Lisa Maria Fernandez is an American former softball player and current assistant coach at UCLA. She played college softball at UCLA as a pitcher and third baseman,and is a three-time medal winning Olympian with Team USA.
Catherine Leigh Osterman is a retired American softball player. Osterman pitched on the United States women's national softball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver medal at the 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Stacey "Nuvey" Nuveman-Deniz is an American,former professional softball player and current head coach at San Diego State. She played for the UCLA Bruins at the catcher position on-and-off from 1997 to 2002,winning a National Championship in 1999. She also won two Olympic gold medals and one silver medal for Team USA.
Alicia Kay Hollowell-Dunn is an American,former collegiate four-time All-American,retired professional softball pitcher and assistant coach. She played college softball at Arizona Wildcats softball from 2003 to 2006,collecting 144 career wins and 1,768 strikeouts,both top-10 NCAA career records. She currently holds the Arizona Wildcats records for career strikeouts,shutouts and innings pitched,in addition to the Pac-12 Conference wins and strikeout ratio records. Hollowell won the 2006 Women's College World Series.
Amanda Louise Freed is an American,former professional softball utility player and pitcher. She played college softball for UCLA,winning the national title for the Bruins in the 1999 Women's College World Series. In two other national runner-up finishes,she was also named All-Tournament in all her appearances at the world series. She later won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2005,Freed joined the National Pro Fastpitch and played until 2008 for the defunct Rockford Thunder. She also served as a coach for Virginia.
Tairia Mims Flowers is an African-American former collegiate All-American,medal-winning Olympian,softball player and current head coach at Loyola Marymount. She played college softball as a third basemen for the UCLA Bruins from 2000 to 2003,winning a national championship in 2003 and ranking top-five in school career RBIs and home runs. Flowers also helped them to two runner-up finishes and was named a three-time All-Tournament honoree. Flowers won a gold and silver medal as part of Team USA at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics.
Jenny Louise Topping is an American,former collegiate four-time first team All-American,medal winning Olympian,retired professional All-Star softball player. Topping played college softball at Washington and Cal State Fullerton primarily as a catcher. She is best known for being a member of the United States women's national softball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics that won a gold medal. She also played professionally in the National Pro Fastpitch for the Akron Racers.
Victoria Noel Galindo-Piatt,commonly known as Vicky Galindo,is an American,former collegiate All-American,medal-winning Olympian,three-time professional All-Star,softball player and current head coach at West Valley College. An infielder at second and third,Galindo played college softball at West Valley and later for California in the Pac-12 Conference,helping them to back-to-back national runner-up finishes at the 2003 and 2004 Women's College World Series. She went undrafted but later played for the Chicago Bandits of National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) winning two championships. She also played for the United States women's national softball team,winning a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Natasha Renee Watley is an American,former collegiate four-time first-team All-American,two-time medal winning Olympian,retired seven-time pro All-Star softball player. Watley played college softball at UCLA,and helped the Bruins win a national championship. She represented the United States women's national softball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal,and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics,and won a silver medal.
Samantha Nicole Peszek is an American former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 2008 Summer Olympics,which won silver.
Lovieanne Jung is a Filipino-American,former collegiate All-American,two-time medal winning Olympian,retired softball player. She began her college softball career at Fresno State as a second baseman,then transferred to Arizona and played as a shortstop. She represented the United States women's national softball team winning a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics,and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Caitlin Faith Lowe-Nagy is the head coach of the Arizona Wildcats softball team. Lowe is a former collegiate four-time first team All-American and medal winning Olympian. She played college softball for Arizona and led her team in back-to-back Women's College World Series championships in 2006 and 2007. She won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Lowe played with National Pro Fastpitch's USSSA Pride for six seasons,winning three titles and being named 2012 Player of the Year,before officially retiring in 2015.
Christie Ambrosi is an American,former collegiate All-American,gold-medal winning Olympian,right-handed softball player and current Head Coach,originally from Overland Park,Kansas. She attended high school at Blue Valley Northwest High School. Ambrosi was a shortstop and outfielder for the UCLA Bruins in the now-named Pac-12 Conference from 1996-97,99,winning a national title in her final year and was named All-Tournament. She later helped Team USA to a gold medal in the Sydney Olympics. Ambrosi held several coaching positions and is now head of the SVSU Cardinals softball team.
Jennifer Lynn Brundage is an American,former collegiate All-American softball player and current assistant head coach for Michigan. She played college softball for the UCLA Bruins from 1992 to 1995 and won the 1992 Women's College World Series championship. Brundage was named Honda Sports Award for softball as Player of the Year in 1995. As a part of Team USA softball,she won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Christa Lee Williams-Yates is an American,former collegiate three-time All-American,two-time Gold Medal winning Olympian,retired three-time pro All-Star,right-handed hitting softball pitcher originally from Houston,Texas. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta where she received a gold medal with the American team. Four years later at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,she won her second gold medal. Williams-Yates began her college career with the UCLA Bruins in 1997 before transferring to play softball with the Texas Longhorns (1998-99). Joining in its inaugural year,she played three years in the National Pro Fastpitch with the Texas Thunder (2004-06) and still ranks top-10 in career wins,strikeouts,ERA among other records. In 2018,Williams-Yates was named to the USA National Softball Hall of Fame. Currently,Williams-Yates teaches high school softball in Friendswood,Texas.
Danielle Elaine Lawrie is a Canadian,former collegiate All-American,medal-winning Olympian,professional All-Star softball pitcher and current sports commentator. Lawrie played college softball at Washington,in which she was part of the 2009 Women's College World Series championship team and was named Most Outstanding Player. Lawrie currently plays for the Canada women's national softball team,including during the 2008 Summer Olympics,and the 2020 Summer Olympics,where she won a bronze medal.
The UCLA Bruins softball team represents the University of California,Los Angeles in NCAA Division I softball. The Bruins are among the most decorated programs in NCAA softball,leading all schools in NCAA championships with 12,13 overall Women's College World Series championships,championship game appearances with 22,WCWS appearances with 29,and NCAA Tournament wins with 187. They have dominated against top programs like Arizona (92-59),Washington (62-35),and Alabama (9-1).
Allyson "Ally" Nicole Carda is an American,former collegiate All-American softball pitcher and first baseman. Carda has been a member of the United States women's national softball team since 2015 and was a member of the UCLA Bruins from 2012 to 2015,earning three First Team All-Pac-12 and back-to-back conference Player of the Year awards. She also earned back-to-back National Fastpitch Coaches Association First Team All-American honors. Carda represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.
Rachel Lauren Garcia is an American,former collegiate four-time All-American softball pitcher and current volunteer assistant head coach for San Diego State. She played for the UCLA Bruins and led the Bruins to the 2019 Women's College World Series championship,where she was named the Most Outstanding Player.
Madilyn "Bubba" Ida-Marie Nickles is an American,former collegiate All-American,softball utility player. She played college softball for the UCLA Bruins and won a national championship in 2019. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.
