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 43 through 45 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 

• Randy Wolf (Canoga Park, Calif./El Camino Real HS) earned all-conference first team honors in 1995 and 1996 before switching to #7. The left-handed pitcher is Pepperdine's all-time leader in strikeouts (328). He went on to play 16 years in MLB. Wolf was inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.

MEN'S BASKETBALL 

• David Patten (Placentia, Calif./El Dorado HS) appeared in 20 games wearing #43 in 2002-03 and averaged 5.0 points per contest.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 

• Earnesta Grace (Houston, Texas/Blinn JC) made the All-WCC first team in both 1987 and 1988 and was the WCC Freshman of the Year in 1987. The forward scored 737 points in her two seasons with the Waves.
• Barbara Tanner (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Oregon State) was All-WCC honorable mention in 1992. The forward scored 691 points in her two seasons with the Waves.

 
BASEBALL 

• Scott Shockey (El Toro, Calif./El Toros HS) switched from #16 in 1988 and earned his second all-conference award. He is the program's all-time leader in RBI (197). The infielder hit .303 for his career with 26 home runs.
• Mark Wasikowski (Seal Beach, Calif./Rancho Santiago College) was all-conference twice, including the first team in 1993. The infielder batted .312 over his two seasons with 10 home runs and 69 RBI. He is now the head coach at Oregon.
• Cade Gaspar (Mission Viejo, Calif./Saddleback College) was all-conference first team in 1994. The right-handed pitcher went 6-1 with a 2.30 ERA in his only season with the Waves.
• Scott Frazier (Upland, Calif./Upland HS) was all-conference honorable mention in 2013. The right-handed pitcher won 14 games over his three seasons.

MEN'S BASKETBALL 

• Hiram Peterson (San Francisco, Calif./Mission HS) was All-WCC honorable mention in 1971. The forward averaged 11.9 points and 9.4 rebounds that season and scored 627 points in his three years.
• Ray Ellis (San Gabriel, Calif./San Gabriel HS) was All-WCC second team in 1978. The center averaged 14.9 points and 11.0 rebounds as a junior, and had four-year career totals of 977 points and 848 rebounds.
• Anthony Frederick (Gardena, Calif./Santa Monica College) made the All-WCC first team in 1985. The forward averaged 11.8 points and 7.3 rebounds that season. Despite playing only two years with the Waves, he held Pepperdine's career blocked shots record (145) for a while. He went on to play in the NBA for three seasons.
• Corbin Moore (Cypress, Calif./Los Alamitos HS) was All-WCC honorable mention in 2012. The center averaged 10.4 points and 8.6 rebounds as a senior and scored 645 points over his four seasons.
• Malte Kramer (Frieburg, Germany/Cuesta College) was an Academic All-American and co-Valedictorian of Pepperdine in 2014. He played two seasons and scored a total of 138 points.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 

• Maureen Formico (Los Gatos, Calif./Mitty HS) was an All-American in 1985 and 1986 and made the All-WCC first team in the league's first season in 1986. She is the program's all-time leading scorer with 2,190 points. She averaged 24.6 points and 13.2 rebounds as a junior and 22.9 points and 11.6 rebounds as a senior. She was inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011.
• Nadja Morgan (Seattle, Wash./Blanchette HS) made the All-WCC first team in 2002. The forward averaged 12.5 points and 9.0 rebounds that season and she had career totals of 1,311 points and 851 rebounds.
• Teiosha George (Palmdale, Calif./Palmdale HS) scored 943 career points from 2005-08 as a forward/center.

 
BASEBALL 

• Peter Phillips (Honolulu, Hawai'i/Punahou School) has seen the most playing time of anyone to wear #45 with four pitching appearances in 2005.

MEN'S BASKETBALL 

• Dexter Howard (San Francisco, Calif./McAteer HS) made the All-WCC first team in both 1989 and 1990. He averaged 15.9 points and 6.9 rebounds as a junior and 17.9 and 6.0 as a senior. The forward scored 1,546 career points.
• Jett Raines (Coppell, Texas/Coppell HS) was All-WCC honorable mention in 2015 and 2016. The forward scored 1,037 career points and averaged 12.8 points per game as a senior.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 

• Tara Dusharm (Foley, Minn./St. Louis) became the first Wave to wear #45 during the 2019-20 season but the grad transfer center was limited to one game due to injury.