Just before we start the 2023-24 season, let's take one last look at all of the success UC Irvine Athletics had in 2022-23.

Overall, UC Irvine would end the year with four Big West regular season titles, two Big West Championship wins and two NCAA appearances. Four teams would end the year ranked nationally and 12 Anteater student-athletes would garner All-American honors.
 
UCI claimed two Big West Coaches of the Year, two Athletes of the Year and three Freshman/Newcomers of the Year. Anteaters took home 59 all-conference honors and were named conference Player of the Week 36 times.
 
The Anteaters would place second in the Dennis Farrell Big West Commissioner's Cup, UCI's highest finish and rank 23^rd among Division I-AAA schools (schools without football) in the NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings. The NACDA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities in the United States with the most success in collegiate athletics.  Points for the NACDA Directors' Cup are based on order of finish in various National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sponsored championships.
 
2022-23 YEAR IN REVIEW
FINAL NATIONAL RANKINGS
Men's Water Polo – 11th (Highest Ranking: 8th)
Women's Soccer – 18th (Highest Ranking: 18th)
Men's Volleyball – 5th (Highest Ranking: 5th)
Women's Water Polo – 4th (Highest Ranking 3rd)

ALL-AMERICANS (12)
Onye Ofoegbu – Women's Volleyball (Honorable Mention)
Tyler Padua – Men's Water Polo (Honorable Mention)
Ethan Shipman – Men's Water Polo (Honorable Mention)
Hilir Henno – Men's Volleyball (First Team)
Francesco Sani – Men's Volleyball (Second Team)
Joe Karlous – Men's Volleyball (Honorable Mention)
Cole Gillis – Men's Volleyball (Honorable Mention)
Elena Flynn – Women's Water Polo (Second Team)
Nioka Thomas – Women's Water Polo (Second Team)
Erin Tharp – Women's Water Polo (Honorable Mention)
Jessica Lynch – Women's Water Polo (Honorable Mention)
Anthony Martinez – Baseball (CBN Third Team)

ALL-REGION (5)
Onye Ofoegbu – Women's Volleyball
Maddy Chavez – Women's Soccer (Second Team)
Glo Hinojosa – Women's Soccer (Third Team)
Anthony Martinez – Baseball (Second Team)
Caden Kendle – Baseball (Second Team)

BIG WEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR (2)
Jolie Robinson – Women's Track & Field (Field Athlete of the Year)
Caden Kendle – Baseball (co-Field Player of the Year)

BIG WEST COACH OF THE YEAR (2)
Casey Kear – Women's Cross Country (co)
Dan Klatt – Women's Water Polo

BIG WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (2)
Maxim Grigoriev – Men's Volleyball
Anthony Martinez – Baseball (Field Player of the Year)

GOLDEN COAST CONFERENCE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Ethan Shipman – Men's Water Polo

BIG WEST SPECIALTY AWARDS
Nevaeh Parkinson – Best 6th Player - Women's Basketball

NCAA ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Elena Flynn – Women's Water Polo (Second Team)

ALL-BIG WEST (56)
Sameen Andar – Women's Cross Country
Hannah Chau – Women's Cross Country
Anna Vogtmann – Women's Cross Country
Lukas Amare – Men's Cross Country
Gianna Creighton – Women's Soccer (Second Team)
Glo Hinojosa – Women's Soccer (Second Team)
Alex Jaquez – Women's Soccer (Second Team)
Alyssa Moore – Women's Soccer (Second Team)
Kiera Smeenge – Women's Soccer (Honorable Mention)
Emilie Castagna – Women's Soccer (All-Freshman Team)
Ashish Chattha – Men's Soccer (First Team)
Ricardo Ibarra – Men's Soccer (Second Team)
Robert Mejia – Men's Soccer (Second Team)
Diego Otoya – Men's Soccer (All-Freshman Team)
Agaton Pourshahidi – Men's Soccer (All-Freshman Team)
Onye Ofoegbu – Women's Volleyball (First Team)
Joy Umeh – Women's Volleyball (Second Team)
Campbell Jensen – Women's Volleyball (All-Freshman Team)
Hunter Hernandez – Women's Basketball (First Team)
Déja Lee – Women's Basketball (Honorable Mention)
Nevaeh Parkinson – Women's Basketball (Honorable Mention)
Nikki Tom – Women's Basketball (Honorable Mention)
Diaba Konate – Women's Basketball (All-Defensive Team)
DJ Davis – Men's Basketball (First Team)
Dawson Baker – Men's Basketball (Second Team)
Pierre Crockrell II – Men's Basketball (Honorable Mention)
Hilir Henno – Men's Volleyball (First Team)
Francesco Sani – Men's Volleyball (First Team)
Joe Karlous – Men's Volleyball (Honorable Mention)
Maxim Grigoriev – Men's Volleyball (All-Freshman Team)
Enrique Luque Rico – Men's Tennis (First Team Singles)
Noah Zamora – Men's Tennis (First Team Singles)
Brandon Park – Men's Tennis (Second Team Singles)
Rithvik Krishna – Men's Tennis (Honorable Mention Singles)
Brandon Park / Noah Zamora – Men's Tennis (First Team Doubles)
Jenna Schlatter – Women's Tennis (Honorable Mention Singles)
Elena Flynn – Women's Water Polo (First Team)
Erin Tharp – Women's Water Polo (First Team)
Nioka Thomas – Women's Water Polo (First Team)
Jessica Lynch – Women's Water Polo (Second Team)
Megan Yang – Women's Golf (Second Team)
Rei Harashima – Men's Golf (Honorable Mention)
Darien Zhao – Men's Golf (Honorable Mention)
Liam Miksic – Men's Track & Field (Javelin)
Sameen Andar – Women's Track & Field (10,000m, 5,000m)
Hannah Chau – Women's Track & Field (Steeplechase)
Malia Gay – Women's Track & Field (800m)
Jolie Robinson – Women's Track & Field (Heptathlon, Long Jump)
Deandra Tyler – Women's Track & Field (Shot Put)
Caden Kendle – Baseball (First Team)
Anthony Martinez – Baseball (First Team)
Joichiro Oyama – Baseball (Second Team)
Dub Gleed – Baseball (Second Team)
Thomas McCaffrey – Baseball (Honorable Mention)
Chase Call – Baseball (Honorable Mention)
Michael Stanford – Baseball (Honorable Mention)

ALL-GOLDEN COAST CONFERENCE (3)
Ethan Shipman – Men's Water Polo (Second Team)
Tyler Padua – Men's Water Polo (Honorable Mention)
Jackson Matos – Men's Water Polo (All-Freshman Team)

NCAA NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK (1)
Anthony Martinez – Baseball (3/6)

AVCA NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK (2)
Francesco Sani – Men's Volleyball (4/4)
Hilir Henno – Men's Volleyball (1/10)

BIG WEST ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (35)
Baseball (5)
Nick Pinto (Pitcher – 5/8, 5/29)
Anthony Martinez (Field – 3/6, 5/15)
Michael Stanford (Pitcher – 3/6)

Men's Basketball (2)
Bent Leuchten (1/9)
DJ Davis (11/14)

Women's Basketball (2)
Hunter Hernandez (1/23, 2/13)

Men's Soccer (3)
Nolan DiCenzo (Freshman – 10/31)
Agaton Pourshahidi (Freshman – 9/19, 10/3)

Women's Track & Field (2)
Deandra Tyler (Field – 3/7, 3/28)

Men's Volleyball (11)
Francesco Sani (Offensive – 4/3)
Maxim Grigoriev (Freshman – 3/13, 3/20, 4/3)
Cole Gillis (Offensive – 1/23)
William D'Arcy (Freshman – 1/16, 2/13)
Hilir Henno (Offensive – 1/9, 3/20)
Joe Karlous (Defensive – 3/20)
Cole Power (Defensive – 1/9)

Women's Volleyball (6)
Joy Umeh (Offensive – 9/12, 10/24)
Campbell Jensen (Freshman – 9/12, 10/24, 11/14)
Onye Ofoegbu (Offensive – 9/5)

Women's Water Polo (4)
Jessica Lynch (4/26)
Kennedy East (4/19)
Nioka Thomas (2/1)
Elena Flynn (1/25)

GOLDEN COAST CONFERENCE ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Men's Water Polo (1)
Ethan Shipman (9/29)

OFF THE BLOCK NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK (4)
Hilir Henno – Men's Volleyball (Outside Hitter – 2/13, 3/6)
Cole Power – Men's Volleyball (Libero – 3/6)
Francesco Sani – Men's Volleyball (Opposite – 3/20)

COLLEGE SOCCER NEWS NATIONAL TEAM OF THE WEEK (2)
Glo Hinojosa – Women's Soccer (National Player of the Week – 11/14)
Alyssa Moore – Women's Soccer (8/22)

TOP DRAWER SOCCER NATIONAL TEAM OF THE WEEK (2)
Maddy Chavez – Women's Soccer (11/15)
Amber Huff – Women's Soccer (11/8)