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Brooke Maxson Season 2020

UCLA Team Huddle
PosDEF
Ht5-8
YrSr.
HometownSanta Ana, Calif.
High SchoolFoothill HS

2021
Totaled 16 goals, six assists, nine steals (tied for fourth on the team), two exclusions drawn, and three field blocks in 20 games played … Honorable Mention All-MPSF honoree … Honorable Mention ACWPC All-American honoree … earned MPSF All-Academic honors … selected to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2020, Winter 2021, and Spring 2021 quarters … scored a season- and career-high three goals in the NCAA Championship semifinal win over No. 2 Stanford (May 15) … scored at least one goal in 11-of-20 games played.

2020
Totaled 11 goals, seven assists, four steals, two exclusions drawn, and nine field blocks (tied for 2nd on the team) in 21 games played … Honorable Mention All-MPSF honoree … Honorable Mention ACWPC All-American honoree … selected to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2019, Winter 2020, and Spring 2020 quarters … scored a season- and career-high-tying two goals in the win over Iona College (Jan. 18) and in a win over Pomona-Pitzer (Feb. 8) … scored at least one goal in 9-of-21 games played.

2019
Totaled eight goals, eight assists, eight steals, and nine field blocks (5th on the team) in 31 games played (29 starts) … added four earned exclusions … Honorable Mention All-America pick by ACWPC … had one multi-goal game, matching her career-high for the fourth time and setting a season-high of two goals in a win over No. 18 CSUN (Jan. 18) … scored at least one goal in 7-of-31 games she played.

2018
Totaled 11 goals, eight assists, nine steals and six field blocks in 24 games played (14 starts) … selected to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Winter 2018 … scored first-career goal in 21-4 win versus Fresno Pacific at UCSB Winter Invitational (Jan. 20) … posted two-goal games in 18-8 win versus No. 23 Marist (Jan. 27) at Michigan Invitational, 12-1 opening-round win versus Iona (Feb. 10) at Triton Invitational and 9-8 group-play win versus No. 5 Hawai’i (Feb. 24) at Barbara Kalbus Invitational … dished out two assists in 12-8 win at No. 8 Pacific (March 11) … collected two steals in 8-7 (2OT) win at No. 7 UC Irvine (Feb. 16) … registered two field blocks in 9-4 win versus No. 14 Long Beach State (March 24).

2017
Played in two games.

CLUB
Played for SOCAL Water Polo Foundation … Junior Olympic 18U Champion in 2016 … First team All-American in 2016.

HIGH SCHOOL
Maxson lettered all four years in water polo and swimming at Foothill High School … member of the Century League Championship team (2012-2016) … Century League first team selection for the 2014-2015 season … Century League MVP (2016) … All-County Team selection (2016) … 2015 Defensive Player of the Year … 2015-16 Knight of the Year … two-time All-American in swimming (2015, 2016).

PERSONAL
Daughter of Ric and Pamela Maxson … has an older brother, Jake, and an older sister, Hillary … her mother attended UCLA … says she chose UCLA because "I attended UCLA because I love the spirit and pride people carry for this school. Growing up in a Bruin household I loved being around someone who truly loved a place so much. UCLA offers the perfect balance to me of athletics, academics, and fun." …majored in geography/environmental studies.

BROOKE MAXSON'S CAREER STATISTICS
Year GAMES GOALS SHOTS PCT AST STL BLK EE
2017 2 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0
2018 24 11 23 .478 8 9 6 1
2019 31 8 23 .348 8 8 9 4
2020 21 11 25 .440 7 4 9 2
2021 20 16 30 .533 6 9 3 2
Totals 98 46 103 .447 29 30 27 9
Brooke Maxson

Sr.
2021

Defender
5-8 / -
Brooke Maxson

Jr.
2019

Attacker
5-8 / -
Brooke Maxson (Photo: Don Liebig)

So.
2018

Attacker
5-8 / -
Brooke Maxson

Fr.
2017

Attacker
5-8 / -