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Jersey Number 22
Alexsa Gimenez
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Downey HS
- Hometown:
- Commerce, Calif.
Bio
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2024)
2024
Alexsa Gimenez redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-time letterwinnerย as an attacker in water polo and swimming (200 M freestyle and 100 M butterfly)ย at Downey High School โฆ All-CIF-Southern Section Division 4ย Second-Team honors in 2020 โฆย two-time First-Team All-CIF-SSย Division 2ย (2022, 2023) โฆ two-time San Gabriel Valley League water polo MVP (2022, 2023) โฆ San Gabriel League swimming MVP in 2022 โฆ played club for Commerce Water Polo โฆ helped lead team to a silver medal at the 2018 Junior Olympics โฆ earned back-to-back bronze medals at the Junior Olympics (2022, 2023) โฆ member of the 2022 U.S. Club Championship bronze medal team โฆ recipient of the 2022 Role Model of the Year Award and Most Improved Award.
PERSONAL
Full name: Alexsa Nicole Gimenez โฆ born in Huntington Park, Calif. โฆ parents are Gladys Saravia and Alejandro Gimenez โฆ has an older sister, Ayelen โฆ describes her greatest athletic thrill as her third place finish at the 2023 Junior Olympics with her Commerce club team and seeing the, โhuge family that we had made throughout the eight years we had played together. The happiness of seeing everyone grow through adversity and become not just amazing players but people was a wonderful feeling.โ โฆ lists Lionel Messi as the athlete she admires most โฆ decided to attend UCLA because, "As a first-generation college student, I knew that I needed to go somewhere that provided me with a variety of opportunities to keep progressing in my future. These pathways are there for me to create as I have throughout my life. UCLA is also close to the people I call home, the people who have taught me to be strong and have helped me to rise to the challenge that is being a student-athlete at the number one public university.โ โฆ hobbies include road tripping to national parks, hiking, painting, and photography โฆ major in physiological science with the career goal of becoming a sports medicine physician.
โข UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2024)
2024
Alexsa Gimenez redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-time letterwinnerย as an attacker in water polo and swimming (200 M freestyle and 100 M butterfly)ย at Downey High School โฆ All-CIF-Southern Section Division 4ย Second-Team honors in 2020 โฆย two-time First-Team All-CIF-SSย Division 2ย (2022, 2023) โฆ two-time San Gabriel Valley League water polo MVP (2022, 2023) โฆ San Gabriel League swimming MVP in 2022 โฆ played club for Commerce Water Polo โฆ helped lead team to a silver medal at the 2018 Junior Olympics โฆ earned back-to-back bronze medals at the Junior Olympics (2022, 2023) โฆ member of the 2022 U.S. Club Championship bronze medal team โฆ recipient of the 2022 Role Model of the Year Award and Most Improved Award.
PERSONAL
Full name: Alexsa Nicole Gimenez โฆ born in Huntington Park, Calif. โฆ parents are Gladys Saravia and Alejandro Gimenez โฆ has an older sister, Ayelen โฆ describes her greatest athletic thrill as her third place finish at the 2023 Junior Olympics with her Commerce club team and seeing the, โhuge family that we had made throughout the eight years we had played together. The happiness of seeing everyone grow through adversity and become not just amazing players but people was a wonderful feeling.โ โฆ lists Lionel Messi as the athlete she admires most โฆ decided to attend UCLA because, "As a first-generation college student, I knew that I needed to go somewhere that provided me with a variety of opportunities to keep progressing in my future. These pathways are there for me to create as I have throughout my life. UCLA is also close to the people I call home, the people who have taught me to be strong and have helped me to rise to the challenge that is being a student-athlete at the number one public university.โ โฆ hobbies include road tripping to national parks, hiking, painting, and photography โฆ major in physiological science with the career goal of becoming a sports medicine physician.
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