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RETIRED N UMBERS #16 LISA F ERNANDEZ • APRIL 22, 1995 #6 SUE E NQUIST • APRIL 29, 2000 #9 LISA L ONGAKER • MAY 7, 2011 Lisa Fernandez’s #16 jersey was the rst number retired by the UCLA In a surprise ceremony on April 29, 2000, the #6 jersey of former UCLA In a ceremony on May 7, 2011 prior to a game against Arizona, Lisa softball program in a ceremony prior to a doubleheader against California All-American and six-time national champion head coach Sue Enquist Longaker’s #9 jersey was retired, the fth in program history. on April 22, 1995. was retired prior to a game against California. A three-time First Team All-American and All-Region selection, Longaker Fernandez, who enters her 19th year as an assistant coach for the A four-year letterwinner from 1975-78, Enquist sparked the Bruins to was a part of three straight NCAA Championships for the Bruins from Bruins in 2017, played for UCLA from 1990-93, earning four First Team their rst National Championship, an AIAW title in 1978, and was the 1988-1990. She is also one of only ve Bruins to earn four First Team All-American honors, four All-College World Series selections, three Pac- tournament’s leading hitter. Enquist led the team in batting average and All-Pac-10/12 honors and was a two-time Honda Award winner (‘88 and 10 Player of the Year accolades and three Honda Awards. In 1993, she doubles three times, triples twice and homers and RBI once. An All-American ‘90), recognizing the sport’s top player. became the rst softball player to win the prestigious Honda-Broderick Cup, in 1978, she led the Bruins with a .391 average, 45 hits, two home runs After making the All-Tournament Team at the Women’s College World awarded to the most outstanding collegiate female athlete in the nation. and seven doubles. She was also named All-Region in 1976, ‘77 and ‘78. Series as a freshman in 1987, Longaker was the winning pitcher in the As a senior in 1993, Fernandez led the country in both batting average Enquist still stands fourth on UCLA’s all-time list with a .401 career average. ‘88 championship game against Fresno State, striking out three in a six- (.510) and earned run average (0.25). Fernandez posted a 29-0 mark A three-time ASA All-American for the Raybestos Brakettes, Enquist hit shutout, her 23rd blanking of the season. She posted an 18-1 record as a junior, a year in which she had a 0.14 ERA, the lowest mark by any helped lead that team to four ASA National Championships (1976-78, and a 0.64 ERA the following season during the Bruins’ second straight player since that 1992 season. Fernandez also recorded a 42-game 1980). She also enjoyed success as a player at the international level, championship campaign. One year later, Longaker completed her collegiate winning streak (Feb. 5, 1992-Apr. 4, 1993), the second-longest winning earning gold medals at three National Sports Festivals, the 1978 World career with another title, again going 18-1 with a 0.40 ERA. streak in softball history. Her career .930 winning percentage (93-7) and Championships and the 1979 Pan American Games. Longaker sits in the all-time UCLA Top 10 in all eight pitching categories, 0.22 earned run average rank her second in NCAA history. Fernandez, Enquist spent just one season away from the Bruins following her collegiate ranking third in saves (7), fth in earned run average (0.40), shutouts (61) who hurled 11 career no-hitters, ranks in the UCLA Top 10 in numerous playing career, returning to UCLA as an assistant coach in 1980. She held and complete games (96), tied for sixth in innings pitched (725.2), seventh offensive and pitching categories. On the hitting charts, she is fourth in that position until 1989, when she was elevated to co-head coach. As co- in wins (89), eighth in appearances (113) and ninth in strikeouts (698). hits (287) and eighth in batting average (.382), while pitching-wise she is head coach or head coach (1997-2006), Enquist led the Bruins to six NCAA Longaker led the Bruins in ERA in 1987 (0.35) and 1988 (0.30), wins, fth in strikeouts (784). Fernandez is also tops at UCLA in shutouts with Championships. The rst softball player to be inducted into the UCLA Hall strikeouts, shutouts, innings and complete games three times (‘87, ‘88 74, which places her tied for ninth in the NCAA annals. of Fame in 1993, the three-time National Coach of the Year was enshrined and ‘90) and appearances every season. She tossed ve no-hitters, An eight-time ASA All-American, Fernandez was a member of the U.S. into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Hall of Fame in including a perfect game, the ninth in program history, against Arizona National Team from 1990-2008 and won Olympic gold medals with Team 2006. Enquist retired on Sept. 26, 2006 with an 887-175-1 career record. State on April 7, 1990. USA in 1996, 2000 and 2004. Fernandez was also enshrined in the UCLA A member of the NCAA All-Decade Team (1980’s) and the NCAA 25th- Hall of Fame in 2003 and the ASA/USA National Hall of Fame in 2013. #2 GINA V ECCHIONE • APRIL 28, 2007 Anniversary Team, Longaker was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall Gina Vecchione became the fourth UCLA softball player to have her jersey of Fame in 2001. #1 DOT R ICHARDSON • MAY 1, 1999 retired when she was honored prior to the Bruins’ game against Oregon One of the most recognizable names and faces in the history of collegiate State on April 28, 2007. #17 DEBBIE D OOM • FEBRUARY 15, 2014 softball, Dot Richardson’s #1 UCLA jersey was retired in a pregame ceremony As a player in Westwood, Vecchione earned All-Paci c Region honors in Bruin pitching great Debbie Doom became the sixth player in program on May 1, 1999 prior to a doubleheader against Oregon. the out eld three straight campaigns (1980-82) and is one of 31 Bruins history to have her jersey retired when her #17 was enshrined on Feb. Richardson played for the Bruins from 1981-83 and was a member of to receive the award at least three times. In 1981, she led the Bruins in 15, 2014. UCLA’s 1982 NCAA Championship team. She led the Bruins in hits and doubles with 10 and tied for the team lead with three triples and 21 runs A three-time All-American and two-time First Team selection, Doom batting average each season and was named an All-American at the batted in. Vecchione again tied for the top spot in triples with four and helped the Bruins to three National Championships, earning the victory in conclusion of those three years, earning First Team honors as a junior runs batted in with 12 as a senior. In 1982, Vecchione was a member of the circle in the 1982, 1984 and 1985 title contests. The Most Valuable and senior. Richardson hit above .300 all three years, including a career- the All-College World Series team, as the Bruins won the inaugural NCAA Player of the ’82 Women’s College World Series, she struck out 12 in best .379 average in her rst season in Westwood in 1981. She posted a Softball Championship. Following that season, Vecchione received Second eight shutout innings against Fresno State. Doom was named All-WCWS marvelous walk-to-strikeout ratio, drawing 73 walks to just 16 strikeouts Team All-American honors. in ’84 and ’85, fanning 15 in 13 spotless frames versus Texas A&M in in three campaigns. Richardson was also named to the All-College World After the conclusion of her collegiate career, Vecchione played 12 seasons 1984 and striking out 10 in nine innings against Nebraska in 1985. In her Series Team in 1982 and 1983 and was honored as the NCAA’s Player with the Raybestos Brakettes, winners of eight ASA titles and three World three championship game victories, Doom struck out 37 in 30 innings, of the Decade for the 1980’s. titles. Vecchione was named to the ASA All-American team seven times and allowing just one unearned run. A 14-time Amateur Softball Association (ASA) All-American Selection, was the top hitter at the 1988 national tournament with a .444 average. Doom is in the UCLA Top 10 in six categories, ranking second with 66 Richardson also earned seven ASA Best Defensive Player honors and three Vecchione earned softball’s top honor in 1997 when she became the rst shutouts, third with 952 strikeouts and tied for third with a 0.29 earned ASA National Championship Most Valuable Player awards. A member of UCLA player inducted into the ASA Hall of Fame. run average, winning 73 games. Her best statistical season came in 1984 the USA National Team program from 1979-2000, Richardson won a gold Returning to her alma mater as an assistant coach in 2000, Vecchione, when she posted a 0.10 ERA and 24 wins, all shutouts. Doom led the medal with the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team as a shortstop and was the second who is currently an assistant at Cal Poly, helped the Bruins reach the Bruins in strikeouts and innings pitched all four seasons. She holds the baseman on the gold-medal winning 2000 United States squad.