It will likely be awhile before the UCLA Bruins have another player have a season at the plate like we’ve seen this year from seniors Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery. Both players have been terrific hitters their entire careers, but took things to another level in 2026.
Grant wrapped up the single-season home run title earlier this month but on Sunday she became the first Division I softball player to ever slug 40 home runs in a season. Grant’s not finished either, with UCLA set to face UCF in the Super Regionals this weekend. If Grant can add on another homer or two over the course of the rest of the NCAA tournament, she’ll give her record even more distance from the second place mark of Kendall Wells.
Wells’ is in the midst of one of the craziest freshman seasons ever, with the Oklahoma Sooners catcher having hit 37 home runs this season, the second-most in a single-season ever. Wells will have the chance to move closer to Grant’s mark this weekend with Oklahoma facing Mississippi State in their super regionals.
Grant isn’t the UCLA batter going nuclear at the plate this season, with Jordan Woolery owning a .506 batting average with 34 home runs and 111 runs batted in. The 111 RBIs is the second-highest single-season total ever. If Woolery can maintain the above .500 average, she’d become the first player in D-I history to bat over .500, slug 30+ home runs and drive in 100+ RBIs.
A national title would be the perfect bow for UCLA’s season but the Bruins have already witnessed a historic season from their two senior stars.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: UCLA has two different seniors in the midst of historic seasons
Reporting by Dylan McNeill, UCLA Wire / UCLA Wire
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