2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 1
Kayla Owens
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Langham Creek HS
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
Bio
2021-22
Played in 28 games making 16 starts after opting out of the 2020-21 season ... Saw her playing time increase by 55.8% from the 2019-20 season ... Was third on the team in offensive rebounds (32) ... Ranked fourth on the team in blocked shots (10) ... Collected a season high of 10 rebound against Washington State (Jan. 16) ... Scored a season high of seven points against Kent State (Nov. 26) ... Shot for .600 from the free throw line.
2020-21
Opted out of the 2020-21 season.
2019-20
Played in 21 games in her redshirt sophomore campaign … Saw her playing time increase by almost three minutes per game from last season, logging 9.6 minutes per game … Averaged 1.7 points and 2.5 rebounds per contest … Stuffed the stat sheet in the team’s season-opener against Weber State, notching six points, a career-high 13 rebounds, four assists, and three steals in the victory (Nov. 5) … Grabbed seven boards in Bruins’ win over Long Beach State (Nov. 14) … Tied a season-high with six points in UCLA’s game at Utah, adding four boards in the win (Jan. 10) … Played 13 minutes in UCLA’s final home game of the year, totaling four points, six rebounds, and two assists in the team’s win over Utah (Mar. 1).
2018-19:
Played in 10 games, averaging 6.3 minutes per outing … Chipped in six points, five rebounds, four assists, three steals and one block during the season … Tied a season-high two points, three times … Tied a career-high with two boards vs. North Carolina in the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands (Nov. 22) … Attempted a season-high six field goals vs. Cal Poly (Dec. 28) … Went 2-for-2 from the charity stripe in UCLA’s home opener vs. Rice (Nov. 11) … Saw her first-career postseason action in the first round of the NCAA Tournament vs. the Tennessee Lady Vols (March 23).
2017-18:
Kayla Owens played in eight games, making zero starts, before suffering an undisclosed season-ending injury … averaged 9.1 minutes per game … also averaged 3.6 points, 1.5 assists, 0.9 rebounds, 0.4 steals and 0.1 blocks per game … scored at least one point in 5-of-8 games and at least one assist in 4-of-8 games … was one of six Bruins with a positive assist (12)/turnover (nine) ratio (1.3) …scored a season-high-tying eight points and added two rebounds and one assist in a neutral court win over Creighton (Nov. 25) … equaled her season-high of eight points and chipped in three assists, two rebounds and a season-high three steals in a home win over UC Riverside (Nov. 28) … had four points and a season-high five assists in a blowout home win over Presbyterian College (Nov. 12).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Owens was a four-year letterwinner in basketball at Langham Creek High School for head coach Annette Steward … averaged 11.2 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 2.9 steals and 1.3 blocks at guard her senior year (2016-17) as the Lobos went 29-8 overall and 10-3 in 6A Region III District 17 play … was a McDonald’s All-American nominee in 2017 … had 11 points and seven rebounds in her first game of her junior year (2015-16) before an injury sidelined her for the remainder of the season … the Lobos finished 22-10 overall and 10-5 in 6A Region III, District 17 action in 2015-16 … Owens averaged 9.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.2 steals and 1.6 blocks per game as a sophomore in 2014-15 as LCHS went 18-12 overall … she posted nearly identical numbers of 9.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.1 steals, 1.3 assists and 1.2 blocks per game her freshman campaign (2013-14) as the Lobos went 21-10 at the 5A level … was named First Team All-District 17 after her sophomore season in 2014-15 and was also invited to participate in the Team USA U17 trials in 2016 and the U16 trials in 2015 … played club basketball for Cy-Fair Shock … was ranked 36th in the 2017 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings by espnW and the sixth-rated guard in the country … also rated No. 38 by Blue Star Media, No. 45 by Prospects Nation and No. 58 by Premier Basketball Report.
PERSONAL
Full name: Kayla Simone Owens … is the only child of Phillip Owens and Lateshia Blaze-Stewart … lists Kevin Durant, Jason Williams and Allen Iverson as the athletes she most admires … is an avid animal lover, especially dogs … says she chose to attend UCLA because, “the UCLA campus and Los Angeles are beautiful and I love the team and coaching staff, they are great” … Sociology & African American Studies major.
Played in 28 games making 16 starts after opting out of the 2020-21 season ... Saw her playing time increase by 55.8% from the 2019-20 season ... Was third on the team in offensive rebounds (32) ... Ranked fourth on the team in blocked shots (10) ... Collected a season high of 10 rebound against Washington State (Jan. 16) ... Scored a season high of seven points against Kent State (Nov. 26) ... Shot for .600 from the free throw line.
2020-21
Opted out of the 2020-21 season.
2019-20
Played in 21 games in her redshirt sophomore campaign … Saw her playing time increase by almost three minutes per game from last season, logging 9.6 minutes per game … Averaged 1.7 points and 2.5 rebounds per contest … Stuffed the stat sheet in the team’s season-opener against Weber State, notching six points, a career-high 13 rebounds, four assists, and three steals in the victory (Nov. 5) … Grabbed seven boards in Bruins’ win over Long Beach State (Nov. 14) … Tied a season-high with six points in UCLA’s game at Utah, adding four boards in the win (Jan. 10) … Played 13 minutes in UCLA’s final home game of the year, totaling four points, six rebounds, and two assists in the team’s win over Utah (Mar. 1).
2018-19:
Played in 10 games, averaging 6.3 minutes per outing … Chipped in six points, five rebounds, four assists, three steals and one block during the season … Tied a season-high two points, three times … Tied a career-high with two boards vs. North Carolina in the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands (Nov. 22) … Attempted a season-high six field goals vs. Cal Poly (Dec. 28) … Went 2-for-2 from the charity stripe in UCLA’s home opener vs. Rice (Nov. 11) … Saw her first-career postseason action in the first round of the NCAA Tournament vs. the Tennessee Lady Vols (March 23).
2017-18:
Kayla Owens played in eight games, making zero starts, before suffering an undisclosed season-ending injury … averaged 9.1 minutes per game … also averaged 3.6 points, 1.5 assists, 0.9 rebounds, 0.4 steals and 0.1 blocks per game … scored at least one point in 5-of-8 games and at least one assist in 4-of-8 games … was one of six Bruins with a positive assist (12)/turnover (nine) ratio (1.3) …scored a season-high-tying eight points and added two rebounds and one assist in a neutral court win over Creighton (Nov. 25) … equaled her season-high of eight points and chipped in three assists, two rebounds and a season-high three steals in a home win over UC Riverside (Nov. 28) … had four points and a season-high five assists in a blowout home win over Presbyterian College (Nov. 12).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Owens was a four-year letterwinner in basketball at Langham Creek High School for head coach Annette Steward … averaged 11.2 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 2.9 steals and 1.3 blocks at guard her senior year (2016-17) as the Lobos went 29-8 overall and 10-3 in 6A Region III District 17 play … was a McDonald’s All-American nominee in 2017 … had 11 points and seven rebounds in her first game of her junior year (2015-16) before an injury sidelined her for the remainder of the season … the Lobos finished 22-10 overall and 10-5 in 6A Region III, District 17 action in 2015-16 … Owens averaged 9.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.2 steals and 1.6 blocks per game as a sophomore in 2014-15 as LCHS went 18-12 overall … she posted nearly identical numbers of 9.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.1 steals, 1.3 assists and 1.2 blocks per game her freshman campaign (2013-14) as the Lobos went 21-10 at the 5A level … was named First Team All-District 17 after her sophomore season in 2014-15 and was also invited to participate in the Team USA U17 trials in 2016 and the U16 trials in 2015 … played club basketball for Cy-Fair Shock … was ranked 36th in the 2017 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings by espnW and the sixth-rated guard in the country … also rated No. 38 by Blue Star Media, No. 45 by Prospects Nation and No. 58 by Premier Basketball Report.
PERSONAL
Full name: Kayla Simone Owens … is the only child of Phillip Owens and Lateshia Blaze-Stewart … lists Kevin Durant, Jason Williams and Allen Iverson as the athletes she most admires … is an avid animal lover, especially dogs … says she chose to attend UCLA because, “the UCLA campus and Los Angeles are beautiful and I love the team and coaching staff, they are great” … Sociology & African American Studies major.
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