Brooke Mitchell

Position:
P
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Deer Park HS

2004 USA Softball Elite Team Member
2004 Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist
2004 NFCA First Team All-American
2004 NFCA All-South Region First Team
2004 CoSIDA Academic All-American
2004 Sun Belt Female Athlete of the Year
2004 SBC Tourney Most Outstanding Player
2004 Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year
2004 All-Sun Belt First Team
2004 Louisiana Pitcher of the Year
2003-04 Sun Belt Honor Roll
2003 Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year
2003 All-Sun Belt First Team
2003 NFCA All-South Region First Team
2003 Louisiana Pitcher of the Year
2002-03 Sun Belt Honor Roll
Set the school record for strikeouts in a single-season with 279 in 2003
Tied the single-game record for strikeouts with 16 against FIU in Sun Belt Tournament semifinals
Tossed four no-hitters in 2003 including the NCAA Regional opener against San Diego State
Threw perfect game vs. Louisiana Tech (Feb. 11, 2003)
2002 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year
2002 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team member
2001-02 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner's List
2002 LSWA Freshman of the Year
Led Lady Cajuns' pitching in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts and complete games as a freshman
Struck out season-high 15 batters vs. Long Island (March 4)
Started 24 games as a freshman

JUNIOR SEASON (2004)
Top 10 Finalist for the 2004 USA Softball National Player of the Year Award…2004 NFCA /Louisville Slugger Division I First Team All-American – the first in program history since 2000 (Tiffany Clark)...2004 CoSIDA Academic All-American – the first since 1997 (Joni Podhorez)...2004 Sun Belt Conference Female Student Athlete of the Year – first for any sport in Louisiana-Lafayette history...All-Sun Belt Conference First Team (third straight season) and Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year (second straight season)…2004 Louisiana Pitcher of the Year for the second straight season...2003-04 Louisiana-Lafayette Female Student Athlete of the Year…Eight-time Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week…One of only five players in NCAA history to record 500-plus strikeouts, ended the season with 524K over 315 2/3 innings… Her 524 strikeouts were the most ever for a pitcher from a Louisiana school (passed up Britni Sneed’s 478 in 2002)...Led the NCAA with 45 victories and finished with the fourth-most single-season wins in Division I history...Set the school record for victories, passing the previous record of 35 set by Melissa Coronado in 2001...Had 29 double-digit strikeout performances (out of 53 appearances) to her credit and reached five strikeouts in 47 of 53 outings....From March 24 through May 20, enjoyed a personal best 20-game win streak...Against U.S. Olympic Team at KIA Klassic, struck out six batters…Had five no-hitters including a 15-strikeout no-no against Missouri…Struck out a school, single-game record 22 in a nine-inning no-hitter of Nevada at the McNeese Cowgirl Classic…Surrendered 154 hits through 315 2/3 innings…Set the school single-season and career record for strikeouts…Accounted for 45 of Louisiana-Lafayette’s 60 victories (75 percent)…Averaged over 11 strikeouts per seven innings (second in the nation)…Struck out 15 batters five times, 16 twice and school-record 22…Allowed four-or-less hits in 13 appearances of seven-plus innings…Feb. 8-Feb. 21 had double-digit strikeouts in eight straight appearances...She set the school single-season record with her 280th of the season vs. Princeton at the KIA Klassic and became the first pitcher in program history to record 300 strikeouts in a single season with her 300th in the first game of the Nicholls State twinbill on March 24 at Ragin’ Cajuns Softball Park...With her fifth strikeout of the second game of a doubleheader at Louisiana Tech on April 14, she netted her 821st career strikeout - a tally which set a new school career record by surpassing the former record of 820 set by former All-American Kyla Hall...It took Mitchell 103 appearances to set the record; Hall needed 132 appearances and did so as a senior...With her eighth strikeout, with the bases loaded and no outs, of the second game against FIU Saturday, April 18, Mitchell notched her 400th strikeout of the season. She became the first player in program history to achieve the feat and just the 16th in NCAA history to strike out over 400 batters in a single season joining the likes of Courtney Blades, Britni Sneed, Cat Osterman, Michelle Granger, Alicia Hollowell and Monica Abbott...With her eighth and final strikeout of the Cajuns winner’s bracket semifinals game with top-ranked Arizona on Friday, May 20, Mitchell reached 500 strikeouts...Tossed a complete-game shutout of top-ranked Arizona in an elimination game in NCAA Regional play as the Ragin’ Cajuns eliminated the Wildcats from the tournament and snapped UA’s streak of 16 consecutive World Series appearance....Tossed the second no-hitter in Sun Belt Conference Tournament history in leading the Cajuns to a 3-0 winner’s bracket finals victory over FIU...Struck out 14 Golden Panther hitters en route to picking up her 40th win of the season – made her just the 12th pitcher in NCAA history to notch 40 wins in a single season...During the Middle Tennessee series, picked up two wins and two saves which helped the Cajuns complete a perfect Sun Belt Conference regular season slate (18-0)...In Sunday’s second game she pitched three innings of relief after the Cajuns regained the lead to preserve the clean slate...Had 14 solo shutouts (three in NCAA Regional play) and 10 combined ones...Tossed four no-hitters over two week span including one on back-to-back days versus Nevada at the McNeese Cowgirl Classic...On Feb. 18 she no-hit Nicholls State and the same week turned the trick on Missouri Feb. 21...The next weekend at the McNeese Tournament, she no-hit Nevada on Feb. 27 and Feb. 28...Tossed two no-hitters, six victories and had 74 strikeouts in 42 innings of work and the honor of being named the Most Outstanding Player of the Mardi Gras Classic hosted by Louisiana-Lafayette the weekend of Feb. 20-22.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2003)
Named the 2003 Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year...Member of the 2003 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team...Led the Sun Belt with a season ERA of 1.11...Set the school single-season record with 279 strikeouts, breaking the previous record of 256 set by Cheryl Longeway in 1995...Struck out USA Olympic Team member Jenny Topping of Cal State Fullerton for the record-breaking 257th strikeout of the season...Appeared in 41 games, starting 35, and averaged a school-record 8.8 strikeouts per game...Tossed a perfect game in the season opener, three other no-hitters and six complete-game one-hitters...Pitched back-to-back one-hitters of Top 20 teams when she one-hit Oklahoma on March 14 at the KIA Klassic and lost on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth and in her next outing tossed a complete-game one-hit shutout of then-No. 16 Alabama in a 2-0 win on March 27...Had 10 double-digit strikeout performances including a career-high 16 against FIU in the semifinals of the 2003 SBC Tournament, tying the program’s single-game record set by Kim Eisnaugle on March 20, 1986...Struck out at least five batters in eight of her 35 starts and 29 of her 41 appearances...Turned in her best performances of the season at the NCAA Regional No. 6 in Fullerton, Calif...Opened the regional with a no-hitter of San Diego State...Dominated top-seeded Cal State Fullerton and second-seed Oklahoma State to pitch the Cajuns into the regional final...Fanned 12 CSF batters in a two-hit shutout and then struck out 10 OSU batters in the semifinals...Entered championship Sunday of the regional having allowed just three hits over 21 innings while striking out 28...Suffered an inflamed bicep in her pitching arm in game one vs. Oregon in the regional final and was pulled after just 10 pitches...Came back in game two, despite the risk of further injury, and tossed a complete game to send the Cajuns to the WCWS...Started both games at the WCWS despite the injury, going 11 2/3 innings combined.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2002)
Was named the 2002 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year...Also named a member of the All-SBC First Team...Led the Cajuns’ pitching staff in wins (20), games started (24), appearances (27), innings pitched (159), strikeouts (164) and complete games (17)...First collegiate start was against Southwest Missouri State Feb. 16 at the Oklahoma/Nike Classic...Struck out 12 SMS batters, including the three-hole hitter all three times...Finished the OU/Nike Classic 2-0, striking out 25 batters in 16 1/3 innings...Started the season 5-0...First loss was a 3-2 loss at then-No. 23 Texas A&M...Returned home Monday, March 4 against Long Island and struck out 15 batters, one shy of the school record of 16 set by Kim Eisnaugle...Pitched well against Top 15 members Arizona and Washington at the Kia Classic...Tossed a four-hitter in a 1-0 loss to Arizona...Arizona’s run came on a solo homerun...Struck out 15 batters in Arizona and Washington games combined...Sat out action from March 29-April 13 with sore ribs, missing six games...Returned April 13 at Middle Tennessee in game two...Picked up three wins at New Mexico State...Tossed three-hit shutout April 21 in game two...Had seven-game winning streak snapped in loss at UL Monroe April 24...Pitched 5 2/3 innings of relief in game two April 27 against Florida International in helping the Cajuns rally for 4-3 win in eight innings...Finished four-game series with FIU 3-0, allowing just one earned run over 19 1/3 innings of work...Tossed a three-hitter at Southern Miss April 30, striking out nine in the process...Pitched a two-hit shutout of FIU at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament...Went 8-0 in SBC play with a 1.62 ERA...Allowed just 35 hits over 47 2/3 SBC innings...Led the SBC in batters struck out looking (59), strikeouts per game (7.35) and wins (20)...Was second in the SBC with 164 strikeouts and 1.86 hits allowed per game.

AT DEER PARK HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered four years in softball...Was First team All-District member...Pitched three no-hitters for Deer Park High School...Was High School MVP in softball in 1999...Was a member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and Spanish Club.

PERSONAL
Born January 13, 1983, in Webster, Texas...Full name is Chrystal Brooke Mitchell...Only daughter of Dennis and Cherryl Mitchell...Majoring in business finance.