Softball team looks very Bruin
August 5, 2008 | 5:53 PMKevin Roderick
Of the 15 women on the U.S. softball team in China, four are graduates of UCLA: Stacey Nuveman '02, Natasha Watley '05, Tairia Mims Flowers '05 and Andrea Duran '07.
"UCLA's history in softball is unmatched," says Nuveman, a clutch-hitting catcher who was also a member of the 2000 and 2004 Olympic squads. As examples, she recalls "all of the national championships we've won here [a total of 11 in the school's history], the All-Americans, the Olympians.
"And it's not just the Olympians on the U.S. teams; there's been a lot of UCLA players on the Olympic teams of other countries — Australia, Puerto Rico, Honduras."
In Beijing, "We know we can make history," Flowers says.
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