2026 Softball Roster
Jersey Number 27
Brooke Beam
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Woodstock, GA
- Prev School:
- River Ridge HS
- Major:
- Biology
2026:
- Led the team with 19 games started, 117 innings pitched, 52 strikeouts and 21 strikeouts looking.
- Led the team with 4 complete games, 2 pitching picked, 2 pitching K and 20 pitching fps; also issued 95 walks.
- Struck out a season-high 5 in two games: Feb. 13 at Bowling Green and Mar. 8 vs. Butler.
- Worked a season-high 7 innings in two games: Mar. 8 vs. Butler and Mar. 14 at Bellarmine.
- Recorded a season-high 16 pitching fps at North Alabama on Apr. 3.
- Made a season-high 3 assists at Austin Peay on Apr. 11.
High School:
- Four-year varsity letter-winner at River Ridge High School in Woodstock, Georgia
- Key contributor to multiple championships including the 12U National Championship (2020), 16U USSSA Gold Cup (2022), and multiple PGF tournament wins
- 2024 Georgia Dugout Club Senior All-State Games participant at Truist Park, pitching 3 scoreless innings with 6 strikeouts
- Holds numerous national rankings including #6 Extra Innings 2025 National Overall Pitcher and #1 Southeast Pitcher
- Recorded 500 career strikeouts in high school on October 18, 2024, during the Sweet Sixteen
- Named Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Region/County in 2023
- Multiple academic honors including National Honor Society, 4.0+ Principal’s Honor Roll, and Georgia Certificate of Merit (top 10% of class)
- Active volunteer with Children’s Haven nonprofit
Personal:
- Daughter of Chance and Christine Beam
- Plans to major in Pre-Med at Lipscomb University
- Chose Lipscomb for its reputation, strong coaching staff, and the opportunity to live in a city she loves
- Comes from an athletic family; father played college baseball and mother rowed at University of Tennessee
- Enjoys watching Outer Banks and Grey’s Anatomy, reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and listening to country music
- Lists Jennie Finch as her favorite athlete and cheers for the Atlanta Braves
- Aspires to become a physician
- Hidden talent: can finish a book in one day
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