Career Honors:
- 2011 Honda Sports Award recipient for softball
- 2011 NCAA Top VIII Award winner
- 2011 SEC Player of the Year
- 2011 WCWS All-Tournament team
- Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-America All-America first team (2011), second team team (2009)
- 2009, 2011 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Southeast Region first team
- 2009, 2011 All-SEC first team
- 2009 SEC All-Tournament team
- CoSIDA Academic All-America first team (2011), third team (2010)
- 2009, 2010, 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career Highlights:
- Led two single season lists: 79 runs scored and 152 total bases….Made 9 top 10 single season lists: .387 batting average (4th), .764 slugging percentage (2nd), .510 on base percentage (2nd), 77 hits (5th), tied for 3rd with 17 doubles, tied for 4th with 19 homeruns, 71 RBIs (2nd), tied for 2nd with 48 walks, and tied for 4th and 5 sacrifice flies….Made 11 top 10 UF career lists: .357 batting average (2nd), .700 slugging percentage (2nd), tied for 2nd with .457 on base percentage, 185 runs scored (3rd), 221 hits (8th), 50 doubles (2nd), 52 homeruns (3rd), 103 walks (9th), tied for 5th with 20 hit by pitches, and tied for 2nd with 11 sacrifice flies
As a Senior (2011):
-  2011 Honda Sports Award recipient for softball, designating her as the nation’s top softball athlete in 2011
- 2011 NCAA Top VIII Award winner
- 2011 SEC Player of the Year
- Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Southeast Region first team and Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-America first team selection in the outfield
- Capital One Academic All-America first team selection, Capital One Academic All-District III first team and SEC Academic Honor Roll
- An All-SEC first-team player, the three-time SEC Player of the Week and USA Softball’s National Collegiate Player of the Week for two walk-off hits in UF’s regular-season series with Alabama
- Led the SEC through league play in runs (32), doubles (10), slugging percentage (.883), hits (40), RBI (36) and tied in homers (11)
- Ranked fifth in the NCAA in runs per game (1.14) and 10th in home runs (19)
- Set UF single-season records with her 79 runs scored and 152 total bases
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Drafted by the National Pro Fastpitch as the fifth overall pick in the second round of the NPF Senior Draft to the USSSA Florida Pride
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As a Junior (2010):
- ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American third team and District III first team
- Led the Gators in the NCAA Tournament with a .565 batting average, 13 hits, a 1.304 slugging percentage and a .630 on-base percentage; also tied for the most runs (10), RBIs (11) and home runs (5)
- Tied for second in the SEC with 17 doubles and 131 total bases
- At end of junior season, ranked first in UF career record books for a .343 career batting clip and a .669 slugging percentage
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
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As a Sophomore (2009):
- Earned first career All-America, All-Southeast Region and All-SEC honors
- Named to the All-SEC first team, SEC All-Defensive team and SEC All-Tournament team
- Earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 3 second-team honors
- Only UF player to earn National Player of the Week honors on May 11 for SEC Tournament play (.571, 4 H, 5 RBI )
- Tallied two grand slam, including the program’s first ever walk-off grand slam against Mississippi State
- Set UF records for slugging percentage and total bases
- Led outfield with six assists
- Tallied a career-long nine game hit streak
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
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As a Freshman (2008):
- Played in 37 games with 10 starts, four at designated player and one at first base
- Made six appearances in the pitching circle, throwing 12.1 innings
- Tallied six hits on the season, including three extra-base hits
- Made first career start in the field against Mercer on Feb. 13
- Saw first action on the mound against Memphis on Feb. 9, striking out two batters in one inning’s work
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High School:
- A 2007 graduate of Santiago High School in Corona, Calif. … Team won the Mountain View League in 2004 … Won the California Interscholastic Federation Division II Southern Section Championship in 2004 … Earned First-Team All-Mountain View League and first-team All-Riverside County honors in 2004 and 2005 … Maintained a 4.0 GPA through high school … Played travel ball for the Anaheim OC Batbusters, coached by Tyronne Davis, and the California Raiders, coached by Raleen Bruder … Raiders won the 2004 ASA 14-Under Class A National Championship in 2004.
Bruder’s Career Statistics
Year |
avg |
gp-gs |
ab |
r |
h |
2b |
3b |
hr |
rbi |
bb |
so |
sb-att |
fld% |
2008 |
.133 |
37-10 |
45 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
15 |
0-0 |
1.000 |
2009 |
.369 |
68-68 |
195 |
54 |
72 |
17 |
1 |
16 |
68 |
31 |
40 |
7-11 |
.985 |
2010 |
.367 |
59-59 |
180 |
48 |
66 |
17 |
0 |
16 |
49 |
21 |
22 |
12-15 |
.933 |
2011 |
.387 |
69-69 |
199 |
79 |
77 |
14 |
2 |
19 |
71 |
48 |
28 |
9-9 |
.973 |
TOTAL |
|
.357 |
233-206 |
619 |
185 |
221 |
50 |
3 |
52 |
195 |
103 |
105 |
28-35 |
.970 |
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YEAR
|
ERA
|
W
|
L
|
APP
|
GS
|
CG
|
SHO
|
CBO
|
SV
|
IP
|
H
|
R
|
ER
|
BB
|
SO
|
2008
|
0.57
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
12.1
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
11
|
CAREER
|
0.57
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
12.1
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
11
|
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Bruder’s Career Bests
Hits: 4 [t-2nd], Mississippi State, Mar 16, 2011
Doubles: 2 [t-2nd], at Ole Miss, Mar 19, 2011; Oregon, May 27, 2011; Arizona State, May 29, 2010
Triples: 1 [t-4th], UCF, Apr 20, 2011; vs South Florida, Feb 13, 2011; at Illinois, Feb 28, 2009
Home runs: 2 [t-3rd], Northwestern St., Feb 27, 2010; at Arizona State, May 30, 2010
Total bases: 8, 4 times
RBI: 6 [t-7th], Mississippi State, Mar 16, 2011
Runs scored: 4 [t-1st], vs South Florida, Feb 13, 2011; Mississippi State, Mar 16, 2011
Walks: 3, 5 times
Hit by pitch: 2 [t-5th], Longwood, May 03, 2009; UCLA, May 22, 2011
Struck out: 2, 13 times
Sac flies: 2 [t-1st], at Illinois, Feb 28, 2009
At bats: 5, 8 times
Stolen bases: 2, Ole Miss, Mar 13, 2010; at Ole Miss, Mar 18, 2011