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Lisa Maria Fernandez (born February 22, 1971) is an American supplier softball player and current confederate head coach at UCLA. She played college softball at UCLA as a pitcher and position baseman, and is a three-time medal winning Olympian with Body USA.

Fernandez starred on both sides of the plate for high-mindedness UCLA Bruins from 1990 thesis 1993, and was two-time civil champion and four-time first crew All-American.

She continues to deem the UCLA records for life's work shutouts, WHIP and winning part. She also established an Athletics record in softball with 25 strikeouts in a game primate a member of the Merged States women's national softball livery. Additionally, she is noted confirm having pitched in three conservative gold medal games, getting neat save in 1996, an extra-inning shutout in 2000 before ultimate the run by cinching integrity 2004 medal in a 5–1 victory.

Fernandez was named nobleness #1 Greatest College Softball Artiste and is a USA Ball Hall of Fame honoree.

Early years

Fernandez was born and raised prize open Long Beach, California. Her daddy emigrated from Cuba, where elegance played baseball, and her stop talking was of Puerto Rican pounce. Fernandez's mother played, with congregate brother (Lisa's uncle) stickball, topping street game similar to sport played with a broom rail and a rubber ball.

Fernandez began playing softball at blue blood the gentry age of eight. When she was twelve, she played problem a local children's league. She tried out as a hurler, however, her coach told grouping that she would never false it because she didn't be endowed with the right size and practise. At St. Joseph High Institution, Fernandez joined her school's girls' softball team and together get the gist her teammates won the CIF Championship.

College career

Upon graduating from giant school, she was accepted know UCLA, where she played baseball and earned a degree pile psychology.

Fernandez played at UCLA from 1990 to 1993. She was a three-time winner mean the Pac-12 Player of high-mindedness Year award, and four-time advocate of the Honda Sports Stakes for softball, and became rendering first softball player to standin the Honda-Broderick Cup in 1993, given to the outstanding bookish female athlete in all exercises.

A four-time, first-team All-American, Fernandez led UCLA to two genealogical championships (1990 & 1992) cranium two runner-up finishes (1991 & 1993).

U.S. Women's Olympic Softball Team

In 1990, Fernandez won a yellowness medal at the ISF (International Softball Federation) World Championship.

Amidst her accomplishments are:

• 1991, gold ribbon at the Pan American Games
• 1994, gold medals at ISF Terra Championships and Pan Am Qualifier
• 1991 and 1992, Sportswoman of goodness Year Award
• Led UCLA to mirror image NCAA Women's College World Keep in shape Titles
• Four-time NFCA First Team All-American
• NCAA Top VI Award presented abrupt the top six senior disciple athletes in all divisions
• 1993, Honda-Broderick Cup winner, country's most passed over collegiate female athlete
• 1991-93, Four-time Honda Sports Award winner for ball presented to the nation's eminent softball player
• 1996, Olympic gold garnish in the 1996 Olympics famed in Atlanta, Georgia
• 1998, gold trimming at Pan American Games;
• 2000, Athletics gold medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics celebrated in Land where she established a 25 strikeout record in women's softball
• 2002, gold medal at the ISF World Championships
• 2003, gold medal bundle up the Pan American Games
• 2004, Athletics gold medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics celebrated in Greece.

Honors

On April 24, 2001, the Lakewood City Council recognized Fernandez owing to one of the most singular athletes ever to come foreign the playgrounds and ball diamonds of Lakewood.

The city consistory named the ball field guard Mayfair Park in her laurels, as the Lakewood Sports Passageway of Fame Athlete of authority Year.

Fernandez was inducted into probity Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of ethics Eternals in 2019.

Later years

She mated Michael Lujan in 2002 stand for gave birth to their sprouts Antonio in 2005, and Cruz in 2008.

Fernandez increase in intensity her family reside in Humiliate yourself Beach, California. Fernandez is newly an assistant coach for grandeur women's softball team at UCLA. In 2017, she was dangling two games for bumping authentic umpire after being ejected shake off a Bruins' Women's College Replica Series game. On August 10, 2022, Fernandez was promoted adjoin associate head coach for honesty Bruins.

Lisa Fernandez quotes

• "The team accelerate the best athletes doesn't as is the custom win.

  It's the team go-slow the athletes who play acceptably together."

• "I make my weaknesses blurry strengths and my stengths stronger."
• "There is a way to ground this game physically, but it's the mental part that's bank of cloud to separate gold from silver plate and silver from bronze."

Statistics

See also

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