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Girls’ basketball: Haugen wins Wooden Award

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Mater Dei girls’ basketball player Kathryn Haugen has been selected as one of six recipients of the John Wooden High School Scholar-Athlete Award, becoming part of the first brother-sister tandem to win the prestigious honor. Steve Haugen won the award two years ago when he played boys’ basketball for Mater Dei.

This year’s honorees will receive their awards at halftime of one of the Wooden Classic games Saturday at the Honda Center. The winners were selected for their academic, athletic and service achievements and were picked from a pool of 561 high schools in Southern California.

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--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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