Brett Stuckey
Basketball
2009 - Structural Engineering - Warren College
UC San Diego’s newest facility improvement, the Triton Ballpark, boasts updated spectator seating, dugouts, a press box, and
the impressive Marye Anne Fox Clubhouse. In the midst of the excitement is 2009 alumnus, Brett Stuckey, the project engineer with Turner Construction for the Triton Ballpark. Stuckey is extremely proud to be working on a project for his alma mater: “It’s been fantastic. It’s a true pleasure to give back to the athletic program,” he says. “I’m glad the baseball facility is now reflective of the quality of the program.” On February 1st, the Tritons took the field for the first time in the new and improved ballpark, and Stuckey’s dedication to improving UC San Diego Athletics has resulted in a new era for the Tritons.
Having graduated from one of the top universities in the nation while being a student- athlete
wa
s no easy undertaking, and Stuckey considers it to be one of his greatest accomplishments. “I graduated from a ridiculously challenging and well-respected school,” he says, and “being an athlete for me was just a sense of pride that I worked hard to get to a level of talent where I could play against some of the best basketball players in the country.” He is always grateful for the opportunities he had at UC San Diego, and having the chance to give back and help current students gain those opportunities is a tremendously rewarding experience.
While at Olympia High School in Olympia, Washington, Stuckey was already making plans to be an engineer. He loved math, and he admired his mother who was also the Calculus teacher at his school. Knowing his path was engineering, he chose structural engineering as his major at UC San Diego. In addition to the rigors of studying engineering, Stuckey found 
that the skills he learned on the basketball team were also applicable to his engineering career, especially “learning to work in a team environment, when to speak up and when to listen, how to deal with all sorts of personalities, and most importantly when to ask for help and when to assist others.”
When Stuckey was a Triton student-athlete, he excelled on the basketball team, still holding many top 10 spots in the UC San Diego Men’s Basketball record book, including the 2nd highest all time free throw percentage (.917, 2008-09). He recalls one game he played against Cal State Los Angeles after major injuries had sidelined him for the entire previous season plus eight games of this season: “It was a very close game. We won by four and I hit the last two free throws to put the game out of reach. I ended the game with 10 points and 5 rebounds in 10 minutes of action. I got emotional after the game because it had been a year and a half since the last time I had played in a game, and all the effort it took to recover and get in shape to play and to be blessed with certainly my most efficient game of my career was just a great experience, one I’ll remember forever.”
Another life-chan
ging experience Stuckey had at UC San Diego was meeting his wife, Corey Sheredy (’09, Track and Field). The couple first met in the weight room, and eventually Stuckey proposed to Sheredy on the Spanos Track. Stuckey and his wife certainly have a deep connection to UC San Diego Athletics and the UC San Diego campus, which makes it all the more special that he was able to have a profound influence on the improvements at the Triton Ballpark and use this opportunity to give back to an athletics department he cherishes so deeply.
Alumni Spotlight is written by student-athlete Lauren Iannetta (’17), a history major from Eleanor Roosevelt College. She is a second year on the women’s rowing team. If you are interested in sharing your Triton Alumni Athlete story, please contact Danielle Boyle Melman at daboyle@ucsd.edu.
