Sexual assault survivor Brenda Tracy spoke to Cal’s players and coaches on Friday, delivering a message that coach Justin Wilcox described as “unbelievably powerful.”

“She is a survivor and she hits you right between the eyes with it,” Wilcox said.

Tracy was 24 years old in 1998 when she was attacked and gang raped by four young men, three of them football players at Oregon State.

The fourth man she alleged to be involved was Michael Ainsworth, then 18 and a recruiting prospect. Ainsworth wound up playing the 1999 season at Cal before flunking out of school.

“When @CalFootball called I had to decide if I was going to speak to the team one of my rapists played for,” Tracy wrote on her Twitter page.

“I went.

“I walked in the room w a broken heart filled w anger & pain, but I left w healing that could only come from this Coach & this team”

* Here's a story about Tracy from the Washington Post.

Cal senior offensive lineman Patrick Mekari, who listened to Tracy’s story, called her “a warrior.”

“The story’s incredibly moving,” he said. “She taught us a solution to the problem of domestic violence and how terrible it is. She is so brave for coming here and sharing her story. We’re going to really take it to heart and we’re going to be a (force for) change for the culture. She’s an amazing woman.”

Tracy, who in her Twitter profile describes herself as an RN, Gang Rape Survivor, Activist, Speaker, Civilian-Lobbyist, also is founder of #SetTheExpectation.

Her organization dedicates itself to battling sexual and physical violence by supporting coaches, young men and boys through direct outreach. Since 2014, she has made regular speaking engagements with high school and college teams.