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RETIRED N UMBERS NO. 16 L ISA F ERNANDEZ • APRIL 22, 1995 NO. 6 S UE E NQUIST • APRIL 29, 2000 NO. 9 L ISA L ONGAKER • MAY 7, 2011 Lisa Fernandez’s No. 16 jersey was the rst number retired by In a surprise ceremony on April 29, 2000, the No. 6 jersey of In a ceremony on May 7, 2011 prior to a game against Arizona, the UCLA softball program in a ceremony prior to a doubleheader former UCLA All-American and six-time national champion head Lisa Longaker’s No. 9 jersey was retired, the fth in program history. against California on April 22, 1995. coach Sue Enquist was retired prior to a game against California. A three-time First Team All-American and All-Region selection, Fernandez, who enters her 22nd year as an assistant coach for A four-year letterwinner from 1975-78, Enquist sparked the Longaker was a part of three straight NCAA Championships for the the Bruins in 2020, played for UCLA from 1990-93, earning four Bruins to their rst National Championship, an AIAW title in 1978, Bruins from 1988-1990. She is also one of only ve Bruins to earn First Team All-American honors, four All-College World Series and was the tournament’s leading hitter. Enquist led the team in four First Team All-Pac-10/12 honors and was a two-time Honda selections, three Pac-10 Player of the Year accolades and three batting average and doubles three times, triples twice and homers Award winner (‘88 and ‘90), recognizing the sport’s top player. Honda Awards. In 1993, she became the rst softball player to and RBI once. An All-American in 1978, she led the Bruins with After making the All-Tournament Team at the Women’s College win the prestigious Honda-Broderick Cup, awarded to the most a .391 average, 45 hits, two home runs and seven doubles. She World Series as a freshman in 1987, Longaker was the winning outstanding collegiate female athlete in the nation. was also named All-Region in 1976, ‘77 and ‘78. Enquist still pitcher in the ‘88 championship game against Fresno State, striking As a senior in 1993, Fernandez led the country in both batting stands fth on UCLA’s all-time list with a .401 career average. out three in a six-hit shutout, her 23rd blanking of the season. average (.510) and earned run average (0.25). Fernandez posted A three-time ASA All-American for the Raybestos Brakettes, She posted an 18-1 record and a 0.64 ERA the following season a 29-0 mark as a junior, a year in which she had a 0.14 ERA, the Enquist helped lead that team to four ASA National Championships during the Bruins’ second straight championship campaign. One lowest mark by any player since that 1992 season. Fernandez also (1976-78, 1980). She also enjoyed success as a player at the year later, Longaker completed her collegiate career with another recorded a 42-game winning streak (Feb. 5, 1992-Apr. 4, 1993), international level, earning gold medals at three National Sports title, again going 18-1 with a 0.40 ERA. the second-longest winning streak in softball history. Her career Festivals, the 1978 World Championships and the 1979 Pan Longaker sits in the all-time UCLA Top 10 in all eight pitching .930 winning percentage (93-7) and 0.22 earned run average American Games. categories, ranking tied for fourth in saves (7), fth in earned run rank her second in NCAA history. Fernandez, who hurled 11 career Enquist spent just one season away from the Bruins following average (0.40), shutouts (61) and complete games (96), tied for no-hitters, ranks in the UCLA Top 10 in numerous offensive and her collegiate playing career, returning to UCLA as an assistant sixth in innings pitched (725.2), seventh in wins (89) and 10th pitching categories. On the hitting charts, she is fth in hits (287), coach in 1980. She held that position until 1989, when she was in appearances (113) and strikeouts (698). while pitching-wise she is sixth in strikeouts (784). Fernandez is elevated to co-head coach. As co-head coach or head coach Longaker led the Bruins in earned run average in 1987 (0.35) also tops at UCLA in shutouts with 74, which places her tied for (1997-2006), Enquist led the Bruins to six NCAA Championships. and 1988 (0.30), wins, strikeouts, shutouts, innings pitched ninth in the NCAA annals. The rst softball player to be inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame and complete games three times (1987, 1988 and 1990) and An eight-time ASA All-American, Fernandez was a member of in 1993, the three-time National Coach of the Year was enshrined appearances every season. She tossed ve no-hitters, including the U.S. National Team from 1990-2008 and won Olympic gold into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Hall of a perfect game, the ninth in program history, against Arizona medals with Team USA in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Fernandez was Fame in 2006. Enquist retired on Sept. 26, 2006 with an 887- State on April 7, 1990. also enshrined in the UCLA Hall of Fame in 2003 and the ASA/ 175-1 career record. A member of the NCAA All-Decade Team (1980’s) and the NCAA USA National Hall of Fame in 2013. 25th-Anniversary Team, Longaker was inducted into the UCLA NO. 2 G INA V ECCHIONE • APRIL 28, 2007 Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001. NO. 1 D OT R ICHARDSON • MAY 1, 1999 Gina Vecchione became the fourth UCLA softball player to have One of the most recognizable names and faces in the history of her jersey retired when she was honored prior to the Bruins’ game NO. 17 D EBBIE D OOM • FEBRUARY 15, 2014 collegiate softball, Dot Richardson’s No. 1 UCLA jersey was retired against Oregon State on April 28, 2007. Bruin pitching great Debbie Doom became the sixth player in in a pregame ceremony on May 1, 1999 prior to a doubleheader As a player in Westwood, Vecchione earned All-Paci c Region program history to have her jersey retired when her No. 17 was against Oregon. honors in the out eld three straight campaigns (1980-82) and enshrined on Feb. 15, 2014. Richardson played for the Bruins from 1981-83 and was a is one of 31 Bruins to receive the award at least three times. A three-time All-American and two-time First Team selection, member of UCLA’s 1982 NCAA Championship team. She led the In 1981, she led the Bruins in doubles with 10 and tied for the Doom helped the Bruins to three National Championships, earning Bruins in hits and batting average each season and was named team lead with three triples and 21 runs batted in. Vecchione the victory in the circle in the 1982, 1984 and 1985 title contests. an All-American at the conclusion of those three years, earning again tied for the top spot in triples with four and runs batted in The Most Valuable Player of the ’82 Women’s College World First Team honors as a junior and senior. Richardson hit above with 12 as a senior. In 1982, Vecchione was a member of the Series, she struck out 12 in eight shutout innings against Fresno .300 all three years, including a career-best .379 average in All-College World Series team, as the Bruins won the inaugural State. Doom was named All-WCWS in ’84 and ’85, fanning 15 her rst season in Westwood in 1981. She posted a marvelous NCAA Softball Championship. Following that season, Vecchione in 13 spotless frames versus Texas A&M in 1984 and striking walk-to-strikeout ratio, drawing 73 walks to just 16 strikeouts in received Second Team All-American honors. out 10 in nine innings against Nebraska in 1985. In her three three campaigns. Richardson was also named to the All-College After the conclusion of her collegiate career, Vecchione played championship game victories, Doom struck out 37 in 30 innings, World Series Team in 1982 and 1983 and was honored as the 12 seasons with the Raybestos Brakettes, winners of eight allowing just one unearned run. NCAA’s Player of the Decade for the 1980’s. ASA titles and three World titles. Vecchione was named to the Doom is in the UCLA Top 10 in six statistical categories, ranking A 14-time Amateur Softball Association (ASA) All-American ASA All-American team seven times and was the top hitter at second with 66 shutouts, third with 952 strikeouts and tied for Selection, Richardson also earned seven ASA Best Defensive the 1988 national tournament with a .444 average. Vecchione third with a 0.29 earned run average, winning 73 games. Her Player honors and three ASA National Championship Most earned softball’s top honor in 1997 when she became the rst best statistical season came in 1984 when she posted a 0.10 Valuable Player awards. A member of the USA National Team UCLA player inducted into the ASA Hall of Fame. ERA and 24 wins, all shutouts. Doom led the Bruins in strikeouts program from 1979-2000, Richardson won a gold medal Returning to her alma mater as an assistant coach in 2000, and innings pitched all four seasons. She holds the single-game with the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team as a shortstop and was the Vecchione, who is currently an assistant at Cal Poly, helped the school record for strikeouts with 25, done three different times, second baseman on the gold-medal winning 2000 United States Bruins reach the NCAA Championship game or series in six of her and also tossed eight no-hitters, including a school-best six squad.

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