The Bruins will build a new team with versatility in mind. Four incoming freshmen from California will join UCLA softball for the 2019-2020 season as the Bruins have a chance to defend their 2019 national title. Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said after graduating a large senior class – including starters infielder Brianna Tautalafua and utility Taylor […]
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UCLA celebrates at the ESPYS with gymnast Katelyn Ohashi taking home 2 awards
This post was updated July 11 at 2:47 p.m. Katelyn Ohashi’s viral floor routine earned 117 million views, a perfect 10 and now, two ESPYS. The former UCLA gymnast’s Jan. 12 floor routine secured two awards at the 2019 ESPYS on Wednesday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Her performance bested a diving […]
Former and current UCLA softball players take home USA Softball International Cup
Three Bruins are donning red, white and blue this summer for USA Softball. The trio of UCLA softball players traveled to Columbus, Georgia, for the USA Softball International Cup from July 1 through Sunday. The tournament is one in a series of competitions that the Bruins will participate in this summer with USA Softball. Rising […]
Rachel Garcia caps off softball season with Honda Cup, collection of accolades
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. Garcia won the Honda Sport Award for softball in June, which qualified her – along with 11 other athletes from each of […]
Superlatives: Daily Bruin recognizes UCLA’s standout athletes from 2018-2019
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. Joshua Kelley was a stud. The redshirt junior running back was UCLA’s primary offensive weapon in coach Chip Kelly’s rush-heavy offense and lived up to the task. […]
Lisa Fernandez shifts focus to pitchers in 12th year as assistant softball coach
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. “I was lucky enough to be a bat girl, and I ended up on (Fernandez)’s team, and I got to run out her jacket when […]
Lineup depth and strong senior class key component to softball’s national title
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. The national title was the program’s 12th and UCLA’s 118th. “It’s the chemistry that we’ve built, and then going into […]