Brooke Vander Heide
Outfielder #1
Ht
5'
7"
Class
Junior
Hometown
Sandy, 
Utah
Last School
Alta High School
Roster Years
2017-2019


Personal

  • Parents are Peter and Kathryn Vander Heide
  • Both parents graduated from BYU
  • Has three siblings: Katelyn, Hannah and Ryan
  • Studying pre-management

Before BYU

  • Max Prep Second Team All-American for medium schools
  • Ranked 19th nationally for batting average in 2016
  • Letter winner in softball (4 years), volleyball (3 years) and track (1 year)
  • All-State First Team in 2015 and 2016
  • All-Tribune Team in 2015
  • Academic All-State for volleyball, softball and track
  • Holds all-time Utah state record for single season batting average at .712
  • Played club ball for Salt Lake Legacy and Pegasus
  • Played on the Canadian Elite team in the summer of 2018
  • Invited to the 2018 & 2019 Canadian National Team selection camps
BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2017

  • Started 40 games in centerfield
  • Second on the team in stolen bases with 10
  • Went 2/3 with 2 RBI vs. Louisville
  • Bat .667 (2/3) vs. Sacramento State
  • Went 2/3 with 2 runs, a triple and an RBI at Southern Utah
  • Against San Diego, went 2/3 with 2 runs
  • Had two hits, including an RBI double, at Santa Clara
  • Had a diving catch against Mississippi State in the NCAA Regionals that reached No. 6 on the SportsCenter Top 10
  • Notched 1 hit, 1 run and 2 RBI against Fordham in the NCAA Regionals
  • 2017 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete
  • Named to 2017 WCC Commissioner's Silver Honor Roll
Sophmore Year 2018

  • 2018 NCAA Eugene All-Region Team
  • 2018 WCC All-Academic Team selection
  • Played in 50 games and started 42 this season
  • Went 2/3 in two games
  • Had two hits and two runs against Portland St. (3/2). Also stole a career-high two bases in that game
  • Caught a fly ball in center field and doubled up the runner at second against SUU (3/16) 
  • Tripled down the right-field line against Saint Mary’s (4/28)
  • Had a hit in each of the three postseason games, including a triple down the left-field line against UAlbany (5/18)
  • WCC Commissioner's Silver Honor Roll
Junior Year 2019

  • Played in 46 games, starting 35
  • Named WCC All-Academic Team
  • Went 2 for 3 against North Carolina (2/9)
  • Stole first base of the season against Mizzou (2/21)
  • Hit first season triple against Florida Gulf Coast tallying two RBI to give BYU a 2-0 win (3/1)
  • Batted in a run against No. 2 UCLA to tie the game in the fourth inning (3/9)
  • Went 2 for 3 with one run, one RBI and one stolen base at LMU (4/6)
  • Was 2 for 2 with 1 RBI vs USD (4/26)
  • Recorded two runs and three walks vs. USD (4/26)
Senior Year

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year



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