2009 Softball Roster

Jim Burgess

15 Brooke Johnson

  • Position OF
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School George Jenkins
  • Hometown Lakeland, Fla.

Biography

Career Honors: SEC Honor Roll in 2007, 2008 and 2009 … SEC All-Freshman team in 2006.

Career Highlights: Tallied 32 stolen bases in career, 10th all-time in Florida record books while .842 stolen-base percentage tied for 11th all-time … Played in 254 games in career, eighth-best … Stole 16 bases on 16 attempts in 2007, becoming the only player in UF history to steal 15 or more bases without getting caught … Errorless in the outfield in 2007, tying the single-season fielding percentage record and one of only three players in UF history to record a 1.000 percentage in a single season … Recorded 157 assists in 2006, tied for third-most all-time and freshman class record … Led the SEC in assists during the regular season as a freshman.

As a Senior (2009): Played in 53 games as a defensive replacement and a pinch runner … Tallied two starts in the outfield … Recorded 15 runs and 10 at bats … Stole five bases on eight attempts … Registered two putouts and one outfield assist … Scored a pinch runner and played out outfield in the Women’s College World Series win against Alabama on May 31 … Appeared in all three Regional games as a pinch runner and left fielder … Started in center field the first game against Longwood on May 2 … Stole second and scored the winning run at Auburn on April 1 … Made first season start against Georgia in second game of the doubleheader on March 11 and walked once … Recorded two runs and one at bat against USF on March 1 … Made three appearances in the South Carolina series, recording on at bat and one putout in the outfield … Stole two bases and scored a run as a pinch runner against Illinois on Feb. 28 … Stole one base and scored as a pinch runner in Jacksonville on Feb. 11.

As a Junior (2008): Played in 61 games in left field and as pinch runner … Scored seven runs on the season … Stole six bases on seven attempts … Went 1-for-1 with a double against College of Charleston on Feb. 15.

As a Sophomore (2007): Played in 72 games with 39 starts in the outfield … Was a perfect 16-for-16 stealing bases ... One of two Gators to have a perfect fielding percentage … Went 2-for-2 with two RBIs, two runs scored and a stolen base in the second game at Kentucky on May 5 … Scored a run in every game of the series against Longwood … Scored the game-winning run from second base on a sacrifice fly in against Florida State on April 4 … Hit first home run of the year in the win over Arizona on Feb. 10.

 

As a Freshman (2006): Played and started all 68 games at third base … Led the SEC in assists through the regular season … Set the freshman record with 157 assists … Recorded six multiple-hit and five multiple-RBI games … Had one game-winning hit and scored game-winning runs on the season … Drew a walk to score a run against South Carolina on May 6 … Hit a two-RBI double against Bethune-Cookman on April 26 ... Smashed second home run against Tennessee, sealing the Gators’ 2-0 victory on April 9… Hit first career home run, a grand slam, against Florida Atlantic on Feb. 24 … Went 2-for-2 with three runs scored against Longwood on Feb. 17.

High School: A 2005 graduate of George Jenkins High School … Coached by Jeff Lang … Earned Class 4A third-team all-state honors in 2003 and Class 5A first-team honors in 2004 and 2005 … High school team won three district titles and was a regional semi-finalists twice … Played travel ball for Team Florida … Coached by Dave Hazzard … Member of the Honor Roll for four years … Member of the National Honor Society.

Johnson’s Career Statistics

YEAR

AVG.

GP-GS

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SO

SB-ATT

FLD%

2006

.181

68-68

155

23

28

3

1

3

19

12

46

5-7

.924

2007

.165

72-39

115

21

19

2

1

2

10

7

34

16-16

1.000

2008

.077

61-0

13

7

1

1

0

0

0

4

2

6-7

.900

2009

.000

53-2

10

15

0

0

0

0

0

1

4

5-8

1.000

CAREER

.164

254-109

293

66

48

6

2

5

29

24

86

32-38

.938

 

Johnson’s Career Bests

AB

4, five times; last vs. Marshall (2/17/07)

R

3 vs. Longwood (2/17/06)

H

2, eight times; last vs. Kentucky (5/5/07)

Streak

5 games (2/10/07 – 2/14/07)

RBI

4 vs. Florida Atlantic (2/24/06)

2B

2 vs. Longwood (2/17/08)

3B

1 vs. Wisconsin (2/10/07)

HR

1, five times; last vs. Florida State (4/4/07)

BB

1, 24 times; last vs. Georgia (3/11/09)

SB

2, two times; last vs. Illinois (2/28/09)

PO

5 vs. Oregon (2/10/06)

A

7, twice; last time vs. Georgia (4/15/06)

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2006Freshman

    OF
    5'8"
    15
  • 15

    2007Sophomore

    OF
    5'8"
    15
  • 15

    2008Junior

    OF
    5'8"
    15
  • 15

    2009Senior

    OF
    5'8"
    15