Paloma Daubert Season 2024

2025
Earned All-Big Ten third-team honors … Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team … Played in all 21 games and made 19 starts … Logged 1,676 minutes, third-most on the team … Helped lead UCLA’s defense to a 0.47 goals against average, which ranked second in the nation and first in the conference … The Bruin defense also totaled a Big Ten-best 12 shutouts and allowed just 10 goals in 21 games.  

2024
Played in 22 games and made 17 starts, logging 1438 minutes … Started the last 11 games of the season … Helped UCLA’s defense record a nation-leading 16 shutouts and 0.41 goals against average … Her first collegiate goal was the game-winner against Minnesota … Assisted on the game-winner against Penn State in the Big Ten quarterfinals.

U.S. National Team
Trained with the U.S. U-20s at National Team camp in Chula Vista February 2026 … Played with the U.S. U-19s at the L’Albir U-19 Women’s International Tournament in February 2025 … Invited to the U.S. U-17 National Team training camp in June 2023. 

High School/Club 
Played two years at Ponderosa HS, scoring 42 goals with 18 assists … Two-time league and team MVP … Played club soccer for San Juan Soccer Club … Named the 2023 ECNL NorCal U17 Conference Player of the Year and to the ECNL NorCal all-conference first team … Won the 2022 Gothia Cup championship with the NorCal PDP team … Member of WPSL team California Storm from 2022-25, winning the 2022 WPSL National Championship and the 2024 Division title … Named WPSL NorCal Defensive Player of the Year and selected to the Best XI team in 2025. 
 
Personal 
Full name is Paloma Mardaux Daubert … Born in Detroit, Mich. … Parents are Janeline and Patrick Daubert … Has an older sister, Avery … Enrolled at UCLA in Winter 2024 … Decided to attend UCLA because of athletics and academics … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as playing in and winning the Gothia Cup … Athletes she admires include Thiago Alcantara, Trent Alexander-Arnold, David Beckham, Andrés Iniesta and Xavi … Hobbies include drawing, shopping, eating and playing with her pets … Major is psychology … Career objective is going to medical school or playing/coaching professional soccer.