![]() ![]() ![]() “She’s got the whole package.”Looking back, it took years for UCLA and Rodriguez to get together.As a member of the club team Jersey Intensity, Rodriguez traveled to tournaments all over the country. Earlier this winter, Rodriguez made it official when she signed on the dotted line and joined the perennial national power.“Julie is phenomenal,” UCLA coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said. Barbara Rodriguez/Special to To illustrate, last year’s Bruins roster included 21 girls from California, one from Florida and one from Texas.So what is NV/Old Tappan’s Julie Rodriguez doing, going to UCLA?“Actually, I’ll be the first kid from New Jersey to go there,” Rodriguez said.“The UCLA coaches always say, ‘She’s the random girl from New Jersey who came out and shocked us’.”As a high school freshman, Rodriguez shocked the UCLA coaches at a tryout camp before verbally committing to play there.
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