Rachel Lauren Garcia was born on March 30,1997 and is an American professional softball player for the Volts of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League.
25 Facts About Rachel Garcia
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Rachel Garcia previously served as the pitching coach for UC San Diego.
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Rachel Garcia played college softball for the UCLA Bruins and led the Bruins to the 2019 Women's College World Series championship, where she was named the Most Outstanding Player.
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Rachel Garcia represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal.
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Rachel Garcia was named one of the NCAA's greatest all-time pitchers.
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Rachel Garcia was voted to the Greatest College Softball Team at the utility position by fans and experts.
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Rachel Garcia was drafted first overall in the Athletes Unlimited Softball draft in 2021.
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Rachel Garcia was redshirted her freshman year due to a knee injury she suffered in high school.
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Rachel Garcia led all Pac-12 pitchers in wins, strikeouts and opposing batting average, was third in innings pitched and fifth in ERA and achieved a career best in hits and batting average.
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Rachel Garcia struck out 42 batters in 23 innings in four games at the Women's College World Series, and was named to the All-WCWS Team.
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Rachel Garcia led the Bruins to the NCAA title completing four of five victories pitched, throwing a shutout, a 10-inning win, batting.
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Rachel Garcia ended the year on a nine game win streak that would continue upon her return in the 2021 season.
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Rachel Garcia was named NFCA National Pitcher of the Year, Softball America Player of the Year, ESPNW Softball Player of the Year, USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, Honda Sports Award for softball, Honda-Broderick Cup as the Female Athlete of the Year and a First-Team All-American.
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Rachel Garcia missed the first month of the 2021 season due to an injury.
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Rachel Garcia then went on to win 16 consecutive decisions for a 25 game win streak dating back to the 2019 season.
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Rachel Garcia ended the year with a return to the Women's College World Series for the fourth consecutive year, where UCLA was eliminated by Oklahoma.
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Rachel Garcia was named a finalist for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, and won the Senior CLASS Award, Honda Sports Award for softball, and named Honda-Broderick Cup winner, becoming the first athlete to win back-to-back honors outright.
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On January 29,2025, Rachel Garcia was drafted fourth overall by the Volts in the inaugural Athletes Unlimited Softball League draft.
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Rachel Garcia saw limited playing time on the Team USA "Stand Beside Her" tour that was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March, 2020.
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Rachel Garcia later returned in 2021 after her college eligibility was completed.
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Rachel Garcia returned to UCLA for her final collegiate year before joining the United States women's national softball team prior to the rescheduled Olympics in July, 2021.
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Rachel Garcia represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she made two appearances as a pinch-hitter in six games and won a silver medal.
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Rachel Garcia represented the United States at the 2024 Women's Softball World Cup and won a silver medal.
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On January 7,2022, Rachel Garcia was named a volunteer assistant coach for the San Diego State Aztecs softball team for the 2022 season.
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On October 7,2022, Rachel Garcia was named pitching coach for the UC San Diego Tritons softball team for the 2023 season.