Reale led UCLA to its second NCAA Championship in 2022 and was selected the College Cup's Most Outstanding Defensive Player. She won the Honda Sport Award and earned All-America honors from multiple organizations. Reale also received first-team All-Region and All-Pac-12 honors for the second-straight year and was named the 2022 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, becoming just the second Bruin ever to receive the award.
The junior from Hingham, Mass. started and played in 24 of 25 games in 2022, missing only the season opener due to her participation in the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup. She led the Bruin defense to a 0.55 goals against average, UCLA's lowest in eight years, and to a Pac-12 Conference-best 14 shutouts. On the offensive end, Reale scored one goal, the game-winner in the Bruins' 1-0 victory over Washington State, and assisted on the game-winner at Oregon State. She led all UCLA field players in minutes played with 2,043.Through her two-year career, Reale has started and played in 43 games, totaling two goals and two assists while leading UCLA to a 37-3-4 record with 22 shutouts.
The preseason No. 1 Bruins will play at Fresno State on Saturday, Aug. 12 in an exhibition contest before opening the season at home on Thursday, Aug. 17 against Georgia at 7pm. Tickets for the Georgia contest and all other regular season home games are on sale now at uclabruins.com/tickets.