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MeganBrooks

  • class Junior
  • High school Christian Co.

2003 – Started 51 or the 56 games in the outfield … Hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning against Houston to tied the game and force an extra inning – home run came one year to the day after her first career home run (2/22) … Third on the team with seven doubles … Tied for third on the team with two home runs … Nine of her 14 hits were for extra bases … Went 2-3 with a double, a home run and a career-high 3 runs scored against Eastern Kentucky 4/2.

2002 – Appeared in 33 games as a freshman…Started 22 times…Drove in three runs on three occasions…Led the team with eight RBI during the Sonic Challenge…Recorded her first career hit in a 1-0 win over Purdue (2/15/02)…Hit her first career homerun against Birmingham Southern (2/22/02)…Went 2-for-4 and scored from first with the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth in a 6-5 win over Arkansas in the last series of the season (5/3/02)

High School – Was a soccer All-District and All-Region selection her sophomore year of high school… All-District soccer selection again her junior year.

Personal – Full name is Kimberly Megan Brooks… Parents are Tommy and Teri Brooks… Born on April 4, 1983… Chose UK because she liked the atmosphere and the people and it is close to home… Also looked at Eastern Kentucky.

Brook’s Career Stats
Year AVG GP/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-SBA
2002 .131 33/22 61 8 8 2 1 2 11 18 .295 4 0 30 0 .185 0 1 0-1
2003 .111 51/51 126 16 14 7 0 2 4 27 .214 9 0 61 0 .169 1 5 0-0
Totals .118 84/73 187 24 22 9 1 4 15 45 .241 13 0 91 0 .174 1 6 0-1

media__sports_w-softbl_auto_action_p-Brooks-1436392667527.jpgQ&A with Brooks
Favorite movie:
“Dirty Dancing”
Favorite band: Cash Money
Favorite type of food: Chicken
I wear #1 because: it is the smallest uniform
My favorite sport other than softball is: Soccer
If I could see only one professional sports team play, it would be: Tennessee Titans
If a movie was to be made about me, I would like this person to portray me: Julia Stiles
The person I admire most is: My mom

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