2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Jayden Perry
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Trabuco Hills
- Hometown:
- Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
Earned All-North Region and All-Big Ten second-team honors … All-Tournament selection at the Big Ten Tournament, where the Bruins allowed zero goals … United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region second-team selection … Received the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award … Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team … Started and played in 22 games and played the full game in all but two starts … Center back helped UCLA record a nation-leading 16 shutouts and national-low 0.41 goals against average … Ranked fourth on the team in scoring with seven points and was tied for third with three goals … All three goals came on penalty kicks, including the game-winner in double overtime against California Baptist … Also had the game-winner in the 1-0 win over Ohio State … Assisted on the game-winner in the 1-0 win over BYU … Twice named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 8 and Oct. 22) … UCLA’s record during Perry’s four years was 71-9-7.
2023
Earned All-Pac-12 second-team honors … Started in all 19 games and played the full 90 in nine games … Contributed to 11 shutouts … Totaled three goals and one assist, with all three goals coming on penalty kicks … Recorded the game-winning goals against Georgia and Washington … Ranked third amongst UCLA field players with 1,513 minutes played … Named the UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week on Aug. 22 after scoring a goal and contributing to a shutout against Georgia … Earned Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll distinction for the second-straight year.
2022
Played in 24 games and started 23 … Scored her first career goal on a penalty kick in the 2-1 win at Duke … Made the Bruins’ first penalty kick in the NCAA second round shootout win over UCF … Recorded an assist at Oregon … Contributed to 13 shutouts … Ranked fourth on the team in minutes played with 1899 … Played the full game in 13 contests, including the last five NCAA Tournament games … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
2021
Appeared in 17 games and started at LMU and vs. CSUN … Played a season-high 74 minutes against CSUN and logged 73 minutes off the bench against Utah … Assisted on the game-winner in double overtime against Cal … Had five shots and one shot on goal.
High School/Club
Top Drawer Soccer All-State selection in 2020 … Named the 2020 Sea View League MVP and a two-time first-team all-league selection … Earned all-county second-team honors in 2019 … Twice named to the High School All-American Watch List …Two-time team captain … Member of the 2018 U15 ECNL National Championship squad with Slammers FC amd was selected to the 2018 ECNL Finals Top XI … Named to the TDS ECNL Playoffs Best XI U16/17 … Four-year Slammers team captain.
Personal
Full name is Jayden Lee Perry … Born in Laguna Hills, Calif. … Parents are Jana and Jason Perry … Has a younger brother, Jacob, and a younger sister, Jordan … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as making the winning penalty in PK shootouts at the 2018 ECNL National Semifinals … Decided to attend UCLA because of “the school’s amazing atmosphere on and off the field. I also love the intensity and how everyone pushes each other to become the best they can be.” … Admires Julie Ertz … Hobbies include going to the beach, surfing, painting and hanging with friends and family … Sociology major.
