Senior guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. of the men’s basketball team has been selected the UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by Ready, for Mar. 13-19.
Jaquez Jr. averaged 20.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists in the Bruins’ two NCAA Tournament wins last week in Sacramento. He shot 57.6 percent from the field and was 2-for-5 from beyond the 3-point arc. Jaquez Jr. scored 17 points and had eight rebounds in the Bruins’ 33-point win against No. 15-seed UNC Asheville on Thursday night. Two days later, Jaquez Jr. tallied a team-high 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds in UCLA’s 68-63 win against Northwestern in a second-round matchup. Jaquez Jr. continues to lead UCLA’s team in scoring (17.5) and rebounding (8.1 rpg). UCLA’s back-to-back wins allowed the men’s basketball team to advance to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the third consecutive season.
This is Jaquez Jr.’s fifth UCLA student-athlete of the week award of the season, as well as his 10th career honor, tying gymnastics’ Kyla Ross for the all-time UCLA record.
Also nominated: Cody Delvecchio, Baseball; Megan Faraimo, Softball; Guy Genis, M. Volleyball; Kimmi Hance, W. Tennis; Selena Harris, Gymnastics; Charisma Osborne, W. Basketball; 800 Free Relay (Rachel Rhee, Gizem Guvenc, Katrina Bellio, Brooke Schaffer), W. Swimming & Diving
Previous winners: 3/14 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; 3/7 – Jaime Jaquez Jr., M. Basketball; 2/28 – Jordan Chiles, Gymnastics; 2/21 – Ronan McMahon-Staggs, M. Track & Field; 2/14 – Maya Brady, Softball; 2/7 – Caroline Canales, W. Golf; 1/31 – Caroline Canales, W. Golf; 1/24 – Selena Harris, Gymnastics; 1/17 – Jaime Jaquez Jr., M. Basketball; 1/10 – Londynn Jones, W. Basketball; 1/3 – Jaime Jaquez Jr., M. Basketball; 12/27 – Jaylen Clark, M. Basketball; 12/20 – Jaime Jaquez Jr., M. Basketball; 12/13 – Jaylen Clark, M. Basketball; 12/7 – Reilyn Turner, W. Soccer; 11/29 – Sofia Cook, W. Soccer; 11/22 – Tucker Lepley, M. Soccer; 11/15 – Gianpiero Di Martire, M. Water Polo; 11/8 – Kazmeir Allen, Football; 11/1 – Zach Charbonnet, Football; 10/25 – Kimmi Hance, W. Tennis; 10/18 – Chase Dodd, M. Water Polo; 10/11 – Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Football; 10/4 – Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Football; 9/27 – Zach Charbonnet, Football; 9/20 – Nicholas Barr-Mira, Football; 9/13 – Kali Trevithick, W. Soccer; 9/6 – Reilyn Turner,…
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