2025 Beach Volleyball Roster
Roster
Ensley Alden
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- San Marcos HS
- Hometown:
- Vista, Calif.
• NCAA All-Tournament Team (Court Five - 2024)
• AVCA/CBVB National Pair of the Week (Apr. 1, 2024)
• Pac-12 Pair of the Week (Apr. 2, 2024)
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024)
• 5-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
• AVCA Junior Beach All-American (2022)
2024
Ensley Alden ended the season with an overall record of 29-6 (29-6 career) … partnered with Natalie Myszkowski for the entire season (29-5 on court five and 0-1 on court four) … the Bruins faced 39 ranked opponents in the 42 duals on the year with Alden going 28-6 against ranked teams … recorded a season-best winning streak of 22 duals (all with Myszkowski) which began vs. No. 5 Loyola Marymount (Feb. 23) and ended vs. No. 10 Loyola Marymount (Apr. 12) … Alden clinched 10 victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins with the biggest coming in a 4-1 victory over No. 1 USC on Feb. 24 to win the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic at Queen’s Beach … Alden and Myszkowski went 2-2 in postseason play (1-0 at NCAAs and 1-2 at Pac-12s) … Alden and Myszkowski also went 26-2 in two-set matches and 3-4 in three-set matches on the year.
2023
Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letter winner at San Marcos High School … earned AVCA High School All-Region 2021, AVCA Best and Brightest 2021, League Player of the Year 2021, and First Team All-CIF 2021 … named First Team All-CIF 2019, Second Team All-League 2019, and was a CIF Honorable Mention in 2018 … totaled over 1,000 kills and 150 aces in her high school career … played club for Tamarack Beach Volleyball Club … earned JVA Best in Beach 2021 and awarded AVP America Athlete of the Week (March 2021) … was a member of the U19 USA NTDP Summer 2021.
Full name: Ensley Rose Alden … born in Fallon, Nev. … parents are Gwen and Joe Alden … has two older sisters, Ellie and Allyson … her mother, Gwen, played indoor at the University of Missouri, and her father, Joe, played lacrosse at Nazareth College … sister Ellie plays volleyball at the University of Chicago, and Allyson plays both indoor and beach at San Jose State … says she chose UCLA because, “The amazing coaching staff and overall appeal of the school is what drew me closer to the idea of UCLA when it came time to recruiting. I knew the campus and location in Westwood was beautiful, not to mention it’s only a few hours drive from home in Carlsbad! It still feels surreal to me that I’ll be spending the next chapter of my life at UCLA!” … lists her greatest athletic thrill as winning the CIF D1 championship alongside her sister Allyson … enjoys making pottery and sculptures along with learning about people … majoring in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics and plans to have a career in genetic counseling.
