ted has reported on many major news stories, from national elections to Southern California wildfires. In 2000 he traveled to Asia on an economic development mission with the mayor of Los Angeles and filed live reports from Seoul, South Korea and Bejing, China.
Ted also serves as KNBC’s entertainment reporter, covering the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the Emmys and other Hollywood events. Ted has been honored for his extraordinary reporting by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, the San Diego Press Club and many others.
Judges
We would like to thank our volunteers for judging the Beat ’SC Parade:
- Jay Bloom ’72, UCLA Alumni Association Representative
- Eleanor Brewer M.B.A. ’86, UCLA Alumni Association Board member
- Lawrence Davis ’77, M.S. ’79, UCLA Alumni Association Board member
- Michael Deluca, UCLA Recreation Director
- Yolanda Nunn Gorman ’78, M.B.A. ’83, Ph.D. ’93, UCLA Alumni Association President
- Debra Hunter Holloway ’86, UCLA Alumni Association Board member
- Lori Pelliccioni M.P.H. ’96, Ph.D. ’02, UCLA Alumni Association Board Member
- Keith Parker, UCLA Assistant Vice Chancellor
- Ted Ramirez ’83, M.A. ’92, UCLA Alumni Association Representative
- Monica Sanchez ’00, UCLA Graduate Student Association President
- Todd Sargent ’96, UCLA Alumni Association Representative
- Sarah Schwartz ’99, UCLA Alumni Association Board member
- Ronald Takasugi ’78, UCLA Alumni Association Board member
- Mark Terman ’79, UCLA Alumni Association Board member
- Daniel Wolfus ’67, M.B.A. ’69, UCLA Alumni Association Board member
Emcees
We would like to thank our volunteers for announcing at Beat ’SC Parade, Bonfire and Rally:
- David Ravetch ’79, M.A.T. ’82, UCLA Faculty Member, UCLA Anderson
- Sal Rodriguez ’89, UCLA Alumni Association Board member
- Jim Brandon (Senior)
- Josh English ’06
- Trent Huntington (Senior)
- Mandy Muenzer ’06
- Shaiya Rahman (Junior)
- Lauren Sill (Senior)
- Mike Stevenson (Junior)
