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Jersey Number 15
Aday Mara
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 7-3
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Zaragoza, Spain
- High School:
- IES El Picarral
Bio
Career
Has averaged 5.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 1.2 blocks per game in 61 collegiate contests in two seasons at UCLA … has scored at least 10 points in 10 career games, and had a career-best 22-point performance in a win over Wisconsin (Jan. 21, 2025) during his sophomore season … registered a career-high 11 rebounds in a road victory at USC (Jan. 27, 2025) … has shot 53.5 percent from the field in 61 contests (123-for-230).
2024-25
Played in 33 games, making one start … averaged 6.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.6 blocks per game … averaged 13.1 minutes per game … shot 59.0 percent from the field (85-for-144) … ranked No. 3 among all players in the Big Ten in blocks per game (1.6 bpg) and No. 4 in total blocks (53) … scored in double figures in nine games … recorded at least 20 points in one game, scoring a career-best 22 points on 7-of-7 shooting in UCLA’s 85-83 win at home against Wisconsin (Jan. 21) … also recorded career highs in free throws made (8) and free throws attempted (12) in the win over Wisconsin … his perfect 7-for-7 shooting performance in the win against Wisconsin marked UCLA’s first 100 percent game (with a minimum of seven attempts) since Travis Wear shot 8-for-8 in a win over Stanford at the 2014 Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas … had at least one block in 21 games (and in 13 of the Bruins’ final 16 games) … recorded at least two blocks in 18 games … tallied a career-best five blocks in three games – in back-to-back wins against Washington (Jan. 24) and USC (Jan. 27) and in a first-round NCAA Tournament victory over Utah State (March 20) … became UCLA’s first player with back-to-back five-block games since Dan Gadzuric in March of 2001 … registered his first career double-double in the start at USC (Jan. 27), totaling 12 points, 11 rebounds, five blocks and two assists as UCLA won the game, 82-76 … also had an 11-point and 10-rebound double-double in 15 minutes in a victory at Northwestern (March 3) … played a season-high 30 minutes in UCLA’s 65-60 victory at Washington (Jan. 24), totaling 12 points, seven rebounds and five blocks … made at least five shots in five games, including a season-high seven shots (on seven attempts) in a home win over Wisconsin (Jan. 21).
2023-24
Played in 28 games, making eight starts … averaged 3.5 points and 2.1 rebounds per game … averaged 9.6 minutes per game as a freshman … totaled 20 blocks in 28 games (0.7 bpg) … shot 44.2 percent from the field and 70.0 percent at the free throw line … scored in double figures in two games, including a season-high 14 points and four blocks in a win against Long Island University (Nov. 15) … also had 10 points in just over 14 minutes in a home contest against USC (Feb. 24) … totaled a season-high 10 rebounds in a win against Chaminade in Honolulu (Nov. 21) … recorded at least two blocks in five games … had three blocks in eight minutes in the Bruins’ final game of the season, versus Oregon, at the Pac-12 Tournament (March 14) … made a season-high four shots in two games – against UC Riverside (4-for-10 on Nov. 30) and at Villanova (4-for-7 on Dec. 9) … played a season-high 25 minutes against UC Riverside (Nov. 30).
Prior to UCLA
Attended IES El Picarral in Zaragoza, Spain … grew up in Spain and has represented his home country in international basketball competitions … in July of 2023, averaged 14.0 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.7 blocks for Spain in seven games at the FIBA U18 European Championships (hosted in Nis, Serbia) … helped Spain advance to the championship contest of the FIBA U18 European Championships, falling to Serbia (81-71) in the title game … shot 61.3 percent from the field at the FIBA U18 World Championships, connecting on 38 of 62 shot attempts … in July of 2022, averaged 12.6 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.9 blocks for Spain in seven games at the FIBA U17 World Cup (hosted in Spain) … totaled a team-leading 16 points, seven rebounds, three assists and five blocked shots in the championship game of the FIBA U17 World Cup, as Spain lost to the United States, 79-67 … registered 14 points, five rebounds and a team-leading five blocks in a Round of 16 victory against Canada at the FIBA U17 World Cup.
Personal
Aday Mara was born in Zaragoza, Spain … is the son of Javier Mara (father) and Gely Gomez (mother) … both of his parents are from Spain … father is from Zaragoza and mother is from Tenerife … Aday Mara, at 7-foot-3, is UCLA’s tallest player since the late Mike Lanier (7-foot-7) competed as a backup center in 1991-92 and 1992-93 for the Bruins … undeclared major.
Has averaged 5.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 1.2 blocks per game in 61 collegiate contests in two seasons at UCLA … has scored at least 10 points in 10 career games, and had a career-best 22-point performance in a win over Wisconsin (Jan. 21, 2025) during his sophomore season … registered a career-high 11 rebounds in a road victory at USC (Jan. 27, 2025) … has shot 53.5 percent from the field in 61 contests (123-for-230).
2024-25
Played in 33 games, making one start … averaged 6.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.6 blocks per game … averaged 13.1 minutes per game … shot 59.0 percent from the field (85-for-144) … ranked No. 3 among all players in the Big Ten in blocks per game (1.6 bpg) and No. 4 in total blocks (53) … scored in double figures in nine games … recorded at least 20 points in one game, scoring a career-best 22 points on 7-of-7 shooting in UCLA’s 85-83 win at home against Wisconsin (Jan. 21) … also recorded career highs in free throws made (8) and free throws attempted (12) in the win over Wisconsin … his perfect 7-for-7 shooting performance in the win against Wisconsin marked UCLA’s first 100 percent game (with a minimum of seven attempts) since Travis Wear shot 8-for-8 in a win over Stanford at the 2014 Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas … had at least one block in 21 games (and in 13 of the Bruins’ final 16 games) … recorded at least two blocks in 18 games … tallied a career-best five blocks in three games – in back-to-back wins against Washington (Jan. 24) and USC (Jan. 27) and in a first-round NCAA Tournament victory over Utah State (March 20) … became UCLA’s first player with back-to-back five-block games since Dan Gadzuric in March of 2001 … registered his first career double-double in the start at USC (Jan. 27), totaling 12 points, 11 rebounds, five blocks and two assists as UCLA won the game, 82-76 … also had an 11-point and 10-rebound double-double in 15 minutes in a victory at Northwestern (March 3) … played a season-high 30 minutes in UCLA’s 65-60 victory at Washington (Jan. 24), totaling 12 points, seven rebounds and five blocks … made at least five shots in five games, including a season-high seven shots (on seven attempts) in a home win over Wisconsin (Jan. 21).
2023-24
Played in 28 games, making eight starts … averaged 3.5 points and 2.1 rebounds per game … averaged 9.6 minutes per game as a freshman … totaled 20 blocks in 28 games (0.7 bpg) … shot 44.2 percent from the field and 70.0 percent at the free throw line … scored in double figures in two games, including a season-high 14 points and four blocks in a win against Long Island University (Nov. 15) … also had 10 points in just over 14 minutes in a home contest against USC (Feb. 24) … totaled a season-high 10 rebounds in a win against Chaminade in Honolulu (Nov. 21) … recorded at least two blocks in five games … had three blocks in eight minutes in the Bruins’ final game of the season, versus Oregon, at the Pac-12 Tournament (March 14) … made a season-high four shots in two games – against UC Riverside (4-for-10 on Nov. 30) and at Villanova (4-for-7 on Dec. 9) … played a season-high 25 minutes against UC Riverside (Nov. 30).
Prior to UCLA
Attended IES El Picarral in Zaragoza, Spain … grew up in Spain and has represented his home country in international basketball competitions … in July of 2023, averaged 14.0 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.7 blocks for Spain in seven games at the FIBA U18 European Championships (hosted in Nis, Serbia) … helped Spain advance to the championship contest of the FIBA U18 European Championships, falling to Serbia (81-71) in the title game … shot 61.3 percent from the field at the FIBA U18 World Championships, connecting on 38 of 62 shot attempts … in July of 2022, averaged 12.6 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.9 blocks for Spain in seven games at the FIBA U17 World Cup (hosted in Spain) … totaled a team-leading 16 points, seven rebounds, three assists and five blocked shots in the championship game of the FIBA U17 World Cup, as Spain lost to the United States, 79-67 … registered 14 points, five rebounds and a team-leading five blocks in a Round of 16 victory against Canada at the FIBA U17 World Cup.
Personal
Aday Mara was born in Zaragoza, Spain … is the son of Javier Mara (father) and Gely Gomez (mother) … both of his parents are from Spain … father is from Zaragoza and mother is from Tenerife … Aday Mara, at 7-foot-3, is UCLA’s tallest player since the late Mike Lanier (7-foot-7) competed as a backup center in 1991-92 and 1992-93 for the Bruins … undeclared major.
UCLA M. Basketball Media Availability - Players (Aug. 26, 2025)
Tuesday, August 26
UCLA M. Basketball Media Availability - Coach Cronin (Aug. 26, 2025)
Tuesday, August 26
UCLA M. Basketball Postgame - vs. Tennessee (March 22, 2025)
Saturday, March 22
UCLA M. Basketball Press Conference – Players (March 21, 2025)
Friday, March 21
