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Woolery Repeats as UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week
May 28, 2025 | Softball
LOS ANGELES – Junior Jordan Woolery of UCLA Softball has been selected the Student-Athlete of the Week for competitions held between May 20-26.
With UCLA on the brink of elimination and down to its final out of the season, Woolery hit a 2-run walk-off home run to defeat South Carolina in game two of Super Regionals last Saturday. Woolery's homer capped a miracle four-run rally to surmount a 4-1 deficit for the largest seventh-inning comeback in UCLA postseason history. Woolery entered that at-bat 0-for-6 with four strikeouts up to that point in the series. She went first-pitch swinging after a pitching change made by the Gamecocks and hammered the ball for her 23rd homer of the season.
Thanks to Woolery's heroics, UCLA forced an "if necessary" game on Sunday and went on to shutout South Carolina, 5-0, to punch its ticket to an NCAA-record 33rd Women's College World Series. Woolery drove in the Bruins' first two runs in the decisive game three with two separate RBI base knocks.
The junior secures her fifth-career UCLA student-athlete of the week award, the third of her 2025 campaign.
Also Nominated
Roch Cholowsky, Baseball; Pablo Ereño, M. Golf
Previous Winners
Aug. 21 – Bridgette Marin-Valencia, W. Soccer; Aug. 28 – Lilly Reale, W. Soccer; Sept. 4 - Cheridyn Leverette, W. Volleyball; Sept. 11 – Ryder Dodd, M. Water Polo; Sept. 18 – Bode Brinkema, M. Water Polo; Sept. 25 – Sofia Cook, W. Soccer; Oct. 2 – Pablo Ereño, M. Golf; Oct. 9 – Quincy McMahon, W. Soccer; Oct. 16 – Jose Contell, M. Soccer; Oct. 23 – Ethan Garbers, Football; Oct. 30 – Grayce Olson, W. Volleyball; Nov. 6 – Carson Schwesinger, Football; Nov. 13 – Quincy McMahon, W. Soccer; Nov. 20 - Maggie Boyd/Sally Perez, Beach Volleyball; Nov. 27 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; Dec. 4 – Carson Schwesinger, Football; Dec. 11 – Ryder Dodd, M. Water Polo; Dec. 18 – Tyler Bilodeau, M. Basketball; Dec. 24 – Kiki Rice, W. Basketball; Jan. 1 – Eric Dailey Jr., M. Basketball; Jan. 8 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; Jan. 15 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; Jan. 22 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; Jan. 29 – Aday Mara, M. Basketball; Feb. 5 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; Feb. 12 – Taylor Tinsley, Softball; Feb. 19 – Mulivai Levu – Baseball; Feb. 26 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; March 5 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; March 12 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; March 19 – Jordan Woolery, Softball; March 26 – Chae Campbell, Gymnastics; April 2 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; April 9 – Megan Grant, Softball; April 16 – Megan Grant, Softball; April 23 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; April 30 – Omar Morales, M. Golf; May 7 – Jeremy Zammit, M. Track & Field; May 14 – Spencer Johnson, M. Tennis; May 21 – Jordan Woolery, Softball
With UCLA on the brink of elimination and down to its final out of the season, Woolery hit a 2-run walk-off home run to defeat South Carolina in game two of Super Regionals last Saturday. Woolery's homer capped a miracle four-run rally to surmount a 4-1 deficit for the largest seventh-inning comeback in UCLA postseason history. Woolery entered that at-bat 0-for-6 with four strikeouts up to that point in the series. She went first-pitch swinging after a pitching change made by the Gamecocks and hammered the ball for her 23rd homer of the season.
Thanks to Woolery's heroics, UCLA forced an "if necessary" game on Sunday and went on to shutout South Carolina, 5-0, to punch its ticket to an NCAA-record 33rd Women's College World Series. Woolery drove in the Bruins' first two runs in the decisive game three with two separate RBI base knocks.
The junior secures her fifth-career UCLA student-athlete of the week award, the third of her 2025 campaign.
Also Nominated
Roch Cholowsky, Baseball; Pablo Ereño, M. Golf
Previous Winners
Aug. 21 – Bridgette Marin-Valencia, W. Soccer; Aug. 28 – Lilly Reale, W. Soccer; Sept. 4 - Cheridyn Leverette, W. Volleyball; Sept. 11 – Ryder Dodd, M. Water Polo; Sept. 18 – Bode Brinkema, M. Water Polo; Sept. 25 – Sofia Cook, W. Soccer; Oct. 2 – Pablo Ereño, M. Golf; Oct. 9 – Quincy McMahon, W. Soccer; Oct. 16 – Jose Contell, M. Soccer; Oct. 23 – Ethan Garbers, Football; Oct. 30 – Grayce Olson, W. Volleyball; Nov. 6 – Carson Schwesinger, Football; Nov. 13 – Quincy McMahon, W. Soccer; Nov. 20 - Maggie Boyd/Sally Perez, Beach Volleyball; Nov. 27 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; Dec. 4 – Carson Schwesinger, Football; Dec. 11 – Ryder Dodd, M. Water Polo; Dec. 18 – Tyler Bilodeau, M. Basketball; Dec. 24 – Kiki Rice, W. Basketball; Jan. 1 – Eric Dailey Jr., M. Basketball; Jan. 8 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; Jan. 15 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; Jan. 22 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; Jan. 29 – Aday Mara, M. Basketball; Feb. 5 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; Feb. 12 – Taylor Tinsley, Softball; Feb. 19 – Mulivai Levu – Baseball; Feb. 26 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; March 5 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; March 12 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; March 19 – Jordan Woolery, Softball; March 26 – Chae Campbell, Gymnastics; April 2 – Lauren Betts, W. Basketball; April 9 – Megan Grant, Softball; April 16 – Megan Grant, Softball; April 23 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; April 30 – Omar Morales, M. Golf; May 7 – Jeremy Zammit, M. Track & Field; May 14 – Spencer Johnson, M. Tennis; May 21 – Jordan Woolery, Softball
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