UCLA's Megan Grant matches Division I season home run record with 37
The UCLA Bruins saw senior slugger Megan Grant make history on Friday. Grant hit her 37th home run of the season versus Wisconsin.
Not only did the UCLA Bruins advance to the Big Ten Conference title game on Friday with a 19-5 win over Wisconsin, the Bruins saw a senior star match a major Division I college softball record. Megan Grant matched an NCAA D-I record with her 37th home run of the season in the second inning. Grant took a pitch on the outer-third deep to left field, matching Arizona’s Laura Espinoza who accomplished the feat in 1995.
Espinoza played in 72 games to slug the 37 homers while Grant matched the total in just 54 games. MEGAN GRANT IS NOW TIED FOR THE NCAA SINGLE-SEASON HR RECORD 💥 #NCAASoftball x 🎥 BTN / @UCLASoftball pic. twitter.
com/ApTJ1S0vnR — NCAA Softball (@NCAASoftball) May 9, 2026 For her career, Grant is now at 86 home runs in her four-year Bruin career. Despite the record-matching senior season, Grant is not a threat for the Division I career home run record, with Oklahoma’s Jocelyn Alo hitting 122 home runs as a Sooner from 2018-2022. CHEF MEGAN'S BEEN COOKIN' UP A RECORD YEAR 🔥 Megan Grant has tied the NCAA single-season home run record 👏 pic.
twitter. com/hSBWBfgc7a — espnW (@espnW) May 9, 2026 While Grant has been an elite player for her entire UCLA career, she’s grown in popularity this past season, joining UCLA’s women’s basketball team for their NCAA championship season . Grant was an undersized big off of the Bruins bench and even partook in some on-court dancing .