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PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES CHANTEL KAYLA HORVAT OWENS 6-1 / Freshman 6-1 / Freshman Guard Guard Geelong, Australia Houston, Texas Geelong College Langham Creek HS 0 1 HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB Attended Geelong College (10 years), Canberra High (1 year), Radford College (2 years) Was a four-year letterwinner in basketball at Langham Creek High School for head coach and competed in club basketball for the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence … she Annette Steward … averaged 11.2 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 2.9 steals and 1.3 played in the SEABL league for her home team, the Geelong Supercats where she led her blocks at guard her senior year (2016-17) as the Lobos went 29-8 overall and 10-3 in team to the championship for the fi rst time in history in 2017 … she has been a constant 6A Region III District 17 play … was a McDonald’s All-American nominee in 2017 … had member of the Australian National Team since 2014, playing on the U16 team that year … 11 points and seven rebounds in her fi rst game of her junior year (2015-16) before an she was also a member of the U19 team in 2015, 2016 and 2017 … also captained the injury sidelined her for the remainder of the season … the Lobos fi nished 22-10 overall Australian National Team in December of 2016 at the FIBA U18 Oceania World Qualifi ers and 10-5 in 6A Region III, District 17 action in 2015-16 … Owens averaged 9.1 points, … Australia went 5-0 in 2016 in Fiji, defeating New Zealand, 107-52 in the fi nals … 4.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.2 steals and 1.6 blocks per game as a sophomore in 2014- she was the leading scorer at the FIBA U18 Oceania Championships in 2016 at 18.6 ppg 15 as LCHS went 18-12 overall … she posted nearly identical numbers of 9.0 points, in just 19.0 minutes per game … was second in fi eld goal shooting (60.3%) and third in 5.2 rebounds, 2.1 steals, 1.3 assists and 1.2 blocks per game her freshman campaign free throw percentage (78.9%) … also averaged 6.2 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game (2013-14) as the Lobos went 21-10 at the 5A level … was named First Team All-District while tying for the lead in assists per game at 3.4 … she had one double-double of 22 17 after her sophomore season in 2014-15 and was also invited to participate in the Team points and 11 rebounds in the semifi nal win over New Caledonia … had her best and USA U17 trials in 2016 and the U16 trials in 2015 … played club basketball for Cy-Fair the second-highest scoring game of the tournament with 24 points, eight rebounds, four Shock … was ranked 36th in the 2017 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings by espnW and assists and three steals in a pool play win over the hosts, Fiji … in April of 2015, Horvat the sixth-rated guard in the country … also rated No. 38 by Blue Star Media, No. 45 by had a strong showing at the U18 Australian Junior Championships in Ballarat, Victoria, Prospects Nation and No. 58 by Premier Basketball Report. earning LivOn Basketball’s Co-MVP honors … had what was arguably the most impressive PERSONAL game of the tournament against SA Metro, when she shot an incredible 14-for-15 from the fi eld, which included going 3-for-3 from beyond the arc, as she scored 34 points and Full name: Kayla Simone Owens … born April 1, 1999 in Houston, Texas … is the only hauled in 14 rebounds … also scored 22 points in Victoria Country’s bronze medal win child of Phillip Owens and Lateshia Blaze-Stewart … lists Kevin Durant, Jason Williams over Queensland South (84-69) … was ranked 15th in the 2017 HoopGurlz Recruiting and Allen Iverson as the athletes she most admires … is an avid animal lover, especially Rankings by espnW … also rated No. 3 among all guards and was the highest-rated dogs … says she chose to attend UCLA because, “the UCLA campus and Los Angeles are Australian, either male or female, in the 2017 recruiting rankings. beautiful and I love the team and coaching staff, they are great” … has yet to declare a major. PERSONAL Full name: Chantel-Anais Horvat, prefers Chantel … born June 1, 1998 in Geelong, Australia … her parents are Steve and Tina Horvat … has two younger brothers, Ben and Evan and one younger sister, Neve … her father played soccer professionally in Australia, Croatia and England throughout his career and he also played for Australia at the Olympics, serving as captain for the Australian Men’s Senior National Team, the Socceroos … he is now a TV commentator … lists Penny Taylor, Lauren Jackson, Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi as the athletes she most admires … listed her greatest athletic achievement to date as, “winning a bronze medal with Australia at the U19 FIBA World Championships in Russia in 2015” … lists sewing, painting and listening to music as her favorite hobbies … says she chose to attend UCLA because, “UCLA felt like home even before I set foot on campus. It was really due to a combination of academics, sports history, culture and a fantastic women’s basketball program” … has yet to declare a major. 5 PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES spg); 1st - Assist/Turnover Ratio (2.33); 6th - Scoring (17.4 ppg); 6th - Free-Throw JORDIN Percentage (.833) and 10th - Minutes (34.94). NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKS: 4th - Triple Doubles (1); 6th - Assists (242); 15th - Assist/Turnover Ratio (2.66); 9th - Assists CANADA Per Game (7.1); 30th - Steals (85); 34th - Field Goal Attempts (502); 37th - Free Throws Made (141); 39th - Final Points (606); 43rd - Steals Per Game (2.50); 46th - Field Goals 5-6 / Senior Made (218); 47th - Minutes Played (1173); 51st - Free-Throw Percentage (.834); 64th Guard - Points Per Game (17.8); 71st - Free Throw Attempts (169); 146th - Minutes Per Game (34.5) and 178th - Field-Goal Percentage (.434). TEAM USA: Came off the bench in all Los Angeles, Calif. three games for Team USA as the Americans won the U24 Four Nations Tournament title Windward School in Tokyo, Japan on Aug. 15, 2017 … averaged 7.0 points, 4.0 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game as the U.S. went 3-0 … scored a tournament-high 10 points and added four rebounds and two assists in 17 minutes in the 103-71 win over Japan in the 3 fi nal game … had a solid all-around game in a 107-61 rout of Canada by recording nine points, fi ve assists, two steals and one block. 2016-17 Jordin Canada played in all 34 games, making 32 starts … was voted team captain by 2015-16 her teammates ... scored in double fi gures in 32-of-34 games … recorded at least two Jordin Canada played in 34 games, making 34 starts … was voted team captain by her assists in all 34 games she played in and tallied double-digit assists in seven games, teammates … scored in double fi gures in 30-of-34 games … recorded at least one including all three NCAA Tournament contests … recorded at least one steal in 33-of-34 assist in all 34 games she played in and tallied multiple assists in 33-of-34 games … games and tallied multiple steals in 25-of-34 games … scored a season-high 30 points recorded at least one steal in 30-of-34 games and tallied multiple steals in 24-of-34 and added fi ve rebounds, four assists and three steals in a win at UC Santa Barbara (Dec. games … scored 23 points and added fi ve assists in the win over St. John’s (Nov. 13) 14) … named the MVP of the Riviera Division at the Cancun Challenge in late November … was named Pac-12 Player of the Week after recording 20 points and seven assists after scoring a game-high 27 points in the win over Toledo and adding 13 points with in a win over James Madison (Nov. 20) and 21 points, six steals and fi ve assists in a six assists in the win over Iowa … named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Nov. 21, 2016 loss to No. 2 South Carolina (Nov. 22) … averaged 13.0 points and 7.0 assists in the after leading UCLA to a 2-1 week averaging 17.7 points, 9.0 assists, 7.7 rebounds and two games of the Junkanoo Jam (Nov. 27-28) … scored 25 points on a career-shooting 3.3 steals per game while shooting 100 percent (15-for-15) from the free throw line … night going 10-for-12 from the fi eld, 2-for-3 from three-point range and 3-for-3 from the recorded the 6th triple-double in UCLA history and the fi rst since 2012 with 11 points, free-throw line in a win over CSU Bakersfi eld (Dec. 5) … had 16 points, seven assists, 10 boards and a career-high 12 assists in a win over Southern on Nov. 18 … nearly had fi ve rebounds and three steals in a blowout win at Sacramento State (Dec. 18) … scored the fi rst back-to-back triple-double in UCLA history but fi nished one assist shy with 19 a season-high 28 points and added eight assists, fi ve rebounds and fi ve steals in the points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in a win over Cal Poly on Nov.