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Jersey Number 3
Olivia Ouellette
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Los Alamitos HS
- Hometown:
- Los Alamitos, Calif.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• MPSF All-Academic Team (2025)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award (2025)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)
• 4-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025)
2025
Played in 18-of-26 games … recorded five total points … collected three goals and two assists … had two steals and one field block … notched a season-high and career-high-tying two goals in a home win over No. 15 Indiana (March 9) … scored at least one goal in 2-of-18 games … went 1-0 in sprints on the year … had a season-best one consecutive game with at least one goal scored twice during the season … tallied one multi-goal game.
2024
Played in 24-of-26 games … scored 14 total points on the season … tallied 11 goals and three assists … recorded nine steals (tied for eighth on the team) … scored at least one goal in 8-of-24 games … went 1-0 on sprints on the year … had a career-high two goals scored three times on the season (in a win over No. 25 Marist on Jan. 20 at the UCSB Winter Invitational, in a win over Biola on March 9, and in a win over. No. 17 San José State on March 17) … had three multiple-goal games.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-time letterwinner in water polo (started all four years) and swimming at Los Alamitos High School … led the team and Sunset - Surf League in scoring (85 goals) in 2023 and was named the League MVP … also named First-Team All-American, First-Team All-CIF-SS, First-Team All-Sunset League, and First-Team All-County by the O.C. Register her senior year (2023) … earned Second-Team All-CIF-SS and Second-Team All-Sunset League honors in 2022 while being named the league's Defensive Player of the Year … was named an Honorable Mention All-American in 2021 … was a three-time Scholar Athlete (2020, 2022, and 2023) … played club at Los Alamitos Aquatics and Laguna Beach WPC … with LBWPC, was a First-Team All-American in 2019 and won a silver medal at the Junior Olympics 18U Girls Platinum Division in 2023.
PERSONAL
Full name: Olivia Elizabeth Ouellette … born in Newport, Calif. … parents are Sarah Weddon and Rob Gerhardstein … has an older brother, Ryan, an older sister, Ashley, and a younger sister, Sophie … decided to attend UCLA because, “of the strong support system and balance between academics and athletics.” … describes her greatest athletic thrill as, "Winning Sunset League my senior year." … says she enjoys shopping, surfing, and working out in her spare time … lists the late Kobe Bryant as the athlete she admires most … major is sociology.
• MPSF All-Academic Team (2025)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award (2025)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2025)
• 4-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025)
2025
Played in 18-of-26 games … recorded five total points … collected three goals and two assists … had two steals and one field block … notched a season-high and career-high-tying two goals in a home win over No. 15 Indiana (March 9) … scored at least one goal in 2-of-18 games … went 1-0 in sprints on the year … had a season-best one consecutive game with at least one goal scored twice during the season … tallied one multi-goal game.
2024
Played in 24-of-26 games … scored 14 total points on the season … tallied 11 goals and three assists … recorded nine steals (tied for eighth on the team) … scored at least one goal in 8-of-24 games … went 1-0 on sprints on the year … had a career-high two goals scored three times on the season (in a win over No. 25 Marist on Jan. 20 at the UCSB Winter Invitational, in a win over Biola on March 9, and in a win over. No. 17 San José State on March 17) … had three multiple-goal games.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-time letterwinner in water polo (started all four years) and swimming at Los Alamitos High School … led the team and Sunset - Surf League in scoring (85 goals) in 2023 and was named the League MVP … also named First-Team All-American, First-Team All-CIF-SS, First-Team All-Sunset League, and First-Team All-County by the O.C. Register her senior year (2023) … earned Second-Team All-CIF-SS and Second-Team All-Sunset League honors in 2022 while being named the league's Defensive Player of the Year … was named an Honorable Mention All-American in 2021 … was a three-time Scholar Athlete (2020, 2022, and 2023) … played club at Los Alamitos Aquatics and Laguna Beach WPC … with LBWPC, was a First-Team All-American in 2019 and won a silver medal at the Junior Olympics 18U Girls Platinum Division in 2023.
PERSONAL
Full name: Olivia Elizabeth Ouellette … born in Newport, Calif. … parents are Sarah Weddon and Rob Gerhardstein … has an older brother, Ryan, an older sister, Ashley, and a younger sister, Sophie … decided to attend UCLA because, “of the strong support system and balance between academics and athletics.” … describes her greatest athletic thrill as, "Winning Sunset League my senior year." … says she enjoys shopping, surfing, and working out in her spare time … lists the late Kobe Bryant as the athlete she admires most … major is sociology.
| OLIVIA OUELLETTE'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||
| Year | GAMES | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2024 | 24 | 11 | 22 | .500 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 18 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 14 | 34 | .412 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
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Thursday, March 13
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