2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Muse, Amanda

Jersey Number 33
Amanda Muse
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Heritage
- Hometown:
- Brentwood, Calif.
Bio
2024-25
Did not appear for the Bruins… Honors: Big Ten Winter Academic Honor Roll
2023-24
Played 19 games for the Bruins during her freshman campaign… Averaged 7.7 minutes on the floor in her appearances… Had 12 blocks on the season (0.6 BPG), including a career-high three rejections against Niagara on Nov. 25… Also shot 5-for-6 from the free throw line in that late-November game en route to a career-high nine points.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Heritage High School… Played varsity basketball and water polo all four years… Two-time All-BVAL First Team in water polo (2021, 2022)… Named a 2023 McDonald’s All American… Earned BVAL Girls Basketball MVP (2022), two-time All-BVAL First in basketball (2020, 2021)… Scored over 1,000 points, grabbed over 750 rebounds, and recorded more than 250 blocks in her high school career… Played club ball for Cal Stars, winning the 2021 Boo Williams and Nike National Championships…
PERSONAL
Parents Amy and Douglas both played college basketball at UC Santa Barbara, and professionally overseas in Portugal… Has two siblings, older sister Abigail and younger brother Aidan… Abigail attends and plays college basketball at Boise State…
Chose UCLA “because of the incredible team culture and coaching staff, along with an elite level of education and basketball”… Lists Sabrina Ionescu and Michael Jordan as athletes she admires… Describes her greatest athletic thrill, saying, “Winning a Nike National Championship was so incredible and I loved playing a role on that team and in that game”… Also describes the McDonald’s All American Game as “a blast” and says, “it was so much fun to perform at that high of a level with the best in the country”… Off the court, enjoys reading, walking, swimming, the beach, watching the sunset and spending time with friends… Something fans might not know is that she drives a stick-shift Jeep.
Did not appear for the Bruins… Honors: Big Ten Winter Academic Honor Roll
2023-24
Played 19 games for the Bruins during her freshman campaign… Averaged 7.7 minutes on the floor in her appearances… Had 12 blocks on the season (0.6 BPG), including a career-high three rejections against Niagara on Nov. 25… Also shot 5-for-6 from the free throw line in that late-November game en route to a career-high nine points.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Heritage High School… Played varsity basketball and water polo all four years… Two-time All-BVAL First Team in water polo (2021, 2022)… Named a 2023 McDonald’s All American… Earned BVAL Girls Basketball MVP (2022), two-time All-BVAL First in basketball (2020, 2021)… Scored over 1,000 points, grabbed over 750 rebounds, and recorded more than 250 blocks in her high school career… Played club ball for Cal Stars, winning the 2021 Boo Williams and Nike National Championships…
PERSONAL
Parents Amy and Douglas both played college basketball at UC Santa Barbara, and professionally overseas in Portugal… Has two siblings, older sister Abigail and younger brother Aidan… Abigail attends and plays college basketball at Boise State…
Chose UCLA “because of the incredible team culture and coaching staff, along with an elite level of education and basketball”… Lists Sabrina Ionescu and Michael Jordan as athletes she admires… Describes her greatest athletic thrill, saying, “Winning a Nike National Championship was so incredible and I loved playing a role on that team and in that game”… Also describes the McDonald’s All American Game as “a blast” and says, “it was so much fun to perform at that high of a level with the best in the country”… Off the court, enjoys reading, walking, swimming, the beach, watching the sunset and spending time with friends… Something fans might not know is that she drives a stick-shift Jeep.
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