2020 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Abby Van Winkle
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Santa Margarita Catholic HS
- Hometown:
- San Clemente, Calif.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข 2-time AVCA All-Americanย (First Team 2022, Second Team 2023)
โข AVCA Top Flight Award (Court 2, 2023)
โข NCAA Championship All-Tournament Teamย (2019)
โข Pac-12 Championship All-Tournament Teamย (2021, 2022)
โข 3-time All-Pac-12 (First Team 2022, 2023; Second Team 2021)
โข Pac-12 All-Freshman Teamย (2019)
โข Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Yearย (2023)
โข 3-time U.S. Beach Collegiate National Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
โข 2-time AVCA/CBVBย National Pairย of the Week (Mar. 7, 2022; Mar. 20, 2023)
โข 4-time Pac-12 Pairย of the Week (Feb. 25, 2020; Mar. 10, 2020, Mar. 8, 2022; Mar. 21, 2023)
โข UCLA Student-Athleteย of the Week (Apr. 5-11, 2022)
โข UCLA All-Academic Team (2022)
โข 9-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021)
โข 3-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)
โข Paired with Zana Muno to clinch the final point in the NCAA Championship win (3-0) over top-seeded USC (May 5, 2019)
โข Paired with Savvy Simo to beat 2019 First-Team AVCA All-Americans Claire Coppola/Kristen Nuss from LSU in straight sets (Feb. 22, 2020)
2023
Abby Van Winkle ended the season with an overall record of 35-7 (128-34 career) โฆ partnered with Peri Brennanย for the majority of the season going 29-4 (6-3 on court one and 23-1 on court two)ย โฆ also went 3-2 with Jessie Smithย (on court two), 2-1 with Lexy Denaburg (on court one), and 1-0 with Kelli Greene-Agnewย on court twoย โฆ the Bruins faced 32 ranked opponents in the 44 duals on the yearย with Van Winkle going 24-7 against ranked teams (one match was truncated at the NCAA Championship) โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of 16 consecutive duals (14 with Peri Brennan and two with Jessie Smith) which began with Cal Poly (Mar. 11) and ended vs. No. 13 Washington (Apr. 8)ย โฆย Van Winkle also clinched four victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins with the biggest coming in a 3-0 victory over No. 4 Florida State (May 6) in the semifinals of the NCAA Championship โฆ the tandem of Brennan and Van Winkleย also went 7-1 in postseason play (2-1 at NCAAsย with one match truncated, and 5-0 at Pac-12s with one match truncated)ย โฆ Van Winkle went 31-4 in two-set matches and 4-3 in three-set matches on the year.
2022
Ended the season with an overall record of 30-11 (93-27 career) โฆ partnered with Rileigh Powers at the beginning of the year going 4-1 on court two and ended the year with Lexy Denaburg, going 26-10 on court one โฆ the Bruins faced 34 ranked opponents in the 43 duals on the yearย with Van Winkle going 21-11 against ranked teams (one match was truncated at the Pac-12 Championship) โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of nine consecutive duals (four with Powers and five with Denaburg) which began with Saint Mary's (Feb. 25) and ended vs. No. 4 Florida State (Apr. 15) โฆ Denaburg and Van Winkle also clinched three victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins with the biggest coming in a 3-2 home victory over No. 1 USC (Mar. 5) โฆ the tandem also went 6-3 in postseason play (3-2 at NCAAs, 3-1 at Pac-12s) โฆ Van Winkle wentย 24-7 in two-set matches and 6-4 in three-set matches on the year.
2021
Ended the season with an overall record of 21-9 (63-16 career) โฆ had three different partners on the year, beginning the year and spending the most time with Lea Monkhouse, going 13-7 overall (12-7 on court two and 1-0 on court three)ย โฆ went 2-1 with Megan Muret (2-0 on court three and 0-1 on court two) โฆ ended the year Lindsey Sparks on court three, going 6-1ย โฆ the Bruins faced 33 ranked opponents in the 37 duals on the yearย with Van Winkle going 17-9 against ranked teams (two matches wereย truncated at the Pac-12 Championship and one matchย at the NCAA Championship, and did not play against the other four in the first two weeks of the season) โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of eight consecutive duals that began with Muret in a win over No. 2 USC (Apr. 17) and ended with a loss to No. 2 USC (May 9)ย โฆ Van Winkle clinched three victories in dual matches on the yearย with Monkhouse โฆ she wasย 16-5 in two-set matches and 5-4 in three-set matches on the year.
2020
Ended the season with an overall record of 13-2 (42-7 career) ... partnered with Savvy Simo for the entire 2020 season, all on court one ...ย the duo helped the top-ranked Bruins to a 5-1 weekend at the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic and was named the Pac-12 Pair of the Week (Feb. 25), with all five wins coming against ranked teams before closing out the opening weekendย with a hard-fought 3-2 decision against then-No. 3 LSU ... they took down 2019 First-Team AVCA All-Americans Claire Coppola/Kristen Nuss from LSU in straight sets in the first meeting but lost in three sets the second time around ... the duo was named Pac-12 Pair of the Week for the second time on Mar. 10 after helping the second-ranked Bruins to a 4-0 weekend at the Pac-12 South Tournament which included wins over two ranked opponents as UCLA defeated Oregon, Washington, No. 5 USC, and No. 19 Arizona State ... the pairย won all four matches in straight sets at the tournament, allowing only one opponent to score more than 16 points in just one of the eight sets as their wins on court one clinched the team dual victory over ASU (Mar. 7) and Oregon (Mar. 8)ย ... the Bruins faced 11 ranked opponents in the 15 duals in the shortened season with Van Winkle going 9-2 against ranked teamsย ... recorded a season-best winning streak of six consecutive duals which was still alive at the end of the season ... the pairย also clinched a team-high four victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins ... the duo wentย 11-1 in two-set matches and 2-1 in three-set matches on the year.
2019
Ended the season with a career record of 29-5 ... ended the season with an overall record of 29-5 going 25-5 with Zana Muno and 4-0 with Lindsey Sparks (all on court four) ... with Muno, she went 22-5 on court three, 2-0 on court two and 1-0 on court four, including going 3-2 in the postseason (0-2 in Pac-12 and 3-0 in NCAAs) ... she and Muno clinched the final point in the NCAA Championship win (3-0) over top-seeded USC ... the Bruins faced 32 ranked opponents in the 38 duals with Van Winkle going 25-5 against ranked teamsย ... Van Winkle clinched four victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins (all with Muno) ... Van Winkle was 20-2 in two-set matches (15-2 on court three, 4-0 on court four, and 1-0 on court two) and was 8-3 in three-set matches (7-3 on court three and 1-0 on court two) ... recorded a season-best winning streak of 24 consecutive duals during the season with Muno and Sparks which started with the season opener (Feb. 21) and came to an end with No. 12 California at the Pac-12 North Tournament at Stanford (Apr. 6).
HIGH SCHOOL
Van Winkle was a four-year letterwinnerย as an outside hitter on the indoor team at Santa Margarita Catholic High Schoolย ... In 2018, Van Winkle paired up with incoming Bruin Piper Monk-Heidrichย to take first in the AVPFirst National Championships (150 teams qualified for championships) ... also paired with Monk-Heidrich toย placeย second in the AAU Junior Olympics, second at AAU Nationals, third at the AAU Pan Pacific Championship and first at the AVPNext Tournament ...ย was named as an AVCAย High School Beach First Team All-American in 2018ย ... led the Eagles to three-straight Trinity League Championships (2014-16) and she was named to the 2016 Trinity All-League team as SMCHS finished asย CIF Champions ...ย the Eagles also won the 2017 CIF Division I state championship after sweeping James Logan HS, 25-19, 25-12, 25-13 to finish 34-9 on the yearย ...ย while competingย for the LA Beach and WAVE Club Teams, she took first place in Los Angeles ICG, first place in club championship LA Beach and was part of the first team to win the AAU Triple Crown (Junior Nationals, Junior Olympics and Best of the Beach) with incoming Bruin Lindsey Sparks ... finished as the AAU Pan-Pacific Champion in 2017 and as the runner-up in 2018 ... also in 2018, she finished as theย Cal Cup State Champion, theย AVPNext Champion and theย AVPFirst Champion (2 events)ย ...ย also has first-place finishes in AAU, CBVA, JBVLย and USA National Tournaments and has a rating ofย AAAย ...ย additionally, she has one first- and twoย second-place finishes in AVPFirst National Championships.
PERSONAL
Full name: Abby Marie Van Winkleย ... born in Mission Viejo, Calif. ... her parents are Dave and Laurie Van Winkle ... has two younger sisters, Tessa and Audrey Van Winkleย ... her mother, Laurie Van Winkle, played volleyball at UCLAย ... her great uncle, Bob Ramsey, played water polo at UCLA from 1969-71ย ... chose to attend UCLA because "of its high academic standards, extremely competitive beach program, the amazing coaching staff, and it has always been my dream school."ย ... lists winning the AVPFirst National Championship on center court during the Hermosa Beach AVP pro tournament as the biggest athletic thrill of her careerย ... hobbies include hanging out with friends, family, and dogs, going to the beach, surfing, traveling, going on food adventures, baking, and eatingย ... some athletesย she admires are Casey Patterson, Jake Gibb and Kelly Reevesย ... majoring in physiological science.
