2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Emily Bessoir
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Wilhelm-Hausenstein Gymnasium
- Hometown:
- Munich, Germany
Appeared in the home opener against Purdue… Scored six points and grabbed four rebounds off the bench against the Boilermakers… Missed the rest of the 2023-24 women’s basketball season after suffering an injury to her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)… Sustained the season-ending injury on Thursday, Nov. 9, playing with Team Germany at the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers.
2022-23
Appeared in all 37 games for the Bruins during her redshirt-sophomore season, making 35 starts… Achieved new single-game career-highs in points (20 vs. Oregon, Feb. 12), rebounds (13 vs. Arizona, Mar. 2), field goals made (8 vs. Oregon, Feb. 12), three-pointers made (5 at Utah, Jan. 29; vs. Arizona, Mar. 1) and free throws made (4 vs. UC Riverside, Nov. 10; vs. Stanford, Mar. 3)… The forward led the team in scoring on eight occasions and in rebounding 13 times during the campaign… Recorded her first-career double-double against Arizona in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament (18 points, 13 rebounds)… Honors: Named Pac-12 All-Tournament team after averaging 15.0 ppg, 8.2 rpg in the four conference postseason games, Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
2021-22
Missed the 2021-22 season due to a torn ACL. HONORS: Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
2020-21
Played in 22 of the Bruins’ 23 games this season, making two starts in her freshman campaign … Averaged 7.5 points per game and notched seven 10+ point performances on the year … Also grabbed 5.2 rebounds per contest … Scored seven points against Cal State Fullerton in her UCLA debut (Nov. 27) … Put up 15 points and six rebounds in the team’s win over UCSB on Dec. 9 … Also snagged a career-high four steals against the Gauchos … Tied a career-high with 15 points against Stanford (Dec. 21) … Recorded 11 points and a career-high nine rebounds in the Bruins’ victory over then-No. 5 Stanford (Jan. 22) … Scored in each of UCLA’s five postseason games, including an 11-point performance against Texas in the NCAA Tournament Second Round (Mar. 24) … HONORS: Pac-12 All-Freshman designation.
High School
Graduated from Wilhelm-Haustenstein-Gymnasium… Played for club team TS Jahn Muenchen … Averaged 18 points, 12 rebounds, two assists, two steals, and two blocks per contest during the 2019-20 club season … German U-18 national champion in 2018 and two-time final four MVP (2017, 2018) … Named the MVP of her U-18 club season (2017) … Two-time first-team all-league selection (2018, 2019) … Played at the 2019 World Championships as a member of the U-19 German team … Helped the U-18 German squad win the European Championships in 2018 … Has been a member of the German National Team since 2016 … Three-time invitee to Basketball Without Borders.
Personal
Goes by “Em” or “Emmy” … Born to parents William and Gisela … Has one brother, Billy … Admires WNBA superstar Elena Delle Donne … Thinks winning the European Championship with the German National Team was her greatest athletic thrill … Enjoys arts & crafts, tennis, being active outside, meeting friends, reading, and traveling … Can speak four different languages … Can do a full split … Her grandfather won two national championships as a men’s basketball coach at Division III University of Scranton … Her father, William, was a three-time All-America at Scranton and played professionally in Europe … Decided to attend UCLA because, “I felt I had the best opportunities to develop on and off the court. The coaching staff is unique in their mindset and approach towards growing as an athlete and a woman.”
