2019 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Kaiya McCullough
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- El Toro
- Hometown:
- Mission Viejo, Calif.
2019
Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Second-team All-Pac-12 … Earned third-team United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region honors … Selected to the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll … Named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Team of the Week three times (Oct. 29, Nov. 25, Dec. 3) … Started every game and finished her career with 76 consecutive games started … Her 92 career starts rank tied for fifth in UCLA history … Center back led UCLA to 13 shutouts and a 0.83 goals against average … Assisted on the game-winner against Utah.
2018
Twice named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9, Nov. 6) … One of two players to start in every game and ended the year having made 52 consecutive starts … Selected to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List and the TDS Preseason Best XI Third Team … Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors for the second-straight year … Received the Athletic Director’s Academic Excellence Award for making the honor roll every quarter at UCLA.
2017
Second-team All-West Region and All-Pac-12 honoree … Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District second-team honors with a 3.85 GPA … Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … Named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week Sept. 26 after helping lead the Bruins to a 2-0 shutout win at Colorado … Scored her first career goal in the Bruins’ 3-2 overtime win against USC … Recorded an assist against Santa Clara and against Oregon State … One of two players to start in every game.
2016
Selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI first team … Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team … Ranked third on the team in minutes played with 1809 … Starter in 21 of 21 games played (did not play vs. Washington State due to illness) … Helped UCLA record nine shutouts … 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 … Called up to U-20 camp in January 2018 … Saw action with the U-19s in 2017 … 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 … Named the 2016 Orange County Female Athlete of the Year by the O.C. Athletic Directors Association … 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 … Soccer team MVP and track and field co-MVP as a freshman in in 2012-13 … 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 … Parents Abdul McCullough and Amy Thorne were both student-athletes at UCLA … 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 … Amy was a 1993 All-American and the first UCLA gymnast ever to score a perfect 10 … Has two younger brothers, Kevin and Jeren … Hobbies include reading, running, and binge-watching television shows … Selected to participate in a 2019 UCLA panel discussion highlighting athletes, social justice and activism, and the legacy of Jackie Robinson … Born in Irvine, Calif. … Political Science major.
