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Jersey Number 23
Lindsey Sparks
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Edison HS
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
Bio
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โขย NCAA All-Tournament Team (2019)
โข Pac-12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2019, 2021)
โขย All-Pac-12 (Second Team 2021)
โข Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2019)
โข AVCA/CollegeBeachVB.com National Pair of the Week (Apr. 6, 2021)
โข Pac-12 Pairย of the Week (Apr. 9, 2021)
โข UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week (May 7, 2019)
โข 8-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
โข Partnered with Izzy Carey to go a perfect 9-0 in 2019 postseason play (5-0 at Pac-12s and 4-0 at NCAAs), the best postseason record of any Bruins in history
2023
Lindsey Sparksย redshirted the season.
2022
Redshirted the season after suffering an undisclosed injury during the off-season.
2021
Ended the season with an overall record of 24-6 (69-11 career) โฆ partnered with three different Bruins on the year, spending the most time with Devon Newberry (beginning of the year), going 17-4 (13-3 on court three and 4-1 on court two)ย โฆ she also went 6-1 with Abby Van Winkle to end the year (all on court three) and was 1-1 with Hannah Phair on court three โฆ the Bruins faced 33 ranked opponents in the 37 duals on the yearย with Sparks going 20-6 against ranked teams (was 4-0 against unranked teams and had two matches truncated at the Pac-12 Championship and another one at the NCAA Championship against ranked teams) โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of 11 consecutive duals which began when she paired with Phair to beat No. 8 Pepperdine (Mar. 11) and ended after earning 10 more consecutive wins with Newberry after a loss to No. 7 Stanford (Apr. 10) โฆ Sparks clinched two victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins (both with Newberry) as she wentย 17-5 in two-set matches and an impressive 7-1 in three-set matches on the year.
2020
Ended the season with an overall record of 12-3 (45-5 career) ... partnered with Lexy Denaburg for most of the 2020 season and was 10-3 on court two and 1-0 on courts three and four ... she began the year going 1-0 with Jacqueline Quadeย on court four and went 1-0 with Mac May on court two in one dual when Denaburg was out with an illness ... the Bruins faced 11 ranked opponents in the 15 duals in the shortened season with Sparks going 8-3 against ranked teamsย ... recorded a season-best winning streak of eight consecutive duals which began with the season opener vs. No. 8 LMU (Feb. 20) and was snapped at No. 2 LSU (Feb. 29) ... Sparks and Denaburg also clinched two victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins ... she was 10-2 in two-set matches and 2-1 in three-set matches on the year.
2019
Ended the season with a career record of 33-2 ... named UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week (May 7) ... ended the season with an overall record of 33-2 going 27-2 with Izzy Carey (all on court five), 4-0 with Abby Van Winkle (all on court four), and 2-0 with Madi Yeomans (all on court five) ... with Carey, she went a perfect 9-0 in the postseason (5-0 in Pac-12 and 4-0 in NCAAs), the best postseason record of any Bruin in history ...ย the Bruins faced 32 ranked opponents in the 38 duals with Sparks going 27-2 against ranked teams (only losses were to No. 3 Florida State (Mar. 30) and No. 2 USC (Apr. 3) ... Sparks clinched seven victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins (all with Carey) ... Sparks was 28-0 in two-set matches (24-0 on court five and 4-0 on court four) and was 5-2 in three-set matches (all on court five) ... recorded a season-best winning streak of 16 consecutive duals during the season with Van Winkle, Carey, and Yeomans, which started on Feb. 23 and ended on Mar. 30.
HIGH SCHOOL
Sparks was a four-year letterwinnerย as a setter on the indoor team at Edison High Schoolย ... she played three positions for the Chargers, beginning her career as an opposite for the first two years and then as a setter her junior and senior seasons for head coach Matt Skolnik ... in 2016, she led the Chargers to the CIF Division I state championship, defeating Menlo-Atherton, 25-20, 25-21, 25-18 to end the year with a title and an overall record of 36-8ย ... she also became the first team to win the triple crown in beach volleyball (Best of the Beach, AAU Nationals and AAU Junior Olympics) with incoming Bruin freshman Abby Van Winkleย ... Sparks had a successful 2018 as well, representing Team USA three times this past summer in Cuba, China and Argentinaย ... was a member of the U.S. U19 Junior Beachย National Team, finishing 2nd in Cuba NORCECA qualifier and 4th at U19 World Championships in China ... also finished 4th in the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina in October of 2018 with Devon Newberry ... named an AVCAย High School Beach First Team All-American in 2018 ...ย finished first at the AVPNext in Huntington Beach, Calif.ย ...ย competed for Seal Beach Volleyball.
PERSONAL
Full name: Lindsey Jacqueline Sparksย ... born in Huntington Beach, Calif. ... her parents are Dan and Lena Sparks ... has two younger sisters, Emily and Daniย ... chose to attend UCLA because "It is a fantastic school. The beach team and coaching staff are awesome and the location is perfect."ย ... lists qualifying for the Hermosa and Manhattan AVP main draws as the biggest athletic thrills of her careerย ... hobbies include hiking, going to the beach, anything outdoors, working with special needs children and coaching little kids in beach volleyballย ... had extensive playing experience with UCLA former playersย Cami Sanchezย (played beach volleyball with her since the age of eight) andย Hannah Phairย (on her indoor team at Edison HS)ย ... lists the athlete she mosts admires as Sara Hughes ... has yet to declare a major.
โขย NCAA All-Tournament Team (2019)
โข Pac-12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2019, 2021)
โขย All-Pac-12 (Second Team 2021)
โข Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2019)
โข AVCA/CollegeBeachVB.com National Pair of the Week (Apr. 6, 2021)
โข Pac-12 Pairย of the Week (Apr. 9, 2021)
โข UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week (May 7, 2019)
โข 8-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022)
โข Partnered with Izzy Carey to go a perfect 9-0 in 2019 postseason play (5-0 at Pac-12s and 4-0 at NCAAs), the best postseason record of any Bruins in history
2023
Lindsey Sparksย redshirted the season.
2022
Redshirted the season after suffering an undisclosed injury during the off-season.
2021
Ended the season with an overall record of 24-6 (69-11 career) โฆ partnered with three different Bruins on the year, spending the most time with Devon Newberry (beginning of the year), going 17-4 (13-3 on court three and 4-1 on court two)ย โฆ she also went 6-1 with Abby Van Winkle to end the year (all on court three) and was 1-1 with Hannah Phair on court three โฆ the Bruins faced 33 ranked opponents in the 37 duals on the yearย with Sparks going 20-6 against ranked teams (was 4-0 against unranked teams and had two matches truncated at the Pac-12 Championship and another one at the NCAA Championship against ranked teams) โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of 11 consecutive duals which began when she paired with Phair to beat No. 8 Pepperdine (Mar. 11) and ended after earning 10 more consecutive wins with Newberry after a loss to No. 7 Stanford (Apr. 10) โฆ Sparks clinched two victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins (both with Newberry) as she wentย 17-5 in two-set matches and an impressive 7-1 in three-set matches on the year.
2020
Ended the season with an overall record of 12-3 (45-5 career) ... partnered with Lexy Denaburg for most of the 2020 season and was 10-3 on court two and 1-0 on courts three and four ... she began the year going 1-0 with Jacqueline Quadeย on court four and went 1-0 with Mac May on court two in one dual when Denaburg was out with an illness ... the Bruins faced 11 ranked opponents in the 15 duals in the shortened season with Sparks going 8-3 against ranked teamsย ... recorded a season-best winning streak of eight consecutive duals which began with the season opener vs. No. 8 LMU (Feb. 20) and was snapped at No. 2 LSU (Feb. 29) ... Sparks and Denaburg also clinched two victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins ... she was 10-2 in two-set matches and 2-1 in three-set matches on the year.
2019
Ended the season with a career record of 33-2 ... named UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week (May 7) ... ended the season with an overall record of 33-2 going 27-2 with Izzy Carey (all on court five), 4-0 with Abby Van Winkle (all on court four), and 2-0 with Madi Yeomans (all on court five) ... with Carey, she went a perfect 9-0 in the postseason (5-0 in Pac-12 and 4-0 in NCAAs), the best postseason record of any Bruin in history ...ย the Bruins faced 32 ranked opponents in the 38 duals with Sparks going 27-2 against ranked teams (only losses were to No. 3 Florida State (Mar. 30) and No. 2 USC (Apr. 3) ... Sparks clinched seven victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins (all with Carey) ... Sparks was 28-0 in two-set matches (24-0 on court five and 4-0 on court four) and was 5-2 in three-set matches (all on court five) ... recorded a season-best winning streak of 16 consecutive duals during the season with Van Winkle, Carey, and Yeomans, which started on Feb. 23 and ended on Mar. 30.
HIGH SCHOOL
Sparks was a four-year letterwinnerย as a setter on the indoor team at Edison High Schoolย ... she played three positions for the Chargers, beginning her career as an opposite for the first two years and then as a setter her junior and senior seasons for head coach Matt Skolnik ... in 2016, she led the Chargers to the CIF Division I state championship, defeating Menlo-Atherton, 25-20, 25-21, 25-18 to end the year with a title and an overall record of 36-8ย ... she also became the first team to win the triple crown in beach volleyball (Best of the Beach, AAU Nationals and AAU Junior Olympics) with incoming Bruin freshman Abby Van Winkleย ... Sparks had a successful 2018 as well, representing Team USA three times this past summer in Cuba, China and Argentinaย ... was a member of the U.S. U19 Junior Beachย National Team, finishing 2nd in Cuba NORCECA qualifier and 4th at U19 World Championships in China ... also finished 4th in the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina in October of 2018 with Devon Newberry ... named an AVCAย High School Beach First Team All-American in 2018 ...ย finished first at the AVPNext in Huntington Beach, Calif.ย ...ย competed for Seal Beach Volleyball.
PERSONAL
Full name: Lindsey Jacqueline Sparksย ... born in Huntington Beach, Calif. ... her parents are Dan and Lena Sparks ... has two younger sisters, Emily and Daniย ... chose to attend UCLA because "It is a fantastic school. The beach team and coaching staff are awesome and the location is perfect."ย ... lists qualifying for the Hermosa and Manhattan AVP main draws as the biggest athletic thrills of her careerย ... hobbies include hiking, going to the beach, anything outdoors, working with special needs children and coaching little kids in beach volleyballย ... had extensive playing experience with UCLA former playersย Cami Sanchezย (played beach volleyball with her since the age of eight) andย Hannah Phairย (on her indoor team at Edison HS)ย ... lists the athlete she mosts admires as Sara Hughes ... has yet to declare a major.
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