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Jersey Number 10
Jaden Whitmarsh
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Torrey Pines HS
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
Bio
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข 2-time NCAA All-Tournament Team (2021, 2023)
โข Pac-12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2021, 2022)
โข Pac-12 Pair of the Weekย (Mar. 1, 2022)
โข UCLA Student-Athlete of the Weekย (May 2, 2023)
โข 10-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022)
2023
Jaden Whitmarsh ended the season with an overall record of 24-3 (85-16 career) โฆ partnered with Marlie Monserez at the beginningย of the year, going 11-3ย overall (2-1 on court four, 9-2 on court five, and also 3-0 in exhibition play on court six) โฆ also went 1-0 with Tessa Van Winkle on court four and 1-0 with Natalie Myszkowski on court five โฆ ended the year going 11-0 with Devon Newberry on court fiveย โฆ the Bruins faced 32 ranked opponents in the 44 duals on the yearย with Whitmarsh going 20-3 against ranked teams (one match was truncated at the March to May event, one more at the Pac-12 Championship, and two more at the NCAA Championship) โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of 13 consecutive dualsย which began with Marlie Monserez for one match and a win over No. 10 Stanford (Apr. 7) and is still active โฆ Whitmarsh also clinched a team-best 13 victories in dual matches on the year (11 with Newberry) for the Bruins with the biggest coming on Championship Friday when she and Newberry clinched all three victories against No. 3 USC, No. 8 Stanford, and No. 9 California, 3-0, to help the Bruins win the 2023 Pac-12 Championship โฆ the tandem also went 7-0 in postseason play (2-0ย at NCAAs, 5-0 at Pac-12s)ย โฆ Whitmarsh wasย 19-1 in two-set matches and 5-2 in three-set matches on the year.
2022
Ended the season with an overall record of 29-7 (61-13 career) โฆ partnered with Devon Newberry for most of the season, going 28-7 with her (12-6 on court two and 16-1 on court three) โฆ also went 1-0 on the year on court four with Marlie Monserez โฆ the Bruins faced 34 ranked opponents in the 43 duals on the yearย with Whitmarsh going 21-7 against ranked teams (one match was truncated at the March to May event, three matches were truncated at the Pac-12 Championship, and one more at the NCAA Championship) โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of 15 consecutive duals (14 with Newberry and one with Monserez) which began with No. 14 Long Beach State (Mar. 5) and ended against No. 12 California (Apr. 9) โฆ Whitmarsh also clinched 13 victories in dual matches on the year (all with Newberry) for the Bruins with the biggest coming in a 3-2 victory over No. 18 Stetson to help UCLA avoid elimination in the First Round of the NCAA Championship (on a kill by Newberry for a 15-13 win in the third set) โฆ the tandem also went 4-2 in postseason play (3-1 at NCAAs, 1-1 at Pac-12s)ย โฆ Whitmarsh wasย 22-5 in two-set matches and 7-2 in three-set matches on the year.
2021
Ended the season with an overall record of 29-6 (32-6 career) โฆ partnered with Rileigh Powers for most of the season, going 27-6 with her (27-5 on court five and 0-1 on court four) โฆ also went 2-0 on the year on court five with Cami Sanchezย โฆ the Bruins faced 33 ranked opponents in the 37 duals on the yearย with Whitmarsh going 25-6 against ranked teams (one match was truncated at the Pac-12 Championship and one at the NCAA Championship) โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of 17 consecutive duals (15 with Powers and two with Sanchez) which began with No. 8 California (Mar. 6) and ended against No. 5 Loyola Marymount (Apr. 14) โฆ Whitmarsh also clinched 11 victories in dual matches on the year (10 with Powers and one with Sanchez) for the Bruins with some of them coming against the best teams in the country โฆ the Powers/Whitmarsh duo clinched both of UCLA's home wins over No. 3 LSU (Apr. 3), the Pac-12 semifinal and Championship wins over No. 1 USC (May 1), and the NCAA Contender's Bracket Semifinal win over No. 4 LSU (May 8)ย โฆ the tandem also went 7-1 in postseason play (4-1 at NCAAs, 3-1 at Pac-12s)ย โฆ Whitmarsh wasย 24-4 in two-set matches and 5-2 in three-set matches on the year.
2020
Ended the season with an overall record of 3-0, the first countable matches of her career ... partnered with Mac May to go 1-0 (vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)ย on court three ... she also went 1-0 on court four (vs. Oregon)ย with Rileigh Powers, and 1-0 on court four (vs. No. 19 Stanford) with Hannah Phairย ... she also went 3-0 in exhibition matches (2-0 with May and 1-0 with Phair on court six) ... the Bruins faced 11 ranked opponents in the 15 duals in the shortened season with Whitmarsh going 1-0 against ranked teamsย ... was one of four student-athletes to go undefeated on the yearย ... she was 2-0 in two-set matches and 1-0 in three-set matches on the year.
2019
Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year letterwinnerย in beach volleyball and a three-year (did not play her senior year)ย letterwinner as an outside hitter on the indoor team at Torrey Pines High Schoolย ... In 2018, she placed first at theย AAU Pan Pacific Championships and had top-five finishes at the USAV Beach HP Championships, the U19 Trials for World Championships, and the BVCAย National Championshipsย ...ย was named as an AVCAย High School Beach First Team All-American in 2018ย ... named a 2017 Under Armour First-Team All-American for high school indoor volleyball ...ย wasย a first team All-American, All-CIF and All-League player and won the Best All-Around Player award in 2016 from TPHSย ...ย registered 268 kills and 298 digs in 2016 and improved that total to 408 kills and 303 digs in 2017 as the Falcons fell in five sets to Mater Dei in the CIF semifinals in 2017 ... a finalist for the California Player of the Year, Whitmarsh led Torrey Pines to a 34-4 record as a junior (2017), finishing her final prep seasonย with team highs in kills (3.6 kills per set)ย and digs (2.7 dps) ... throughout her indoor career, she was named to the Durango Classic All-Tournament Team (2016 & 2017), the Santa Barbara All-Tournament Team (2016), and the Torrey Pines California Classic All-Tournament Team (2017)ย ...ย also named MVP of Avocado West League (2017), CIF Player of the Year (2017), Cal-Hi Sports All-State First Team (2017) and the MaxPrepsย HS All-American Girls Volleyball Team (2017)ย ... competed for Wave Volleyball Club and was on the USA A1 team for five years, placing first at the AAU Junior Olympics in 2015ย ... during her prep career on the beach, she won the U17 World Championships trials and named U17 MVP of the tournamentย ... also placed third at AAU Nationals (2016), first at AAU Junior Olympics (2016), first at Cal Cup in Manhattan Beach (2016), inducted into CBVAย Hall of Fame (2017), first at AAU in Hermosa Beach earning at bid to the World Championships (2017, paired with UCLA Bruin Piper Monk-Heidrich).
PERSONAL
Full name: Jaden Nicole Whitmarsh ... born in San Diego, Calif. ... her parents are Cindy Whitmarsh/Sweeney and the late Mike Whitmarshย and her stepdad is Mark Sweeney ... has one younger brother, Gavin Sweeney and one younger sister, Kendall Whitmarsh ... her father, Mike Whitmarsh, played college basketball at the University of San Diego and would later team up with Mike Dodd to win 28 tournaments on the AVP Tour and win a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlantaย ... her stepdad, Mark Sweeney, played Major League Baseball for 14 seasons (1995-2008), ending with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2008 ... chose to attend UCLA because "of the amazing athletics and academics programs. Right when I stepped on campus for the first time, I knew it was the perfect fit for me."ย ... lists winning Junior Olympics and being named a First Team Under Armour All-American as the biggest athletic thrills of her careerย ... hobbies include spending time with family and friends,ย going to the beach, hiking, camping, trying new foods, and water sportsย ... the athletesย she admires are Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanorย ... has yet to declare a major.
โข 2-time NCAA All-Tournament Team (2021, 2023)
โข Pac-12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2021, 2022)
โข Pac-12 Pair of the Weekย (Mar. 1, 2022)
โข UCLA Student-Athlete of the Weekย (May 2, 2023)
โข 10-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022)
2023
Jaden Whitmarsh ended the season with an overall record of 24-3 (85-16 career) โฆ partnered with Marlie Monserez at the beginningย of the year, going 11-3ย overall (2-1 on court four, 9-2 on court five, and also 3-0 in exhibition play on court six) โฆ also went 1-0 with Tessa Van Winkle on court four and 1-0 with Natalie Myszkowski on court five โฆ ended the year going 11-0 with Devon Newberry on court fiveย โฆ the Bruins faced 32 ranked opponents in the 44 duals on the yearย with Whitmarsh going 20-3 against ranked teams (one match was truncated at the March to May event, one more at the Pac-12 Championship, and two more at the NCAA Championship) โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of 13 consecutive dualsย which began with Marlie Monserez for one match and a win over No. 10 Stanford (Apr. 7) and is still active โฆ Whitmarsh also clinched a team-best 13 victories in dual matches on the year (11 with Newberry) for the Bruins with the biggest coming on Championship Friday when she and Newberry clinched all three victories against No. 3 USC, No. 8 Stanford, and No. 9 California, 3-0, to help the Bruins win the 2023 Pac-12 Championship โฆ the tandem also went 7-0 in postseason play (2-0ย at NCAAs, 5-0 at Pac-12s)ย โฆ Whitmarsh wasย 19-1 in two-set matches and 5-2 in three-set matches on the year.
2022
Ended the season with an overall record of 29-7 (61-13 career) โฆ partnered with Devon Newberry for most of the season, going 28-7 with her (12-6 on court two and 16-1 on court three) โฆ also went 1-0 on the year on court four with Marlie Monserez โฆ the Bruins faced 34 ranked opponents in the 43 duals on the yearย with Whitmarsh going 21-7 against ranked teams (one match was truncated at the March to May event, three matches were truncated at the Pac-12 Championship, and one more at the NCAA Championship) โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of 15 consecutive duals (14 with Newberry and one with Monserez) which began with No. 14 Long Beach State (Mar. 5) and ended against No. 12 California (Apr. 9) โฆ Whitmarsh also clinched 13 victories in dual matches on the year (all with Newberry) for the Bruins with the biggest coming in a 3-2 victory over No. 18 Stetson to help UCLA avoid elimination in the First Round of the NCAA Championship (on a kill by Newberry for a 15-13 win in the third set) โฆ the tandem also went 4-2 in postseason play (3-1 at NCAAs, 1-1 at Pac-12s)ย โฆ Whitmarsh wasย 22-5 in two-set matches and 7-2 in three-set matches on the year.
2021
Ended the season with an overall record of 29-6 (32-6 career) โฆ partnered with Rileigh Powers for most of the season, going 27-6 with her (27-5 on court five and 0-1 on court four) โฆ also went 2-0 on the year on court five with Cami Sanchezย โฆ the Bruins faced 33 ranked opponents in the 37 duals on the yearย with Whitmarsh going 25-6 against ranked teams (one match was truncated at the Pac-12 Championship and one at the NCAA Championship) โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of 17 consecutive duals (15 with Powers and two with Sanchez) which began with No. 8 California (Mar. 6) and ended against No. 5 Loyola Marymount (Apr. 14) โฆ Whitmarsh also clinched 11 victories in dual matches on the year (10 with Powers and one with Sanchez) for the Bruins with some of them coming against the best teams in the country โฆ the Powers/Whitmarsh duo clinched both of UCLA's home wins over No. 3 LSU (Apr. 3), the Pac-12 semifinal and Championship wins over No. 1 USC (May 1), and the NCAA Contender's Bracket Semifinal win over No. 4 LSU (May 8)ย โฆ the tandem also went 7-1 in postseason play (4-1 at NCAAs, 3-1 at Pac-12s)ย โฆ Whitmarsh wasย 24-4 in two-set matches and 5-2 in three-set matches on the year.
2020
Ended the season with an overall record of 3-0, the first countable matches of her career ... partnered with Mac May to go 1-0 (vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)ย on court three ... she also went 1-0 on court four (vs. Oregon)ย with Rileigh Powers, and 1-0 on court four (vs. No. 19 Stanford) with Hannah Phairย ... she also went 3-0 in exhibition matches (2-0 with May and 1-0 with Phair on court six) ... the Bruins faced 11 ranked opponents in the 15 duals in the shortened season with Whitmarsh going 1-0 against ranked teamsย ... was one of four student-athletes to go undefeated on the yearย ... she was 2-0 in two-set matches and 1-0 in three-set matches on the year.
2019
Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-year letterwinnerย in beach volleyball and a three-year (did not play her senior year)ย letterwinner as an outside hitter on the indoor team at Torrey Pines High Schoolย ... In 2018, she placed first at theย AAU Pan Pacific Championships and had top-five finishes at the USAV Beach HP Championships, the U19 Trials for World Championships, and the BVCAย National Championshipsย ...ย was named as an AVCAย High School Beach First Team All-American in 2018ย ... named a 2017 Under Armour First-Team All-American for high school indoor volleyball ...ย wasย a first team All-American, All-CIF and All-League player and won the Best All-Around Player award in 2016 from TPHSย ...ย registered 268 kills and 298 digs in 2016 and improved that total to 408 kills and 303 digs in 2017 as the Falcons fell in five sets to Mater Dei in the CIF semifinals in 2017 ... a finalist for the California Player of the Year, Whitmarsh led Torrey Pines to a 34-4 record as a junior (2017), finishing her final prep seasonย with team highs in kills (3.6 kills per set)ย and digs (2.7 dps) ... throughout her indoor career, she was named to the Durango Classic All-Tournament Team (2016 & 2017), the Santa Barbara All-Tournament Team (2016), and the Torrey Pines California Classic All-Tournament Team (2017)ย ...ย also named MVP of Avocado West League (2017), CIF Player of the Year (2017), Cal-Hi Sports All-State First Team (2017) and the MaxPrepsย HS All-American Girls Volleyball Team (2017)ย ... competed for Wave Volleyball Club and was on the USA A1 team for five years, placing first at the AAU Junior Olympics in 2015ย ... during her prep career on the beach, she won the U17 World Championships trials and named U17 MVP of the tournamentย ... also placed third at AAU Nationals (2016), first at AAU Junior Olympics (2016), first at Cal Cup in Manhattan Beach (2016), inducted into CBVAย Hall of Fame (2017), first at AAU in Hermosa Beach earning at bid to the World Championships (2017, paired with UCLA Bruin Piper Monk-Heidrich).
PERSONAL
Full name: Jaden Nicole Whitmarsh ... born in San Diego, Calif. ... her parents are Cindy Whitmarsh/Sweeney and the late Mike Whitmarshย and her stepdad is Mark Sweeney ... has one younger brother, Gavin Sweeney and one younger sister, Kendall Whitmarsh ... her father, Mike Whitmarsh, played college basketball at the University of San Diego and would later team up with Mike Dodd to win 28 tournaments on the AVP Tour and win a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlantaย ... her stepdad, Mark Sweeney, played Major League Baseball for 14 seasons (1995-2008), ending with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2008 ... chose to attend UCLA because "of the amazing athletics and academics programs. Right when I stepped on campus for the first time, I knew it was the perfect fit for me."ย ... lists winning Junior Olympics and being named a First Team Under Armour All-American as the biggest athletic thrills of her careerย ... hobbies include spending time with family and friends,ย going to the beach, hiking, camping, trying new foods, and water sportsย ... the athletesย she admires are Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanorย ... has yet to declare a major.
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