2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 50
Sunshine Fontes
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Pearl City
- Hometown:
- Wahiawa, Hawaii
Bio
2024
Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team โฆ Played in 14 games and made one start after returning from injury suffered mid-season in 2023 โฆ Returned to action on Sept. 14 at Oregon and scored the tying goal in the 80th minute of UCLAโs comeback victory โฆ Recorded a pair of assists, including an assist on the game-winner, in a 3-1 win over Minnesota โฆ Although not eligible for the assist, she played a huge role in UCLAโs second goal in the Big Ten Championship match, nutmegging a Rutgers defender before booming a 50-yard ball to Taylor Cheatham, who scored on a second-chance shot โฆ Played a season-high season-high 63 minutes in the NCAA first round win over California Baptist โฆ Team co-captain.
2023
Earned All-Pac-12 third team honors โฆ Started and played in nine games before suffering a season-ending knee injury at Washington on Sept. 28 โฆ Finished the season ranked fourth on the team in goals (five) and points (11) โฆ Scored the game-winning goal against Cal Poly with an 89th minute penalty kick โฆ Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week after recording her second career hat trick in the 4-0 victory vs. Long Beach State on Sept. 7 โฆ Selected to the United Soccer Coachesโ Preseason Watch List - Midfielders and to the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team โฆ Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second time.
2022
Finished as the leading scorer for the NCAA champion Bruins with 11 goals and 30 points โฆ Ranked second on the team with eight assists and four game-winning goals โฆ Named to Top Drawer Soccerโs Best XI third team โฆ Earned second-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 honors โฆ Recorded her first collegiate hat trick against CSUN on Aug. 25 and followed up three days later by scoring the game-winner at Santa Clara โฆ Named the Player of the Week by the Pac-12, Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News after totaling four goals and two game-winners the week ending Aug. 28 โฆ Scored the game-winner in the 83rd minute to beat Arizona 1-0 โฆ Also recorded the game-winner at Oregon โฆ Had a pair of two-assist games, against Arizona State and Northern Arizona โฆ Three of her assists were on game-winners โฆ Played in all 25 games and started 21โฆ Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.ย
2021
Saw action in all 20 games of the season โฆ Started five games - vs. CSUN, San Diego, San Diego State, Oregon and Utah โฆ Recorded an assist on the game-winner in the 2-0 win at San Diego โฆ Totaled 27 shots โฆ Played in a season-high 81 minutes against CSUN and averaged 40 minutes per game.
2020
Earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honors โฆ Played in all 17 games and made one start, against Oregon State โฆ Ranked third on the team with five goals scored and tied for fourth in scoring with 13 points โฆ Recorded a two-goal game against Oregon and was awarded the Bruin of the Match โฆ Scored the game-winning goals against BYU and Oregon โฆ Assisted on the game-winner in overtime at Stanford โฆ Named to the College Soccer News Team of the Week Feb. 15 after scoring the game-winner against BYU โฆ Played a season-high 73 minutes in the home game vs. USC.
2019
Redshirted the season after tearing her ACL at the end of her high school season.
U.S. National Team
Selected to U.S. U-23 squad for the 2023 Thorns Preseason Tournament โฆ All-time leading scorer for U.S. U-17 National Team with 24 goals โฆ 2018 U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year nominee โฆ Scored five goals at the 2018 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, including two in the semifinals to clinch a World Cup berth for the U.S. โฆ Scored twice in the opening game of the 2018 U-17 World Cup โฆ Became the first U.S. female player to score four goals in two international games in the same year when she had four-goal games against Venezuela and Argentina in 2018 โฆ Played with the U-15s at the 2015 CONCACAF Tournament, scoring five goals and recording four assists in seven games.
High School/Club
Two-time Gatorade State Player of the Year and Hawaii State Player of the Year who totaled 81 career goals at Pearl City HS โฆ Named to the 2019 TDS All-America team โฆ Inducted into the Hawaii High School Athletic Association Hall of Honor in 2018-19 โฆ State goal-scoring leader as a freshman (29 goals) and senior (25) โฆ Won Hawaii Youth Soccer Association State championships with Hawaii Rush from 2008-14 and with Honolulu Bulls from 2015-17.
Personal
Full name is Sunshine Anuhea Fontes โฆ Born in Honolulu, Hawaii โฆ Parents are Aloha and Randy Fontes โฆ Has six siblings - brothers Travis Aiona and Pono Fontes and sisters Randi, Treasure, Chelsey and Abby Fontes โฆ Describes her greatest athletic thrill as representing the U.S. against other countries and being able to travel the world with her best friends โฆ Admires Lionel Messi, Serena Williams and Cristiano Ronaldo โฆ Earned her undergraduate degree in sociology and a masterโs in education and is currently pursuing a graduate certificate in marketing.
Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team โฆ Played in 14 games and made one start after returning from injury suffered mid-season in 2023 โฆ Returned to action on Sept. 14 at Oregon and scored the tying goal in the 80th minute of UCLAโs comeback victory โฆ Recorded a pair of assists, including an assist on the game-winner, in a 3-1 win over Minnesota โฆ Although not eligible for the assist, she played a huge role in UCLAโs second goal in the Big Ten Championship match, nutmegging a Rutgers defender before booming a 50-yard ball to Taylor Cheatham, who scored on a second-chance shot โฆ Played a season-high season-high 63 minutes in the NCAA first round win over California Baptist โฆ Team co-captain.
2023
Earned All-Pac-12 third team honors โฆ Started and played in nine games before suffering a season-ending knee injury at Washington on Sept. 28 โฆ Finished the season ranked fourth on the team in goals (five) and points (11) โฆ Scored the game-winning goal against Cal Poly with an 89th minute penalty kick โฆ Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week after recording her second career hat trick in the 4-0 victory vs. Long Beach State on Sept. 7 โฆ Selected to the United Soccer Coachesโ Preseason Watch List - Midfielders and to the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team โฆ Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second time.
2022
Finished as the leading scorer for the NCAA champion Bruins with 11 goals and 30 points โฆ Ranked second on the team with eight assists and four game-winning goals โฆ Named to Top Drawer Soccerโs Best XI third team โฆ Earned second-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 honors โฆ Recorded her first collegiate hat trick against CSUN on Aug. 25 and followed up three days later by scoring the game-winner at Santa Clara โฆ Named the Player of the Week by the Pac-12, Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News after totaling four goals and two game-winners the week ending Aug. 28 โฆ Scored the game-winner in the 83rd minute to beat Arizona 1-0 โฆ Also recorded the game-winner at Oregon โฆ Had a pair of two-assist games, against Arizona State and Northern Arizona โฆ Three of her assists were on game-winners โฆ Played in all 25 games and started 21โฆ Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.ย
2021
Saw action in all 20 games of the season โฆ Started five games - vs. CSUN, San Diego, San Diego State, Oregon and Utah โฆ Recorded an assist on the game-winner in the 2-0 win at San Diego โฆ Totaled 27 shots โฆ Played in a season-high 81 minutes against CSUN and averaged 40 minutes per game.
2020
Earned Pac-12 All-Freshman honors โฆ Played in all 17 games and made one start, against Oregon State โฆ Ranked third on the team with five goals scored and tied for fourth in scoring with 13 points โฆ Recorded a two-goal game against Oregon and was awarded the Bruin of the Match โฆ Scored the game-winning goals against BYU and Oregon โฆ Assisted on the game-winner in overtime at Stanford โฆ Named to the College Soccer News Team of the Week Feb. 15 after scoring the game-winner against BYU โฆ Played a season-high 73 minutes in the home game vs. USC.
2019
Redshirted the season after tearing her ACL at the end of her high school season.
U.S. National Team
Selected to U.S. U-23 squad for the 2023 Thorns Preseason Tournament โฆ All-time leading scorer for U.S. U-17 National Team with 24 goals โฆ 2018 U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year nominee โฆ Scored five goals at the 2018 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, including two in the semifinals to clinch a World Cup berth for the U.S. โฆ Scored twice in the opening game of the 2018 U-17 World Cup โฆ Became the first U.S. female player to score four goals in two international games in the same year when she had four-goal games against Venezuela and Argentina in 2018 โฆ Played with the U-15s at the 2015 CONCACAF Tournament, scoring five goals and recording four assists in seven games.
High School/Club
Two-time Gatorade State Player of the Year and Hawaii State Player of the Year who totaled 81 career goals at Pearl City HS โฆ Named to the 2019 TDS All-America team โฆ Inducted into the Hawaii High School Athletic Association Hall of Honor in 2018-19 โฆ State goal-scoring leader as a freshman (29 goals) and senior (25) โฆ Won Hawaii Youth Soccer Association State championships with Hawaii Rush from 2008-14 and with Honolulu Bulls from 2015-17.
Personal
Full name is Sunshine Anuhea Fontes โฆ Born in Honolulu, Hawaii โฆ Parents are Aloha and Randy Fontes โฆ Has six siblings - brothers Travis Aiona and Pono Fontes and sisters Randi, Treasure, Chelsey and Abby Fontes โฆ Describes her greatest athletic thrill as representing the U.S. against other countries and being able to travel the world with her best friends โฆ Admires Lionel Messi, Serena Williams and Cristiano Ronaldo โฆ Earned her undergraduate degree in sociology and a masterโs in education and is currently pursuing a graduate certificate in marketing.
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Friday, September 05
Bruin Insider Show - DeShaun Foster (Sept. 4, 2025)
Thursday, September 04
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Thursday, September 04
UCLA Football Media Availability - Coach Foster (Sept. 3, 2025)
Wednesday, September 03
