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Number Project 33

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The Greatest Waves at Every Number: #33

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 33 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 
  • Jon Furman (Orange, Calif./Santa Ana College) was an All-American first team pick and the SCBA Player of the Year in 1982. The right-handed pitcher set Pepperdine's single-season record with 16 wins that season. He went 21-8 with a 2.89 ERA in his two seasons with the Waves.
  • Brad Tucker (Fresno, Calif./Fresno State) made the all-conference first team in 1998. The right-handed pitcher went 8-1 with a 3.48 ERA that season.
  • Brandon Boesch (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman HS) was all-conference second team in 2002. The right-handed pitcher won six games that season and collected 17 wins in his four years.
  • Adam Olbrychowski (Los Angeles, Calif./Cleveland HS) made the all-conference first team in 2007. The right-handed pitcher went 5-3 with a 2.90 ERA as a reliever that season.
  • Sam Meyer (Los Altos, Calif./St. Francis HS) was all-conference honorable mention in 2013. He had 141 hits, 10 home runs and 81 RBI over his four seasons.
  • Aaron Barnett (Mission Viejo, Calif./Capistrano Valley HS) was all-conference honorable mention in 2014 and 2015 before switching to #7. The catcher hit .314 for his career with 101 RBI.
  • Jonathan Pendergast (San Diego, Calif./Cathedral Catholic HS) was the WCC Pitcher of the Year in 2018. The right-handed pitcher went 7-4 with a 2.69 ERA that season and won 21 games in his four seasons.
MEN'S BASKETBALL 
  • Bryan Hill (Carson, Calif./Banning HS) made the All-WCC first team in 1997 and 1998. The forward scored 1,193 career points in his four seasons.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 
  • Ashleen Quirke (Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos HS/Foothill College) is the highest-scoring Wave to wear #33, as the forward accumulated 126 points the past two seasons.
 
 
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