Bruin Baseball Alumni Team

About Us

MARTIN STUKA – President and General Manager Stuka earned his BA from UCLA in 1984 where he studied five languages and played baseball. In 1983 he coached the French National Baseball Team in the European Championships in Italy.  While managing the team, he was instrumental in clinics throughout France. He played/managed the Paris University Club in the European Cup that same year and struck out 16 batters in helping defeat the Germans.  1984 saw Stuka work as a liaison for the Olympic Baseball Committee at Dodger Stadium working closely with the late Dick Case and USA Baseball.  Since then, Stuka has continued coaching including the French National Junior Team, high school baseball, Little League Baseball, Pony Baseball and most currently with MVP Baseball www.mvpbaseball.net . He remains a strong alumnus to UCLA and the French Federation of Baseball, Softball and Cricket. Stuka and his wife Eileen and their two sons Teddy and Luc reside in Huntington Beach where he maintains his insurance firm www.stukainsurance.com.  Stuka is working on future trips to Puerto Rico, Spain, Australia and Cuba.

GARY ADAMS – Head Coach Adams coached the UCLA baseball squad for 30 years and finished his career as the winningest baseball coach in the school's history. Adams has sent over 100 players into professional baseball, including Mike Magnante, Eric Karros, Todd Zeile, Dave Roberts, Troy Glaus and many more! He finished his outstanding career at ULCA with 1,172 career victories.  Adams headed up the inaugural UCLA Alumni team at the French Open tournament in Paris during June 2005.  The Bruins won the gold medal!  Trips to Italy and Spain produced a dramatic 5 game series against the Spanish National Team with the Bruins winning 3 of them. In Italy, the Bruins played semi pro teams from Parma and Nettuno along with playing at the Major League Baseball Academy near Pisa.  The Huntington Beach Open also saw the Bruins come away with their 2nd championship defeating a strong National Team From Ireland which was touring California.  Last year the more “senior” Bruins went to the Gold Coast of Australia and won another gold medal for the Bruins winning the Pan Pacific Masters Games.  Coach Adams continues to achieve records for his squads.