Brooke Bennett

Awards:

• 2026 NFCA All-Region Second Team
• 2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team
• Two-time First Team All-Big South (2025, 2026)
• 2024 Big South All-Freshman Team
• Named Big South Player of the Week (4/7/2025)
• Named Big South Freshman of the Week (4/28/2025)
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2025, 2026)
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll (2025)

Prior to SC:

2026 (Sophomore, Longwood)

Named to the NFCA All-Region Second Team … Named to the All-Big South First Team for the second straight season … Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete … Had a team-leading nine home runs, 10 doubles, 52 hits, 34 RBIs and a .595 slugging percentage … Second on the team batting .340 (52-for-153) with a .433 on-base percentage and a 1.028 OPS … Also had one triple, scored 22 runs and drew 21 walks … Tallied nine multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games … Had a team-high seven-game RBI streak … Had a season-high four hits and five RBIs against North Carolina Central (3/25) … Drove in four runs against Lindenwood (2/22) … Had five three-hit games on the season … Scored a season-high three runs against Charleston Southern (3/22) … Defensively, she picked off five runners from behind the plate … Finished the year fourth in Division I, throwing out 17 base runners.

2025 (Freshman, Longwood)

All-Big South first team selection, becoming the Lancers’ first freshman to claim the honor since 2022 … Picked up Big South All-Freshman Team plaudits, as well … Named Big South Player of the Week on April 7 and Big South Freshman of the Week on April 28 … Started 46 of 50 games played … Batted .328 to lead the team … Tied for the team lead with 45 hits in 137 at-bats, adding nine doubles, one triple, four home runs and 16 RBIs … Compiled a .896 OPS and got on base at a .400 clip … Drew 14 walks and stole four bases without being caught … Threw out nine runs from behind the plate and was involved in two double plays defensively … Eight multiple-hit games while also enjoying an eight-game hitting streak during the season … Team-best 16-game reached-base streak … Collected at least one hit in five of her first six games … Posted a season-high three hits on two occasions, going 3-for-3 against Presbyterian on April 6 in a 6-1 win while duplicating the three knocks in three at-bats at Queens on April 21 in a 4-0 win … Belted two homers, driving in three runs and scoring twice against the Blue Hose … Named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete and to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

Pre-College:

Played softball and volleyball at North Oldham High school in Goshen, Ky. … All-Eighth Region Player of the Year as a senior in 2024, as well as all-state, all-district tournament team and team MVP … Batted .578, with 14 homers and a 1.921 OPS … All-Eighth Region Team selection as a junior, hitting .480 with a 1.369 OPS … Swatted five homers, seven triples and nine doubles as a team captain … Earned a spot on the 29th district tournament team … As a freshman and sophomore, posted a batting average above .400 and an OPS above 1.000 … Named to the 29th district tournament team as a freshman, as well … Claimed a spot on the American Volleyball Coaches Association Best and Brightest First Team.

Personal:

Daughter of John and Victoria Bennett … Born Sept. 26 … Has a brother, Jake, who played baseball at San Jacinto College and Dallas Baptist … Father played baseball at Bellarmine … National Honor Society member and a first-team academic all-state selection in high school.