Gracie Brinkerhoff

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Position:
RHP
B/T:
R/R
Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
New Boston, Mich.
High School:
Huron

• Horizon League Pitcher of the Week (2/20/24, 4/29/25)
• 2024 UTEP Invitational All-Tournament Team
• 2022 Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
• Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

2025: Appeared in 19 games with eight starts ... Earned four wins with an ERA of 6.12 ... Threw four complete victories against Detroit Mercy (March 27), Oakland (April 13), Cleveland State (April 16) and Northern Kentucky (April 26) ... Picked up a save at IU Indianapolis (March 13) ... Did not give up an earned run in 7.0 innings against Northern Kentucky (April 26), leading to her being named Horizon League Pitcher of the Week (April 29).

2024: Saw action in the circle in 26 games with 22 starts ... Picked up four wins and had an ERA of 4.85 ... Allowed just 1.09 walks per seven innings, which ranks as the fourth-best in program history for a season-long mark ... Threw a season-long of 7.1 innings at UTEP (Feb. 16), helping her be named to the UTEP Invitational All-Tournament Team ... Named the Horizon League Pitcher of the Week on February 20 after picking up a win against Montana (Feb. 18) ... Struck out four Blue Hose against Presbyterian (Feb. 24) ... Got the win against Lafayette (March 16) behind 5.0 innings pitched ... Threw a complete victory against Robert Morris (April 6) with six strikeouts ... Threw a complete game for the win over Detroit Mercy (April 20) ... Got a save against the Titans in game two of the doubleheader (April 20).

2023: Appeared in 23 games with 13 starts ... Compiled a record of 7-9 with an ERA of 4.05, a team-best ... Threw four complete games: Detroit Mercy (April 2), Green Bay (April 29), at Oakland (May 5) and at Oakland (May 6) ... Had eight appearances in which she did not give up an earned run ... Struck out a season-high seven against Detroit Mercy (April 2) and six at Robert Morris (April 14).

2022: Played in 22 games with 10 starts ... Picked up two wins against Radford (Feb. 19) and at Cleveland State (March 18) ... Threw a season-long 6.2 innings against Radford (Feb. 19) ... Had three appearances in which she did not give up a hit ... Finished the seasons with 9.24 ERA in 58.1 innings pitched ... Struck out 33 batters.

High School: Named to the All-Region and All-District teams and the All-League Second Team as a freshman ... Threw a no-hitter as a freshman ... Earned All-Region, All-District and All-League teams ... News Herald Times named her to its First Team ... Had a 1.8 ERA and a .320 batting average as sophomore ... Led the Chiefs to a district championship in her sophomore season ... Played club ball for the Devils Fastpitch (2012-14), Motor City Madness Fastpitch (2014-15) and Finesse Fastpitch (2015-21) ... Was also a four-year starter on the Huron volleyball team ... Was the team MVP for her volleyball team ... Earned All-League Honorable Mention in 2019 for volleyball ... Was also involved in DECA, National Honor Society, Chief Pride Club and link crew ... Was the class secretary.

Personal: Daughter of Roxanne and David Brinkerhoff ... Has one brother, Denten ... Majoring in mechanical engineering.