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Pronunciation
koo-BARE-uh
Kuberra's Cal Career Game Highs
Goals: 4 (three times, last at USC, 2021)
Assists: 2 (three times, last vs. Oregon, 2021)
Points: 4 (five times, last at USC, 2021)
Shots: 8 (twice, last vs. Fresno State, 2021)
Shots On Goal: 6 (vs. Fresno State, 2021)
Free Position Goals: 3 (vs. Fresno State, 2019)
Free Position Shots: 3 (vs. Fresno State, 2019)
Ground Balls: 5 (vs. Michigan, 2019)
Caused Turnovers: 2 (four times, last at Winthrop, 2020)
Draw Controls: 9 (at Colorado, 2019)
Cal Career (2018 – Present)
• Has played in all 44 games possible with 39 starts over the last three seasons since her arrival at Cal in the fall of 2017
• Has accumulated totals of 51 points on 41 goals and 10 assists, while registering 94 shots, a .436 shot percentage, 59 shots on goal, a .628 shots on goal percentage, two game-winning goals, 30 ground balls, 18 caused turnovers and 67 draw controls, while she is 12-of-21 on free position shot attempts
• Changed to No. 3 as a 2020 junior after wearing No. 31 in her first two seasons at Cal as a 2018 freshman and 2019 sophomore
Junior (2020)
• Started all seven games in a season abbreviated by the COVID-19 pandemic and contributed 13 points on 10 goals and three assists
• Added 26 shots, a .385 shot percentage, 15 shots on goal, a .577 shots on goal percentage, 10 ground balls, three caused turnovers and 21 draw controls, while she was 2-of-3 on free position shot attempts
• Scored at least one goal in each of the first six games before being shutout with two draw controls in the final contest of the campaign at USC
• Recorded three goals in back-to-back games at San Diego State and Arizona State, while adding a single assist against the Sun Devils to total a season-high four points
• Added five shots, four shots on goal, two ground balls, one caused turnover, a career-high-tying six draw controls at Arizona State, while going 1-of-1 on free position shots
• Added four shots, three shots on goal, three ground balls and five draw controls at San Diego State
• Had one goal and one assist for two points in each of her first two games at UC Davis and vs. Virginia
• Added five shots, three shots on goal and two draw controls at UC Davis, while she was 0-of-1 on free position shots
• Added four shots, three shots on goal, one ground ball and two draw controls against Virginia
• Had a single goal on four shots, one shot on goal and two ground balls both at Mercer and Winthrop, while going 1-of-1 on free position shots at Mercer, and adding two caused turnovers and four draw controls at Winthrop
Sophomore (2019)
• Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic recognition
• Started all 19 games and contributed 24 points on 19 goals and five assists
• Added 37 shots, a .514 shot percentage, 25 shots on goal, a .676 shots on goal percentage, 14 ground balls, 10 caused turnovers and 40 draw controls, while she was 5-of-8 on free position shot attempts
• Scored multiple goals in each of the eight games she scored and had a season-high two goals in another
• Recorded a career-high four goals on by connecting on all four of her shots including three free position shots vs. Fresno State while adding a career-high-tying six draw controls
• Had three goals on four shots with three shots on goal at Stanford, while going 2-of-2 on free position shots and adding three ground balls and two caused turnovers
• Registered three points on two goals and one assist vs. Michigan, at Mount Saint Mary's and at Arizona State with his totals coming on three shots and two on goal at Michigan including 0-of-1 on free position shots, five shots and two on goal against Mount Saint Mary's and three shots all on goal against Arizona State
• Added five ground balls against Michigan and one at Mount Saint Mary's, while she also caused two turnovers and had four draw controls against the Wolverines while recording two draw controls at Mount Saint Mary's
• Had two points on a pair of goals vs. UC Davis on two shots and two shots on goal, at George Washington on four shots and three shots on goal and in the Pac-12 Championship quarterfinals against Arizona State on three shots and three shots on goal including 0-of-1 on free position shots against the Sun Devils
• Added one ground ball, one caused turnover and one draw control against Arizona State, while she also had one caused turnover against UC Davis and one draw control at George Washington
• Had two points on two assists and two draw controls in the semifinals of the Pac-12 Championship against USC
• Played but did not score in the other 10 games while taking just a combined nine shots including three on goal during those contests, although she did have non-shooting stats in those contests with one ground ball four times (vs. Oregon, vs. USC, vs. Arizona State, at Oregon), one caused turnover four times (vs. Denver, vs. Colorado, vs. Arizona State, at Oregon); a career-high nine draw controls at Colorado as well as three twice (vs. Denver, vs. San Diego State), two vs. Colorado and one four times (vs. USC, vs. Arizona State, at Oregon, vs. Stanford)
Freshman (2018)
• Played in all 18 games including starts in each of the first 13 before coming off the bench in the final five
• Contributed 14 points on 12 goals and two assists, while adding 31 shots, a .387 shot percentage, 19 shots on goal, a .613 shots on goal percentage, two game-winning goals, six ground balls, five caused turnovers and six draw controls, while she was 5-of-10 on free position shot attempts
• Scored 10 of her 14 points in the first seven games of the season with at least one goal in each contest
• Registered a hat trick by scoring on all three of her shots and was credited with the game-winning goal while also contributing a caused turnover in an 18-8 victory over Mercer
• Had two goals on four shots (two shots on goal) and three draw controls against San Diego State
• Picked up a single goal all on free position shots at UC Davis (1-1), at Connecticut (1-1), at UMass Lowell (1-2), at Oregon (1-1) and vs. Oregon (1-2) while taking a single shot on goal at UC Davis and Connecticut, four shots with two on goal at UMass Lowell, three shots with one on goal at Oregon and two shots with both on goal vs. Oregon
• Added two ground balls and one draw control at UMass Lowell, two caused turnovers at Connecticut, and the game-winning goal and one draw control in a 15-13 win over Oregon
• Also had a single goal vs. Robert Morris on four shots with three on goal and in a single shot on goal during the third meeting of the season against Oregon in the Pac-12 Championships quarterfinals at Stanford
• Had a single point on one assist in back-to-back games at USC and Arizona State while adding a ground ball against the Sun Devils
• Added stats in non-scoring games at Colorado with one caused turnover and vs. Arizona State with one ground ball
• Was a Cal Alumni Association Leadership Scholar in the fall of 2017
Torrey Pines HS (Class Of 2017)
• A two-time US Lacrosse All-American, first-team All-San Diego Section, first-team All-Avocado League and San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic Team choice in both her 2016 junior and 2017 senior seasons that helped her squad win San Diego Section Open Division and Avocado League crowns in each of those two campaigns
• Racked up the honors as a senior when she earned US Lacrosse All-American, first-team All-San Diego Section and first-team All-Avocado League honors for the second season in a row, as well as a Cardinal & Gold Award and a nomination for her team's Best Teammate Award for a squad that won the San Diego Section Open Division and Avocado League titles, and was ranked No. 1 in California and No. 7 nationally according to MaxPreps after registering 70 points, 45 goals, 25 assists, 23 ground balls and 61 draw controls for an unbeaten 22-0 campaign with a winning margin of five or more goals in 20 of the 22 contests
• A US Lacrosse All-American, as well as a first-team All-San Diego Section and first-team All-Avocado League selection for the first of two consecutive seasons, while she also picked up a spot on the Under Armour All-America West Team, a Falcon Award, a San Diego National Team spot and a San Diego Union-Tribune Athlete of the Week honor for a team that finished 20-2 overall while winning the first of two consecutive San Diego Section Open Division and Avocado League crowns before ending the season ranked No. 3 in California and No. 17 nationally according to MaxPreps
• A second-team All-Avocado League and San Diego National Team selection as a 2015 sophomore when she had 34 points, 24 goals, 10 assists, 20 ground balls, six caused turnovers and 39 draw controls
• Earned an Under Armour All-American West Team spot in her 2014 freshman campaign when she had three goals, 10 ground balls and five draw controls
• Also played one season of junior varsity field hockey as a 2014 sophomore after having never previously played the sport and earned the team's Rookie of the Year honor
• A Scholar-Athlete in each of her four prep seasons
• Editor-in-chief of her high school yearbook who also won the Torrey Pines High School Journalism Award as a senior after being a yearbook Student Life editor as a junior
• Won the National Journalism Education Association Graphic Design Award in Logo Design as a sophomore in 2015
• Had a GPA of 4.0 or better for seven semesters
• A two-time member of the National Honor Society in her final two years and a winner of her school's Scholar-Athlete Award three times as a freshman, sophomore and senior
• An AP Scholar as a senior
Club Lacrosse
• Played for the Pacific Falcons from 2013-17
Other
• Born November 7, 1998
• Daughter of Susan Kuberra and the late John Kuberra
• Draws a "J" on her wrist in honor of her father before every game
• Has two older sisters – Alexa and Kiki
• Lists digital design, photography, painting and writing as hobbies
• Hopes to pursue a career in graphic and interaction design
• Freelance design and design chair at Cal for Kappa Kappa Gamma
• Major is media studies
Last Updated
May 4, 2021
