Career Highlights
• 2-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Finalist (Top 3 - 2026; Top 25 - 2025)
• Honda Sport Award Finalist (2026)
• 3-time NFCA All-American (First Team - 2026, 2025; Second Team - 2023)
• 2-time All-Big Ten First Team honoree (2026, 2025)
• 2-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree (2024, 2023)
• 4-time NFCA All-West Region honoree (First Team - 2026, 2025, 2023; Second Team - 2024)
• NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 10 List (2023)
• Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2023)
• 3-time Softball America All-American (First Team - 2026, 2025; Third Team - 2023)
• 3-time D1Softball All-American (First Team - 2026, 2025; Third Team - 2023)
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2026)
• 2-time NFCA National Player of the Week (last April 15, 2025)
• Softball America National player of the Week (March 3, 2026)
• 2-time Big Ten Player of the Week (last April 14, 2025)
• 2-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (last April 17, 2023)
Career
Grant played in 243 games and made 241 starts during her decorated four-year UCLA career … made 130 starts in right field, 61 at first base, 31 at third base, 11 at designated player, five in left field and three at shortstop … UCLA’s career home run leader with 91 round-trippers, passing Stacey Nuveman’s mark of 90 set in 2002 … the NCAA Division I single-season record holder for home runs (42), slugging percentage (1.308) and OPS (1.947), all set in the 2026 season … in NCAA career history, ranks ninth in home runs (91), tied for seventh in grand slams (7), 12th in runs batted in (271) and slugging percentage (.864) … in UCLA career history, also ranks second in slugging percentage (.864), OPS (1.374) and walks (168), third in RBIs (271), on-base percentage (.510) and total bases (572) and fifth in runs scored (199) … one of 23 players in UCLA history to be named a three-time NFCA All-American … also one of 23 players in UCLA history to be named an NFCA First Team All-American twice … one of 11 players in UCLA history be named an All-Conference First Team selection three times … tied with Oklahoma’s Jocelyn Alo for most home runs in a two-year span in NCAA history with 68 over the 2025-26 seasons … closed her career ranked first among all active NCAA Division I players in home runs (91), second in total bases (572) and walks (168) and third in RBIs (271) … became the second player in UCLA history to hit three home runs and record 12 total bases in a game against UC Riverside in 2026 … closed her career with a .373 batting average (247-for-662), .510 on-base percentage and .864 slugging percentage … hit 91 home runs, 44 doubles and four triples … totaled 271 RBIs and 199 runs scored … drew 168 walks and 31 hit-by-pitches … hit seven grand slams … ranks second in UCLA history with 10 multi-homer games … one of three players in UCLA history to have two 20+ homer seasons (Stacey Nuveman, Jordan Woolery) … recorded 67 multi-hit games and 77 multi-RBI games … career-long hitting streak was 19 games, coming in 2026 … also opened 2026 with a career-long reached base streak of 37 games … in NCAA Tournament play (27 games), recorded a .319 batting average (22-for-69), .515 on-base percentage, .783 slugging percentage, 28 RBIs, 17 runs scored, 10 home runs and one triple … in Women’s College World Series play (nine games), recorded a .208 batting average (5-for-24), .406 on-base percentage, .708 slugging percentage, seven RBIs, five runs scored and four home runs … recorded a career .974 fielding percentage (469 putouts, 55 assists, 14 errors) … a dual-sport athlete, Grant suited up for the 2025-26 NCAA Champion UCLA women’s basketball team in her senior year … was the first hitter selected in the 2026 AUSL College Draft, taken in the first round with the fourth overall pick by the Portland Cascade.
2026
Grant was named a USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top 3 Finalist and Honda Sport Award Finalist in her historic senior season … also named an NFCA First Team All-American and selected to the All-Big Ten and NFCA All-West Region First Teams for a second consecutive season … set NCAA single-season records for home runs (42), slugging percentage (1.308) and OPS (1.947) … started all 63 games at No. 2 in the lineup … made 60 starts in right field and three as the designated player … recorded a .455 batting average (71-for-156), .639 on-base percentage and 1.308 slugging percentage … hit 42 home runs and seven doubles … totaled 91 RBIs and 88 runs scored … drew 76 walks and 14 hit-by-pitches … hit her NCAA-record-breaking 38th home run of the season off No. 2 Nebraska’s Jordy Frahm in the Big Ten Tournament, passing the previous mark of 37 set by Arizona’s Laura Espinoza in 1995 (May 9) … set UCLA’s career home run record with her 91st blast against No. 10 Arkansas at the Women’s College Series (May 29) … also ranks second in UCLA single-season history for runs scored (88), total bases (204) and walks (76), third in on-base percentage (.639) and 10th in batting average (.455) … averaged an NCAA-record 0.67 home runs per game and UCLA-record 1.21 walks per game … her 76 walks are the most by a player in NCAA Division I softball over the last 14 seasons … reached base in 61 of 63 games and in 161 of 252 plate appearances (63.9%) … 42 of her 71 hits left the yard (59.2%) … longest homer drought of the season was six games, and outside of that stretch, she never went more than two games without a homer … when pitched to, she homered in 26.9% of her at-bats … broke Stacey Nuveman’s UCLA single-season home run record of 31 set in 1999 in the 47th contest of the year with a two-homer performance at No. 25 Washington (April 24) … her and Jordan Woolery became the first teammates in NCAA Division I history to each hit 30+ home runs … became the first player in NCAA Division I history to reach the 40-homer plateau with a grand slam and season-high six RBIs against South Carolina in NCAA Regionals (May 17) … became the second player in UCLA history to hit three home runs and record 12 total bases in a game against UC Riverside (Feb. 8) … recorded five multi-homer games … recorded 21 multi-hit performances and 28 multi-RBI performances … had a career-long and team-best 19-game hitting streak from Feb. 22-March 29 … drew four walks in three games, tied for second-most in UCLA history … in NCAA Tournament play (nine games), led UCLA with a .594 on-base percentage, 1.000 slugging percentage, 13 RBIs and 12 walks in addition to posting a .294 batting average (5-for-17), nine runs scored and four home runs … homered in each of UCLA’s first two games at the Women’s College World Series against No. 3 Alabama and No. 10 Arkansas (May 28-29) … homered in all three games at the Big Ten Tournament (May 7-9) … was walked a combined six times and recorded one at-bat during NCAA Super Regionals versus No. 23 UCF (May 22-23) … walked four times in the Regional opener versus California Baptist (May 15) … homered in each of UCLA’s next two Regional games against South Carolina (May 16-17) … homered four times over five games at the Clearwater Invitational (Feb. 13-15) … hit two homers against Missouri, including a go-ahead blast in the top of the seventh inning (Feb. 15) … went 2-for-2 with a double and two runs scored on Senior Day versus No. 11 Oregon (May 3) … homered twice and walked twice against Indiana (April 4) … homered and walked four times in a midweek win at Long Beach State (April 15) … homered twice and drove in five RBIs in the series opener at Illinois (April 10) … hit a three-run homer and walked four times in a win over BYU at the Judi Garman Classic (Feb. 28) … had a two-homer game with four RBIs against Oregon State (March 1) … recorded a .936 fielding percentage (42 putouts, two assists, three errors).
2025-26 (Women’s Basketball)
Grant competed for the 2025-26 NCAA Champion UCLA women’s basketball team as a two-sport athlete in her final academic year … joined the hoops squad in Summer 2025 … appeared in 13 games on the hardwood as a reserve playing a total of 29 minutes … made 3-of-6 field goal attempts for six points, snagged four rebounds and dished one assist … scored her first career bucket in the paint against No. 11 North Carolina (Nov. 13) … participated in women’s basketball activities until the start of softball season.
2025
Grant was named an NFCA First Team All-American and was a USA Softball Player of the Year Top 25 Finalist in her junior season … also named to the All-Big Ten and NFCA All-West Region First Teams … tabbed as a first team All-American by media outlets Softball America and D1Softball … played 67 games and made 65 starts … made 47 starts at first base, 12 in right field and six at designated player … penciled in the cleanup spot in all 65 starts … recorded a .376 batting average (62-for-165), .540 on-base percentage and .933 slugging percentage … totaled 26 home runs, 12 doubles and one triple … recorded 81 RBIs and 46 runs scored … the team leader in home runs (26), slugging percentage (.933), on-base percentage (.406) and walks (20) … set the Big Ten single-season record for home runs (26) … in UCLA single-season history, ranks fourth in home runs (26), sixth in RBIs (81) and slugging percentage (.933) and seventh in walks (49) … matched Stacey Nuveman as the fastest Bruins to reach 20 home runs in a season, needing only 43 games … nationally, ranked third in home runs (26), sixth in RBIs (81) and 10th in slugging percentage (.933) and walks (49) … in the Big Ten, ranked first in home runs (26) and walks (49), second in RBIs (81) and fourth in slugging percentage (.933) … recorded three two-homer performances … hit three grand slams, all coming withing a four-game span, earning her NFCA National Player of the Week honors (April 25) … two-time Big Ten Player of the Week recipient (April 7 & 14) … homered in five straight games from March 1-8, matching B.B. Bates’ UCLA record set in 2013 … also homered in four straight games from April 8-13 with five total during that span … logged a team-high 23 multi-RBI performances and 18 multi-hit performances … in NCAA Tournament play (nine games), hit for a .360 batting average (9-for-25) with three home runs, one triple, eight RBIs and five runs scored … hit a game-tying two-run homer in the top of the seventh off No. 7 Tennessee’s Karlyn Pickens with UCLA down to its final out of the season at the Women’s College World Series (June 1) … walked three times, singled and scored a run against No. 14 South Carolina in the NCAA Super Regional title game (May 25) … went 2-for-3 with a solo homer and RBI single versus UC Santa Barbara in the NCAA Regional title game (May 18) … logged a two-RBI single versus San Diego State in NCAA Regionals (May 17) … hit a two-run homer against UC Santa Barbara in the NCAA Regional opener (May 16) … went 2-for-4 with a double and run scored in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals versus Indiana (May 8) … totaled four hits, six RBIs, one homer and three doubles on the same day versus No. 9 Oklahoma State and Charlotte at the Clearwater Invitational (Feb. 14) … homered four times and recorded 11 RBIs over six games at the Judi Garman Classic (Feb. 27-March 1) … hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the top of the seventh versus No. 12 Arizona (March 1) … hit a three-run homer versus LMU (March 6) … homered in back-to-back games against Sacramento State (March 7-8) … hit a game-tying two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth in the series finale versus Purdue (March 16) … homered twice and went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and three runs scored in the series opener at Iowa (March 22) … recorded six RBIs in a 2-for-3 effort with a home run and double at Maryland (March 28) … hit a three-run homer the next day against the Terrapins (March 29) … totaled career-high seven RBIs off a grand slam and three-run homer in the series opener against No. 21 Ohio State (April 4) … her grand slam walked it off in five innings against the Buckeyes … hit another grand slam two days later at California Baptist (April 8) … hit a third grand slam and homered twice for five total RBIs the next day in the series opener versus Washington (April 11) … went 2-for-2 with a home run the next day against the Huskies (April 12) … capped the Washington series with a solo blast, marking her fourth straight game with a homer and seventh homer over the last six games (April 13) … doubled and scored a run in a victory at No. 5 Oregon (April 19) … went 2-for-3 with a two-run dinger in the series finale at Michigan (April 28) … registered a .989 fielding percentage (259 putouts, 20 assists, three errors).
USA Softball (2024)
Grant competed in her second Japan All-Star Series (July 4-8) … one of 16 players selected to the roster.
2024
Grant was named to the All-Pac-12 First Team and NFCA All-West Region Second Team in her sophomore season … was one of four Bruins to start all 55 games … started 42 games in right field, nine games at first base and four games in left field … ranked third on the team with a .335 batting average (56-for-167), 30 extra-base hits and 41 RBIs … totaled eight home runs, 11 doubles, one triple and 27 runs scored … recorded a .406 on-base percentage and .557 slugging percentage … ranked second on the team with 16 multi-hit games and third with 11 multi-RBI games … had a season-long nine-game hitting streak from March 12-April 5 … hit two grand slams … had a season-high three hits on two occasions … drew 20 walks … went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored against No. 7 Florida State at the Clearwater Invitational (Feb. 16) … went 2-for-3 and drove in the game-winning RBI against No. 24 Northwestern at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 23) … went 3-for-4 and drove in all three of UCLA’s runs with an RBI single and two-RBI double against Baylor (Feb. 24) … went 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBIs against Michigan at the Judi Garman Classic (March 1) … hit a grand slam against No. 24 Oregon (March 29) … went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the series opener versus Oregon State (April 5) … doubled in all three games in UCLA’s series sweep of then-Pac-12 leader and fifth-ranked Stanford (April 19-21) … went 2-for-4 and doubled off USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year NiJaree Canady to lead off the ninth inning against Stanford, and her pinch runner came around to score the game-winning run (April 19) … logged an RBI double to put UCLA’s first runs on the board in game two against Stanford (April 20) … homered in a series-opening victory over No. 19 Arizona (April 26) … homered to break up a perfect game in the fifth inning and spark UCLA’s seven-run comeback against rival Arizona on Senior Day (April 28) … went 2-for-4 with a grand slam and season-high six RBIs at CSUN (April 30) … homered and scored two runs in game two at Arizona State (May 4) … hit a two-RBI double against Arizona State in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals (May 9) … doubled twice in the NCAA Super Regional win against No. 15 Virginia Tech; also drew a walk in the seventh inning which resulted in the game-tying run (May 18) … homered against No. 8 Stanford at the Women’s College World Series (June 2) … recorded a .957 fielding percentage (84 putouts, four assists, four errors).
USA Softball (2023)
Grant competed alongside teammate Jordan Woolery at the 2023 Japan All-Star Series (Aug. 4-7) … hit for a .333 batting average (4-for-12) with two home runs, three RBIs and three runs scored … went 4-for-6 with two home runs, three RBIs and three runs scored in Team USA’s 12-11 extra-inning victory over Team Japan in game one … started all three games in right field … was one of 16 players selected to the roster.
2023
Grant was named an NFCA Second Team All-American and to the NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 10 List in her debut season … also earned All-Pac-12 and NFCA All-West Region First Team honors … selected to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team … garnered Softball America and D1Softball All-America Third Team acclaim … started in 58 games … played six different positions … made 31 starts at third base, 16 starts in right field, five at first base, three at shortstop, two as the designated player and one in left field … ranked fourth on the team with a .333 batting average (58-for-174),.415 on-base percentage and .695 slugging percentage ... led UCLA in doubles (14) ranked second in homers (15), RBIs (58), extra-base hits (31) and slugging percentage (.695) … totaled 38 runs scored … ranked second among all NCAA freshmen and 19th overall in RBIs (58) … led all Pac-12 freshmen in RBIs (58), home runs (15), slugging percentage (.695) and doubles (14) … Pac-12 overall ranks: tied for second in doubles (14), third in RBIs (58), fourth in homers (15) and fifth in slugging percentage (.695) … recorded 14 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games … bat leadoff in the last 25 games of the season (26 total) … belted three lead-off home runs … combined for 104 RBIs with Jordan Woolery, which is the most by a freshman duo in program history … recorded UCLA’s longest hitting streak of the season with 14 games from March 18-April 16 (.419 AVG, 18-for-43, 15 RBI, 10 R, 6 HR, 2 2B) … in Pac-12 play, tied with Maya Brady for the conference lead in homers (9) … two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week … recorded her first career two-homer game and first career grand slam in the same game at No. 24 Arizona, earning her Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors (April 16) … recorded the first two hits and RBI of her career in the season opener versus Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 9) … smashed her first career homer versus CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 11) … hit the mercy-rule walk-off double and recorded three RBIs versus Nebraska at the Clearwater Invitational (Feb. 16) … hit a go-ahead two-RBI single to right field on an 0-2 count in the seventh inning versus No. 6 Florida State (Feb. 18) … later that day, hit a two-RBI single to put the Bruins on the board versus No. 8 Virginia Tech (Feb. 18) … recorded an RBI double and RBI single versus No. 3 Florida at the Mary Nutter Classic (Feb. 23) … hit a sacrifice fly and RBI triple versus No. 18 Kentucky (Feb. 24) … homered versus No. 19 Northwestern (Feb. 25) … recorded her first career four-hit game and was a triple shy of the cycle versus Michigan at the Judi Garman Classic (March 4) … went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI at California (March 10) … hit a two-run homer in the series finale at California (March 12) … homered in games two and three versus No. 10 Washington (March 18-19) … launched her first lead-off homer and later tripled versus No. 6 Stanford (April 2) … smashed a three-run homer totaled five RBIs versus Oregon State (April 7) … went 4-for-4 with a solo homer and three-RBI double, and was a triple shy of the cycle in the series opener versus Arizona State (April 21) … went 2-for-4 the next game with an RBI double and RBI single versus Arizona State (April 22) … hit her second lead-off homer of the year and double in the series finale at No. 23 Utah (April 30) … launched a game-tying solo homer in the fifth inning at Arizona in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals (May 11) … homered in each of UCLA’s two NCAA Regional games versus Grand Canyon and Liberty (May 19-20) … her homer versus Liberty led off the game (May 20) … recorded a .966 fielding percentage (84 putouts, 29 assists, four errors).
USA Softball (2021)
Grant helped the U.S. U18 Women’s National Team win gold at both the WBSC U18 World Cup in Lima, Peru (Dec. 12) and Junior Pan American Games in Barranquilla, Colombia (Dec. 2) … at the WBSC U18 World Cup, Grant led the U.S. with four doubles, a triple and a .550 on-base percentage in addition to hitting for a .450 batting average and knocking in five RBIs … at the Junior Pan Am Games, Grant took four at-bats in the tournament, going 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
High School
Grant was a three-sport star, lettering in softball, volleyball and basketball at Aragon High School (San Mateo, Calif.) … a four-time member of the SportsStars’ Bay Area Top 75 Athlete yearly rankings, she finished her high school career ranked as the No. 3 overall athlete – across all sports – in the Bay Area … selected all four years to the Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) First Team and named 2022 PAL Co-Player of the Year … as a senior in 2022, was selected to both the San Francisco Chronicle’s 2022 All-Metro First Team and Mercury News’ All-Bay Area Softball First Team and was named The Daily Journal Girls Athlete of the Year … that season, she notched 22 RBIs and 23 hits, including four doubles and six homers, for a .511 batting average … ranked as the No. 2 overall recruit in the country by Extra Inning Softball, No. 12 by MaxPreps and No. 20 by FloSoftball … named to the Cal-Hi Sports All-State Second Team and Mercury News' Fab 40 High School Softballers in 2021 after leading her team to the CIF Central California Section semifinals, hitting for a .706 batting average (24-for-34), .836 on-base percentage, 1.794 slugging percentage, 31 RBIs, eight home runs, seven doubles and three triples … in her freshman 2019 season, was honored as one of the San Francisco Chronicle's softball regional players of the year after recording a .500 batting average with 51 RBIs, 33 runs scored and 42 hits, including 13 home runs and 11 doubles … captured the 2021 Alliance Fastpitch National Championship with her travel ball team, the West Bay Warriors.
Personal
Born Megan Rose-LeDee Grant in Daly City, Calif. … parents are Christine and Shawn Grant … has two brothers, Devin and Camron … Devin played football at College of Idaho … Camron played baseball at Skyline College, Louisiana-Monroe and Oklahoma Baptist … chose to attend UCLA for its “elite academics and athletics” … athlete she admires most is Kobe Bryant … hobbies include playing video games … favorite baseball team is the San Francisco Giants … majoring in sociology.
Megan Grant’s Career Highs
| At-Bats | 5, Two Times (last vs. Arizona, 3/1/25) |
| Runs Scored | 3, Eight Times (last at Long Beach State, 4/15/26) |
| Hits | 4, Two Times (last vs. Arizona State, 4/21/23) |
| Runs Batted In | 7 vs. Ohio State (4/4/25) |
| Doubles | 2, Three Times (last vs. UC San Diego, 4/1/25) |
| Triples | 1, Four Times (last vs. San Diego State, 5/17/25) |
| Home Runs | 3 vs. UC Riverside (2/8/26) |
| Grand Slams | 1, Seven Times (last vs. South Carolina, 5/17/26) |
| Total Bases | 12 vs. UC Riverside (2/8/26) |
| Walks | 4, Three Times (last vs. California Baptist, 5/15/26) |
| Sacrifice Flies | 1, 14 Times (last vs. UCF, 5/23/26) |
| Sacrifice Hits | -- |
| Stolen Bases | 1 vs. Arizona State (4/21/23) |
| Hit-By-Pitches | 1, 31 Times (last vs. Texas Tech, 5/31/26) |