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LISA FERNANDEZ
WOMEN’S SOFTBALL LEGEND
Lisa Fernandez is one of the most accomplished softball players in history. A member of the 1996 and 2000 Gold Medal Olympic team, Lisa is also a three-time MVP and All-American at the USA National Softball Championships and was also named Outstanding Pitcher in 1997 and 1998. She won the Women’s Sports Foundation Athlete of the Year award in 1994 and was a nominee two other times.
While at UCLA, she was a 4-time All-American, a 2-time NCAA champion, a 3-time Honda-Broderick award winner, and won the Honda Cup her senior year. She also led the nation in hitting her senior year (.510), and also had the lowest ERA (0.23). She broke 7 UCLA records and holds the NCAA record of winning percentage with a .930 average (93-7).
Lisa has been under contract with Louisville Slugger and has developed the first-ever female signature bat, which has since been expanded to include seven different models. Additionally, the “Lisa Fernandez Signature Knee Pad”, the first ever for a female softball athlete, is available in retail stores.
She has been featured in numerous publications, such as USA Today, People Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and Women’s Sports and Fitness.
Lisa has designed and conducted over fifty nationwide softball and motivational skill camps and clinics in over twenty cities in the last several years. She has also worked with a number of charitable groups, schools, and young women’s organizations, encouraging them to ”...never be satisfied and to reach for their dreams.” Lisa is an in-demand Hispanic Motivational Speaker.
