Mia Phillips (left) and Sydney Somerndike
Softball Adds Transfers Mia Phillips and Sydney Somerndike
July 23, 2025 | Softball
LOS ANGELES โ The UCLA softball program has signed two more transfer students with the additions of Mia Phillips and Sydney Somerndike, as announced Wednesday by Kelly Inouye-Perez, The Shelly Carlin UCLA Head Softball Coach.
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Both student-athletes will join the Bruins' program for the 2026 season. Phillips, a right-handed hitting infielder, was named to the All-ACC Freshman Team in her debut season at the University of California, Berkeley in 2025. Somerndike, a right-handed pitcher from the University of Arizona, was honored as the 2021 Gatorade California Player of the Year in her junior season at Villa Park High School. Somerndike will be a redshirt junior on UCLA's 2026 roster with two seasons of eligibility remaining.
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Phillips started all 58 games for the Bears last season and posted a .315 batting average (53-for-168), .343 on-base percentage and .506 slugging percentage. She finished as the team-leader in triples with five in addition to hitting 10 doubles and four home runs while recording 33 RBIs and 28 runs scored. Phillips was 6-for-7 on stolen base attempts and fielded for a .949 percentage (178 TC, 9 E).
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A native of San Jose, Calif., Phillips prepped at Hollister High School where she was a CIF NorCal Division I champion as a junior and CIF Central Coast Section Open Division champion as a senior. Phillips was named to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State First Team her final two years. She was also named the Pacific Coast Athletic League (PCAL) Gabilan Division MVP her senior year and made the All-PCAL First Team three times.
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Somerndike totaled a 4-2 record and 4.26 ERA over 46.0 innings while battling through injury in her three years at Arizona. She saw her most extensive action in her true freshman season in 2023, compiling a 4.01 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 39 strikeouts and 45.1 innings across seven starts and 15 relief appearances. The top performance of her college career thus far came in a relief outing at No. 7 Arkansas on Feb. 23, 2023 when she spotted 4.0 scoreless innings while allowing only three baserunners to earn a victory.
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Somerndike appeared in just two games last season and missed all of 2024 due to injury.ย
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In addition to earning Gatorade State Player of the Year honors, Somerndike was named an All-American by MaxPreps (Second Team) and Extra Inning Softball (First Team) while helping Villa Park to a runner-up finish in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 championship game in 2021. She held a no-hitter through 4.1 innings in the title contest. Somerndike ended her junior campaign with a 24-2 mark in the circle with 323 strikeouts in 157.0 innings pitched through 26 games. One of the greatest players in school history, Somerndike's No. 12 was retired by Villa Park in February 2024.
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Including the signings of infielder Soo-Jin Berry and right-handed pitcher Brynne Nally, UCLA's transfer class increases to four.
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UCLA's Transfer Additions
Soo-Jin Berry โ INF โ Jr.
Brynne Nally โ RHP โ So.
Mia Phillips โ INF โ So.
Sydney Somerndike โ RHP โ R-Jr.
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Both student-athletes will join the Bruins' program for the 2026 season. Phillips, a right-handed hitting infielder, was named to the All-ACC Freshman Team in her debut season at the University of California, Berkeley in 2025. Somerndike, a right-handed pitcher from the University of Arizona, was honored as the 2021 Gatorade California Player of the Year in her junior season at Villa Park High School. Somerndike will be a redshirt junior on UCLA's 2026 roster with two seasons of eligibility remaining.
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Phillips started all 58 games for the Bears last season and posted a .315 batting average (53-for-168), .343 on-base percentage and .506 slugging percentage. She finished as the team-leader in triples with five in addition to hitting 10 doubles and four home runs while recording 33 RBIs and 28 runs scored. Phillips was 6-for-7 on stolen base attempts and fielded for a .949 percentage (178 TC, 9 E).
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A native of San Jose, Calif., Phillips prepped at Hollister High School where she was a CIF NorCal Division I champion as a junior and CIF Central Coast Section Open Division champion as a senior. Phillips was named to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State First Team her final two years. She was also named the Pacific Coast Athletic League (PCAL) Gabilan Division MVP her senior year and made the All-PCAL First Team three times.
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Somerndike totaled a 4-2 record and 4.26 ERA over 46.0 innings while battling through injury in her three years at Arizona. She saw her most extensive action in her true freshman season in 2023, compiling a 4.01 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 39 strikeouts and 45.1 innings across seven starts and 15 relief appearances. The top performance of her college career thus far came in a relief outing at No. 7 Arkansas on Feb. 23, 2023 when she spotted 4.0 scoreless innings while allowing only three baserunners to earn a victory.
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Somerndike appeared in just two games last season and missed all of 2024 due to injury.ย
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In addition to earning Gatorade State Player of the Year honors, Somerndike was named an All-American by MaxPreps (Second Team) and Extra Inning Softball (First Team) while helping Villa Park to a runner-up finish in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 championship game in 2021. She held a no-hitter through 4.1 innings in the title contest. Somerndike ended her junior campaign with a 24-2 mark in the circle with 323 strikeouts in 157.0 innings pitched through 26 games. One of the greatest players in school history, Somerndike's No. 12 was retired by Villa Park in February 2024.
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Including the signings of infielder Soo-Jin Berry and right-handed pitcher Brynne Nally, UCLA's transfer class increases to four.
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UCLA's Transfer Additions
Soo-Jin Berry โ INF โ Jr.
Brynne Nally โ RHP โ So.
Mia Phillips โ INF โ So.
Sydney Somerndike โ RHP โ R-Jr.
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