2024 Women's Water Polo Roster

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Anna Pearson
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Anna Pearson
Photo by: Ross Turteltaub
Anna Pearson
Photo by: Ross Turteltaub
2024 NCAA Champions
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Anna Pearson
Photo by: Minette Rubin
UCLA Team Photo after Marist game
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Anna Pearson
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
UCLA Huddle vs. California in MPSF Third-Place Game at San Jose State
Anna Pearson
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Anna Pearson at UC Irvine
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Anna Pearson
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Anna Pearson
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Anna Pearson
Jersey Number 20

Anna Pearson

  • Position:
    Utility
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • High School:
    Orange Lutheran HS
  • Hometown:
    Irvine, Calif.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โ€ข 2-time ACWPC All-Americanย (First Team - 2024, Honorable Mention - 2023)
โ€ข All- MPSF (First Team - 2024)
โ€ข MPSFย All-Newcomer Team (2023)
โ€ข MPSF Player of the Weekย (Jan. 30, 2024)
โ€ข 2-time MPSF Newcomer of the Weekย (Feb. 7, 2023, Apr. 4, 2023)
โ€ข ACWPC All-Academic Honorsย (Excellent - 2024)
โ€ข MPSFย All-Academic Team (2024)
โ€ข 5-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024)

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

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

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letter winner in both water polo and swimming at Orange Lutheran High School โ€ฆ named First Team All-CIF-Southern Section as a senior in 2022 and as a sophomore in 2020 โ€ฆ as a junior, named team MVP, Trinity League first-team, and Junior Olympic first-team All-American โ€ฆ sophomore year was named All-County and MVP of Trinity League and Orange Lutheranโ€™s team โ€ฆ named the Offensive Player of the Year for Orange Lutheran as a freshman, helping her team to the CIF SS Regional Division 1 championship โ€ฆ played club at SET, earning Junior Olympic first-team All-America honors.
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PERSONAL
Full name: Anna Marie Pearson โ€ฆ born in New York, N.Y. โ€ฆ parents are Jacquelyn and Keir Pearson โ€ฆ has an older sister, Samantha, and a younger brother, Alex โ€ฆ athlete she admires most is Abby Wambach โ€ฆ enjoys going to the beach and spending time with friends โ€ฆย  sister Samantha swims at Stanford โ€ฆ mother swam at Brown โ€ฆ. father rowed crew at Harvard โ€ฆ has not declared a major.
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ANNA PEARSON'S CAREER STATISTICS
Year GAMES GOALS SHOTS PCT AST STL BLK EE
2023 29 46 80 .575 3 15 2 42
2024 26 39 69 .565 4 11 3 82
Totals 55 85 149 .571 7 26 5 124
No. 4 UCLA vs. No. 3 Hawai'i Highlights
Monday, April 14
Highlights - UCLA W. Water Polo vs. Princeton (March 13, 2025)
Friday, March 14
UCLA vs. Princeton
Thursday, March 13
No. 4 UCLA vs. No. 15 Indiana
Sunday, March 09