2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Lajahna Drummer
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Long Beach Poly
- Hometown:
- Inglewood, Calif.
2018-19:
Started in 32 of 34 games as a redshirt senior … Led the team in rebounding with 8.6 per game … Finished second on the squad in offensive rebounds per outing (3.4), pulling down 116 on the season … Recorded 9.0 points per game, ranking fourth on the team … Averaged 30.3 minutes per affair … Finished third on the team in blocks (28) … Scored in double figures in 13 games … Matched a career-high 18 points twice, once at Arizona (Jan. 27) in a triple-overtime thriller and the other vs. No. 10 Oregon State (Jan. 11) … Led the team in rebounds in 22 games … Had double-figure rebounding efforts in 15 contests … Pulled down a career- and season-best 17 rebounds at Arizona (Jan. 27) … Posted seven double-doubles in 2018-19, ranking second on the team … Owned a stretch of five-straight games in double-figure scoring between Dec. 16-Jan. 4 … Drained eight 3-pointers on the year, including a career-high-tying two at USC (Dec. 30) … Against the Women of Troy (Dec. 30), Drummer logged 10 points and 14 rebounds and hit a buzzer-beater 3-pointer to cap the third quarter … Mustered eight points and 11 rebounds in a 22-point comeback win at No. 2 Oregon (Feb. 22) … Scored 10 points on 4-for-8 shooting vs. Tennessee in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (March 23) … Matched a career-high three blocks on three occasions … With a 12-rebound performance against No. 10 Stanford (Feb. 15), Drummer became the 10th Bruin in program history with 800 career rebounds … Passed UCLA legend Ann Meyers (819; 1975-78) for career boards and currently sits eighth all-time in program history with 873 career rebounds. PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKS: 8th – Free Throw Attempts (146) ... 7th – Rebounds (293) ... 5th – Rebounds Per game (8.6). UCLA STATISTICAL RANKS: Career Charts: 8th – Rebounds (873) ... T-5th – Games Played (137). All-Time Single-Season Charts: 13th – Rebounds (293).
2017-18:
Lajahna Drummer played in all 35 games, making 34 starts (not the season opener) … scored at least one point in 32-of-35 games and in double figures in 9-of-35 … tallied at least one block in 14-of-35 games and at least one steal in 17-of-35 … scored a season-high 15 points and added eight rebounds and one steal in the Bruins' 71-63 home win over #25 Arizona State (Feb. 11) … went 7-for-7 from the field (including one three-pointer) against the Sun Devils, which was tied for the sixth best performance without a miss in the Pac-12 on the year … was sixth on the team in scoring (6.3 ppg) and was second on the squad in rebounds (237, 6.8 rpg), third in blocks (18, 0.5 bpg) and fifth in steals (24, 0.7 spg) … led the team in rebounding seven times and was tied for eighth in the Pac-12 in double-digit rebounding games with seven … had the second double-double of her career and the first of the season with 10 points, and a career-high-tying 14 rebounds with one assist and one block in a win at Washington State (Jan. 28) … had the third double-double of her career and the second of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds to go with one block and one steal in a win at USC (Feb. 5) … also hauled in a career-high-tying 14 boards to go with five points and one block in a home loss to #9 Oregon (Jan. 7). PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKS: All Games: 14th - Rebounding (6.8 rpg); 13th - Defensive Rebounding (4.4 drpg) and 11th - Offensive Rebounding (2.3 orpg). Pac-12 Games: 10th - Rebounding (7.1 rpg); 10th - Defensive Rebounding (4.6 drpg) and 10th - Offensive Rebounding (2.5 orpg).
2016-17:
Drummer played in 2-of-34 games before sitting out the remainder of the season with an undisclosed injury … earned a medical hardship from the NCAA and will be a redshirt junior during the 2017-18 season … scored at least one point in 1-of-2 games and tallied at least one rebound in 2-of-2 games … scored three points and added two rebounds and one steal in a loss at Washington State (Jan. 6) … played eight minutes recording two assists and one rebound in a loss at #12 Washington (Jan. 8) before being shut down for the rest of the year.
2015-16:
Drummer played in 29 games, making eight starts ... had at least one rebound 28-of-29 games, including five or more in 15-of-29 games and double-digit efforts three times ... scored in double figures twice ...was scoreless and grabbed three rebounds in eight minutes in the win over St. John’s (Nov. 13) … missed the next five games and returned to play six minutes in a win at Michigan (Dec. 13) but only had two missed field goals … had eight points (3-for-3 from the field), four rebounds and two steals in the blowout win over UC Irvine (Dec. 16) … had six points, four rebounds, a career-high four assists and one steal in a blowout win at Sacramento State (Dec. 18) … had eight points and seven rebounds in the double overtime loss at California (Dec. 21) … did not play in the win at UC Riverside (Dec. 28) … had two points, two rebounds, one assist and her first block of the year in a win over USC (Dec. 30) … didn’t score, but had six boards, one block and one steal in a win over Oregon (Jan. 2) … had eight points and four boards in the upset win over No. 11 Oregon State (Jan. 4) … had eight points, six rebounds and a steal in a loss at USC (Jan. 10) … scored a season-high nine points and added two rebounds in a loss at Washington (Jan. 15) … had eight points and a career-high 12 rebounds in a blowout win over California (Jan. 22) … had a career-high 16 points to go with five rebounds, two blocks, two steals and one assist in a blowout win at Colorado (Jan. 29) … had eight points and three rebounds in a loss at No. 8 Arizona State (Feb. 5) … had seven points and nine boards in a blowout win at Arizona (Feb. 7) … had nine points, five rebounds, two assists and a steal in a win over Washington State (Feb. 12) … had four points and eight rebounds in a win over Washington (Feb. 14) … tallied seven points and eight boards in a win at Oregon (Feb. 19) … had 12 points and four rebounds in a blowout win over Arizona (Feb. 26) in her first start of the year (replaced Kacy Swain) … had five points, six boards and a season-high three steals in her second start, a win over No. 9 Arizona State (Feb. 28) … had six points and seven boards in a Pac-12 Semifinal win over California (Mar. 5) and in the Pac-12 Final loss to Oregon State (Mar. 6) … had eight points and tied her career-high of 12 rebounds in the NCAA Second Round win over South Florida (Mar. 21) … had eight points and 10 rebounds in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen loss against No. 2 Texas … was tied for third on the team in rebounding (5.4 rpg). PAC-12 STATISTICAL RANKS: All Games: 14th - Offensive Rebounds (2.2 orpg). Pac-12 Games: 15th - Offensive Rebounds (2.1 orpg).
2014-15:
Drummer was one of three Bruins to play in all 37 games, making one start ... had at least one rebound in every game (37-of-37) including five or more in 16-of-37 games and double-digit efforts three times ... scored in double figures six times ... had her first double-double with 11 points and a season-high-tying 11 rebounds in the first round WNIT win over CSU Bakersfield (Mar. 19) ... scored eight points and hauled in a season-high-tying 11 rebounds in a win at USC (Dec. 30) ... later tied the 11-rebound effort and added six points in a loss at Washington (Feb. 28) ... came off the bench and just missed a double-double with 15 points and nine rebounds in her first collegiate game at James Madison (Nov. 14) while going 11-for-11 from the free-throw line ... the 11-for-11 performance from the charity stripe at JMU was tied for the second-best performance in the Pac-12 on the year ... just missed a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds in a neutral loss to Miami (Dec. 18) ... also just missed a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds in a loss to Arizona State (Feb. 20) ... had the second-highest scoring night of her young career with 13 points (on 6-of-10 shooting) in the win at Colorado (Jan. 11) ... was third on the team in rebounding (4.9 rpg) ... made her first career start in the second round WNIT win at San Diego (Mar. 22), tallying six points, eight rebounds and two steals.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Lettered her senior year at Long Beach Poly under head coach Carl Buggs and for three years at St. Bernard (Playa del Rey, Calif.) under head coach Bo Corona ... averaged 11.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game in 2013-14 to lead LBPHS to a 27-3 overall record and a 12-0 mark in the Moore League ... the Jackrabbits captured the 2014 CIF State Basketball Championship (Open Division) with a 70-52 win over Salesian HS ... Drummer had 11 points and nine rebounds in the title game ... Long Beach Poly was ranked No. 2 in the state and No. 4 in the country in 2014 ... one of three Bruins to play in the 2014 McDonald's All-American game ... as a senior, she earned All-CIF SS, All-League, All-City and Long Beach Press Telegram Girl's Basketball Player of the Year honors ... she averaged 16.6 points, 12.3 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 5.0 blocks and 2.2 steals per game during the 2012-13 season for the St. Bernard Vikings ... was named first team All-League and League MVP as well as first team All-CIF in 2012-13 as the Vikings went 28-9 and 7-1 in the Del Rey League ... Drummer was ranked as one of the Top 10 players in the country by most recruiting services including No. 8 by ESPN’s HoopGurlz and No. 10 by Prospects Nation, Full Court and PB Media ... she was also ranked near the top in the forward rankings, coming in as the No. 3 rated forward by HoopGurlz, Full Court, Prospects Nation and PB Media ... participated in the USA Basketball Women’s U18 National Team Trials in May of 2014 ... played club basketball for Cal Sparks Gold and for the GBL Lady Rebels.
PERSONAL:
Full name: Lajahna O. Drummer … born Mar. 28, 1996 in Burbank, Calif. … her mother is Jacqueline Bolden … has one older sister, Miesha … says she chose to attend UCLA because, “I wanted to start my own legacy in my hometown and also because UCLA is a family orientated team, with a great group of women” … biggest thrill so far in her athletic career was winning a state title in her senior year … hobbies include singing, dancing, cooking and keeping up with fashion trends … majoring in gender studies.
