UCLA Softball to Retire Hall of Famer Janice Parks’ No. 14
February 26, 2025 | Softball
UCLA softball will retire the jersey of two-time NCAA Champion, three-time All-American and 1989 Honda Sport Award winner Janice Parks in a pregame ceremony on Friday, March 14, before the Bruins take the field against Purdue at Easton Stadium.
Parks joins Debbie Doom, Sue Enquist, Lisa Fernandez, Lisa Longaker, Dot Richardson and Gina Vecchione as the seventh player in UCLA softball history to have her number retired. Parks was inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015.
"Janice Parks is a legend in our game and was one of the greatest players to have put on a UCLA softball uniform. I am honored to have shared the field with her," The Shelly Carlin UCLA Head Softball Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said. "A two-time national champion and the 1989 Honda Softball Sport Award winner, Janice was one of the most feared hitters in softball and was key to UCLA's success in the late 1980s. Retiring her jersey — just the seventh in UCLA's rich history — is a testament to her extraordinary impact on our program."
Parks was one of the most dominant hitters and third basemen in UCLA history, posting a career .352 batting average (224-for-636), 136 runs batted in and 104 runs scored over her four years with the program from 1986-89. Parks still stands as the program's all-time triples leader with 21. In her junior and senior seasons, Parks led the Bruins to back-to-back NCAA titles in 1988 and 1989 as the team leader in RBIs and home runs.
Parks was one of UCLA's most clutch postseason performers, twice earning All-WCWS Team honors in 1987 and 1989. In the 1988 NCAA title game versus rival Fresno State, Parks went 2-for-2 with a double and drove in two of UCLA's three runs in a 3-0 shutout victory. The next year, Parks delivered again in the championship game against the same Bulldogs, going a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate and driving in the only run in a 1-0 contest with an RBI double in the third inning.
Parks put together a remarkable senior year with a .426 average (69-for-162), .484 on-base percentage and .611 slugging percentage, capped with the program's third-ever Honda Sport Award. She also earned All-PacWest and All-Pac-10 Conference honors in each year of her career.
A native of Lakewood, Calif., Parks continued to play internationally following her graduation from UCLA in 1989 and represented Puerto Rico in the 1996 Olympic Games. Parks' March 11 jersey retirement is part of UCLA softball's celebration for its "Los Bruins" game night.
In 2015, Parks became the first female athlete to have her jersey retired at Mayfair High School.
Tickets are still available for the March 14 game versus Purdue at this link HERE.
Parks joins Debbie Doom, Sue Enquist, Lisa Fernandez, Lisa Longaker, Dot Richardson and Gina Vecchione as the seventh player in UCLA softball history to have her number retired. Parks was inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015.
"Janice Parks is a legend in our game and was one of the greatest players to have put on a UCLA softball uniform. I am honored to have shared the field with her," The Shelly Carlin UCLA Head Softball Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said. "A two-time national champion and the 1989 Honda Softball Sport Award winner, Janice was one of the most feared hitters in softball and was key to UCLA's success in the late 1980s. Retiring her jersey — just the seventh in UCLA's rich history — is a testament to her extraordinary impact on our program."
Parks was one of the most dominant hitters and third basemen in UCLA history, posting a career .352 batting average (224-for-636), 136 runs batted in and 104 runs scored over her four years with the program from 1986-89. Parks still stands as the program's all-time triples leader with 21. In her junior and senior seasons, Parks led the Bruins to back-to-back NCAA titles in 1988 and 1989 as the team leader in RBIs and home runs.
Parks was one of UCLA's most clutch postseason performers, twice earning All-WCWS Team honors in 1987 and 1989. In the 1988 NCAA title game versus rival Fresno State, Parks went 2-for-2 with a double and drove in two of UCLA's three runs in a 3-0 shutout victory. The next year, Parks delivered again in the championship game against the same Bulldogs, going a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate and driving in the only run in a 1-0 contest with an RBI double in the third inning.
Parks put together a remarkable senior year with a .426 average (69-for-162), .484 on-base percentage and .611 slugging percentage, capped with the program's third-ever Honda Sport Award. She also earned All-PacWest and All-Pac-10 Conference honors in each year of her career.
A native of Lakewood, Calif., Parks continued to play internationally following her graduation from UCLA in 1989 and represented Puerto Rico in the 1996 Olympic Games. Parks' March 11 jersey retirement is part of UCLA softball's celebration for its "Los Bruins" game night.
In 2015, Parks became the first female athlete to have her jersey retired at Mayfair High School.
Tickets are still available for the March 14 game versus Purdue at this link HERE.
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