University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2024 Softball Roster
Ellestad, Brooke
Jersey Number 17
Brooke Ellestad
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Kimberly, Wis.
- High School:
- Kimberly HS
- Prev School:
- St. Thomas (Minn.)
Bio
NFCA All-Central Region Third Team (2024)
All-Sun Belt First Team (2024)
Sun Belt Championship All-Tournament Team (2024)
Louisiana Sports Writers Association Newcomer of the Year (2024)
All-Louisiana First Team (2024)
2024 Sun Belt Player of the Week (April 2)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2024)
2024 (Junior)
Produced team-leading 54 RBI, career-high total and most RBI by a Cajun since 2017 … Top 50 amongst DI players in RBI … also set personal-bests in hits (65) and home runs (9) … Totaled 19 multiple-hit games and team-high 13 multiple-RBI games … banner debut highlighted by leading Sun Belt with .474 average, 37 hits and 34 RBI during conference play … tallied 135 assists over combined 223 chances playing SS and 3B… batted .500-plus in conference play from opening weekend through Week 7 … fielded .960 over 43 games played at third (39 PO, 105 A, 6 E) ... named the Sun Belt Conference and Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) Newcomer of the Year ... first team choice on the All-Sun Belt and All-Louisiana teams and earned third team honors on the NFCA All-Central Region squad.
Prior to Louisiana
Spent the 2022 and 2023 seasons competing at the University of St. Thomas (Minn.) ... during the two-year stay, delivered back-to-back 50-hit campaigns totaling 115 hits over 285 at bats ... competed at shortstop for the Tommies where she notched 144 putouts and piled up 200-plus assists over 382 total chances ... was a 2022 NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 25 finalist, 2022 Summit League Freshman of the Year and two-time All-Summit League performer ... produced a .404 average with 12 home runs and 64 career RBI over the 92-game stint with St. Thomas ... rookie campaign in 2022 was highlighted by a sparkling .425 average that resulted in 57 hits and team-leading totals in runs (28) and RBI (27) ... batting average led the Summit League and finished with 19 multiple-hit games and eight (8) multiple-RBI games ... paced St. Thomas with a season-best hitting streak of 14 games during her freshman season and competed in the Acadiana area as the Tommies participated in the Youngsville Sports Complex's Mardi Gras Mambo ... more than double extra base hits output in the 2023 season, increasing from 10 up to 23 extra base hits (15 doubles, 2 triples and 6 home runs) as a sophomore ... fashioned a .384 average over 50 games and posted a 1.000-plus OPS for the second straight season.
High School
Played for both Oshkosh North and Kimberly High School in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area ... earned first-team Fox Valley Association all-conference honors as a sophomore at Oshkosh North after leading the team with a .555 batting average, including 22 doubles, a triple and seven home runs ... added 41 RBI and drew nine walks, while only striking out seven times ... appeared in 57 games for Kimberly HS spanning junior and senior seasons, totaling 202 at bats, scoring 100 runs in the span, and finishing with 109 base hits – 57 of which were of the extra base variety (including 22 home runs) ... also competed in basketball and tennis.
All-Sun Belt First Team (2024)
Sun Belt Championship All-Tournament Team (2024)
Louisiana Sports Writers Association Newcomer of the Year (2024)
All-Louisiana First Team (2024)
2024 Sun Belt Player of the Week (April 2)
Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List (2024)
2024 (Junior)
Produced team-leading 54 RBI, career-high total and most RBI by a Cajun since 2017 … Top 50 amongst DI players in RBI … also set personal-bests in hits (65) and home runs (9) … Totaled 19 multiple-hit games and team-high 13 multiple-RBI games … banner debut highlighted by leading Sun Belt with .474 average, 37 hits and 34 RBI during conference play … tallied 135 assists over combined 223 chances playing SS and 3B… batted .500-plus in conference play from opening weekend through Week 7 … fielded .960 over 43 games played at third (39 PO, 105 A, 6 E) ... named the Sun Belt Conference and Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) Newcomer of the Year ... first team choice on the All-Sun Belt and All-Louisiana teams and earned third team honors on the NFCA All-Central Region squad.
Prior to Louisiana
Spent the 2022 and 2023 seasons competing at the University of St. Thomas (Minn.) ... during the two-year stay, delivered back-to-back 50-hit campaigns totaling 115 hits over 285 at bats ... competed at shortstop for the Tommies where she notched 144 putouts and piled up 200-plus assists over 382 total chances ... was a 2022 NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 25 finalist, 2022 Summit League Freshman of the Year and two-time All-Summit League performer ... produced a .404 average with 12 home runs and 64 career RBI over the 92-game stint with St. Thomas ... rookie campaign in 2022 was highlighted by a sparkling .425 average that resulted in 57 hits and team-leading totals in runs (28) and RBI (27) ... batting average led the Summit League and finished with 19 multiple-hit games and eight (8) multiple-RBI games ... paced St. Thomas with a season-best hitting streak of 14 games during her freshman season and competed in the Acadiana area as the Tommies participated in the Youngsville Sports Complex's Mardi Gras Mambo ... more than double extra base hits output in the 2023 season, increasing from 10 up to 23 extra base hits (15 doubles, 2 triples and 6 home runs) as a sophomore ... fashioned a .384 average over 50 games and posted a 1.000-plus OPS for the second straight season.
High School
Played for both Oshkosh North and Kimberly High School in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area ... earned first-team Fox Valley Association all-conference honors as a sophomore at Oshkosh North after leading the team with a .555 batting average, including 22 doubles, a triple and seven home runs ... added 41 RBI and drew nine walks, while only striking out seven times ... appeared in 57 games for Kimberly HS spanning junior and senior seasons, totaling 202 at bats, scoring 100 runs in the span, and finishing with 109 base hits – 57 of which were of the extra base variety (including 22 home runs) ... also competed in basketball and tennis.
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