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Jersey Number 5
Peri Brennan
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Laguna Beach HS
- Hometown:
- Laguna Beach, Calif.
Bio
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข 2-time AVCA All-American (Second Teamย 2023, 2024)
โข AVCA Top Flight Award (Court 2, 2023)
โข 2-time All-Pac-12 (First Team 2023; Second Team 2024)
โข Pac-12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2024)
โข AVCA/CBVBย National Pairย of the Week (Mar. 20, 2023)
โข 3-time Pac-12 Pairย of the Week (Mar. 21, 2023, Mar. 19, 2024, Apr. 16, 2024)
โข College Sports Communicators (CSC)ย Academic All-District At-Largeย Teamย (2024)
โข 3-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2024)
โข 12-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2024)
2024
Peri Brennan ended the season with an overall record of 32-7 (69-12 career) โฆ partnered with Devon Newberry for the entire season (32-7 on court two) โฆ the Bruins faced 39 ranked opponents in the 42 duals on the year with Brennan going 29-7 against ranked teams โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of 11 consecutive duals (all with Newberry) which began at No. 9 Hawaii (Feb. 22) and ended vs. No. 2 Stanford (Mar. 8) โฆ Brennan and Newberry went 3-2 in postseason play (1-2 at NCAAs and 2-0 at Pac 12s) โฆ Brennan and Newberry also went 25-2 in two-set matches and 7-5 in three-set matches on the year.
2023
Ended the season with an overall record of 34-5 (37-5 career) โฆ partnered with Abby Van Winkle for the majority of the season going 29-4 (6-3 on court one and 23-1 on court two)ย โฆ also went 4-1 with Tessa Van Winkle (all on court three) and 1-0 with Natalie Myszkowksi on court threeย โฆ the Bruins faced 32 ranked opponents in the 44 duals on the yearย with Brennan going 25-5 against ranked teams (one match was truncated at the NCAA Championship) โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of 16 consecutive duals (14 with Abby Van Winkle and two with Tessa Van Winkle) which began with Cal Poly (Mar. 11) and ended vs. No. 13 Washington (Apr. 8)ย โฆ Brennan and Abby Van Winkle also clinched three 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 also went 7-1 in postseason play (2-1 at NCAAsย with one truncated, and 5-0 at Pac-12s with one truncated)ย โฆ Brennan went 29-2 in two-set matches and 5-3 in three-set matches on the year.
2022
Ended the season with an overall record of 3-0 โฆ partnered with Tessa Van Winkle in all three matches going 1-0 on court four and 2-0 on court five โฆ the Bruins faced 34 ranked opponents in the 43 duals on the yearย with Brennan going 1-0 against ranked teams โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of three consecutive duals which began with No. 12 California (Apr. 9) and is still an active streak โฆ Brennan wentย 1-0 in two-set matches and 2-0 in three-set matches on the year.
2021
Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a two-year varsity letterwinner at Laguna Beach High School as a freshman and sophomore (2016 and 2017) on the indoor team (setter) โฆ was a four-year varsity letterwinner on the beach (2017-20) โฆ earned First-Team All-League honors for the indoor squad โฆ played club beach volleyball for Wave Beach Volleyball where she served as captain โฆ won the State Pairs Tournament as a sophomore and junior (2018-19) โฆ earned a third-place finish at BVCAโs โฆ won the P1440 Huntington Beach January Championship in 2020 โฆ earned a fifth-place finish with now-teammate Devon Newberry at the 2019 AAU Girlsโ Junior National Beach Volleyball Championships in the U18 division โฆ won gold at the 2018 West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games in the U16 division โฆ won the 2016 USAV High Performance National Championships in the U15 division โฆ won the 2016 West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games in the U14 division, and then moved up to the U16 division in the same tournament and captured bronze โฆ was honored by both the CBVA Hall of Fame and USA Volleyball for having the highest points for Womenโs AAA โฆ crowned Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League Queen of the Beach in 2018 and 2019 โฆ was the No. 1-ranked AAA womenโs player in the CBVA in 2019 โฆ won Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League in 2018 and 2019 โฆ was the IBVL Pairs Champion in 2017-18 and 2018-19 โฆ selected VolleyballMag.com Girls Beach Fab 30 in 2020 โฆ placed fourth at theย FIVB Norceca event in La Paz, Mexico.
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PERSONAL
Full name: Peri Avalon Brennan โฆ born in Laguna Hills, Calif. โฆ her parents are Kelly and Mike Brennan โฆ has an older sister, Kendyl โฆ her grandfather, Steve Drummy, was a USVBA All-American on the UCLA men's volleyball team in 1963ย โฆ greatest athletic thrill was finishing fourth at a Norceca event in La Paz, Mexicoย โฆ admires Heather Bansley, Brooke Sweat, Serena Williams and the late Kobe Bryant โฆ lists making jewelry, painting, paddle boarding, hiking, traveling, and taking her dogs to the beach as interests outside of volleyball โฆ chose UCLA because, "I immediately fell in love with the campus and the environment around it. The players and coaches were also very welcoming and had good energy."ย โฆ majoring in sociology.
โข 2-time AVCA All-American (Second Teamย 2023, 2024)
โข AVCA Top Flight Award (Court 2, 2023)
โข 2-time All-Pac-12 (First Team 2023; Second Team 2024)
โข Pac-12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2024)
โข AVCA/CBVBย National Pairย of the Week (Mar. 20, 2023)
โข 3-time Pac-12 Pairย of the Week (Mar. 21, 2023, Mar. 19, 2024, Apr. 16, 2024)
โข College Sports Communicators (CSC)ย Academic All-District At-Largeย Teamย (2024)
โข 3-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2024)
โข 12-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2024)
2024
Peri Brennan ended the season with an overall record of 32-7 (69-12 career) โฆ partnered with Devon Newberry for the entire season (32-7 on court two) โฆ the Bruins faced 39 ranked opponents in the 42 duals on the year with Brennan going 29-7 against ranked teams โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of 11 consecutive duals (all with Newberry) which began at No. 9 Hawaii (Feb. 22) and ended vs. No. 2 Stanford (Mar. 8) โฆ Brennan and Newberry went 3-2 in postseason play (1-2 at NCAAs and 2-0 at Pac 12s) โฆ Brennan and Newberry also went 25-2 in two-set matches and 7-5 in three-set matches on the year.
2023
Ended the season with an overall record of 34-5 (37-5 career) โฆ partnered with Abby Van Winkle for the majority of the season going 29-4 (6-3 on court one and 23-1 on court two)ย โฆ also went 4-1 with Tessa Van Winkle (all on court three) and 1-0 with Natalie Myszkowksi on court threeย โฆ the Bruins faced 32 ranked opponents in the 44 duals on the yearย with Brennan going 25-5 against ranked teams (one match was truncated at the NCAA Championship) โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of 16 consecutive duals (14 with Abby Van Winkle and two with Tessa Van Winkle) which began with Cal Poly (Mar. 11) and ended vs. No. 13 Washington (Apr. 8)ย โฆ Brennan and Abby Van Winkle also clinched three 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 also went 7-1 in postseason play (2-1 at NCAAsย with one truncated, and 5-0 at Pac-12s with one truncated)ย โฆ Brennan went 29-2 in two-set matches and 5-3 in three-set matches on the year.
2022
Ended the season with an overall record of 3-0 โฆ partnered with Tessa Van Winkle in all three matches going 1-0 on court four and 2-0 on court five โฆ the Bruins faced 34 ranked opponents in the 43 duals on the yearย with Brennan going 1-0 against ranked teams โฆ recorded a season-best winning streak of three consecutive duals which began with No. 12 California (Apr. 9) and is still an active streak โฆ Brennan wentย 1-0 in two-set matches and 2-0 in three-set matches on the year.
2021
Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a two-year varsity letterwinner at Laguna Beach High School as a freshman and sophomore (2016 and 2017) on the indoor team (setter) โฆ was a four-year varsity letterwinner on the beach (2017-20) โฆ earned First-Team All-League honors for the indoor squad โฆ played club beach volleyball for Wave Beach Volleyball where she served as captain โฆ won the State Pairs Tournament as a sophomore and junior (2018-19) โฆ earned a third-place finish at BVCAโs โฆ won the P1440 Huntington Beach January Championship in 2020 โฆ earned a fifth-place finish with now-teammate Devon Newberry at the 2019 AAU Girlsโ Junior National Beach Volleyball Championships in the U18 division โฆ won gold at the 2018 West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games in the U16 division โฆ won the 2016 USAV High Performance National Championships in the U15 division โฆ won the 2016 West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games in the U14 division, and then moved up to the U16 division in the same tournament and captured bronze โฆ was honored by both the CBVA Hall of Fame and USA Volleyball for having the highest points for Womenโs AAA โฆ crowned Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League Queen of the Beach in 2018 and 2019 โฆ was the No. 1-ranked AAA womenโs player in the CBVA in 2019 โฆ won Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League in 2018 and 2019 โฆ was the IBVL Pairs Champion in 2017-18 and 2018-19 โฆ selected VolleyballMag.com Girls Beach Fab 30 in 2020 โฆ placed fourth at theย FIVB Norceca event in La Paz, Mexico.
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PERSONAL
Full name: Peri Avalon Brennan โฆ born in Laguna Hills, Calif. โฆ her parents are Kelly and Mike Brennan โฆ has an older sister, Kendyl โฆ her grandfather, Steve Drummy, was a USVBA All-American on the UCLA men's volleyball team in 1963ย โฆ greatest athletic thrill was finishing fourth at a Norceca event in La Paz, Mexicoย โฆ admires Heather Bansley, Brooke Sweat, Serena Williams and the late Kobe Bryant โฆ lists making jewelry, painting, paddle boarding, hiking, traveling, and taking her dogs to the beach as interests outside of volleyball โฆ chose UCLA because, "I immediately fell in love with the campus and the environment around it. The players and coaches were also very welcoming and had good energy."ย โฆ majoring in sociology.
UCLA Beach Volleyball vs Long Beach (04-09-2024)
Tuesday, April 16
UCLA vs USC Highlights
Friday, April 29
UCLA Highlights vs. California
Friday, April 29
UCLA vs. USC Highlights
Thursday, April 28
