2022-23 UC Santa Cruz Women's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 14
Tess Oakley-Stilson
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- La Cañada, CA
- High School:
- La Cañada HS
- Prev School:
- Glendale College
- Position:
- Guard
- Major:
- Literature
AT UCSC:Â Played all 20 games with 19 starts in 2021-22. Averaged 9.0 points, 3.4 rebounds. Shot 47% from Field. Shot 85.9% from Free Throws to rank 16th in the nation. Scored 33 points with 10-12 Field Goals and School Record 11-11 from line on Feb. 5th at La Verne, tying for fourth-most points ever in a game by a Banana Slug and earning D3Hoops.com National Team of the Week recognition.
HIGH SCHOOL: All-League MVP at La Canada High School, AP Scholar
JUNIOR COLLEGE: 2019-2020 California Community College Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year at Glendale College. Western State All-Conference Player 2018-2019, 2019-2020; All-State Player 2019-2020,
Two-time Academic All-State, California Community College Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year 2019-2020,
Corblentz Zorbas Female Athlete Scholarship Recipient.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Joh Oakley and Jeff Stilson, siblings are Mia, Cam and Nate. She picked UCSC because "of the basketball team, the location (I'm a big nature person and I love the beach), academics are a priority here which is extremely important to me, and most importantly, my yellow car fits right in!"
Says her most influential person is her last basketball coach, Joel Weiss because "he believed in me and gave me the opportunity to keep playing basketball. Even though it wasn't always easy, he taught me how to keep cool under pressure, and even when I'd get fired up, he always made sure I never stepped out of line, or even on the lines for that matter."
Off the court, she is a strength coach/personal trainer and a basketball coach, "so I spend a lot of time in the gym." She's also a tutor and likes to paint and draw, read, write, play with her dog, Scout, and play the ukulele.
HIGH SCHOOL: All-League MVP at La Canada High School, AP Scholar
JUNIOR COLLEGE: 2019-2020 California Community College Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year at Glendale College. Western State All-Conference Player 2018-2019, 2019-2020; All-State Player 2019-2020,
Two-time Academic All-State, California Community College Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year 2019-2020,
Corblentz Zorbas Female Athlete Scholarship Recipient.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Joh Oakley and Jeff Stilson, siblings are Mia, Cam and Nate. She picked UCSC because "of the basketball team, the location (I'm a big nature person and I love the beach), academics are a priority here which is extremely important to me, and most importantly, my yellow car fits right in!"
Says her most influential person is her last basketball coach, Joel Weiss because "he believed in me and gave me the opportunity to keep playing basketball. Even though it wasn't always easy, he taught me how to keep cool under pressure, and even when I'd get fired up, he always made sure I never stepped out of line, or even on the lines for that matter."
Off the court, she is a strength coach/personal trainer and a basketball coach, "so I spend a lot of time in the gym." She's also a tutor and likes to paint and draw, read, write, play with her dog, Scout, and play the ukulele.
