Female Athlete of the Year: Rachel Garcia
Coral Smith, Daily Bruin senior staff
After her phenomenal 2019 season, one might have thought we had witnessed the greatest year of Rachel Garcia’s UCLA career.

No. 2 seed UCLA softball (46-5, 19-2 Pac-12) will begin its sixth-straight Women’s College World Series appearance with a matchup against No. 10 seed Florida State (55-10, 19-5 ACC) on Thursday night.

This post was updated May 28 at 9:53 p.m.
The Bruins relied on their All-Pac-12 talent to keep their season alive.
One loss away from elimination, No.

With an NCAA-record 29 Women’s College World Series appearances, the Bruins are familiar with having an edge over their opponents when it comes to postseason experience.

This post was updated May 16 at 11:48 p.m.
The Bruins entered their final regular-season series needing two wins to clinch a conference championship.
They claimed the title with two games to spare.

The first-place Bruins have one last chance to defend their near-perfect record at home.
No. 2 UCLA softball (34-3, 13-2 Pac-12) will play its final regular-season series at Easton Stadium with a four-game set against Stanford (29-14, 8-7) beginning Friday.

In a battle between two undefeated pitchers, Rachel Garcia came out unscathed.
The redshirt senior pitcher/first baseman allowed just three hits and one unearned run in a complete-game performance to help No.

For the second weekend this month, the Bruins have the opportunity to hand an undefeated pitcher on a top-five team their first loss of the season.

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.

On Thursday night, UCLA women’s basketball will have one of the most decorated players in program history drafted into the professional ranks.
But Michaela Onyenwere didn’t expect her UCLA career to end this way.