2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Emily Bessoir
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Wilhelm-Hausenstein Gymnasium
- Hometown:
- Munich, Germany
Appeared in the home opener against Purdueโฆ Scored six points and grabbed four rebounds off the bench against the Boilermakersโฆ Missed the rest of the 2023-24 womenโs basketball season after suffering an injury to her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)โฆ Sustained the season-ending injury on Thursday, Nov. 9, playing with Team Germany at the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers.
2022-23
Appeared in all 37 games for the Bruins during her redshirt-sophomore season, making 35 startsโฆ Achieved new single-game career-highs in points (20 vs. Oregon, Feb. 12), rebounds (13 vs. Arizona, Mar. 2), field goals made (8 vs. Oregon, Feb. 12), three-pointers made (5 at Utah, Jan. 29; vs. Arizona, Mar. 1) and free throws made (4 vs. UC Riverside, Nov. 10; vs. Stanford, Mar. 3)โฆ The forward led the team in scoring on eight occasions and in rebounding 13 times during the campaignโฆ Recorded her first-career double-double against Arizona in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Womenโs Basketball Tournament (18 points, 13 rebounds)โฆ Honors: Named Pac-12 All-Tournament team after averaging 15.0 ppg, 8.2 rpg in the four conference postseason games,ย Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
2021-22
Missed the 2021-22 season due to a torn ACL. HONORS: Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
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2020-21
Played in 22 of the Bruinsโ 23 games this season, making two starts in her freshman campaign โฆ Averaged 7.5 points per game and notched seven 10+ point performances on the year โฆ Also grabbed 5.2 rebounds per contest โฆ Scored seven points against Cal State Fullerton in her UCLA debut (Nov. 27) โฆ Put up 15 points and six rebounds in the teamโs win over UCSB on Dec. 9 โฆ Also snagged a career-high four steals against the Gauchos โฆ Tied a career-high with 15 points against Stanford (Dec. 21) โฆ Recorded 11 points and a career-high nine rebounds in the Bruinsโ victory over then-No. 5 Stanford (Jan. 22) โฆ Scored in each of UCLAโs five postseason games, including an 11-point performance against Texas in the NCAA Tournament Second Round (Mar. 24) โฆ HONORS: Pac-12 All-Freshman designation.
High School
Graduated from Wilhelm-Haustenstein-Gymnasiumโฆ Played forย club team TS Jahn Muenchen โฆ Averaged 18 points, 12 rebounds, two assists, two steals, and two blocks per contest during the 2019-20 club season โฆ German U-18 national champion in 2018 and two-time final four MVP (2017, 2018) โฆ Named the MVP of her U-18 club season (2017) โฆ Two-time first-team all-league selection (2018, 2019) โฆ Played at the 2019 World Championships as a member of the U-19 German team โฆ Helped the U-18 German squad win the European Championships in 2018 โฆ Has been a member of the German National Team since 2016 โฆ Three-time invitee to Basketball Without Borders.
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Personal
Goes by โEmโ or โEmmyโ โฆ Born to parents William and Gisela โฆ Has one brother, Billy โฆ Admires WNBA superstar Elena Delle Donne โฆ Thinks winning the European Championship with the German National Team was her greatest athletic thrill โฆ Enjoys arts & crafts, tennis, being active outside, meeting friends, reading, and traveling โฆ Can speak four different languages โฆ Can do a full split โฆ Her grandfather won two national championships as a menโs basketball coach at Division III University of Scranton โฆ Her father, William, was a three-time All-America at Scranton and played professionally in Europe โฆ Decided to attend UCLA because, โI felt I had the best opportunities to develop on and off the court. The coaching staff is unique in their mindset and approach towards growing as an athlete and a woman.โ
