Lisa FernÁndez

Fernández worked hard to prove that she could be a good pitcher, and her work paid off with a spot on the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins softball team. With the Bruins, Fernández won numerous national awards for her playing, as well as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships in 1990 and 1992. Fernández's pitching was a major contribution to those wins: She pitched five shut-outs during UCLA's 1992 postseason, setting a record for consecutive scoreless innings for the Women's College World Series. The Bruins came within one game of winning the NCAA title Fernández's senior year, too, but they lost the championship game to the University of Arizona 1-0.