Perhaps a 13-member Dance Team was just too unwieldly or too expensive, but more likely the judges just felt like there were only 9 auditioners who stood out to such a degree that they were elite enough for inclusion on the World’s Best Dance Team. So the 2017-18 UCLA Dance Team will have only 9 members (all female), down from last year’s record high of 13.
7 of 9 (which is the name of Jeri Ryan’s BORG character on Star Trek Voyager) are returnees: Katy, Kaitlynn, Kendenn, Christine, Daphne, Emily, and Louisa; The two newcomers are Jordan and Ashlee.