Sue Enquist ’80

UCLA Student Athlete

• UCLA's first All-American, in 1978 after being named All-Region in 1976, 1977 and 1978.
• Most Outstanding Player of the 1978 AIAW Championships leading the tournament in hitting as the Bruins won their first softball National Championship.
• Concluded UCLA MVP playing career with a career batting average of .401 and was the first Bruin to complete her career with a batting average over .400. The record stood for 24 years, until 2002.
• A three-time ASA All-American for the Raybestos Braketts, Enquist helped lead that team to four ASA National Championships in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980.
• Enjoyed success as a player at the international level, earning gold medals at three National Sports Festivals, the 1978 World Championships and the 1979 Pan American Games.
• Earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from UCLA in 1980.

UCLA Assistant Coach, Co-Head Coach, Head Coach 1980 – 2006

• Holds more National Championships (11) than anyone in the history of softball.
• The only person in NCAA softball history to win a championship as a head coach and a player.
• 1,314 combined wins as a Bruin player and coach.
• Head coaching career record 887-175-1 (.835).
• Served as a member of the UCLA coaching staff for 10 NCAA Championships, the most of any school. The NCAA brought women's sports under its umbrella beginning with the 1981-82 academic year. UCLA won that inaugural NCAA softball championship, and has since played in a record 17 championship games or series, winning titles in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2003 and 2004.
• Pac-10 Coach of the Year, in 1995, 1999 and 2006.
• First softball player inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993.
• During Enquist's tenure as co-head coach and head coach (1989-2006), 32 players earned 58 All-American honors.
• Head coach of the 1993 Olympic Festival Championship team, and coached the USA Pre Elite National Team in 1994.
• Member of the coaching staff for the gold medal winning 1994 World Championship team.
• A former World Champion and USA National Team coach and player, she is the only person to have played on the first Pan American gold medal team (1979) and to coach on the first Olympic Team National Staff (1996), which took home the first gold medal in the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Enquist's No. 6 jersey was retired on April 29, 2000, becoming the third number in Bruin softball history to be retired.
• Seven former Bruins participated with the gold medal-winning 2000 U.S. Olympic Team. All seven were coached by Enquist during their UCLA careers.
• Five Bruins, also all coached by Enquist, won gold medals at the Athens Olympics in 2004.
• Inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2005.
• Inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
• Retired as the coach with most wins among all active coaches.

Today

Sue Enquist is a dynamic and highly sought motivational speaker. She provides keynote addresses, performance seminars and in depth leadership summits to help change the culture in and around education and corporate environments. Enquist is also a corporate and softball consultant and conducts Sue Enquist Coaching camps, clinics and academies customized to provide a personal experience for the players, coaches, parents or teams that are interested in taking their game to the next level.

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