Birth Date: | April 26, 1990 |
Height: | 5-10 |
Year: | Senior |
Hometown: | Green Bay, Wis. |
High School: | Pulaski |
Position: | OF |
Major: | Exercise Science |
B/T: | L/R |
In 2011 (Junior): Brooke played in 42 games, starting 40 of those in the outfield for Tennessee Tech...Her speed was a great asset to the team, as she scored nearly half of the times she got on base...tallied 21 hits, including a pair of doubles...finished third on the team in stolen bases with 7, and was caught stealing just twice...went a perfect 3-3 hitting and scored two runs against NC State (3/4)...continued her excellence in the classroom, being named to the OVC Commissioner's and TTU Athletic Director's Honor Rolls for the third consecutive year.
In 2010 (Sophomore): Brooke appeared in 44 games for the Golden Eagles, 34 of which she started in the outfield or as the designated player...had four two-game hitting streaks and a three-game hitting streak...drove in a run in back-to-back games against Belmont (3/23) and Tennessee State (4/17-4/18)...recorded three putouts in two games against Austin Peay (3/20) and Tennessee State (4/17)…she recorded 17 hits, while driving in eight runs and scoring seven… named to the OVC Commissioner’s and the TTU Athletic Director’s Honor Rolls.
In 2009 (Freshman): Brooke appeared in 43 games
for the Golden Eagles, making 22 starts between the outfield and as
the designated player...finished the season with a .200 batting
average after tallying 12 hits in 60 plate appearances...went
2-for-3 against Loyola Marymount (2/20)...scored runs in five
consecutive games from March 17 to March 22...went 1-for-3 with a
run scored in Tech’s OVC Tournament game against Jacksonville
State (5/7)...named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll and
the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
High School: Brooke comes to Tech as a very well-rounded
athlete....lettered three years in volleyball, four years in
basketball and four years in softball at centerfield under coach
Billi Jo Vertz...her senior year, was named first-team all-state,
all-area, all-district and all-conference...selected to play for
the 2008 Wisconsin Senior All-Star Team and was the FRCC Player of
the Year...two year captain of the softball team...was one of only
25 students across the nation to be awarded a Student Athlete Milk
Mustache of the Year (SAMMY) scholarship.
Personal: Brooke Marie Basten is the daughter of Andy and
Jane Basten of Green Bay, Wis...birthday is April 26,
1990...majoring in exercise science, physical education.