UCLA’s Megan Grant Breaks NCAA Single-Season Home Run Record
UCLA softball senior Megan Grant has officially broken the NCAA single-season home run record. Grant hit her 38th home run of the season in the third inning of the Big Ten Tournament championship game on Saturday. THE @NCAASoftball RECORD BREAKER 🚨 @UCLASoftball ’s Megan Grant just set the new D-1 single season home run record with 3️⃣8️⃣ ‼️ pic.
twitter. com/1bK356rKd2 — Big Ten Softball (@B1Gsoftball) May 9, 2026 The record-breaking home run was not enough to help No. 3 seed UCLA take down No.
1 seed Nebraska in the championship game, as the Huskers went on to win 7-2. But it was enough to surpass Arizona’s Laura Espinoza’s home run record from 1995. A Race For the Record Grant has been in a race with Oklahoma star freshman Kendall Wells for the record all season long.
Wells has hit 36 homers this season. The SEC Freshman of the Year has broken the Oklahoma program single-season record, set a new SEC single-season home run record and broke the NCAA freshman single-season home run record. Oklahoma Sooners catcher Kendall Wells (1) celebrates after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of a Bedlam softball game between the Oklahoma State Cowgirls and the Oklahoma Sooners at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
Oklahoma State won 6-4. Oklahoma was eliminated from the SEC Tournament by Georgia in the quarterfinals on Thursday. This gave Grant an advantage in the home run record race by giving the Bruin two more games than Wells to log homers.