Jennifer Brundage (2007) - Hall of Fame

Jennifer Brundage

Induction:
2007

Brundage was an outstanding four-year letter winner at third base and outfield for the women’s softball team from 1992-95. As a senior in 1995, Brundage capped off a stellar career by being named winner of the prestigious Honda Award given to the top intercollegiate softball player in the nation. That season, Brundage led the nation in hitting with a .518 batting average while setting UCLA single-season team records including home runs (14), runs (59), RBI’s (60), hits (87) and doubles (15). During her career, Brundage was a twice selected First-Team All-Pac-10, twice named First-Team All-American and twice named First-Team Academic All-American. Upon graduation, she ranked first in career home runs (20), RBI’s (151), and doubles and ranked second in career batting average at .390. Brundage helped lead the Bruins to the NCAA championship in 1992 and a runner-up finish in 1993. In addition, Brundage was named 1995 GTE Softball Academic All-American of the Year, NCAA postgraduate scholarship winner and UCLA Athletics senior scholarship award winner. Brundage went on to play for the U.S. National Team and was an alternate on 1996 Olympic Softball team. In 2000, she helped lead the U.S. Olympic team to a gold medal as she led the team in batting and was Team USA’s team leader in runs and home runs in their pre-Olympic schedule. Brundage is currently an assistant coach at the University of Michigan.

* Accomplishments listed above were at the time of induction.