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 numbers 40 through 42 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 

• Adam Housley (Napa, Calif./Vintage HS) was all-conference honorable mention in 1993. The right-handed pitcher had four wins, four saves and a 1.93 ERA that season.
• Jackson McClelland (Beaumont, Calif./Redlands East Valley HS) made the all-conference second team in 2015. The right-handed pitcher went 16-8 with a 2.81 ERA over his three seasons.

MEN'S BASKETBALL 

• Ollie Matson (Los Angeles, Calif./Daniel Murphy HS) earned All-WCC first team honors in 1976, was honorable mention in 1977 and made the second team in 1978. The forward averaged between 14.2 and 15.7 points all four of his seasons and had career totals of 1,501 points and 881 rebounds. He was inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 

• Sharon Wilson (Denver, Colo./Denver Lutheran HS) accumulated 641 points in 93 games as a center from 1987-91.

BASEBALL

• Brandon Caruso (Pasadena, Calif./Loyola HS) hit .283 in 51 games in 2014 before switching to #3.

MEN'S BASKETBALL 

• Taylor Darby (San Marcos, Calif./Mission Hills HS), who wore #41 for his final three seasons (2010-12), scored 997 career points.
• Matthew Atewe (Toronto, Ontario, Canada/Notre Dame Prep/Washington) had one solid season in 2017-18 as a grad transfer, averaging 6.8 points and 6.0 rebounds.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 

• Clare Walker (Huntington Beach, Calif./Huntington Beach HS) scored 596 points in 73 games as a guard from 1995-97.

BASEBALL

• Eric Brubaker (Tacoma, Wash./Stadium HS) was two-time all-conference, including the first team in 1995. The right-handed pitcher went 10-2 with a 1.25 ERA that season, and won 13 games and had 16 saves over his career with the Waves.
• Rick Hirtensteiner has worn #42 for the past 20 years as an assistant coach and the head coach. He'll head into his sixth season in charge of the program in 2021. He wore #9 as a player. He was inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015.

MEN'S BASKETBALL 

• Tom Egerer (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS) was All-WCC honorable mention in 1969. The forward averaged 12.9 points that year and scored 575 total points in his two seasons.
• Art Allen (Pittsburgh, Pa./L.A. Southwest JC) was All-WCC honorable mention in 1977. He averaged 14.2 points that season and scored 786 total points in his two years.
• Scott McCollum (Covina, Calif./Covina HS) scored more than 900 career points from 1980-84.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 

• Tory Riley (Los Angeles, Calif.) scored 970 points and had 646 rebounds from 1978-82.
• Iseth Cowan (Chico, Calif./Butte College) was the WCC Newcomer of the Year and All-WCC honorable mention in 1995. The forward averaged 11.8 points and 7.7 rebounds in her only season with the Waves.

FOOTBALL 

• Elmer Noonan (Milwaukee, Wis.) was a quarterback on the first four teams in Pepperdine history (1946-49). He was inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990.