Rachel Garcia finished her season at the top. The rising redshirt senior pitcher capped off UCLA softball’s championship season by being awarded the Honda Cup for the best female student-athlete of the year. Read more...
Photo: Rising redshirt senior pitcher Rachel Garcia was honored with the Honda Cup this week, the highest award for a female collegiate athlete.(Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
Male Athlete of the Year: Joshua Kelley, football Jason Maikis, assistant Sports editor In a rough year for UCLA football, one Bruin stood out in a big way. Read more...
Photo: UCLA football redshirt junior running back Josh Kelley led the Bruins with 12 touchdowns and 1,243 yards on the ground (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor).
This post was updated June 10 at 12:20 a.m. Lisa Fernandez first met Rachel Garcia at a game in Garcia’s hometown when the redshirt junior pitcher was just a kid. Read more...
Photo: Assistant coach Lisa Fernandez has worked with her pitching staff on and off the field this season. The former UCLA pitcher helped lead UCLA softball to the 2019 NCAA championship. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
The road was long and sometimes bumpy, but the Bruins made it to the end. No. 2 seed UCLA softball (56-6, 20-4 Pac-12) wrapped up its season Tuesday by winning the Women’s College World Series. Read more...
Photo: Senior third baseman Brianna Tautalafua will graduate this spring along with two other starters for UCLA. The senior class had been to the Women’s College World Series the last four years, and finally took home the trophy Tuesday. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated June 4 at 10:05 p.m. Kinsley Washington stepped up to the plate with the championship run on second. “Just whatever it took, if it was a blooper, if it was a home run, if it was a bunt, I really didn’t care, just anything to get it done,” Washington said. Read more...
Photo: UCLA softball swept Oklahoma in the championship series of the Women’s College World Series to win the program’s first national title since 2010 and UCLA’s 118th NCAA championship. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated June 3 at 9:05 p.m. The Bruins are one win away from a national title. No. 2 seed UCLA softball (55-6, 20-4 Pac-12) defeated No. Read more...
Photo: Sophomore infielder Briana Perez hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning against Oklahoma – one of three UCLA home runs in the inning. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated June 2 at 4:24 p.m. It was deja vu for the Bruins. Two games, two wins and redshirt junior pitcher Rachel Garcia in the circle one win away from the Women’s College World Series championship series. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt junior pitcher Rachel Garcia hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning of UCLA softball’s game against Washington on Sunday. The Bruins will now advance to the championship series for the first time since 2010. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)
