MALIBU, California – Who are the best Waves ever to wear a particular number on their jersey or cap? This series will aim to identify the most accomplished Pepperdine student-athletes, number by number.
 
Today, the greats who wore number 17 are listed.
 
First, some caveats:

• Student-athletes before a certain year may not be included, as complete numerical rosters only go back so far. For the eight sports that wear numbers, only women's soccer and women's beach volleyball have every roster available.
• The complete numerical rosters for baseball (1971), men's basketball (1968-69), women's basketball (1979-80), men's volleyball (1975), women's indoor volleyball (1976) and men's water polo (1982) date back to the year shown here.
• In some cases, additional standout student-athletes from prior to those years were identified.
• Any student-athlete who received at least all-conference honors during this time, and others of note, were included based on current available information.
• Pepperdine sponsored football between the years of 1946 and 1961. Fifteen football players have been inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame and those former student-athletes have been included in this series.

BASEBALL 

• Dave Curran (Palos Verdes, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) was all-conference first team in 1977. The right-handed pitcher went 6-4 with a 3.15 ERA that season.
• Ruben Gamboa (Alhambra, Calif./Alhambra HS) was all-conference first team in 1994 and 1995. The infielder hit .366 with 30 RBI as a sophomore and .335 with 46 RBI as a junior. He was a career .317 hitter over four seasons.
• Derek Mills (Fresno, Calif./Fresno City College) was all-conference second team in 2002. The right-handed pitcher had five wins and two saves, primarily as a reliever, that season.
• Cole Cook (Los Angeles, Calif./Palisades Charter HS) was all-conference first team in 2010. The right-handed pitcher won five games and had a 2.93 ERA that season.
• Matt Maurer (Medford, Ore./North Medford HS) was all-conference honorable mention in 2014. The left-handed pitcher won four games and posted a 3.04 ERA that season.

WOMEN'S SOCCER 

• April Blaker (Agoura Hills, Calif./San Diego State) was a standout midfielder from 1999-02 on Pepperdine's first era of great teams.
• April Pettigrew (Lake Forest, Calif./El Toro HS) was All-WCC honorable mention in 2003. The midfielder appeared in 48 games in her three seasons.

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL 

• Joshua Stewart (San Jose, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep/Pacific) saw more action than any other Wave who's worn #17, appearing in 57 matches and 185 sets from 2015-17. The setter had 1,287 career assists.

WOMEN'S INDOOR VOLLEYBALL 

• Lily Dyer (San Clemente, Calif./Saddleback Valley Christian HS) a current setter for the Waves, has seen the most action of the three Waves ever to wear #17. She has appeared in 24 sets and 15 matches.

MEN'S WATER POLO 

• Pero Asic (Split, Yugoslavia) was All-American honorable mention in 1984 before moving to #4, where he earned All-American honors again. He scored 94 goals in 1984.
• Luke Hewko (Santa Ana, Calif./Servite HS) was all-conference honorable mention in 2013 before moving to #14 and becoming an All-American. He scored 55 goals in 2013.