2025 Softball Roster

Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl
Ashley Steltenpohl

18 Brooke Kuffel

  • Position Outfield/Utility
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Crystal Lake, Ill.
  • Highschool Crystal Lake High School
  • Instagram brookekuffel
  • Twitter BrookeKuffel

Biography

Honors
  • 2023 Academic All-Big Ten

2025: Appeared in all 54 games while starting in 50…Finished third on team with 32 RBI…Hit first-career triple against USF (Feb. 21)…Held a four-game hitting streak from Feb. 7-Feb. 9…Hit first-career grand slam against Illinois (March 14)…Had two, three-hit performances against Illinois (March 14) and Purdue (March 21)…Had a career-best .284 batting average

2024: Had a torrid start to her junior season, starting the season off 8-for-11 with four home runs in a three game span, becoming the eighth Badger to hit a home run in three consecutive games... Went 3-for-3 with two home runs against Boise State on February 10, her second career multi-home run game... Finished the season playing in 51 games, starting in 46... Set a new season high with nine home runs, tied for second on the team, while posting a .238 batting average and a .796 on-base plus slugging... hit a home run against Ohio State in the first game of the Big Ten Tournament on May 8... Primarily played right field.

2023:  In her second season, Kuffel started 40 of 42 games played as a primary outfielder for the Badgers…she amassed 31 hits in 111 at-bats with two doubles and four home runs to finish with a .423 slugging percentage…brought in 22 runs at the plate and scored nine of her own…hit two home runs in one game against Illinois on April 2 while accumulating five RBI…ended the game with nine put outs against North Carolina on April 22…ended the year with a .942 fielding percentage…named to the Academic All-Big Ten Team.

2022: Played in 41 games in her freshman season, starting 27 of them…had 11 hits and 18 RBI’s accumulating a .151 batting average…notched three homeruns on the year along with four doubles…went 3-4 against Iowa with two doubles and a homerun on 3/27…ended the season with 22 put-outs and a .905 fielding percentage.

High School: Attended Crystal Lake High School where she was a two-sport athlete in both softball and basketball, earning three all-conference, three all-area and two all-state awards... named the 2021 Female Athlete of the Year... played club ball for the Illinois Chill under coach Gerry Quinn

Personal: Parents are Eric and Jessica Kuffel... has two brothers, Blake and Kyle... intended major in Biology

Why Wisconsin: The first time I visited I fell in love with the family environment. The coaches, the program and the ability to receive a world class education is why I chose the University of Wisconsin.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2022Freshman

    OF/UTL
    5'7"
    18
  • 18

    2023Sophomore

    OF/UTL
    5'7"
    18
  • 18

    2024Junior

    Outfield/Utility
    5'7"
    18
  • 18

    2025Senior

    Outfield/Utility
    5'7"
    18