UCLA Golf Classic 2012 VIP List

• Theotis Brown
  • Brown was an all-time great at UCLA, leaving Westwood as the school's single-season leader in total yards. Brown rushed for 2,914 yards (No. 7 all-time) from 1976-’78. He played six seasons in the NFL for the St. Louis Cardinals, the Seattle Seahawks and the Kansas City Chiefs. .

• Mitchell Butler
  • In Butler’s collegiate career, he played in more basketball games than any other Bruin, and swiped the 7th most steals in UCLA history. He signed undrafted to the Washington Bullets in 1993 and, after three seasons in Washington, was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, then later played for the Cavaliers.

• Wayne Cook
  • A former UCLA quarterback, Cook lettered for the Bruins in 1991-‘94. Cook is entering his 11th year as a sideline reporter for the UCLA Sports Network KLAC. .

• Courtney Cosso
  • A soccer player at UCLA and current director of the Bruin Varsity Club.

• Tyus Edney
  • Edney was a point guard for UCLA from 1991–1995, Edney led the Bruins to the 1995 NCAA National Championship. In his freshman season at UCLA in 1992, Edney was named the most valuable freshman player on his team and in his sophomore season, Edney was voted the team's most valuable player. Edney was drafted to play in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings and also had the opportunity to playing for the Boston Celtics and the Indiana Pacers.

• Kris Farris
  • The prestigious Outland Trophy winner and recipient of All-America honors, while at UCLA, Farris was an offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills.

• Coach Jim Harrick
  • Coach Jim Harrick led the Bruins to their 11th NCAA Championship in 1995, and is the second-winningest coach in UCLA history, behind only Coach John Wooden.

• Marques Johnson
  • Former UCLA basketball star, Marques Johnson helped to lead the Bruins to what was Coach Wooden's 10th and final NCAA Men's Division basketball championship. Johnson averaged 21.1 points and 11.1 rebounds per game in his senior season (1976-1977), he went on to win the first John R. Wooden Award and USBWA College Player of the Year as the nation's collegiate basketball player of the year. Following his outstanding collegiate career Johnson went on to play in the NBA for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angels Clippers.

• Sean LaChapelle
  • Wearing the No.88, LaChapelle had over 2,000 total yards and 14 touchdowns for UCLA. LaChapelle became a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angles Rams.

• Coach Jim Mora
  • Named UCLA's 17th head football coach, Mora comes to UCLA after spending part of 2010 and most of 2011 as an analyst and contributor for the NFL Network and the NFL on FOX. His coaching career began in 1984 at the University of Washington, where he joined the coaching staff as a defensive assistant under Coach Don James, following a three-year playing career as a walk-on linebacker. He brings 26 years of NFL coaching experience to UCLA, including four years of NFL head coaching experience at the helm of the Atlanta Falcons (2004-06) and the Seattle Seahawks (2009-10).

• Tracy Murray
  • A starter on the 1995 National Championship basketball team, Murray is a retired NBA player, who played for six different franchises, two Greek clubs and in France. He now serves as a part-time analyst with the UCLA ISP Sports Network for select games during the Bruins’ men’s basketball season.

• Coach Al Scates
  • A former outstanding Bruin Award winner, known to volleyball what John Wooden was to basketball. Scates' 49-year coaching record (.812) is one of the best in collegiate sports. His record ranks first among all Division I volleyball coaches. In addition to their 19 NCAA titles, Scates has coached 52 different first-team NCAA and 26 USVBA All-Americans, 44 U.S. National Team members, 27 Olympians and seven different Players of the Year.

• Mike Sherrard
  • A 6'2" Bruin wide receiver, Sherrard played 11 NFL seasons (1986-’96) for such teams as the Dallas Cowboys, the San Francisco 49ers, the New York Giants, and the Denver Broncos. He was a member of three Rose Bowl-winning teams and ranks among UCLA's all-time receiving leaders with 128 receptions (seventh on the all-time school list) in his career for 1,965 yards (10th on the school list) and 10 touchdowns.

• Matt Stevens
  • During Matt Stevens UCLA career (1985-1986), Stevens amassed nearly 3,000 yards leading the Bruins to a Rose Bowl win over Iowa in 1986. The following year, Stevens led UCLA to its fifth straight bowl victory. Stevens went on to play for the Kansas City Chiefs and is currently a radio analyst for UCLA Football.

• JJ Stokes
  • A UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, JJ Stokes still holds UCLA school records for receiving touchdowns in a season (17 in 1993), receiving touchdowns in a career (28), receiving yards in a game (263 vs. USC in 1992) and receptions in a game (14 vs. Wisconsin, 1994 Rose Bowl). Stokes went on to play for the NFL with top-ranked teams like the New England Patriots, the San Francisco 49ers and the Jacksonville Jaguars.

• Tom Ramsey
  • UCLA’s QB from 1979-’82, Ramsey also served as team captain in ‘82 and was the Bruins’ top ranked QB in passing yards (6,168), completions (441), touchdown passes (50), and total offense prior to Cade McNown. Ramsey was inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame in 1998 and played four NFL seasons for the New England Patriots.