Lea Monkhouse Season 2021

UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• AVCA All-American (Second Team 2021)
• NCAA All-Tournament Team (2022)
• 2-time All-Pac-12 (Second Team 2021, 2022)
• Pac-12 Pair of the Week (Apr. 9, 2019)
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2022)
• Athletic Director's Academic Excellence Award (Awarded to senior student-athletes who have made the Director's Honor Roll (3.0 or higher GPA in 12 or more graded units) every quarter they were enrolled at UCLA)
• 11-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022)
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2020)
• All-Big West (First Team 2018 - Hawai'i)
• Big West Freshman of the Year (2018 - Hawai'i)
• 3-time Big West Pair of the Week (2018 - Hawai'i)
• AVCA Top Flight Award (Court 3 - 2022, 2018 - Hawai'i)
• Outrigger Hotels Hawai'i Invitational Most Outstanding Pair (2018 - Hawai'i)

2022
Lea Monkhouse ended the season with an overall record of 29-12 (117-39 career) … began the season with Lexy Denaburg going 4-1 on court one and then went 11-7 with Rileigh Powers (1-0 on court one, 9-7 on court two, and 1-0 on court three) … ended the year with Jessie Smith going 14-4 (all on court three) … the Bruins faced 34 ranked opponents in the 43 duals on the year with Monkhouse going 20-12 against ranked teams (one match was truncated at the NCAA Championship) … recorded a season-best winning streak of five consecutive duals (first one with Powers and then four with Smith) which began with No. 12 California (Apr. 9) and ended vs. No. 6 Loyola Marymount (Apr. 15) … Monkhouse also clinched five victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins (four with Powers and one with Smith) with the biggest coming in a 4-1 victory over No. 5 LSU (Mar. 20) at the March to May event in Gulf Shores, Ala. … Smith and Monkhouse went 7-2 in postseason play (4-0 at NCAAs, 3-2 at Pac-12s) … Smith went 22-7 in two-set matches and 5-4 in three-set matches on the year.

2021
Ended the season with an overall record of 22-12 (88-27 career) … had four different partners on the year, spending most of the time on court two with Abby Van Winkle where the duo went 13-7 overall (12-7 on court two and 1-0 on court three) … also went 6-4 with Devon Newberry (5-4 on court two and 1-0 on court three) … was 2-1 on court four with Cami Sanchez and 1-0 on court five with Maggie Walters … the Bruins faced 33 ranked opponents in the 37 duals on the year with Monkhouse going 17-12 against ranked teams (one match was truncated at the Pac-12 Championship and two matches at the NCAA Championship, did not play in the other five) … recorded a season-best winning streak of five consecutive duals with Abby Van Winkle, which began with No. 7 Pepperdine (Mar. 25) and ended vs. No. 3 LSU (Apr. 3) … Monkhouse clinched five victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins (three with Van Winkle, one with Newberry, and one with Walters) … she was 17-8 in two-set matches and 5-4 in three-set matches on the year.

2020
Ended the season with an overall record of 10-4 and a career mark of 66-15 … partnered with Lily Justine for the entire season and was 9-3 on court three and 1-1 on court two … the Bruins faced 11 ranked opponents in the 15 duals in the shortened season with Monkhouse going 7-4 against ranked teams … recorded a season-best winning streak of three consecutive duals twice during the year … the duo also clinched three victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins … she was 7-2 in two-set matches and 3-2 in three-set matches on the year.

2019
Ended the season with an overall record of 22-5 (all with junior Savvy Simo), with the duo going 20-4 on court four and 2-1 on court three … named Pac-12 Pair of the Week (April 9) … she was forced out of the UCLA lineup after a hard-fought 2-1 defeat to Hawai'i in the Bruins' first round of the NCAA Championship due to injury and was replaced by Madi Yeomans … the Bruins faced 32 ranked opponents in the 38 duals with Monkhouse going 17-5 against ranked teams ... Monkhouse clinched three victories in dual matches on the year for the Bruins … Monkhouse was 21-2 in two-set matches (19-1 on court four and 2-1 on court three) and was 1-3 in three-set matches (all on court four) … she went 4-2 in postseason play (4-1 in Pac-12s and 0-1 in NCAAs) … recorded a season-best winning streak of 13 consecutive duals during the season with Simo (started on March 29 and ended on April 26).

2018 (HAWAI'I)
Monkhouse entered her sophomore season with a career record of 34-6 … named All-Big West First Team with partner Morgan Martin and Big West Freshman of the Year … named Big West Pairs Team of the Week a league-high three times with Martin … ended the season with an overall record of 34-6 (all with Morgan Martin) … set a UH freshman record with 34 wins, going 19-3 on court two and 15-3 on court three … Monkhouse was 8-2 in three-set matches and was 17-6 against ranked opponents … recorded a personal-best winning streak of 19 consecutive duals and won 28 of 29 matches leading up to the NCAA Tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL
Monkhouse was a 2017 graduate of Lorne Park Secondary School in Mississauga, ON, Canada … lettered four years in volleyball ... was a Regional Champion in 2014 … named MVP in volleyball 2014-17 and Athlete of the Year in 2015 … also a Silver Key Award recipient … played for the Defensa Indoor Volleyball Club … was also a member of the Team Ontario beach team … named to the North Coast Power League All-Star Team … was an 18U Canadian National Champion with partner Molly McBain (Florida State).