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Number Project 25

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The Greatest Waves at Every Number: #25

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 25 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 
  • Gary Marks played for the Waves in the 1958 and 1959 seasons and later served as the head coach for five seasons (1963-67). He was inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame in 1982.
  • Mark Lee (Hawthorne, Calif./El Camino College) was the WCC Player of the Year in 1976 and a two-time all-conference first teamer. He is Pepperdine's all-time leader in ERA (1.80). The right-handed pitcher went 22-8 in two seasons. He went on to play four years in MLB. He was inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984.
  • Chris Sloniger (Garden Grove, Calif./Santiago HS) was all-conference second team in 1988. The infielder hit .291 over his four seasons with 11 home runs and 104 RBI.
  • Josh Schulz (Tacoma, Wash./Foss HS) was all-conference first team in 1994. The right-handed pitcher went 4-0 with a 2.29 ERA as a reliever that season. He went 8-1 with a 2.55 ERA over four years.
  • Nathan Newman (Houston, Texas/Houston Christian HS/Grayson CC) made the all-conference first team in 2008. The right-handed pitcher went 8-4 with a 3.46 ERA that season.
MEN'S BASKETBALL 
  • Roylin "Boot" Bond (Macon, Ga./Northeast Macon HS) switched from #00 to #25 for his final three seasons (1980-82) and he earned All-American honors in 1982 and All-WCC first team honors in 1981 and 1982. The guard scored 1,501 career points and averaged 18 points per game as a junior and senior.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 
  • Angie White (Mission Viejo, Calif./UNLV) was All-WCC honorable mention in 1997 and 1998. The guard averaged 11.7 points per game over her two seasons with the Waves.
  • Nesha Thomas (Federal Way, Wash./Federal Way HS) was the WCC Defensive Player of the Year in 2001. The forward averaged 4.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.0 steals that season.
  • Damaris Hinojosa (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS) earned her third and fourth All-WCC awards after switching from #22, making the first team in 2002 and honorable mention in 2003. She was also the WCC Tournament MVP in 2002. The guard finished with 1,543 career points.
  • Kelsey Ball (Huntington Beach, Calif./Huntington Beach HS) was the WCC Defensive Player of the Year in 2006 and All-WCC honorable mention in 2005. The forward had four-year career totals of 604 points and 437 rebounds.
  • Yasmine Robinson-Bacote (Hillside, N.J./Hillside HS) was the WCC Player of the Year in 2019 and a three-time All-WCC first team selection. The forward averaged 20.9 points and 7.8 rebounds as a senior and finished with career totals of 1,772 points and 792 rebounds.
WOMEN'S SOCCER 
  • Jenna Ainsworth (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Westlake HS) was All-WCC honorable mention in 2001. The midfielder had 11 goals and 13 assists in her four years.
  • Courtney Price (Corona, Calif./Colony HS) was All-WCC honorable mention in 2007. The defender/forward scored three goals in her four seasons.
  • Lynn Williams (Fresno, Calif./Bullard HS) was an All-American in 2014 and made the All-WCC first team in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and the second team in 2011. She's second all-time at Pepperdine with 39 goals and also had 24 career assists. Williams had 14 goals and 10 assists as a senior. She has gone on to great success with the U.S. National Team and in the NWSL (including three championships and the 2016 MVP award).
 
 
 
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