UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Excellent - 2026)
• MPSF All-Academic Team member (2026)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2026)
• 5-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2026)
2026
Played in 20 of 26 games … totaled five goals on 12 shot attempts (41.7%) … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic Team, earning “Excellent” designation … member of MPSF All-Academic Team … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... recorded two multi-goal games … scored first two goals of career in 18-7 victory against No. 6 Long Beach State at Brigitte Donner Daws Memorial Invitational (Jan. 25) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2026, Spring 2026.
2025
Redshirted the season ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025 and Spring 2025.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Ana Pieper was a four-time letterwinner in swimming and water polo at Campolindo High School … she was a three-time NISCA All-American … named NISCA First-Team All-American in the 2023 and 2024 … was also a three-time All-Diablo First-Team selection for water polo and swimming in her sophomore, junior, and senior years … played club at Lamorinda Water Polo Club … helped lead her team to a runner-up finish at the 2024 Junior Olympics and was a First-Team selection … also helped lead team to a first-place finish at the U.S. Club Water Polo Championships in 2024 and was named the All-Tournament MVP … also a member of the 2023 U.S. Women’s Pipeline National Team along with current Bruins Lauren Steele, Becca Melanson, Natasha Kieckhafer, and Jojo Walters.
PERSONAL
Full name: Ana Elizabeth Pieper … born in Walnut Creek, Calif. … parents are Shasta and Darren Pieper … decided to attend UCLA because of the “environment and culture” … lists Cameron Brink and Tom Brady as athletes she admires the most … hobbies include wake surfing … cousins, Jessica and Maggie Steffens, are multi-time U.S. Olympic medalists in water polo … major is pre-business economics with career aspirations in real estate.
| ANA PIEPER'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||
| YEAR | GAMES | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2025 | Redshirted | |||||||
| 2026 | 20 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 20 | 5 | 12 | .417 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |