Natasha Watley (2014) - Hall of Fame

Natasha Watley

Induction:
2014

Olympic gold medalist Natasha Watley won a national champion both as a player and as a volunteer assistant coach at UCLA. Watley's first championship came in 2003 during a senior season in which she won not only the Honda Award but the Honda Broderick Cup as the nation's best female collegiate athlete. She is one of just three Bruins to earn four first-team All-America awards, and she still holds school records for stolen bases, runs scored, hits, at-bats, and triples. Watley led the nation in hits in 2002 and 2003 and had the two longest hitting streaks in UCLA history, 32 and 29 games. A year after her senior year, she helped the U.S. win the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, and also won silver at the 2008 Olympics. She returned to UCLA as a volunteer assistant from 2006-10 while playing with the National Team and helped guide the Bruins to the 2010 NCAA Championship. The founder of the Natasha Watley Foundation, Watley is currently a member of the Cal State Northridge softball staff.

* Accomplishments listed above were at the time of induction.