LOS ANGELES – The UCLA women's volleyball team announced its 2023 signing class on Wednesday, featuring setter Ashley Mullen and middle blocker Brooklyn Briscoe.
Ashley Mullen
Setter – Kansas City, Mo. (Liberty High School) – 5-10
Mullen was ranked as the No. 4 setter in the country and 26th overall recruit by Prep Volleyball in 2022 … named an AVCA First Team High School All-American ... ranked as the No. 12 overall recruit by Just Women's Sports … a Kansas City Metro Sports Player of the Year Finalist … selected as an UnderArmour All-American and competed in the UnderArmour All-American game last week … her junior season in 2021, Mullen received First Team All-State (MSHAA), All-District and Suburban All-Conference honors … alongside her sister, Abby, helped Liberty High School to the Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference Championship her senior season this fall … amassed 3,457 assists in her collegiate career, including 1,124 as a senior (10.1 AST/S) and 1,094 as a junior (11.5 AST/S) … also racked up 177 aces in four years as a Blue Jay, averaging 0.5 aces per set … finished her final season at Liberty with a 35-3 record and a runner-up finish in the Class 5 District 8 playoffs … spent last summer with the USA National Training Development Program (19U) in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Brooklyn Briscoe
Middle Blocker – San Diego, Calif. (Santa Fe Christian High School) – 6-4
Briscoe was ranked at No. 32 in Prep Volleyball's top 150 for the 2022 class … named First Team Coastal All-League her junior season in 2021 … helped Santa Fe Christian High School to the CIF San Diego Section Division I Championship last weekend, qualifying for the 2022 state playoffs … named to the 2022 and 2021 AVCA High School All-American Watch List … … named to the Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) Class of 2023 Watch List in 2022, which makes her eligible for selection to the 2022 JCA All-National Team … competed for the JVA 17s All-National Team in summer 2022 … played for professional beach volleyball pioneer and Olympian Gail (Castro) Malone … has 374 kills (3.9 KPS) and 75 blocks (0.8 BPS) and counting her senior season … totaled 306 kills (3.6 KPS) and 75 blocks (0.9 BPS) as a junior.
Ashley Mullen
Setter – Kansas City, Mo. (Liberty High School) – 5-10
Mullen was ranked as the No. 4 setter in the country and 26th overall recruit by Prep Volleyball in 2022 … named an AVCA First Team High School All-American ... ranked as the No. 12 overall recruit by Just Women's Sports … a Kansas City Metro Sports Player of the Year Finalist … selected as an UnderArmour All-American and competed in the UnderArmour All-American game last week … her junior season in 2021, Mullen received First Team All-State (MSHAA), All-District and Suburban All-Conference honors … alongside her sister, Abby, helped Liberty High School to the Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference Championship her senior season this fall … amassed 3,457 assists in her collegiate career, including 1,124 as a senior (10.1 AST/S) and 1,094 as a junior (11.5 AST/S) … also racked up 177 aces in four years as a Blue Jay, averaging 0.5 aces per set … finished her final season at Liberty with a 35-3 record and a runner-up finish in the Class 5 District 8 playoffs … spent last summer with the USA National Training Development Program (19U) in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Brooklyn Briscoe
Middle Blocker – San Diego, Calif. (Santa Fe Christian High School) – 6-4
Briscoe was ranked at No. 32 in Prep Volleyball's top 150 for the 2022 class … named First Team Coastal All-League her junior season in 2021 … helped Santa Fe Christian High School to the CIF San Diego Section Division I Championship last weekend, qualifying for the 2022 state playoffs … named to the 2022 and 2021 AVCA High School All-American Watch List … … named to the Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) Class of 2023 Watch List in 2022, which makes her eligible for selection to the 2022 JCA All-National Team … competed for the JVA 17s All-National Team in summer 2022 … played for professional beach volleyball pioneer and Olympian Gail (Castro) Malone … has 374 kills (3.9 KPS) and 75 blocks (0.8 BPS) and counting her senior season … totaled 306 kills (3.6 KPS) and 75 blocks (0.9 BPS) as a junior.