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2025 Softball Roster

28 Vanessa Brink

  • Height 6-1
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Vail, Ariz.
  • High School Empire HS
  • Major Global Security and Intelligence

Biography

2025 (Senior):

  • GSAC Pitcher of the Year
  • GSAC All-Conference
  • NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athlete
  • Led the GSAC in earned runs against with 1.73
  • Finished the season with 20 wins
  • Led the GSAC in strikeouts with 153
  • Recorded one hit in her one at bat this season

2024 (Junior):

  • 1st Team All-Cal Pac
  • CSC Academic All-District 
  • NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athlete 
  • Appeared in 32 games this season with 26 starts 
  • Collected 19 wins 
  • Had an ERA of 1.82 with a career high of 215 strikeouts 
  • Recorded 2 saves

2023 (Sophomore):

  • Honorable Mention All-Cal Pac
  • Cal Pac All-Academic Team
  • Pitched in 23 games this season
  • Started 20 games
  • Finished with an 11-8 record
  • Recorded one save
  • Led the team in strikeouts with 140
  • Averaged 7.6 Ks per 7 innings
  • Had a 2.33 ERA

2022 (Freshman):

  • NAIA All-American Honorable Mention
  • Cal Pac Freshman of the Year
  • All-Cal Pac Team
  • Made 24 starts, appeared in 27 total games
  • 22-2, 1.37 ERA in 147.2 innings
  • 18 complete games, nine shutouts and a save
  • Led the Cal Pac in shutouts, 10th-most in the NAIA
  • Led the Cal Pac in wins, 15th-most in the NAIA
  • Led the Cal Pac in strikeouts per game at 9.39, ninth-best rate in the NAIA
  • The 1.32 ERA in conference games led the Cal Pac
  • Second-most strikeouts in the Cal Pac with 198, 16th-most in the NAIA
  • Second-best ERA in the Cal Pac
  • The .202 opponent's batting average was a top-70 mark in the NAIA
  • Strikeouts per game rate jumped to 10.01 in conference games
  • Had four consecutive scoreless appearances (three starts) between March 12 and March 19 (22.0 innings)
  • Threw first career perfect game in a 10-0 win over OUAZ on February 28, pitching 6.0 innings and striking out four
  • Struck out a program-record 18 batters in a 10-inning, complete game shutout of Simpson on March 12
  • Struck out 12 hitters and allowed just two hits in a complete-game shutout win over Simpson in first career collegiate postseason apperarance on May 4
  • Allowed just one hit while striking out six in second collegiate postseason start against Marymount California on May 5
  • Struck out 14 batters and allowed just three hits in a complete-game win over La Sierra on April 24
  • Struck out 10 hitters in a complete-game shutout of Arizona Christian in first career collegiate start on February 12
  • Allowed just one earned run and three hits in first career NAIA National Championships appearance against Grand View on May 16

Off the Field

  • Intramural Staff
  • Community Program Chidcare Substitute in the Vail School District over the Summer of 2022

High School

  • A 2021 graduate of Empire High School
  • Participated in softball and basektball
  • 5A Sonoran Pitcher of the year 2019
  • All-Region First Team
  • All-Region Second Team
  • All-Academic Team 2019, 2020, 2021
  • Region Champions 2018, 2019
  • Wrangler Classic Tournament (Champions 2019, Runners up 2020)
  • Played club ball with Velocity Softball
  • High Honor Roll
  • Peer Mentoring 2019-2021
  • Peer Tutoring 2019-2020

Personal

  • Daughter of Sondra Brink
  • Why did you choose to attend ERAU: “I choose to Attend ERAU because of the unique degree programs, the beautiful Prescott area, and the awesome softball program. Also because it is not too far from home.”
  • Her sister, Jessica, is on the softball team at New Mexico Highlands University

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2022Freshman

    RHP
    6'1"
    28
  • 28

    2023Sophomore

    RHP
    6'1"
    28
  • 28

    2024Junior

    RHP
    6'1"
    28
  • 28

    2025Senior

    RHP
    6'1"
    28