Brooke Popella

Tori Kirkpatrick

/ Softball

Photo by: Steven Schoenfelder

Photo by: Isabelle Roes

Position:
Infield
Height:
5-5
Class:
Junior
High School:
Northwest Catholic
Hometown:
East Granby, Conn.

Career: 2025 Second Team All-Patriot League...2026 Academic All-Patriot League...Appeared in 138 games with 137 starts...Batting average of .289...116 hits...72 RBIs...33 doubles...Four home runs...

2026 (Junior): Academic All-Patriot League...Appeared and started in 44 of the team's 45 games...Batted .308 with 40 hits, including 17 doubles (third in Bucknell single-season history) and one home run, and a team-high 26 RBIs...Her 17 doubles were second in the Patriot League...

2025 (Sophomore): 2025 Second Team All-Patriot League (Shortstop)...Appeared in and started all 48 games...batted .286 with a team-high 27 RBIs...Collected 40 hits with nine doubles, one triple, and three home runs...Stole three bases...

2024 (Freshman): Appeared in all of the team's 46 games, including 45 starts...Became of the Patriot League's most promising rookies...Batted .273...Collected 36 hits with seven doubles and 19 RBIs...

Before Bucknell: Lettered in basketball and softball...Softball: Team captain and All-Conference...Basketball: Team captain...Hit .429 in 2022...Won three Districts Championships with her hometown’s All-Star team...Played in OKC for the 12U All-American games...

Personal: Has three siblings...Sister Taylor Popella plays softball at Endicott College...Father Damon Popella wrestled at Springfield College & Rhode Island College...