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 18 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 Gorrie is Pepperdine baseball's all-time winningest head coach with 409 victories in his 10 seasons (1979-88).
• Frank Sanchez won 257 games as head coach over seven seasons (1997-2003).
• Brent Lewis (Jackson, Tenn./Mississippi State) made the all-conference first team in 2004. The infielder batted .336 with 52 RBI in his only season with the Waves.

WOMEN'S SOCCER 

• Julie Ley (Agoura Hills, Calif./Louisville HS) was All-WCC honorable mention in 1996. The defender appeared in 72 games and had four goals and 10 assists in her career.
• Lindsey Brouillette (Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral HS) was All-WCC honorable mention in 2001. In her career, she won 18 games as a goalkeeper and also played forward, scoring four goals.
• Anna Picarelli (Downey, Calif./St. Joseph HS) was All-WCC honorable mention as a freshman in 2002 before switching to #1 and earning two more all-conference awards. She was inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016.
• Ana Pontes (Houston, Texas/Clear Lake HS) was the WCC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2012-13. The midfielder appeared in 67 career games.
• Kristen Rodriguez (Inglewood, Calif./Notre Dame Academy) scored nine goals as a forward from 2013-16, including a couple of big ones in the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL 

• Kevin Wright (Chula Vista, Calif./Hilltop HS), who was on the 1993 and 1994 teams, now serves as Pepperdine's assistant athletic director for sports medicine.
• Brennan Anderson (Newport Beach, Calif./Corona del Mar HS/Ohio State) was All-American honorable mention in 2015. The libero had 467 digs in his two seasons with the Waves.
• Tommy Carmody (Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg HS/Pacific) was All-American honorable mention in 2016. The middle blocker averaged 1.58 kills and 1.45 blocks that season.
• Rob Mullahey (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS) was All-American honorable mention in 2019. The setter had 2,194 career assists.

WOMEN'S INDOOR VOLLEYBALL 

• Brie Harris (Victorville, Calif./Silverado HS) was All-WCC honorable mention in 2002. The outside hitter averaged 3.08 kills per set that season.
• Rachel Ahrens (Trabuco Canyon, Calif./Tesoro HS) was All-WCC second team in 2019. The outside hitter/opposite averaged 2.58 kills this past year.

MEN'S WATER POLO 

• Victor de la Vega (Dorado, Puerto Rico) was All-American honorable mention in 1984. He scored 51 goals that season.
• Mate Toth (Balatonalmadi, Hungary) was All-American honorable mention in 2019. He scored 38 of his 155 career goals this past season.