UC San Diego

MEDIA
SDUT: Superfriends key UC San Diego's Big West title defense (Jan. 15, 2026)
SDUT: Flat-out relentless Makayla Rose is UC San Diego's best thief (Feb. 14, 2026)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Two-time Big West Defensive Player of the Year (24-25, 25-26)…2025-26 Co-Best Hustle Player...2026 Big West Championship Most Outstanding Player...2025-26 All-Big West First Team...Two-time Big West All-Defensive Team (24-25, 25-26)…Big West All-Academic Team (24-25)…Second Team All-CCAA and All-Academic (22-23).

AS A SENIOR IN 2025-26
Big West Defensive Player of the Year...Big West Co-Best Hustle Player...All-Big West First Team...Big West All-Defensive Team...Big West Championship Most Outstanding Player...Triton Female Athlete of the Year and Newcomer of the Year at the 2026 Triton Awards...Three-time UCU Athlete of the Week (Feb. 2, Feb. 9 & March 16)...Set the Tritons' Division I single season record with 102 steals and single-game record with nine steals vs Hawai‘i (Feb. 7)…One of three players to start all 33 games for the Tritons… Averaged 12.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.1 steals and 2.0 assists in 36.0 minutes per game…Ranked 13th in the country in total steals and 16th in steals per game, also ranking 17th in the NCAA in minutes per game…Recorded 20 double-figure scoring efforts, including 15 of 16 games leading up to the Big West title...Recorded five 20-point games and led the team in scoring 11 different times…Led the team in steals in 17 contests…Played the full 40 minutes in 14 different contests as well as all 45 in overtime at Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 8) and 54 minutes in triple overtime at UC Davis (Feb. 12)…Tallied a season-high 28 points against Hawai‘i (Feb. 7)…Collected a season-best eight rebounds in five different contests, including the Big West Championship final against Hawai‘i (March 14), adding 17 points and five steals…Made her Triton debut in the season opener at Pacific (Nov. 3) with a team-high 16 points and three steals.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL (2022-2025)
Spent two seasons at UC Riverside (23-24; 24-25) and her freshman season at Stanislaus State (2022-23)…As a junior at UCR: 2024-25 Big West Defensive Player of the Year and Big West All-Defensive Team…Big West All-Academic selection…The only player to start all 32 games for the Highlanders…Averaged 9.2 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 2.0 steals in 30.5 minutes per game…Scored in double figures 17 times…Led the team in steals (63) and assists (57)…As a sophomore at UCR: Appeared in 32 games, making 28 starts…Averaged 9.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.8 steals in 32.1 minutes per game…As a freshman at Stanislaus State: Led the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA)... Second Team All-CCAA and All-Academic.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated in 2022 from Folsom High School...First Team All-Sierra Foothill as a senior...2022 All-Tournament Team and MVP…2022 Sac-San Joaquin Section Finalists…2022 Folsom High MVP…Rated by Sports Illustrated as a top-35 point guard in California in 2022.
 
PERSONAL
Born in Roseville, Calif…Has two older siblings, Janelle and Malik…Her mother, Carley Rose was a Division I gymnast at the University of Washington…Studying sociology at Marshall College…Hopes to pursue a career as a graphic designer…Favorite basketball memory was receiving the Big West Defensive Player of the Year award right before the 2025 Big West tournament…Enjoys hosting game nights, shopping, working out and watching movies with friends and family in her spare time…Favorite movie is The Parent Trap…Listens to Rod Wave, SZA and Lil Poppa. 
    

CAREER HIGHS
Points	38	Stanislaus St. vs CP Pomona	1/14/23
FGM	14	Stanislaus St. vs CP Pomona	1/14/23
FGA	26	Multiple Times	-
3FGM	5	Stanislaus St. vs CP Pomona	1/14/23
3FGA	11	UCR vs Long Beach St.	3/14/24
FTM	9	Stanislaus St. at CSUSB	2/25/23
FTA	14	Multiple Times	-
Rebounds	9	Stanislaus St. vs CSUSM	12/1/22
Assists	7	at Cal St. Fullerton	1/8/26
Blocks	1	Multiple Times	-
Steals	9	vs Hawai‘i	2/7/26