Senior Jordan Woolery has been named the UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week for her performance in softball competitions held from February 3 to 9. Woolery achieved a batting average of .667, going 10-for-15 with a team-leading 14 RBIs and five home runs, including a grand slam. Her efforts contributed to UCLA’s 5-0 start to the season, with all victories coming by mercy rule.
Woolery recorded multiple hits and homered in four out of five starts. On the opening day, she went 6-for-7 with nine RBIs, two home runs, and a grand slam. In Saturday’s game against Oregon State, she hit a two-RBI double and a solo home run. Against UC Riverside in the final game of the weekend, Woolery hit two home runs as part of an eight-home-run team performance that set a new single-game record for the program. This marked her fourth career multi-home-run game. The first of her two home runs against UC Riverside was one of five by UCLA in the first inning, tying for third-most in a single inning in NCAA history.
The Bruins also set program records during Week 1 for most runs scored (58) and most home runs (23).
This is Woolery’s fifth time receiving UCLA’s student-athlete of the week honor.
Other nominees for this week’s award included Jordan Chiles (gymnastics), Donovan Dent (men’s basketball), Jenny Lee (women’s golf), Rudy Quan (men’s tennis), Zach Rama (men’s volleyball), Kiki Rice (women’s basketball), and Marie Warneke (women’s indoor track & field).
A list of previous winners includes athletes from various sports such as soccer, water polo, football, volleyball, basketball, gymnastics, tennis, and golf.
