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Jersey Number 1B
MJ Bailey
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Pine View School
- Hometown:
- Sarasota, Fla.
- Previous School:
- Iona
Bio
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข 4-timeย UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Winter 2023, Winter 2024)
2024
Registered five saves in one quarter of play in their only appearance of the year, a 23-4 win over Biola (Mar. 9)ย โฆ had a goals against average of 12.00 (three goals allowed in 1.0ย quarter played).
2023
Registered two saves in four minutes in their only appearance of the year, in a win over No. 9 Fresno State (Apr. 6) โฆ had a goals against average of 8.00 (one goal allowed in 0.5 quarter played).
2022 (IONA)
Played one season with the Iona Gales, appearing in all 31 games, making 29 starts in the cageย โฆ went 13-13 and posted a 12.36 goals against averageย โฆ made 244 saves, which ranks 11th for a single season in the Gaels' history ย โฆ they also had 32 steals and added nine assists.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letter winner in water polo and a three-year letter winner in swimming at Venice High School (Fla.) and attended the magnet schoolย Pine View School (Fla.) four years for studies (PVS did not offer varsity sports)ย โฆ was the captain of the team all four years in water polo, earning the Defensive MVP honor in 2018ย โฆ played club for Sarasota United Water Polo.
PERSONAL
Full name: Mary Jane Bailey,ย prefersย MJ โฆ pronouns are they/them โฆ born in San Francisco, Calif. โฆ parents are Beth and Jeff Baileyย โฆ has one younger sister, Vivian โฆ both parents attended UCLA for grad school โฆ Ryan Bailey, their cousin once removed, is a four-time Olympian, winning a silver medal with Team USA in 2008 (he also was a four-time All-American at UC Irvine and is in the Anteaters' Hall of Fame) โฆ Joe Bailey, another cousin once removed, was an All-American Track and Field student-athlete at UCLA (shot put 1994) โฆ lists their greatest athletic thrill as, "My freshman year of high school was the very first time my school had a water polo team. We hadn't won a game all year until the last game, which we won 15-14. I played the first three and a half quarters in the field, and the last three minutes in the cage and when we won, the stands erupted. It was the best feeling ever." โฆ chose UCLA because, "It's the No. 1 Public University, has an amazing mathematics program, and outstanding water polo." โฆ lists Ashleigh Johnson and Amanda Longan as the athletes they most admires โฆ enjoys reading, writing poetry, and playing video gamesย in their spare time โฆ majoring inย mathematics and has career goals of becoming an accountant.
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โข 4-timeย UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Winter 2023, Winter 2024)
2024
Registered five saves in one quarter of play in their only appearance of the year, a 23-4 win over Biola (Mar. 9)ย โฆ had a goals against average of 12.00 (three goals allowed in 1.0ย quarter played).
2023
Registered two saves in four minutes in their only appearance of the year, in a win over No. 9 Fresno State (Apr. 6) โฆ had a goals against average of 8.00 (one goal allowed in 0.5 quarter played).
2022 (IONA)
Played one season with the Iona Gales, appearing in all 31 games, making 29 starts in the cageย โฆ went 13-13 and posted a 12.36 goals against averageย โฆ made 244 saves, which ranks 11th for a single season in the Gaels' history ย โฆ they also had 32 steals and added nine assists.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letter winner in water polo and a three-year letter winner in swimming at Venice High School (Fla.) and attended the magnet schoolย Pine View School (Fla.) four years for studies (PVS did not offer varsity sports)ย โฆ was the captain of the team all four years in water polo, earning the Defensive MVP honor in 2018ย โฆ played club for Sarasota United Water Polo.
PERSONAL
Full name: Mary Jane Bailey,ย prefersย MJ โฆ pronouns are they/them โฆ born in San Francisco, Calif. โฆ parents are Beth and Jeff Baileyย โฆ has one younger sister, Vivian โฆ both parents attended UCLA for grad school โฆ Ryan Bailey, their cousin once removed, is a four-time Olympian, winning a silver medal with Team USA in 2008 (he also was a four-time All-American at UC Irvine and is in the Anteaters' Hall of Fame) โฆ Joe Bailey, another cousin once removed, was an All-American Track and Field student-athlete at UCLA (shot put 1994) โฆ lists their greatest athletic thrill as, "My freshman year of high school was the very first time my school had a water polo team. We hadn't won a game all year until the last game, which we won 15-14. I played the first three and a half quarters in the field, and the last three minutes in the cage and when we won, the stands erupted. It was the best feeling ever." โฆ chose UCLA because, "It's the No. 1 Public University, has an amazing mathematics program, and outstanding water polo." โฆ lists Ashleigh Johnson and Amanda Longan as the athletes they most admires โฆ enjoys reading, writing poetry, and playing video gamesย in their spare time โฆ majoring inย mathematics and has career goals of becoming an accountant.
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| MJ BAILEY'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||
| Year | G/GS | QP | SV | GA | GAA | MP |
| 2022 (Iona) | 31/29 | 103.21 | 244 | 319 | 12.36 | 825:40 |
| 2023 | 1/0 | 0.50 | 2 | 1 | 8.00 | 4:00 |
| 2024 | 1/0 | 1.00 | 5 | 3 | 12.00 | 8:00 |
| Totals | 33/29 | 104.71 | 251 | 323 | 12.34 | 837:40 |
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