Stephanie Brombacher

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Stephanie Brombacher
Florida Gators – No. 32
Pitcher
Born: (1989-03-06) March 6, 1989 (age 30)
Pembroke Pines, Florida
Batted: RightThrew: Right
NCAA debut
February 8, 2008, for the  Florida Gators
Last appearance
June 7, 2011, for the  Florida Gators
Career statistics
Win-Loss 97-11
Earned run average 1.50
Strikeouts 683
Shutouts 38
Complete Games60
Innings Pitched678.0
Teams

Stephanie Renee Brombacher (born March 6, 1989) [1] is a former American collegiate softball pitcher for the University of Florida Gators. A 5'10" right-hander, Brombacher was a starting pitcher for the Gators from 2008 through 2011. Among all Gator pitchers, Brombacher ranks in the top ten for appearances, starts, innings pitched, wins, strikeouts, and earned run average as of 2017. [2] [3]

Florida Gators softball softball team of the University of Florida

The Florida Gators Softball team represents the University of Florida in the sport of softball. Florida competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gators play their home games at Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, and are currently led by head coach Tim Walton. In the twenty-one year history of the Florida Softball program, the team has won two Women's College World Series (WCWS) national championships, eight SEC regular season championships, five SEC tournament championships, and have made nine WCWS appearances.

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A three-time All-State pitcher and two-time state champion at American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida, Brombacher signed with the Gators in November 2006 as part of head coach Tim Walton's second recruiting class as Florida. [4] During the 2008 and 2009 seasons, Brombacher pitched alongside All-American ace Stacey Nelson. [5] Following Nelson's graduation in 2009, Brombacher took over as the Gators' ace in 2010 and enjoyed career highs in starts, wins, and strikeouts. Of note, Brombacher did not lose a game in her first 64 appearances for the Gators (she was 42-0 as a freshman and sophomore) [6] before she dropped her first start as a junior in 2010. [7] She was also part of the Gators softball team that won 70 games in 2008, still a single-season wins record for a Division I team. [8]

Plantation, Florida City in Florida, USA

Plantation is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the population was 84,955. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area. The city's name comes from the previous part-owner of the land, the Everglades Plantation Company, and their attempts to establish a rice plantation in the area.

Tim Walton (softball) American college softball coach, college baseball player

Timothy Ian Walton is an American college softball coach and a former college and professional baseball player. Walton is currently the head coach of the Florida Gators softball team of the University of Florida.

Stacey Nelson All-American college softball player, U.S. National softball team member, pitcher

Stacey Lauren Nelson is an American, former collegiate All-American, right-handed softball pitcher. She played for the Florida Gators softball team from 2006-2009, leading the University of Florida to its first Women's College World Series berth in 2008 and a national runner-up appearance in the 2009 Women's College World Series. Nelson was also the 13th pick in the 2009 National Pro Fastpitch's draft by the defunct Washington Glory. Nelson pitched for the United States women's national softball team in 2009 and 2010 before attending law school at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. She is a record holder for her school and in the NCAA Division I.

A four-time All-SEC selection, Brombacher also received All-America honors in 2009, 2010, and 2011. [9] In addition to being a three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and a three-time Academic All-American, Brombacher was also named a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award for softball in 2011. [10] Brombacher would go on to help lead the Gators softball teams to four SEC Eastern Division titles, two SEC championships, and SEC Tournament titles in 2008 and 2009. She was part of the first senior class in SEC history to make four consecutive Women's College World Series appearances (2008-2011). [11] Her Gators team garnered national runner-up finishes to Washington in 2009 [12] and Arizona State in 2011. [13]

The Senior CLASS Award is awarded to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in 10 NCAA Division I sports. An acronym for "Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School," the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages them to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. The awards were sponsored by Lowe's until 2012 and were popularly known as the "Lowe's Senior CLASS Awards" during this time.

The 2008 SEC Softball Tournament was held at Tiger Park on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from May 8 through May 10, 2008. Florida won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament.

The 2009 SEC Softball Tournament will be held at Sherri Parker Lee Softball Stadium on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee on May 7 through May 9, 2009. The Florida Gators won the 2008 tournament and are the 2009 regular season conference champion. The Florida Gators received the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament by winning the conference tournament.

Career statistics

University of Florida

All stats courtesy of the Florida Gators. [14]

YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA
200820030241053140.01073728251232.07
2009220342718141158.2882719291900.84
2010358474023120226.11817765812372.01
20112033430971153.01044433371331.51
TOTALS971114512160385678.04801851451726831.50

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References

  1. ↑ "Persons born 6 March 1989 with first names starting with S".
  2. ↑ "Florida Gators bio". FloridaGators.com.
  3. ↑ "Individual Records as of June 20, 2017" (PDF). FloridaGators.com.
  4. ↑ "Softball Signs Seven". FloridaGators.com. November 8, 2006.
  5. ↑ Brian Steele (May 7, 2009). "Nelson and Brombacher form top pitching tandem for Florida softball team". Florida Times-Union .
  6. ↑ Graham Hays (May 27, 2009). "Florida's future is bright with Brombacher". ESPN.
  7. ↑ "Roundup: Brombacher loses first game of career". Gainesville Sun . February 13, 2010.
  8. ↑ "SOFTBALL WINS FIRST WCWS GAME WHILE SETTING NCAA WINS RECORD". FloridaGators.com. May 31, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Four Gator Softball Players Named Capital One Academic All-America Selections". FloridaGators.com. May 26, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Player Card: Stephanie Brombacher".
  11. ↑ "FLORIDA SOFTBALL CLOSES STELLAR 2011 SEASON WITH 7-2 LOSS TO ARIZONA STATE IN WCWS FINALE". FloridaGators.com. June 7, 2011.
  12. ↑ Jack Magruder (June 3, 2009). "Huskies win NCAA softball title". Seattle Times .
  13. ↑ Associated Press (June 8, 2011). "Arizona State wins 2nd WCWS title". ESPN.
  14. ↑ "Florida Gators career stats". FloridaGators.com.
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