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The program
University of California-Santa Barbara (the Gauchos) fields an NCAA Division I softball team in Santa Barbara, California. The program competes in the Big West.
NCAA Division I is the highest level of NCAA competition, with the largest budgets and the longest schedules.
On the map
Places to train near University of California-Santa Barbara
CageList lists 1 place to train within 40 miles of the University of California-Santa Barbara campus: 1 bookable backyard cage and 0 baseball and softball academies. The closest is Tortuga cages in Oxnard, about 39 miles away.
The Big West
Big West has 10 other programs in this directory at the same level, including California Baptist University, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, California State University-Bakersfield, and California State University-Fullerton. Recruits usually compare the schools in one conference side by side, because they share a schedule and a travel footprint.
Thinking about playing here?
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School, level and location facts come from the U.S. Department of Education (the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act 2024-25 filings and the IPEDS institution directory). Nicknames and conferences are compiled from public lists and left blank when we could not match them with confidence. Sources: EADA athletics data, IPEDS institution directory. Spot a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.