Mysha Sataraka enters her second season as an assistant coach with the UCLA softball program in 2027, marking her 11th season of coaching overall. Sataraka was an All-American and four-year starter at third base for the Bruins from 2013-16 before beginning her coaching career.
Sataraka helped UCLA to a 53-10 overall record and earned her first Women’s College World Series berth as a coach in her debut season on staff in 2026.
Sataraka helped coach the most prolific offense in NCAA history as the Bruins set Division I single-season records for home runs (209), runs scored (672), RBIs (643), total bases (1,408), extra-base hits (334), slugging percentage (.825) and on-base percentage (.490). UCLA’s 209 home runs nearly doubled the previous program single-season record of 108 set in 2010. The Bruins also surpassed 100 home runs for the second consecutive season and broke their program record for mercy-rule victories for the second straight year with 30.
Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery formed one of the most dominant offensive duos in college softball history, combining for 78 home runs. Grant broke the NCAA single-season home run record with 42, while Woolery hit 36 home runs with an NCAA-leading 117 RBIs en route to Softball America National Player of the Year and Big Ten Player of the Year honors. A program-record eight Bruins hit at least 10 home runs, led by Grant and Woolery, whose totals ranked first and tied for fourth, respectively, in NCAA single-season history. Three UCLA hitters earned NFCA All-America honors for the second consecutive season, with Grant and Woolery receiving first-team recognition and Rylee Slimp earning third-team honors.
Sataraka returned to Westwood after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at Penn State from 2023-25, working primarily with the Nittany Lions’ offense. She helped lead Penn State to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2024, three Big Ten Tournament berths and consecutive 30-win seasons in 2023 and 2024.
Penn State produced its most powerful offensive campaign in program history in Sataraka’s final season on staff in 2025. The Nittany Lions set single-season program records for home runs (74), runs scored (341), batting average (.329) and total bases (770).
In 2024, Sataraka helped guide Penn State to a 35-20 overall record, the third-most wins in program history, and its first NCAA Regional appearance since 2011. The Nittany Lions defeated UAlbany in an elimination contest at the Bryan-College Station Regional for the program’s 13th NCAA Tournament victory.
During Sataraka’s three seasons at Penn State, the Nittany Lions earned 11 All-Big Ten Conference selections, including nine by hitters. Sataraka helped develop sophomore infielder Brooke Klosowicz into one of the top offensive threats in the Big Ten in 2025. After batting .239 as a freshman, Klosowicz finished eighth in the conference with a .422 batting average, second with 23 doubles and seventh with an .851 slugging percentage while belting a team-high 13 home runs. Junior infielder Emily Maddock also experienced a remarkable turnaround in Sataraka’s first season on staff in 2023, posting a team-leading .439 batting average and .491 on-base percentage. Maddock became the first Penn State position player in six years to earn All-Big Ten First Team honors.
Ten Penn State players, including seven hitters, received NFCA All-Region accolades during Sataraka’s tenure.
After her UCLA playing career, Sataraka spent four seasons on the coaching staff at CSUN from 2017-20 before joining LMU as an assistant coach in November 2020. Sataraka helped LMU to a West Coast Conference championship under head coach and former UCLA softball great Tairia Flowers in 2022.
Sataraka was UCLA’s starting third baseman for four seasons from 2013-16 and helped the Bruins to back-to-back WCWS appearances as a junior and senior. In her senior season, Sataraka hit .380 (52-for-137) with 15 home runs and 59 RBIs, earning NFCA Second Team All-America honors. She was also selected to the All-WCWS Team after homering in each of UCLA’s two games in Oklahoma City.
Sataraka concluded her UCLA career with a .337 batting average (178-for-528), 47 home runs and 176 RBIs. She ranks in the top 10 in three categories in UCLA’s record book: walks (second, 144), on-base percentage (ninth, .476) and slugging percentage (10th, .670). Sataraka was also a two-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree in her sophomore and senior seasons.
Sataraka also has experience with USA Softball. In the summer of 2013, she was a member of the USA Softball Junior Women’s National Team that won silver at the ISF Junior Women’s World Championship. In 2016, she was named to the USA Softball Women’s Elite Team roster for the World Cup of Softball XI.
Sataraka played professionally for the Texas Charge of National Pro Fastpitch in the summer of 2017. She appeared in 43 games for the Charge, hitting .250 with two home runs and eight RBIs.
A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Sataraka graduated from UCLA in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in political science.
Sataraka’s Coaching Experience
2017 – Volunteer Assistant Coach, CSUN
2018-20 – Assistant Coach, CSUN
2021-22 – Assistant Coach, LMU
2023-25 – Assistant Coach, Penn State
2026-Pres. – Assistant Coach, UCLA