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2020-2021 Ucla Women's Volleyball Quick Facts 2020 2020-2021 ROSTER AND Q UICK F ACTS 2020-2021 UCLA WOMEN’S V OLLEYBALL Q UICK F ACTS 2020-2021 UCLA WOMEN’S V OLLEYBALL R OSTER Location J.D. Morgan Center, NO NAME POS HT YR EXP HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/LAST SCHOOL) 325 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 0 élan McCall OH/OPP 6-0 JR TR Leander, Texas (Rouse HS/TCU) Founded 1919 1 Emily Ryan MB 6-4 R-JR 2V Bethesda, Md. (The Academy of the Holy Cross) Enrollment 45,742 2 Anna Dodson MB 6-5 R-FR RS Fort Collins, Colo. (Rocky Mountain HS) Nickname Bruins 4 Zoe Fleck DS/L 5-6 JR TR Granada Hills, Calif. (Sierra Canyon HS/UC Santa Barbara) Colors Blue and Gold 5 Devon Chang S 5-11 JR 2V Newport Beach, Calif. (Santa Margarita Catholic HS) Conference Pac-12 6 Allison Jacobs OH/OPP 5-11 FR HS Stevenson Ranch, Calif. (West Ranch HS) Chancellor Dr. Gene Block 7 Kelli Barry DS/L 5-6 JR 1V Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS/San Diego) Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond 8 Alexis Light OH/OPP 6-5 SR 3V Sloughhouse, Calif. (Pleasant Grove HS) Sr. Associate Athletic Director/SWA Dr. Christina Rivera 9 Sawyer Aigner-Swesey DS/L 5-7 JR 2V Wrightwood, Calif. (Serrano HS) Faculty Athletic Representative Dr. Michael Teitell 10 Mari Hinkle DS/L 5-9 SO 1V Rosemount, Minn. (Rosemount HS) Home Courts Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom/ 11 Audrey Pak S 5-11 FR HS Moraga, Calif. (Campolindo HS) John Wooden Center 12 Lexi Hadrych OH/OPP 6-1 R-SO 1V Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta HS) Capacities 13,800/2,000 13 Iman Ndiaye OH/OPP 6-2 FR HS Plano, Texas (Plano West HS) Head Coach Michael Sealy (UCLA, 1993), 11th Year 14 Mac May OH/OPP 6-3 SR 3V Dubuque, Iowa (Wahlert Catholic HS) Career Record 217-102 (.680) 15 Skylar Canady OH/OPP 6-1 FR HS San Francisco, Calif. (Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory) Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator 16 Gabriella Sonnhalter OH/OPP 6-0 FR HS Long Beach, Calif. (Woodrow Wilson HS) Megan Pendergast, 2nd Year 17 Sabrina Smith MB 6-3 SR 3V Moraga, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Assistant Coach Eric Barber, 1st Year 18 Tristin Savage MB 6-7 R-SO 1V Dallas, Ore. (Dallas HS) 2019 Overall Record 19-12 21 Kate Lane S/OPP 6-0 FR HS San Pedro, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) 2019 Pac-12 Record 13-7 (4th) 22 Kelsey Campeau DS/L 5-4 JR 2V Costa Mesa, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) 2019 NCAA Finish 1-1 (Second Round) 2019 Final AVCA Ranking 25th Head Coach: Michael Sealy, 11th Year (UCLA, 1993) Letterwinners Returning/Lost 12/5 Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Megan Pendergast, 2nd Year (Texas A&M, 2013) Starters Returning/Lost 4 + libero/2 Assistant Coach: Eric Barber, 1st Year (UC San Diego, 2015) Newcomers 8 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Mike Brunsting, 1st Year (UC San Diego, 2014) All-Time Record 1,323-403 (.767) Director of Volleyball Operations: Kainani Otsuji, 4th Year (UCLA, 2017) NCAA Tournament Appearances 36 NCAA Postseason Record 91-33 (.734) Assistant Athletic Trainer: Toral Desai, 7th Year (Paci" c, 2004) All-Time Postseason Record 165-43 (.793) Athletic Performance Coach: Adam Garner, 1st Year (Oklahoma, 2014) National Championships 7 (‘72, ‘74, ‘75, ‘84, ‘90, ‘91, ‘11) NCAA Championships 4 (‘84, ‘90, ‘91, ‘11) PRONUNCIATION G UIDE (AUDIO P RONUNCIATION G UIDE A VAILABLE ON WVB ROSTER P AGE AT UCLABRUINS.COM) Women’s Volleyball SID James Ybiernas Sawyer Aigner-Swesey egg-ner sway-zee Lexi Hadrych had-rich Ybiernas’ Of! ce/Cell (310) 206-8123/(818) 635-8873 Kelsey Campeau com-po Mari Hinkle mar-ee Ybiernas’ E-mail [email protected] Skylar Canady can-uh-dee élan McCall ih-lawn Website www.uclabruins.com Devon Chang dev-in Iman Ndiaye e-mahn enj-eye PAGE 1 • 2020-2021 UCLA WOMEN’S V OLLEYBALL I NFORMATION G UIDE 2020-2021 TV/RADIO R OSTER 0 1 2 4 5 ÉLAN M CCALL EMILY R YAN ANNA D ODSON ZOE F LECK DEVON C HANG OUTSIDE/OPPOSITE HITTER MIDDLE BLOCKER MIDDLE BLOCKER DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO SETTER 6-0 • JUNIOR 6-4 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR 6-5 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN 5-6 • JUNIOR 5-11 • JUNIOR LEANDER, TEXAS BETHESDA, MD. FORT COLLINS, COLO. GRANADA HILLS, CALIF. NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. 6 7 8 9 10 ALLISON J ACOBS KELLI B ARRY ALEXIS L IGHT SAWYER A IGNER-S WESEY MARI H INKLE OUTSIDE/OPPOSITE HITTER DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO OUTSIDE/OPPOSITE HITTER DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO 5-11 • FRESHMAN 5-6 • JUNIOR 6-5 • SENIOR 5-7 • JUNIOR 5-9 • SOPHOMORE STEVENSON RANCH, CALIF. MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF. SLOUGHHOUSE, CALIF. WRIGHTWOOD, CALIF. ROSEMOUNT, MINN. 11 12 13 14 15 AUDREY P AK LEXI H ADRYCH IMAN N DIAYE MAC M AY SKYLAR C ANADY SETTER OUTSIDE/OPPOSITE HITTER OUTSIDE/OPPOSITE HITTER OUTSIDE/OPPOSITE HITTER OUTSIDE/OPPOSITE HITTER 5-11 • FRESHMAN 6-1 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE 6-2 • FRESHMAN 6-3 • SENIOR 6-1 • FRESHMAN MORAGA, CALIF. MURRIETA, CALIF. PLANO, TEXAS DUBUQUE, IOWA SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 16 17 18 21 22 GABRIELLA S ONNHALTER SABRINA S MITH TRISTIN S AVAGE KATE L ANE KELSEY C AMPEAU OUTSIDE/OPPOSITE HITTER MIDDLE BLOCKER MIDDLE BLOCKER SETTER/OPPOSITE HITTER DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO 6-0 • FRESHMAN 6-3 • SENIOR 6-7 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE 6-0 • FRESHMAN 5-4 • JUNIOR LONG BEACH, CALIF. MORAGA, CALIF. DALLAS, ORE. SAN PEDRO, CALIF. COSTA MESA, CALIF. PAGE 2 • 2020-2021 UCLA WOMEN’S V OLLEYBALL I NFORMATION G UIDE HEAD C OACH M ICHAEL S EALY Michael Sealy begins his 11th season as the head coach of the UCLA women’s volleyball team in 2020-2021. Sealy has a 10-year record of 217-102 for a .680 winning percentage and guided the Bruins to a National Championship in 2011. Last season, the Bruins posted a 19-12 record and nished fourth in the Pac-12 Conference (13-7), advancing to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. UCLA recorded season sweeps of USC and nationally-ranked California and Washington State, and also defeated No. 2 and eventual national champion Stanford. Mac May (Second Team) and Savvy Simo (Honorable Mention) were both named AVCA and VolleyballMag.com All-Americans and each were recognized as AVCA All-Region First Team. May earned Pac-12 Player of the Year honors, while Simo was also named All-Pac-12 First Team. UCLA ranked 19th in the nation in assists per set (13.19), 22nd in kills per set (14.00) and 38th in hitting percentage (.254). Sealy won his ICHAEL EALY M S 200th match as head coach on Sept. 6 against Texas State. HEAD COACH UCLA won six times against ranked teams in 2018 (13-14), including its rst win at 11TH YEAR Washington in 15 years. The Bruins also defeated ranked teams Baylor, San Diego, UCLA, 1993 Utah, Arizona State and Arizona. UCLA led all Pac-12 teams in digs per set at 17.71, RECORD: 217-102 (.680) ranking 17th in the nation. May and Zana Muno were each named VolleyballMag. com All-Americans, Muno was selected as an AVCA All-American and May, Muno and Madeleine Gates were honored as All-Pac-12 members. In 2017, the Bruins went 21-11 and tied for fth in the Pac-12 (12-8). UCLA advanced to the Round of 16 for the fourth year in a row, defeating Austin Peay and Cal Poly in the rst two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. UCLA ranked 30th in the nation in dps (17.15), 35th in aps (13.09) and 38th in kps (13.91). Sarah Sponcil, who was an AVCA and VolleyballMag. com All-American Honorable Mention selection, was 23rd in the country in aps (11.23), while Muno, an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American and All-Region honoree, ranked 41st in dps (4.97). In addition to Muno and Sponcil’s plaudits, Gates was named a Second Team AVCA All-American and Honorable Mention VolleyballMag.com All-American, while Reily Buechler picked up AVCA Honorable Mention All-Region honors. The three AVCA All-American awards tied for the most in a single season in school history. The Bruins went 27-7 in 2016 and tied for second in the Pac-12 (15-5). UCLA, which won its rst seven matches for its best start to a season since 2006, won 10 times against ranked teams, including a season sweep of eventual national champion Stanford, the rst sweep of the Cardinal since 2011, as well as a sweep of cross-town rival USC. The Bruins made their rst Regional Final appearance since 2011. UCLA ranked sixth in the nation in dps and aps and 13th in kps while also ranking rst in the conference in dps and aps and second in kps. The dps mark of 17.88 was tied for the second-best total in school history. Four Bruins picked up VolleyballMag.com All-American honors, as Taylor Formico, the back-to-back Pac- 12 Libero of the Year, was named to the First Team, Buechler to the Third Team and Jordan Anderson and Jennie Frager to the Honorable Mention Team. Those four, plus Torrey Van Winden (First Team), were selected to the AVCA All-Region Team. In 2015, the Bruins posted a record of 25-8, placing fourth in the Pac-12 (14-6). Three Bruins were named AVCA All- Americans, tying for the most awards in a single season in school history. Formico, the Pac-12 Libero of the Year, earned Third Team honors, while Anderson and Claire Felix picked up Honorable Mention nods.
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