5 Brooklyn Armbruster
5 - Brooklyn Armbruster
Height: 5-7
Hometown: Topeka, Kan.
Position: D
Year: So
High School: Shawnee Heights

Outlook

Brooklyn Armbruster, a two-time all-conference selection, possesses great versatility … She is a midfielder who can also play forward and defender … Is strong and fast with great ball skills and is a powerful ball striker … Also tough as nails … Has a ball winning mentality combined with the physical ability to take on opponents … Has the range to attack the goal from a distance, and can also deliver dangerous, on-target free kicks … Outstanding student.

Sophomore Year 2019

Played in 19 games, 17 as a starting defender … Earned second-team All-East Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference ... Was part of JCCC’s defensive pool that allowed only 23 goals, a goals against average of 1.08 with six shutouts … Fired four shots on the season, with one on goal ... Earned JCCC student-athlete academic honors in the fall 2019 semester with a 4.0 GPA ... Earned NJCAA All-Academic first-team with a grade point aveage of 4.0.

Freshman Year 2018 

Played in all 20 matches, 19 as a starter … Earned second-team All-East Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference … Was part of JCCC’s defensive pool that posted a goals against average of 1.70 with six shutouts … Fired four shots on the season, one on goal for a shots-on-goal percentage of .250 ... Earned second-team NJCAA All-Academic honors with a 3.89 GPA.

High School

Was a four-year starter for coach Nick Simmons at Shawnee Heights High School, Topeka, Kan. … Graduated 2018 … Was a three-time All-Centennial League performer … Earned second-team honors as a sophomore, honorable mention as a junior and first-team her senior season … Was a Topeka All-City first-team selection as a senior, and earned honorable mention honors her junior year … Led her team and set a school record with 25 goals scored her senior year … Also credited with 15 assists to give her 65 points on the season … Helped lead Shawnee Heights to an 11-7-0 record in 2018, with the T-Birds reaching the 5A regional final … Tallied 10 goals her junior year and one each her freshman and sophomore campaigns …  Played club soccer for the Sporting Kaw Valley coached by Lance Wilson in 2018, FC Majestic Inferno coached by Dave Waters in 2017 and Topeka Shock coached by Ryan Boyd in 2016 … Also was a four-year varsity cheerleader and served as a team captain … Outstanding student … Member of Fellowship of Christian Students and served as a captain … Was editor-in-chief of her school newspaper.

Personal

Born Brooklyn Kaylee Armbruster on July 19, 2000, in Topeka, Kan. … Nickname is Brooke Cooke … Daughter of Chad and Cindy Armbruster … Has three brothers, Justin, Ethan and Jordan … Major is undecided … Also recruited by Allen Community College, Butler Community College and Hutchinson Community College … Favorite food is snow cones … Favorite fast food restaurant is McDonald’s … Favorite restaurant is Chili’s … Favorite TV show is The Office … Favorite movie is Paul Blart Mall Cop … Favorite sports movie is She’s the Man … Favorite actor is Steve Carell … Favorite book is The Hunger Games … Favorite cartoon character is Phineas Flynn … Favorite athlete is Connor McGregor … Favorite sports teams are the Kansas City Royals and Sporting KC …Best player she has played against is Alair Love, formerly of Cair Paravel High School and freshman at John Brown University … Her greatest sports moment was breaking the school record for goals scored in a season.