We build models, tools, dashboards, and writing that help people understand games more deeply and make better decisions from sports data.
Anthony Mui
Baseball Co-Chair
Colin Granger
Baseball Co-Chair
Eshaan Dhavala
Football Co-Chair
Abhi Kumar
Football Co-Chair
Lucas Pichardo
Basketball Co-Chair
Raja Kavasseri
Basketball Co-Chair
Pavan Gudavalli
Tennis Chair
Beck Zimmerman
Volleyball Chair
Anika Soitkar
Data Journalism Co-Chair
Alan Ruiz
Data Journalism Co-Chair
- 01Origin
Founded at UCLA
Students formed Bruin Sports Analytics to give people across campus a practical entry point into sports analytics. The club gave members a place to learn methods, test ideas, and translate data work into questions coaches, fans, and analysts could actually use.
- 02Expansion
Sport teams launched
Project groups grew into sport-specific workstreams so members could build domain knowledge alongside technical skill. Baseball, basketball, football, tennis, and volleyball groups now support deeper analysis within each sport instead of treating every project the same way.
- 03Applied work
Partner projects
Members began scoping approved projects with athletics and sports organizations, moving the club from exploratory analysis into applied deliverables. Those projects help students practice stakeholder communication, responsible data handling, and decision-focused presentation.
- 04Today
Unified work system
Research, consulting, journalism, tools, and dashboards now live together by sport. That structure helps members move from open-ended questions to published analysis, reusable workflows, and clearer handoffs across teams.
Bruin Sports Analytics runs as sport teams supported by shared publishing, product, and operations functions.
Board and advisors
Set priorities, support division chairs, review partnerships, and keep club work aligned across teams.
Domain workstreams
Each sport group owns its project backlog, context gathering, modeling choices, and sport-specific review.
Cross-team support
Shared groups make the work publishable, reusable, and coordinated across the whole club.
Data Journalism
Turns club research into published explainers, visual stories, and public-facing analysis.
Research and consulting
Scopes sport questions, designs analysis plans, and converts findings into usable recommendations.
Data products
Builds reusable pipelines, dashboards, and tools that teams can keep improving across projects.
Club operations
Coordinates recruiting, marketing, finance, web, partner communication, and cross-team handoffs.
Sport teams and shared functions come together in research projects, consulting deliverables, public articles, dashboards, and internal tools.