Anna Pearson Season 2023

UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 4-time ACWPC All-America selection (First Team - 2024-26, Honorable Mention - 2023)
• 3-time All-MPSF honoree (First Team - 2024-26)
• MPSF All-Newcomer Team member (2023)
• 3-time NCAA All-Tournament Team member (First Team - 2026, 2024, Second Team - 2025)
• 2-time MPSF All-Tournament Team member (2026, 2025)
• 4-time MPSF Player of the Week (last April 22, 2025)
• 2-time MPSF Newcomer of the Week (last April 4, 2023)
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Excellent - 2026, 2024)
• 3-time MPSF All-Academic Team member (2024-26)
• 2-time Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2026, 2025)
• 10-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2026)

2026
Played in all 26 games … totaled 47 goals on 82 shot attempts (57.3%) … logged team- and conference-high 96 earned exclusions … also ranked among team leaders in goals (third), and steals (fourth, 16) … earned spot on ACWPC All-America First Team … made All-MPSF First Team … voted onto NCAA Championship All-Tournament First Team after tallying three goals and eight earned exclusions across two games … selected to MPSF All-Tournament Team after registering three goals, three steals and 17 earned exclusions across three games … 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 12 multi-goal games, including six hat tricks … scored in 22 games … totaled four or more earned exclusions in 11 games, including game-high seven against No. 1 Stanford (March 7) … piled up game- and season-high six goals in 17-8 victory against No. 12 Michigan (Feb. 28) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026 and Spring 2026.

2025
Played in 22-of-26 games … recorded 61 total points (tied for fourth on the team) … collected 59 goals (led the team and was 10th in the MPSF) and two assists … drew 94 exclusions (led the team and the MPSF) … also had nine steals and tallied three field blocks … notched a season-high and career-high-tying six goals twice (in a win over No. 9 Fresno State on Jan. 26 at the California Cup and in a win at No. 20 Pacific on March 16) … scored at least one goal in 21-of-22 games … had a season-best 14 consecutive games with at least one goal scored (Feb. 23 thru May 10 - still active streak) … tallied 16 multi-goal games, including 12 hat tricks ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025. 

2024
Played in all 26 games … tied for sixth on the team in scoring with 43 total points … scored 39 goals (led team) and had four assists … drew 82 exclusions (led the team), had 11 steals (tied for sixth on the team), and had three field blocks … scored at least one goal in 20-of-26 games … scored at least one goal in eight consecutive games twice on the season … went 1-0 in sprints on the year … tied her career-high of five goals in a win vs. No. 14 UC Davis on Jan. 27 at the California Cup … had 10 multiple-goal games, including two hat tricks, two four-goal games, and one five-goal game ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Spring 2024.

2023
Played in 29-of-29 games … was tied for fifth on the team in scoring with 49 points … had 46 goals (second on the team) and three assists … also drew 42 exclusions (led the team), had 15 steals (tied for seventh on the team) and had two field blocks … scored a season-high five goals in a win at No. 18 UC San Diego on Feb. 4 at the UCSD Triton Invitational … scored at least one goal in 23-of-29 games … scored at least one goal in a season-best nine consecutive games …  had 14 multiple-goal games and six hat tricks, including one four-goal game and one five-goal game ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Winter 2023 and Spring 2023.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Was a four-year letter winner in both water polo and swimming at Orange Lutheran High School … named First Team All-CIF-Southern Section as a senior in 2022 and as a sophomore in 2020 … as a junior, named team MVP, Trinity League first-team, and Junior Olympic first-team All-American … sophomore year was named All-County and MVP of Trinity League and Orange Lutheran’s team … named the Offensive Player of the Year for Orange Lutheran as a freshman, helping her team to the CIF SS Regional Division 1 championship … played club at SET, earning Junior Olympic first-team All-America honors.
 
PERSONAL
Full name: Anna Marie Pearson … born in New York, N.Y. … parents are Jacquelyn and Keir Pearson … has an older sister, Samantha, and a younger brother, Alex … athlete she admires most is Abby Wambach … enjoys going to the beach and spending time with friends …  sister Samantha swam at Stanford … mother swam at Brown … father rowed crew at Harvard … major is sociology.