The Bruins won Player of the Year (Maggie Boyd), Freshman of the Year (Sally Perez), Pair of the Year (Boyd and Perez), and Coach of the Year (Jenny Johnson Jordan).
UCLA Sweeps 2025 Postseason MPSF Awards
May 01, 2025 | Beach Volleyball
LOS ANGELESย โ Theย UCLA Bruins swept the 2025 MPSF Beach Volleyball postseason awards as announced by the league on Thursday. Junior Maggie Boyd was named Player of the Year, her partner on court one, Sally Perez, was named Freshman of the Year, the duo was named the MPSF Pair of the Year, and Bruin Head Coach Jenny Johnson Jordan was tabbed the Coach of the Year.
Boyd (Flower Mound, TX) earned the inaugural MPSF Beach Volleyball Player of the Year award. Boyd has played on court one for 32 of UCLA's 36 matches. She takes a 29-4 record (.879) into the NCAA Tournament, including 28-4 on court one and 1-0 on court two. She is currently on an 11-match win streak, including an unbeaten MPSF Tournament, completing a stretch of seven wins over the top-five in April. Of her 29 wins, 25 have come against ranked opponents (24 with Sally Perez on court one), including 17 wins against the top-10, and 10 wins over top-five competition. Boyd earned two MPSF/Molten Pair of the Week awards (Apr. 15 & Mar. 11). Her second honor was following the Bruins' capturing of the Center of Effort Challenge in San Luis Obispo, in which she went 4-0, including handing Daniela Alvarez and Hailey Hamlett of No. 1 TCU their first loss of the year. Boyd's first weekly award came after she and the Bruins went 4-0 at Stanford's Midseason Rumble, which also earned her and Perez AVCA National Pair of the Week honors.
Perezย (Apex. NC) earnedย the inaugural MPSF Beach Volleyball Freshman of the Year award. Perez has played on court one for 32 of UCLA's 36 matches, taking a 28-4 record (.875) into the NCAA Tournament, including a 10-match win streak. Of her 28 wins, Perez has partnered with Maggie Boyd to defeat 24 ranked opponents, including 17 wins against the top-10, and 10 wins over top-five competition. Perez was unbeaten in the MPSF Tournament, completing a stretch of seven wins over the top-five in April. Perez earned two MPSF/Molten Pair of the Week awards (Apr. 15 & Mar. 11). Her second honor was following the Bruins' capturing of the Center of Effort Challenge in San Luis Obispo, in which she went 4-0, including handing Daniela Alvarez and Hailey Hamlett of No. 1 TCU their first loss of the year. Perez' first weekly award came after she and the Bruins went 4-0 at Stanford's Midseason Rumble, which also earned her and Boyd AVCA National Pair of the Week honors.
Johnson Jordan earned the inaugural MPSF Beach Volleyball Coach of the Year award. The Bruins take the top seed to the 2025 NCAA Tournament with a 30-6 record (.833). UCLA has posted 25 wins over AVCA ranked opponents, 10 wins over the Top-10, and seven wins over the top-five which included the final three matches of the regular season. Additionally, UCLA has spent the entire season ranked in the AVCA's Top-three, and ranked either first or second since late February. UCLA picked up five of the nine MPSF/Molten Pair of the Week awards, as well as an AVCA National Pair of the Week recognition for Maggie Boyd and Sally Perez (Mar. 9), and placed three of its four all-conference student-athletes on the first team.
Additionally, Boyd and Perez were joined by graduate Peri Brennan as First-Team All-MPSF selections. Brennan's partner on court two, senior Natalie Myszkowski was the lone Bruin to earn Second-Team All-MPSF honors. Brennan and Myszkowski have gone 29-6 on the year (27-6 on court two and 2-0 on court one).
Perez also landed on the MPSF All-Freshman team where she was joined by Bruin Alexa Fernandez. Fernandez is 19-13 on the year going 17-8 on Kaley Mathews (1-0 on court three, 14-8 on court four, and 2-0 on court five), 2-4 with Tessa Van Winkle (all on court four), and 0-1 with Kenzie Brower (on court three).
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Boyd (Flower Mound, TX) earned the inaugural MPSF Beach Volleyball Player of the Year award. Boyd has played on court one for 32 of UCLA's 36 matches. She takes a 29-4 record (.879) into the NCAA Tournament, including 28-4 on court one and 1-0 on court two. She is currently on an 11-match win streak, including an unbeaten MPSF Tournament, completing a stretch of seven wins over the top-five in April. Of her 29 wins, 25 have come against ranked opponents (24 with Sally Perez on court one), including 17 wins against the top-10, and 10 wins over top-five competition. Boyd earned two MPSF/Molten Pair of the Week awards (Apr. 15 & Mar. 11). Her second honor was following the Bruins' capturing of the Center of Effort Challenge in San Luis Obispo, in which she went 4-0, including handing Daniela Alvarez and Hailey Hamlett of No. 1 TCU their first loss of the year. Boyd's first weekly award came after she and the Bruins went 4-0 at Stanford's Midseason Rumble, which also earned her and Perez AVCA National Pair of the Week honors.
Perezย (Apex. NC) earnedย the inaugural MPSF Beach Volleyball Freshman of the Year award. Perez has played on court one for 32 of UCLA's 36 matches, taking a 28-4 record (.875) into the NCAA Tournament, including a 10-match win streak. Of her 28 wins, Perez has partnered with Maggie Boyd to defeat 24 ranked opponents, including 17 wins against the top-10, and 10 wins over top-five competition. Perez was unbeaten in the MPSF Tournament, completing a stretch of seven wins over the top-five in April. Perez earned two MPSF/Molten Pair of the Week awards (Apr. 15 & Mar. 11). Her second honor was following the Bruins' capturing of the Center of Effort Challenge in San Luis Obispo, in which she went 4-0, including handing Daniela Alvarez and Hailey Hamlett of No. 1 TCU their first loss of the year. Perez' first weekly award came after she and the Bruins went 4-0 at Stanford's Midseason Rumble, which also earned her and Boyd AVCA National Pair of the Week honors.
Johnson Jordan earned the inaugural MPSF Beach Volleyball Coach of the Year award. The Bruins take the top seed to the 2025 NCAA Tournament with a 30-6 record (.833). UCLA has posted 25 wins over AVCA ranked opponents, 10 wins over the Top-10, and seven wins over the top-five which included the final three matches of the regular season. Additionally, UCLA has spent the entire season ranked in the AVCA's Top-three, and ranked either first or second since late February. UCLA picked up five of the nine MPSF/Molten Pair of the Week awards, as well as an AVCA National Pair of the Week recognition for Maggie Boyd and Sally Perez (Mar. 9), and placed three of its four all-conference student-athletes on the first team.
Additionally, Boyd and Perez were joined by graduate Peri Brennan as First-Team All-MPSF selections. Brennan's partner on court two, senior Natalie Myszkowski was the lone Bruin to earn Second-Team All-MPSF honors. Brennan and Myszkowski have gone 29-6 on the year (27-6 on court two and 2-0 on court one).
Perez also landed on the MPSF All-Freshman team where she was joined by Bruin Alexa Fernandez. Fernandez is 19-13 on the year going 17-8 on Kaley Mathews (1-0 on court three, 14-8 on court four, and 2-0 on court five), 2-4 with Tessa Van Winkle (all on court four), and 0-1 with Kenzie Brower (on court three).
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