University of St. Thomas Athletics
2023 Softball Roster
Roster
Ellestad, Brooke
UT
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/ SoftballOF
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballP
/ SoftballINF
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/ SoftballC
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/ SoftballP/1B/3B
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Jersey Number 22
Brooke Ellestad
- Position:
- SS
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Kimberly
- Hometown:
- Kimberly, Wis.
Bio
Awards & Achievements
2023 All-Summit League Second-Team
2022 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year Top 25 selection
2022 Summit League Freshman of the Year
2022 All-Summit League First-Team
TicketSmarter Summit League Softball Player of the Week (3/28/22)
2022 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
2022 Summit League Academic Honor Roll recipient
2023
Played and started in 50 games… batted .384 with a .450 OBP… slugged at a .629 clip… tallied 58 hits and 28 runs scored… drove in 37 runs while hitting six home runs… tallied 15 doubles and two triples… walked 17 times and stole seven bases… finished with a .899 fielding percentage with 73 putouts and 122 assists… recorded seven multi-run games throughout the season, including a four run game against North Dakota on April 15… also drove in five runs against North Dakota (April 15)... hit two home runs against Drake on March 11… finished with 17 multi hit games on the season, six of which were of the three-hit variety… led the team in doubles, home runs, and RBIs.
2022
Played and started in 42 games... batted .452 with a .455 on-base percentage... slugged at a .604 clip... amassed 57 hits and 28 runs scored... drove in 27 runs while hitting six home runs... tallied two doubles and two triples... walked nine times... stole seven bags... finished with a .933 fielding percentage with 71 putouts and 83 assists... her batting average led the Summit League... season-high four hits and four runs against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 11)... hit the first home run of her collegiate career against the Panthers... had three-RBI games against Eastern Illinois, at No. 22 South Florida (March 20) and at Western Illinois (March 26)... notched her first career base hit in her first game, against Ball State (Feb. 11)...had a three-hit performance with a run scored and an RBI against Nicholls (Feb. 26)... helped lead the Tommies to an upset road victory at No. 22 South Florida with a go-ahead three-run home run... drove in five runs over a two-game span at Western Illinois, helping the team to its first Summit League competition and series win... against Louisiana Tech (Feb. 25), went 2-3 at the plate, and scored a run and drove in one run... had a three-hit performance against Nicholls... in the month of March, had three three-hit games, against Purdue (March 18), at South Florida, and at Western Illinois (March 26)... also tallied three hits against North Dakota on April 24... led St. Thomas in runs and RBI... finished with 19 multi hit games during the season, five of which were of the three-hit variety, and one of which was a four-hit performance... led the team with a season-best hitting streak of 14 games, ending the season with a base hit in three-straight contests... finished with eight multi RBI games.
High School
Appeared in 57 games, totaling 202 at bats... scored 100 runs in the span... finished with 109 base hits, 57 of which were of the extra base variety... hit 22 home runs and drove in 80 runs... tallied 20 walks and three intentional walks... hit by three pitches... stole 19 bags.
2023 All-Summit League Second-Team
2022 Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year Top 25 selection
2022 Summit League Freshman of the Year
2022 All-Summit League First-Team
TicketSmarter Summit League Softball Player of the Week (3/28/22)
2022 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
2022 Summit League Academic Honor Roll recipient
2023
Played and started in 50 games… batted .384 with a .450 OBP… slugged at a .629 clip… tallied 58 hits and 28 runs scored… drove in 37 runs while hitting six home runs… tallied 15 doubles and two triples… walked 17 times and stole seven bases… finished with a .899 fielding percentage with 73 putouts and 122 assists… recorded seven multi-run games throughout the season, including a four run game against North Dakota on April 15… also drove in five runs against North Dakota (April 15)... hit two home runs against Drake on March 11… finished with 17 multi hit games on the season, six of which were of the three-hit variety… led the team in doubles, home runs, and RBIs.
2022
Played and started in 42 games... batted .452 with a .455 on-base percentage... slugged at a .604 clip... amassed 57 hits and 28 runs scored... drove in 27 runs while hitting six home runs... tallied two doubles and two triples... walked nine times... stole seven bags... finished with a .933 fielding percentage with 71 putouts and 83 assists... her batting average led the Summit League... season-high four hits and four runs against Eastern Illinois (Feb. 11)... hit the first home run of her collegiate career against the Panthers... had three-RBI games against Eastern Illinois, at No. 22 South Florida (March 20) and at Western Illinois (March 26)... notched her first career base hit in her first game, against Ball State (Feb. 11)...had a three-hit performance with a run scored and an RBI against Nicholls (Feb. 26)... helped lead the Tommies to an upset road victory at No. 22 South Florida with a go-ahead three-run home run... drove in five runs over a two-game span at Western Illinois, helping the team to its first Summit League competition and series win... against Louisiana Tech (Feb. 25), went 2-3 at the plate, and scored a run and drove in one run... had a three-hit performance against Nicholls... in the month of March, had three three-hit games, against Purdue (March 18), at South Florida, and at Western Illinois (March 26)... also tallied three hits against North Dakota on April 24... led St. Thomas in runs and RBI... finished with 19 multi hit games during the season, five of which were of the three-hit variety, and one of which was a four-hit performance... led the team with a season-best hitting streak of 14 games, ending the season with a base hit in three-straight contests... finished with eight multi RBI games.
High School
Appeared in 57 games, totaling 202 at bats... scored 100 runs in the span... finished with 109 base hits, 57 of which were of the extra base variety... hit 22 home runs and drove in 80 runs... tallied 20 walks and three intentional walks... hit by three pitches... stole 19 bags.
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