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2024 Softball Roster

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8 Gracey Brink

  • Position Catcher/Outfield
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • High School Stevens
  • Hometown Rapid City, S.D.

Biography

2024: NSIC Champion … had a batting average of .424 while starting all 65 games … slugged at a .741 clip … brought in 14 home runs, 17 doubles, and 2 triples … totaled 74 hits with 59 runs scored … had 9 stolen bases on 10 attempts … went 4-4 and had a six RBI and a 5 run game against Minnesota Crookston on April 14 … had a fielding average of .997 … caught 11 runners stealing … academic All-NSIC ... NFCA DII Scholar Athlete ... NSIC All-Tournament Team ... named NSIC Player of the Year … named to the NSIC Defensive Team … NSIC Outstanding Senior of the Year … NFCA All-Region 1st Team … D2CCA All-Central Region 1st Team … named as an NFCA All-American … won the NCAA DII Rawlings Gold Glove Award … 2nd team D2CCA All-America.

2023: NSIC Champion … First Team CSC Academic All-America honoree … earned second team D2CCA All-Region honors … earned second team NFCA All-Region honors … batted .352 while starting all 54 games … slugged at a .600 clip … belted nine home runs and totaled 10 doubles … added two triples … totaled 58 hits and scored 53 runs … ended the season ranked second in the NSIC with four sacrifice flies … ended the season ranked 30th in the nation with 12 hit by pitches … had a six RBI game against Nebraska Kearney on March 4 … that was part of a 4-for-4 effort with four runs scored … had a five RBI game against Northwest Missouri State (March 15) … recorded 13 multi-hit games.

2022: NSIC Champion … Third Team NFCA All-America honoree … D2CCA Second Team All-America … Second Team All-Central Region from the NFCA … D2CCA First Team All-Central Region … First Team All-NSIC … First Team CoSIDA Academic All-America … CoSIDA Academic All-District … NSIC All-Academic honoree … played in 53 games …. Led Augustana with a .422 batting average … totaled nine home runs and 47 RBI … owned an on-base percentage of .506 … ranked second in the NSIC with four triples … had a two home run game against Winona State on April 5 … totaled 17 multi-hit games … recorded 62 hits on the year.

2021: Helped Augustana earn the NSIC Championship, NCAA Central Region Championship and a No. 1 national ranking for more than half the season … saw action in 50 games and made 38 starts between catch and as the designated player … scored 42 runs while tallying 28 hits … recorded 24 walks …. Went 19-of-21 on stolen base attempts … her 19 stolen bases ranked fifth in the NSIC while AU was third in the nation … recorded three triples on the year … totaled four home runs … tallied 10 games of multiple RBI … carried a 21-game on-base streak throughout the season, the second highest on the team.

2020: Played in nine games with three starts for the Vikings … making a majority of her appearances at catcher … collected three hits in 15 at-bats, including two doubles … scored three runs for the Vikings … .333 slugging percentage … made 20 putouts on the year with one error … .957 fielding percentage … registered her first-career hit and double vs. No.15 Cameron … scored her first college run vs. Angelo State … Had a career-high four at-bats three times … collected one walk on the season … 

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2020Freshman

    Outfield
    5'4"
    8
  • 8

    2021Sophomore

    Catcher/Outfield
    5'4"
    8
  • 8

    2022Junior

    Catcher/Outfield
    5'4"
    8
  • 8

    2023Senior

    Catcher/Outfield
    5'4"
    8
  • 8

    2024Senior

    Catcher/Outfield
    5'4"
    8