
Rachel Garcia
Lancaster, California
Won silver medal at Team USA during Tokyo Olympics
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Personal: Named assistant softball coach at UC San Diego on Oct. 7, 2022, after serving as a volunteer assistant coach at San Diego State … majored in history at UCLA … hobbies include jet skiing and running … also enjoys spending time with youth and her family … has a passion for American Sign Language.
2022 Championship Season: Finished in eighth place with 1,558 leaderboard points, including league-high 240 MVP points … also ranked third with 508 stat points … authored 3-2 record with 2.29 earned run average in 13 appearances … tied for Athletes Unlimited lead with seven starts … set league record with three saves … tallied three complete games with one solo shutout … registered three hits at the plate while scoring a run … also drew three walks … allowed one run on five hits with season-high nine strikeouts in complete game effort against Team Chidester in Week Four finale … threw complete game shutout with eight strikeouts against Team Mulipola during Week Five … struck out six hitters in Week Three against Team Chidester in complete game outing.
2022 AUX Season: Finished second on the leaderboard with 1,422 points … led league with six game MVP honors … authored .333 batting average with nine hits, including league-high three home runs … also drove in nine runs while scoring four runs … authored 2-1 record in the circle with eight appearances, including league-high five starts … ranked second in the league with 25 strikeouts over 27.0 innings … posted three multi-hit games over final seven outings at the plate … hit two home runs and drove in three runs against Team Fischer on June 23 … also hit a home run in season finale against Team Fischer on June 25 … threw season-high 5.0 innings against Team Eberle on June 15, posting three strikeouts … registered season-high six strikeouts against Team Zerkle on June 23 in Series Three opener.
2021 Season: One of 12 players selected in Athletes Unlimited Softball College Draft.
International Experience: Member of Team USA who won Silver medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics … posted 1.05 earned run average with 13 strikeouts in 6.2 innings at the 2018 WBSC Women’s World Championship … helped Team USA win Gold medal and had walk-off hit against Japan in the semifinals … also led Team USA to Gold medals at 2019 Japan Cup and 2019 Pan American Games … competed in 2018 USA Softball International Cup, fashioning a 1.31 earned run average with 11 strikeouts in 5.1 innings.
At UCLA: Five-year letter winner for the Bruins who authored 99-17 career record with 11 saves … appeared in 149 career games with 95 starts … compiled 66 career complete games and 28 shutouts … finished career with 996 strikeouts in 749.0 innings … also posted .337 career batting average at the plate with 214 hits, including 43 home runs … drove in 175 career runs, including 54 during her freshman season … tallied 50 hits in a season three times … three-time recipient of Honda Award for Softball (2018, 2019, 2021) … also received Honda Cup in 2019 and 2021 … honored as 2018 and 2021 NFCA Division I Player of the Year … also earned NFCA Division I Pitcher of the Year accolades in 2019 … two-time Women’s College World Series All-Tournament Team selection who was named Most Outstanding Player of 2019 tournament … fourth in UCLA history with 99 victories … also stands fifth in program history with 149 appearances and 813 career strikeouts … tied for second on Bruins’ career saves list … three-time First-Team NFCA All-America selection … also garnered Second-Team All-America notice in 2017 … named All-Pac-12 First Team four times, including three Player of the Year commendations … honored as 2019 Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year … received NFCA and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year distinction in 2017 … two-time selection as USA Softball Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019 … winner of 2021 Senior CLASS Award … selected as 2019 Los Angeles Sportswoman of the Year.
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