Brooke Blankenship

position Infielder
height 5-5
class Sophomore
B/T R/R
Hometown Hudson, Fla.
High school River Ridge
Previous School Florida State

position Infielder
height 5-5
class Sophomore
B/T R/R
Hometown Hudson, Fla.
High school River Ridge
Previous School Florida State

AWARDS:

2025 SEC Community Service Team
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team (2024)

2025:

Named to the SEC Community Service Team … Started and played 59 games at shortstop … Set a new single-season record for a shortstop with a .989 fielding percentage … Set a new career record for fielding percentage by a shortstop at .965 … Her 345 career assists rank fourth all-time … Finished the season with eight sacrifice flies, which was tied for second all-time … Had a .294 batting average with 45 hits … Her 13 career sacrifice flies rank second all-time … Tied for the team lead with two triples … Her 68 career walks are tied for 13th all-time … Tied for fifth on the team with 35 RBIs and 33 runs scored … Hit her first over the wall home run as a Gamecock to walk off Virginia (2/7) … Had nine multi-hit games on the season … Had 11 multi-RBI games for the year … Drove in a season-high three RBIs against App State (2/16) … Ended the season on a seven-game hitting streak … Had a season-high 10 game on-base streak.

2024:

Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … Named to the SEC Spring Honor Roll … Named an NFCA All-Scholar … Started and played 59 games at shortstop … Set a new program record turning 24 double plays … Led the team with six sacrifice bunts and four sacrifice flies … Second on the team with 26 walks … Fourth on the team with a .367 on-base percentage … Drove in a pair of runs against No. 13 Utah (2/15) … Drew three walks on three different occasions … Had a season-high eight assists against No. 11 Clemson (3/20) … Had five multi-hit games … Helped Carolina tie a program record with four double plays at Ole Miss (3/29) and at No. 10 Florida (4/21).

2023:

Started all 62 games at shortstop … Led the team with a .300 batting average … Third on the team in hits and RBIs … Four on the team in walks and stolen bases … Her lone home run on the season was an inside-the-park home run against Campbell (2/11), the first since 2015 … Had six multi-RBI games on the season … Twice drove in three runs in a game (Tennessee Tech, 2/25; College of Charleston, 3/8) … Collected three hits three different times … Had nine multi-hit games on the year … Her 11 stolen bases rank 8th all-time by a sophomore.

Prior to SC:

2022 (Florida State):

Played in 42 games with 23 starts as a freshman … Finished the season with a .214 batting average (12-for-56) … Had one triple, one home run, 14 runs scored and seven RBI … Recorded a .970 fielding percentage off of 25 putouts and 40 assists to go with two errors … Was 2-for-3 with a home run, an RBI and three runs scored against Loyola Chicago (2/12) … Went a perfect 1-for-1 with a triple and an RBI against Pitt (3/5) … Recorded a career-high two RBIs against Jacksonville (3/30).

High School:

Ranked #5 by Extra Inning Softball in the 2021 class rankings and #16 by MaxPreps … Two-time 2A State Champion with Academy at the Lakes (2018-19) … 2A Florida Player of the Year as a freshman … Three-time First Team All-State … Three-time Greater Tampa Bay Times All-State … USA Today Preseason All-American … Named to the honor roll all four years … Was a two-time Pasco County Science Fair winner … Graduated top 15% of her class … Outside of softball she participated in Florida Future Educators of America Club, National Junior Honor Society, and National Society of High School Scholars.