Brundage Inducted into UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame
11/8/2007 12:00:00 AM | Softball
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- University of Michigan softball assistant coach Jennifer Brundage, a 10-year member of the Wolverine coaching staff, was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in a ceremony Thursday evening (Nov. 8) at the J.D. Morgan Intercollegiate Athletics Center. The eight-member 2007 induction class -- the 24th in the Hall's history, upping the number of inductees to 215 -- will also be recognized at halftime of the UCLA-Arizona State football game on Saturday (Sept. 10).
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To be eligible for induction, a former Bruin student-athlete must be at least 10 years removed from school. UCLA established a Hall of Fame in 1984 with 25 charter members representing a cross-section of the school's athletic history, all of whom rendered extraordinary service or leadership for the athletic program of UCLA. Each year, a minimum of one and a maximum of eight former UCLA athletes, coaches or administrators are added to the Hall of Fame.
A four-year letterwinner at UCLA (1992-95), Brundage helped the Bruins to four NCAA Women's College World Series appearances, winning the 1992 national championship and finishing runner-up in 1993. She earned a pair of NFCA All-America first team accolades at third base and was named the recipient of the 1995 Honda Award for softball, given annually to the top intercollegiate player in the nation. Brundage led all NCAA Division I players in batting average (.518) as a senior and broke the Bruins' career records for home runs (20), RBI (151) and doubles (46), as well as ranking second on the career list in batting average (.390).
Following her graduation, Brundage remained active in softball, traveling to a pair of Olympic Games with USA Softball. After serving as a team alternate in 1996, she helped the United States win the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia, leading the squad in batting average. Brundage was also Team USA's leader in runs and home runs and ranked among the top five in RBI, hits and batting average during the team's pre-Olympics Summer Central Park to Sydney Tour. She earned a spot on the Olympic team after helping the United States to gold medals in both the Canada Cup and Pan-Am Games in 1999.
During Brundage's coaching tenure at Michigan, she has been instrumental in developing with a nationally-renown Wolverine pitching staff as the position's primary coach. Among the notable performers under Brundage's guidance are 2005 USA Softball Player of the Year and two-time NFCA All-American first-team pick and Jennie Ritter (2003-06) as well as fellow All-American hurlers Marissa Young (2000-03) and Nicole Motycka (2002-05).
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