About Bruin Sports Analytics
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We build models, tools, dashboards, and publications that help people understand games more deeply and make better decisions from sports data.

13Active projects
5Sports groups
70Current members
9Years at UCLA
Executive Board
Moulik Chatterjee

Moulik Chatterjee

President

Business Economics; Stats & Data Science · 2027
Ben Troutman

Ben Troutman

Internal Vice President

Stats & Data Science · 2027
Vardaan Sinha

Vardaan Sinha

External Vice President

Applied Math · 2027
Operations
Mateo Shelton

Mateo Shelton

Recruitment Chair

Stats & Data Science · 2027
Madeleine Curran

Madeleine Curran

Finance Chair

Data Theory · 2027
Evana Sharma

Evana Sharma

Marketing Co-Chair

Stats & Data Science · 2029
Annika Gupta

Annika Gupta

Marketing Co-Chair

Stats & Data Science · 2028
Sampath Kalagarla

Sampath Kalagarla

Tech Director

Computer Science · 2029
Division Chairs
Anthony Mui

Anthony Mui

Baseball Co-Chair

Math of Computation · 2029
Colin Granger

Colin Granger

Baseball Co-Chair

Stats & Data Science · 2027
Eshaan Dhavala

Eshaan Dhavala

Football Co-Chair

Stats & Data Science · 2027
Abhi Kumar

Abhi Kumar

Football Co-Chair

Math & Economics · 2028
Lucas Pichardo

Lucas Pichardo

Basketball Co-Chair

Stats & Data Science · 2027
Raja Kavasseri

Raja Kavasseri

Basketball Co-Chair

Stats & Data Science · 2027
Pavan Gudavalli

Pavan Gudavalli

Tennis Chair

Computer Science & Engineering; Math & Economics · 2027
Beck Zimmerman

Beck Zimmerman

Volleyball Chair

Stats & Data Science · 2027
Niranjan Bhagwat

Niranjan Bhagwat

Tennis Vice President

Stats & Data Science · 2027
Anika Soitkar

Anika Soitkar

Data Journalism Co-Chair

Data Theory · 2028
Alan Ruiz

Alan Ruiz

Data Journalism Co-Chair

Stats & Data Science · 2028
Emma Li

Emma Li

Tennis Vice President

Stats & Data Science · 2028
Advisors
Kevin Baer

Kevin Baer

Advisor

Stats & Data Science · 2027
Harsh Govindji

Harsh Govindji

Advisor

Data Theory · 2027
Milestones
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

How we're organized

Bruin Sports Analytics runs as sport teams supported by shared publishing, product, and operations functions.

Guidance

Board and advisors

Set priorities, support division chairs, review partnerships, and keep club work aligned across teams.

Executive BoardDivision ChairsOperationsAdvisors
Sport teams

Domain workstreams

Each sport group owns its project backlog, context gathering, modeling choices, and sport-specific review.

Shared functions

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.

Outputs

Sport teams and shared functions come together in research projects, consulting deliverables, public articles, dashboards, and internal tools.