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Brooke Gray

Left-handed pitcher
BALLARD HS
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

0.68

R

175.2

Innings Pitched

85

Hits Allowed

287

Strikeouts
“Brooke is by far the best pitcher in Kentucky. She works very hard. After she gets done pitching a game, she goes to the gym that night and lifts for her legs. She is a great leader of our team.”
Alan Jones
Head Coach - head coach of Ballard High
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Athletic Excellence

Entering today’s state tournament semifinals (June 9), the 5-foot-6 senior left-handed pitcher owned a 27-0 record in the circle with a 0.68 ERA, leading the Bruins (34-1) to the final four. Gray struck out 287 batters while allowing just 85 hits in 175.2 innings through 35 games. The MVP of the 2022 state tournament, Gray was a 2022 First Team All-State selection. She entered the state semifinals with 58 consecutive wins in the circle over the past two seasons.

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Academic Achievement

Gray has maintained a B average in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play softball on scholarship at the University of Louisville this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of her school’s chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Gray has volunteered locally as a youth pitching coach.