Becca Melanson Season 2026

UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Excellent - 2026, 2024)
• MPSF All-Academic Team member (2025)
• 2-time Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2026, 2025)
• 8-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (last Spring 2026)

2026
Played in eight of 26 games … totaled four goals on 10 shot attempts (40.0%) … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic team, earning “Excellent” designation … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... scored season-high two goals to help earn 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
Played in 25-of-26 games … recorded 26 total points … collected 13 goals (tied for eighth on the team) and 13 assists … had five steals, drew two exclusions, and had one field block … notched a season-high two goals five times on the year (in a win vs. Concordia University Irvine on Jan. 31, in a win over No. 6 UC Irvine on Feb. 1, in a loss to No. 3 USC on Feb. 2, in a home win over No. 6 Fresno State on March 1, and in a win at No. 18 San Jose State on March 15) … scored at least one goal in 8-of-26 games … went 0-1 in sprints on the year … had a season-best two consecutive games with at least one goal scored four times during the season … tallied five multi-goal games ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025 and Spring 2025. 

2024
Played in 25-of-26 games … recorded 18 goals (seventh on the team) and 25 assists (tied for third on the team), totaling 43 points on the season (tied for sixth on the team) … tied for eighth on the team with nine steals … drew six exclusions and had four field blocks (tied for sixth on the team) … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic team, earning “Excellent” designation … scored a season-high four goals in a win vs. Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 23 at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational … scored at least one goal in 12-of-25 games played … had a season-high three consecutive games with at least one goal scored … recorded three multiple-goal games, including one four-goal game and one hat trick ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Spring 2024.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Was a four-time letterwinner in water polo and a three-time letterwinner in swimming at North Allegheny High School … is the NAHS all-time record holder in goals (322) and total points (755) … was a three-time NISCA All-American, earning First-Team honors as a senior … also a four-time WPIAL All-Scholar Athlete … recipient of 2022 Miss Pennsylvania Water Polo … played club at Long Beach Aquatics Federation, earning 2022 Junior Olympics All-American honors … helped lead the team to a gold medal at the UANA Pan American Games in 2022 … two-time member of the U.S. Development National Team and Cadet National Team … participated in training with the Junior National Team (training vs Australia and New Zealand Senior National Teams) … also a four-time Academic All-American.

PERSONAL
Full name: Rebecca Paige Melanson, prefers Becca … born in Burlington, Vt. … parents are Tony and Jeannine Melanson … has an older sister, Sophia, and an older brother, Marc … decided to attend UCLA because, “It (UCLA) has always been my dream school. I started to really get involved in water polo in 7th grade, and asked for UCLA water polo merchandise for my 13th birthday.” … interests include listening to live music, trying new foods, traveling and meeting new people … major is sociology.