When the University of Davis field hockey program is reinstated

this August, one of their players will be Lydia Brambila.

“It’s been one of my dreams to play a sport in college. I’m just happy that I’m actually living it,” she said.

The Fallbrook High School senior signed a letter of intent February 4 to play for Davis. “I was real excited and overwhelmed at the same time,” she said. “It was my hard work, and it’s finally paying off.”

Brambila, who was born in Oceanside and moved from Oceanside to Fallbrook when she was three years old, began playing soccer when she...