Brooke Benson

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - April 12, 2024 - infielder Brooke Benson #6 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Indiana Hoosiers at Andy Mohr Field in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - March 17, 2024 - infielder Brooke Benson #6 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Florida Gators and the Indiana Hoosiers in Gainesville Florida. Photo By Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

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BLOOMINGTON, IN - April 15, 2023 - infield\utility player Sarah Stone #14 and catcher\utility player Avery Parker #18 and infielder Brooke Benson #6 and infielder Taryn Kern #9 and infield\pitcher Brianna Copeland #16 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Nebraska Corn Huskers and the Indiana Hoosiers at Andy Mohr Field in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

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Year:
Freshman
Hometown:
Fishers, Ind.
Position:
IF
Height:
5-9

SENIOR (2024)
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• CSC Academic All-District
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Started all 60 games at shortstop for the Hoosiers … hit for a .303 batting average at the plate … recorded 47 hits, 12 doubles, one triple, six home runs, 27 RBI and 45 runs … was 13-of-15 on stolen bases … had a team-high 138 assists … hit the go-ahead home run to lead the team to a 2-1 win over Kansas in the NFCA Leadoff Classic (Feb. 10) … hit .444 with two home runs and six RBI in the Hoosier Classic (March 1-3) … had a double and scored two runs in an 11-6 win at Louisville (March 26) … went 2-for-3 in 12-4 win at Michigan State (April 6) … went 5-for-8 in series sweep over Minnesota (April 12-14) with two RBI and two runs scored … hit .333 in the Big Ten Tournament … with a double and RBI … ranked No. 9 in runs scored (45) in the Big Ten.

JUNIOR (2023)
• Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
Started in all 62 games at shortstop for the Hoosiers … hit .241 on the season with 34 hits, five doubles and three home runs … led the Big Ten in assists with 160 … scored 30 runs and batted in 27 … recorded 13 stolen bases … went 2-for-4 in the win over South Alabama (2/12) with one home run, three RBI and one run scored … against Northwestern State (3/17), she totaled two hits, one double, an RBI and one stolen base … went 2-for-3 against Western Kentucky (4/4) with one double and a stolen base … tallied a season high seven assists against Ohio State (4/2) … recorded two hits, two RBI one run scored and in the series win over Purdue … hit a two RBI home run in game three against Michigan (4/30) … totaled four multi-hit games with seven multi-RBI games … held a three-game hitting streak with a reached base streak of seven.

SOPHOMORE (2022)
Had a dramatic improvement from her freshman season as she hit .341 for the season … played and started in all 49 of the Hoosiers games in the 2002 season … 25 runs scored, 43 hits, eight doubles, one triple, seven home runs, 29 RBI and nine stolen bases … eight multi-hit games … three runs scored, three hits and three RBI in win over Iowa.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2021)
Started 39 games in her freshman season with the Hoosiers …13 hits, 11 runs, four doubles, three triples and one home run … home run against Illinois (4/25) lifted the Hoosiers to a 1-0 victory against Illinois…5-of-6 on stolen bases on the season.

PREP/PERSONAL
Holds single-season records at Fishers High School for runs scored, home runs, RBI’s, lowest strikeout percentage, slugging percentage (1.060) and batting average (.542) … led the team to its first regional title in school history in 2019 and was named the Player of the Year for Hamilton County … was a two-time All-Conference and All-County selection while being named to the All-State team in 2019 … Scout Softball named her the No. 1 shortstop in the nation in 2018 and 2019 … played travel ball for the Indiana Magic Gold-Rudd helping the team to third place at the PGF Nationals … also led her previous team, Shockwaves-Perry, to a national championship … daughter of David and Sarah Benson … has one sister, Morgan … her parents are graduates of Indiana University.