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Iamaleava Selected UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week Presented by La Victoria
October 08, 2025 | Football
LOS ANGELES – Redshirt-sophomore Nico Iamaleava of UCLA Football has been selected the Student-Athlete of the Week presented by La Victoria for competitions held between Sept. 30-Oct. 6.
The quarterback accounted for all five of UCLA's touchdowns (two passing, three rushing) and 294 yards of total offense (166 passing, 128 rushing) to lead UCLA to a 42-37 upset over No. 7 Penn State on Saturday at the Rose Bowl. It marked UCLA's first home win over an AP Top-10 team since 2007. Iamaleava set single-game career highs in rushing (128 yards) and rushing touchdowns (three) while pulling off a 52-yard scramble that represented UCLA's longest play so far this season. He tied a program record for rushing touchdowns by a QB, and he had the most rushing yards by a UCLA QB since Brett Hundley on Nov. 1, 2014. UCLA's offensive output marked the most points and most rushing yards allowed by Penn State in a regular season game since 2022.
Iamaleava secures his first-career UCLA student-athlete of the week award.
Also Nominated
Kevin Box, M. Soccer; Kate Duffy, W. Volleyball; Jenny Lee, W. Golf; Nate Tauscher, M. Water Polo
Previous Winners
Aug. 20 – Bella Winn, W. Soccer; Aug. 27 – Daphne Nakfoor, W. Soccer; Sept. 3 – Bode Brinkema, M. Water Polo; Sept. 10 – Daphne Nakfoor, W. Soccer; Sept. 17 – Ryder Dodd, M. Water Polo; Sept. 24 – Ryder Dodd, M. Water Polo; Oct. 1 – Eliana Urzua, W. Volleyball
The quarterback accounted for all five of UCLA's touchdowns (two passing, three rushing) and 294 yards of total offense (166 passing, 128 rushing) to lead UCLA to a 42-37 upset over No. 7 Penn State on Saturday at the Rose Bowl. It marked UCLA's first home win over an AP Top-10 team since 2007. Iamaleava set single-game career highs in rushing (128 yards) and rushing touchdowns (three) while pulling off a 52-yard scramble that represented UCLA's longest play so far this season. He tied a program record for rushing touchdowns by a QB, and he had the most rushing yards by a UCLA QB since Brett Hundley on Nov. 1, 2014. UCLA's offensive output marked the most points and most rushing yards allowed by Penn State in a regular season game since 2022.
Iamaleava secures his first-career UCLA student-athlete of the week award.
Also Nominated
Kevin Box, M. Soccer; Kate Duffy, W. Volleyball; Jenny Lee, W. Golf; Nate Tauscher, M. Water Polo
Previous Winners
Aug. 20 – Bella Winn, W. Soccer; Aug. 27 – Daphne Nakfoor, W. Soccer; Sept. 3 – Bode Brinkema, M. Water Polo; Sept. 10 – Daphne Nakfoor, W. Soccer; Sept. 17 – Ryder Dodd, M. Water Polo; Sept. 24 – Ryder Dodd, M. Water Polo; Oct. 1 – Eliana Urzua, W. Volleyball
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