Rachel Garcia

For the third year in a row, Rachel Garcia has been named the Honda Sport Award winner for Softball, as announced on Friday by Chris Voelz, Executive Director of THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA). Garcia becomes the second Bruin to be named a three-time winner of the Honda Sport...

MUSKEGON – Oakridge’s softball program has featured several great pitchers and great hitters over the years, some doing both at a high level. Brooklyn …

United States Olympian Rachel Garcia was one of the 12 players chosen in the first Athletes Unlimited softball draft on Monday night. Garcia, a right-handed pitcher for UCLA, is a two-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. She led the Bruins to the national title in 2019. Three Arizona...

For the first time this season, the Bruins played in front of spectators at Easton Stadium. Rachel Garcia made sure to give the crowd something to cheer about. The redshirt senior pitcher/first baseman threw a no-hitter and struck out 12 batters as No. 2 UCLA softball (23-2, 6-1 Pac-12) defeated Oregon State (15-18, 3-10) 7-0 Friday evening. Garcia’s second career no-hitter took place in the Bruins’ first home game since UCLA began allowing a small number of guests – limited to players’ family and special personnel – to watch outdoor sporting events in person.

EUGENE — Melyssa Lombardi preaches the need for Oregon to rely on its full pitching staff to win games, but the Ducks coach leaned on ace Brooke Yanez two innings too long and it proved costly on Sunday. Yanez gave up just one hit her first two times through the...

Pac-12 Networks' Ann Schatz speaks with student-athlete Rachel Garcia after combining for seven strikeouts and a go-ahead two-run home run in the sixth inning to help lift No. 2 UCLA over No. 3 Oregon by a final score of 6-2 on Sunday, Apr. 11 in Eugene. The Bruins improve to 22-2 overall and 5-1 in Pac-12 play after a 3-1 four-game series advantage against the Ducks.

Saturday’s doubleheader in Eugene between Pac-12 powerhouses UCLA and Oregon could go a long way in determining the Pac-12 standings, and possibly more. Unfortunately for the Ducks, they dropped the first game 3-0. Coming off a dominant, complete game in yesterday's win, Brooke Yanez got the start again. After surrendering...

Pac-12 Networks' Ann Schatz catches up with No. 2 UCLA softball's Rachel Garcia after the Bruins swept a double-header vs. No. 3 Oregon. Garcia pitched a complete game shutout in game one and went a combined 3-for-7 with a home run in both legs of the double-header.

Nobody would have blamed UCLA for taking a few bumps last season. Fresh off another Women’s College World Series title, the Bruins were playing without Rachel Garcia and Bubba Nickles. The duo was selected for the Olympic team, and redshirted the season to train with Team USA. UCLA would need...