UCLA Women's Basketball: Why Forward Joined Softball Team En Route to WCWS

This Camarillo High School graduate initially put aside softball to focus on basketball at UCLA.

When Gabriela Jaquez graduated from Camarillo High School, she hung up her softball cleats and committed all of her time to basketball. After all, she was committed to the sport for the UCLA Bruins. But when the opportunity to lace up her cleats knocked on her door,The basketball star joined the softball team as a pinch runner earlier this month to give the Bruins depth and speed on the basepaths.

Associate head coach Kirk Walker and director of operations Claire Donyanavard identified Jaquez as a potential option to help a depleted UCLA roster heading into the NCAA Tournament. They contacted women's basketball director of operations Pam Walker and then got permission from head coach Cori Close. Walker called Jaquez on Mother's Day to offer her a spot on the team.

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