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* She concludes her coaching career with a mark of 887-175-1 (.835).

* Enquist has 1,314 wins in her Bruin softball career as a player and coach, combined.

* Has more championships than any other NCAA softball coaches.

* She ranks in the top-five on the NCAA's all-time winningest coaches by percentage and is in the top-20 all-time in wins (all divisions).

* Enquist retires as winningest coach among all active coaches.

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* Enquist was awarded the 2004 C. Vivian Stringer Coaching Award by the United States Sports Academy for her accomplishments at UCLA. The award pays tribute to those who have made significant contributions to sports, and is named in honor of C. Vivian Stringer, the Women's Basketball Hall of Famer who is the only coach to take three different schools to the Final Four.

* In December, 2005, Enquist was announced as a Hall of Fame Inductee by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

* Enquist and the Bruin coaching staff earned the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) National Coaching Staff of the Year award following the 2004 season. She was also named the National Coach of the Year in 1992.

* The Bruin coaching staff was chosen as the 2000 and 2004 NFCA Pacific Region Coaching Staff of the Year. The Bruin staff also received the Regional honor in 1991 and '92.

* She is a two-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year, earning the honor in 1995 and '99.

* Enquist was the first softball inductee to the UCLA Hall of Fame, as a member of the Class of 1993. There are currently seven Bruin softball players in the Hall of Fame, including Enquist, Debbie Doom, Dot Richardson, Sheila (Cornell) Douty, Tracy Compton, Lisa Longaker and Lisa Fernandez. Former head coach Sharron Backus was inducted in 2001, her first year of eligibility.

* As one of eight softball coaches chosen to work with the U.S. National Team, Enquist was involved in the preparation of the gold medal winning U.S. Olympic Team for the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, GA, the inaugural Games for softball as an Olympic medal sport.

* Enquist was the head coach of the 1993 Olympic Festival Championship team, and coached the USA Pre Elite National Team in July, 1994.

* She was also a member of the coaching staff for the gold medal winning 1994 World Championship team, contested in Canada.

* Enquist was among the list of "20th Century Bruins" put together by UCLA Magazine at the close of 1999.

* Since Enquist's elevation to co-head coach in 1989, 31 players have earned 55 All-American honors.

* Enquist was UCLA's first All-American, earning the honor in 1978 after being named All-Region in 1976, '77 and '78.

* Seven former Bruins participated with the gold medal-winning 2000 U.S. Olympic Team. All seven (Christie Ambrosi, Jennifer Brundage, Sheila Cornell Douty, Lisa Fernandez, Stacey Nuveman, Dot Richardson and alternate Amanda Freed) were coached by Enquist during their UCLA careers.

* Five Bruins, again all coached by Enquist, won gold medals at the Athens Olympics in 2004, including Fernandez, Freed, Tairia (Mims) Flowers, Nuveman, and Natasha Watley.

* All three of UCLA's current assistant coaches (Kelly Inouye-Perez, Gina Vecchione and volunteer assistant Natasha Watley) are UCLA graduates and were coached by Enquist during their Bruin careers.

* Completed a series of 20 instructional videos, released following the 2003 collegiate season.

* Has partnered with former UCLA and MLB catcher and current Detroit Tigers hitting coach Don Slaught on the RightViewPro hitting instructional software.

* Invented the SB401 training bat and the Kwik-Slide Sliding Wrap

* Inducted into the Capistrano Unified School District Hall of Fame in October, 2000.

* Enquist has 1,264 wins in her Bruin softball career as a player and coach, combined.

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