California Collegiate Athletics Association

Decorated UC San Diego basketball standout Leora Juster is earning her second Hall of Fame nod in less than a year. After being inducted into the Tritons’ Hall of Fame in Oct. 2019, she can now add CCAA Hall of Famer to her resume. 

She stands as UC San Diego’s all time leading scorer with 2,049 career points, and was named back-to-back CCAA Player of the Year in 2006 and ‘07, along with earning Kodak/WBCA and Daktronics First-Team All-American after her final season of collegiate basketball. She was also named CCAA Female Athlete of the Year, along with picking up UC San Diego Athlete of the Year acclaim twice.

In her senior season, Juster and the Tritons advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament semifinal round after upending No. 2 Glenville State 71-61 with Juster scoring 26 points. UC San Diego bowed out in the penultimate game of the season, suffering a narrow 57-54 loss at the hands of No. 7 Southern Connecticut State. Juster averaged 22.4 points per game as a senior, fifth in the country. In 2005-06, she posted 22.0 points per game for seventh.

All told, Juster still dots the UC San Diego record books in multiple categories. Along with her status as career scoring leader, she is the Tritons’ all-time leader in career points per game (17.8), field goals made (742) and free throws made (426). The team was 82-33 during Juster’s collegiate career, enjoying three NCAA appearances during her time as a Triton. 

After college, she obtained her master’s degree from Cal State LA and worked as an assistant for the Golden Eagles for two seasons. She is currently a software engineer in the Los Angeles area.