2020-21 Women's Basketball Roster
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Chantel Horvat
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Geelong College
- Hometown:
- Geelong, Australia
Bio
2021-22
Played in 29 of the 31 matchups of the season, making 14 starts ... Had her first start at Oregon State (Jan. 30) and was a part of the starting five through the PAC-12 Tournament (Mar. 3) ... Third highest free throw percentage on the team shooting at 0.807 from the line.
2020-21
Played in 16 games and averaged a career-high 6.1 points per game this past season … Compiled three double-digit scoring performances on the year … Scored a career-high 17 points in the team’s win over UCSB, going 6-for-9 from the field (Dec. 9) … Also tied a career-high with 12 rebounds against the Gauchos … Went 4-for-4 from the free throw line in the Bruins’ win over then-No. 5 Stanford (Jan. 22) … Put up her second double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds in UCLA’s win at Utah (Feb. 12) … Notched her second-straight double-digit game with 10 points in the Bruins’ home win against Oregon (Feb. 19) … Went 3-for-4 and scored six points in the team’s victory over Washington in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament (Mar. 4) … HONORS: Named to Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20
Played in 25 games this past season, notching one start … Played 19.3 minutes per contest and notched career-high averages with 5.1 points and 5.0 rebounds a game … Notched double-digit scoring totals in six games this season … Grabbed at least five rebounds in 14 games … Made her season debut against Loyola Marymount, totaling eight points (3-4 FG) and grabbing eight rebounds (Nov. 9) … Scored 11 points on 5-for-6 shooting against Long Beach State (Nov. 14) and Yale (Nov. 26) … Recorded her first-career double-double in UCLA’s 83-59 victory over Arizona, notching 10 points and 10 rebounds (Jan. 5) … Also drained a season-high two three-pointers over the Wildcats … Tallied a then-career-high 12 points on a perfect 4-for-4 shooting in UCLA’s win over Washington (Jan. 24) … The Bruins’ road win at Stanford saw her put up a career-high 14 points on 7-for-10 from the field (Feb. 7) … HONORS: Named to Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19:
Made one start in nine games … Missed the first seven game and final 26 contests due to injury … Averaged 4.9 points and 2.9 rebounds per game … Shot 43.9 percent from the field, going 18-for-41 … Made six of her nine free throw attempts … Averaged 15.0 minutes per game … Scored a season-high nine points to go along with a career-high-tying three steals vs. Cal Poly (Dec. 28) … Posted eight points at No. 18 California to help the Bruins to a thrilling 84-79 overtime win on the road (Jan. 4) … Tied a career-high with five assists in her final game of the season vs. No. 10 Oregon State (Jan. 11) … Pulled down a season-high six rebounds, twice, against Indiana (Dec. 2) and at Illinois-Chicago (Dec. 19). HONORS: Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2017-18:
Chantel Horvat played in all 35 games, making zero starts … was eighth on the team in scoring (4.0 ppg) and sixth in assists (38, 1.1 apg) … also fifth in made 3-pointers (21) and fifth in 3-pointers attempted (70) … scored at least one point in 25-of-35 games and in double figures in 3-of-35 … tallied at least one assist in 20-of-35 games and at least one steal in 11-of-35 … scored a season-high 12 points on a season-best 5-of-7 from the field and added four rebounds and one assist in the season-opening blowout win over San José State (Nov. 10) … scored 10 points in the next game, a blowout home win over Presbyterian College (Nov. 12) and chipped in two rebounds and three assists … had 10 points, three rebounds, three assists and one steal in a blowout win at Fordham (Dec. 20) … scored five points and hauled in a season-high 10 rebounds to go with one assist and two steals in a home win over Arizona (Feb. 9) … twice led the team in assists, including a season-best five to go with nine points, one steal and one block in a neutral court win over Creighton (Nov. 25).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Horvat attended Geelong College (10 years), Canberra High (1 year), Radford College (2 years) and competed in club basketball for the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence … she played in the SEABL league for her home team, the Geelong Supercats where she led her team to the championship for the first time in history in 2017 … she has been a constant member of the Australian National Team since 2014, playing on the U16 team that year … she was also a member of the U19 team in 2015, 2016 and 2017 … also captained the Australian National Team in December of 2016 at the FIBA U18 Oceania World Qualifiers … Australia went 5-0 in 2016 in Fiji, defeating New Zealand, 107-52 in the finals … she was the leading scorer at the FIBA U18 Oceania Championships in 2016 at 18.6 ppg in just 19.0 minutes per game … was second in field goal shooting (60.3%) and third in free throw percentage (78.9%) … also averaged 6.2 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game while tying for the lead in assists per game at 3.4 … she had one double-double of 22 points and 11 rebounds in the semifinal win over New Caledonia … had her best and the second-highest scoring game of the tournament with 24 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals in a pool play win over the hosts, Fiji … in April of 2015, Horvat had a strong showing at the U18 Australian Junior Championships in Ballarat, Victoria, earning LivOn Basketball’s Co-MVP honors … had what was arguably the most impressive game of the tournament against SA Metro, when she shot an incredible 14-for-15 from the field, which included going 3-for-3 from beyond the arc, as she scored 34 points and hauled in 14 rebounds … also scored 22 points in Victoria Country’s bronze medal win over Queensland South (84-69) … was ranked 15th in the 2017 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings by espnW … also rated No. 3 among all guards and was the highest-rated Australian, either male or female, in the 2017 recruiting rankings.
PERSONAL
Full name: Chantel-Anais Horvat, prefers Chantel … her parents are Steve and Tina Horvat … has two younger brothers, Ben and Evan and one younger sister, Neve … her father played soccer professionally in Australia, Croatia and England throughout his career and he also played for Australia at the Olympics, serving as captain for the Australian Men’s Senior National Team, the Socceroos … he is now a TV commentator … lists Penny Taylor, Lauren Jackson, Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi as the athletes she most admires … listed her greatest athletic achievement to date as, “winning a bronze medal with Australia at the U19 FIBA World Championships in Russia in 2015” … lists sewing, painting and listening to music as her favorite hobbies … says she chose to attend UCLA because, “UCLA felt like home even before I set foot on campus. It was really due to a combination of academics, sports history, culture and a fantastic women’s basketball program” … Geography/Environmental Studies major.
Played in 29 of the 31 matchups of the season, making 14 starts ... Had her first start at Oregon State (Jan. 30) and was a part of the starting five through the PAC-12 Tournament (Mar. 3) ... Third highest free throw percentage on the team shooting at 0.807 from the line.
2020-21
Played in 16 games and averaged a career-high 6.1 points per game this past season … Compiled three double-digit scoring performances on the year … Scored a career-high 17 points in the team’s win over UCSB, going 6-for-9 from the field (Dec. 9) … Also tied a career-high with 12 rebounds against the Gauchos … Went 4-for-4 from the free throw line in the Bruins’ win over then-No. 5 Stanford (Jan. 22) … Put up her second double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds in UCLA’s win at Utah (Feb. 12) … Notched her second-straight double-digit game with 10 points in the Bruins’ home win against Oregon (Feb. 19) … Went 3-for-4 and scored six points in the team’s victory over Washington in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament (Mar. 4) … HONORS: Named to Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2019-20
Played in 25 games this past season, notching one start … Played 19.3 minutes per contest and notched career-high averages with 5.1 points and 5.0 rebounds a game … Notched double-digit scoring totals in six games this season … Grabbed at least five rebounds in 14 games … Made her season debut against Loyola Marymount, totaling eight points (3-4 FG) and grabbing eight rebounds (Nov. 9) … Scored 11 points on 5-for-6 shooting against Long Beach State (Nov. 14) and Yale (Nov. 26) … Recorded her first-career double-double in UCLA’s 83-59 victory over Arizona, notching 10 points and 10 rebounds (Jan. 5) … Also drained a season-high two three-pointers over the Wildcats … Tallied a then-career-high 12 points on a perfect 4-for-4 shooting in UCLA’s win over Washington (Jan. 24) … The Bruins’ road win at Stanford saw her put up a career-high 14 points on 7-for-10 from the field (Feb. 7) … HONORS: Named to Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19:
Made one start in nine games … Missed the first seven game and final 26 contests due to injury … Averaged 4.9 points and 2.9 rebounds per game … Shot 43.9 percent from the field, going 18-for-41 … Made six of her nine free throw attempts … Averaged 15.0 minutes per game … Scored a season-high nine points to go along with a career-high-tying three steals vs. Cal Poly (Dec. 28) … Posted eight points at No. 18 California to help the Bruins to a thrilling 84-79 overtime win on the road (Jan. 4) … Tied a career-high with five assists in her final game of the season vs. No. 10 Oregon State (Jan. 11) … Pulled down a season-high six rebounds, twice, against Indiana (Dec. 2) and at Illinois-Chicago (Dec. 19). HONORS: Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2017-18:
Chantel Horvat played in all 35 games, making zero starts … was eighth on the team in scoring (4.0 ppg) and sixth in assists (38, 1.1 apg) … also fifth in made 3-pointers (21) and fifth in 3-pointers attempted (70) … scored at least one point in 25-of-35 games and in double figures in 3-of-35 … tallied at least one assist in 20-of-35 games and at least one steal in 11-of-35 … scored a season-high 12 points on a season-best 5-of-7 from the field and added four rebounds and one assist in the season-opening blowout win over San José State (Nov. 10) … scored 10 points in the next game, a blowout home win over Presbyterian College (Nov. 12) and chipped in two rebounds and three assists … had 10 points, three rebounds, three assists and one steal in a blowout win at Fordham (Dec. 20) … scored five points and hauled in a season-high 10 rebounds to go with one assist and two steals in a home win over Arizona (Feb. 9) … twice led the team in assists, including a season-best five to go with nine points, one steal and one block in a neutral court win over Creighton (Nov. 25).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Horvat attended Geelong College (10 years), Canberra High (1 year), Radford College (2 years) and competed in club basketball for the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence … she played in the SEABL league for her home team, the Geelong Supercats where she led her team to the championship for the first time in history in 2017 … she has been a constant member of the Australian National Team since 2014, playing on the U16 team that year … she was also a member of the U19 team in 2015, 2016 and 2017 … also captained the Australian National Team in December of 2016 at the FIBA U18 Oceania World Qualifiers … Australia went 5-0 in 2016 in Fiji, defeating New Zealand, 107-52 in the finals … she was the leading scorer at the FIBA U18 Oceania Championships in 2016 at 18.6 ppg in just 19.0 minutes per game … was second in field goal shooting (60.3%) and third in free throw percentage (78.9%) … also averaged 6.2 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game while tying for the lead in assists per game at 3.4 … she had one double-double of 22 points and 11 rebounds in the semifinal win over New Caledonia … had her best and the second-highest scoring game of the tournament with 24 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals in a pool play win over the hosts, Fiji … in April of 2015, Horvat had a strong showing at the U18 Australian Junior Championships in Ballarat, Victoria, earning LivOn Basketball’s Co-MVP honors … had what was arguably the most impressive game of the tournament against SA Metro, when she shot an incredible 14-for-15 from the field, which included going 3-for-3 from beyond the arc, as she scored 34 points and hauled in 14 rebounds … also scored 22 points in Victoria Country’s bronze medal win over Queensland South (84-69) … was ranked 15th in the 2017 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings by espnW … also rated No. 3 among all guards and was the highest-rated Australian, either male or female, in the 2017 recruiting rankings.
PERSONAL
Full name: Chantel-Anais Horvat, prefers Chantel … her parents are Steve and Tina Horvat … has two younger brothers, Ben and Evan and one younger sister, Neve … her father played soccer professionally in Australia, Croatia and England throughout his career and he also played for Australia at the Olympics, serving as captain for the Australian Men’s Senior National Team, the Socceroos … he is now a TV commentator … lists Penny Taylor, Lauren Jackson, Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi as the athletes she most admires … listed her greatest athletic achievement to date as, “winning a bronze medal with Australia at the U19 FIBA World Championships in Russia in 2015” … lists sewing, painting and listening to music as her favorite hobbies … says she chose to attend UCLA because, “UCLA felt like home even before I set foot on campus. It was really due to a combination of academics, sports history, culture and a fantastic women’s basketball program” … Geography/Environmental Studies major.
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