2016 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Kaiya McCullough
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- El Toro
- Hometown:
- Mission Viejo, Calif.
2019
Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year โฆ Second-team All-Pac-12 โฆ Earned third-team United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region honors โฆ Selected to the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll โฆ Named to Top Drawer Soccerโs Team of the Week three times (Oct. 29, Nov. 25, Dec. 3) โฆ Started every game and finished her career with 76 consecutive games started โฆ Her 92 career starts rank tied for fifth in UCLA history โฆ Center back led UCLA to 13 shutouts and a 0.83 goals against average โฆ Assisted on the game-winner against Utah.
2018
Twice named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9, Nov. 6) โฆ One of two players to start in every game and ended the year having made 52 consecutive starts โฆ Selected to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List and the TDS Preseason Best XI Third Team โฆ Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors for the second-straight year โฆ Received the Athletic Directorโs Academic Excellence Award for making the honor roll every quarter at UCLA.
2017
Second-team All-West Region and All-Pac-12 honoree โฆ Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District second-team honors with a 3.85 GPA โฆ Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention โฆ Named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week Sept. 26 after helping lead the Bruins to a 2-0 shutout win at Colorado โฆ Scored her first career goal in the Bruinsโ 3-2 overtime win against USC โฆ Recorded an assist against Santa Clara and against Oregon State โฆ One of two players to start in every game.
2016
Selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI first team โฆ Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team โฆ Ranked third on the team in minutes played with 1809 โฆ Starter in 21 of 21 games played (did not play vs. Washington State due to illness) โฆ Helped UCLA record nine shutouts โฆ Recorded an assist at San Diego State and assisted in the game-winner at Pepperdine.
U.S. National Team
Member of U.S. Youth National Teams from U-18 to U-20 levels โฆ Called up to U-20 camp in January 2018 โฆ Saw action with the U-19s in 2017 โฆ Last played with the U-18s in England in July 2016.
High School/Club
Earned first-team High School All-America, all-region and all-state honors in 2016 โฆ Named the 2016 Orange County Female Athlete of the Year by the O.C. Athletic Directors Association โฆ Four year varsity starter in soccer and competed four years of varsity track and field (100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m relay, 4x4000m relay, and long jump) at El Toro HS โฆ Soccer team MVP and track and field co-MVP as a freshman in in 2012-13 โฆ Four-year varsity scholar-athlete Forward and defender for her high school team and club team San Diego Surf.
Personal
Her full name is Kaiya June McCullough โฆ Parents Abdul McCullough and Amy Thorne were both student-athletes at UCLA โฆ Abdul was a three-year starter for the UCLA football team, a three-year All-Pac-10 honoree and a team captain during his senior season โฆ Amy was a 1993 All-American and the first UCLA gymnast ever to score a perfect 10 โฆ Has two younger brothers, Kevin and Jeren โฆ Hobbies include reading, running, and binge-watching television shows โฆ Selected to participate in a 2019 UCLA panel discussion highlighting athletes, social justice and activism, and the legacy of Jackie Robinson โฆ Born in Irvine, Calif. โฆ Political Science major.
