2025 Softball Roster

Gunnar Rathbun for Villanova Athletics
Gunnar Rathbun for Villanova Athletics
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Brian Foley for Foley-Photograph
Brian Foley for Foley-Photograph
DEENA GHAZZI
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Greg Carroccio/Sideline Photos

14 Brooklyn Ostrowski

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position 1B
  • Height 5-9
  • Hometown Port Chester, N.Y.
  • High School Port Chester
  • INFLCR brooklyn-ostrowski

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll 2025: March 3, April 14
CSC Academic All-District 2025
Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete 2024-25
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2020-21, 2022-23, 2023-24
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2020, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

Career: Powerful hitter who ranks in the Villanova top 10 for career home runs … Racked up 380 at bats with over 120 starts across first base, shortstop, defensive player and the outfield … Made her return to the field in 2023 after recovering from a knee injury during her true sophomore season … Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team three times and earned seven spots on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll, in addition to CSC Academic All-District and NFCA Scholar-Athlete honors as a graduate student. 

2025: Served as a team captain in her fifth year … Accumulated a .303 average in her final campaign with 44 hits, 35 runs and 22 walks on the season … Blasted a career-high 14 home runs to rank third in a VU single season and help the team break the single season program record … Made a team-high 304 putouts as the everyday starter at first base … Totaled 13 multi-hit games on the year … Contributed three hits against Robert Morris and two the next day against Penn State … Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Mar. 3 and Apr. 14 … Tallied first-career four-hit game against Boston College on Apr. 6 … Hit three home runs against DePaul on Apr. 13 for the second ever Villanova three-dinger game … Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll on Apr. 14 … Had a pair of hits in the same inning against Towson on Apr. 22 … Hit two homers to contribute the team's first seven-RBI game since 1990 in the BIG EAST elimination game against Butler.

2024: Powerful right-handed hitter for the 'Cats who blasted 11 home runs for the fourth highest single season mark in VU history … Started 32 games at first base with 21 nods in the DP spot … Totaled 33 hits and 23 runs scored with 2 runs batted in as a redshirt junior … Contributed Villanova's lone regular-season multi-home run game with a pair of dingers against Longwood on Feb. 10 … Got a hit in all but one of her appearances at Duke … Drove home two runs in four straight games at the USF Tournament … Hit a crucial three-run bomb in the opening BIG EAST contests opposite Seton Hall … Tallied her only career three-hit game at Providence on March 15 … Collected seven multi-hit games with 10 multi-RBI games to place third on the team in that category.

2023: Appeared in 39 games and started 11 in her return from a knee injury that forced her to redshirt in 2022 … Served as the Wildcats' go-to pinch-hitter with 22 game appearances in that spot … Totaled 11 hits in 52 at bats with four runs, four RBI and seven walks … Two of her hits were for extra bases, putting up a pair of doubles on the year … Made a combined 38 putouts and 10 assists in starts at first base and shortstop while also serving as a designated player for Villanova … Put up a career-high 11 putouts after starting at first base against Kent State on Feb. 10 … Notched her first base hit of the season in a start against Dayton … Scored her first run of the season on her sister Madison's base hit against Wisconsin … Put forth a two-hit, two-run game in a start against Pennsylvania on April 4 … Drove in her first run of the year vs. Drexel … Contributed a season-best four assists as the starting shortstop at St. John's … Provided the game-tying hit as part of her multi-hit effort against St. John's, singling into right field with two outs to keep Villanova alive … Earned a two-out walk in the seventh inning during the BIG EAST Quarterfinals against Seton Hall, extending the inning to allow Tess Cites' game-tying home run to send the game into extras … Drove in the only run VU scored in the BIG EAST Championship title game with a pinch-hit RBI single in the sixth.
 
2022: Redshirted.
 
2021: Appeared in 26 games with 11 starts during her first collegiate season … Her starts included eight in right field and three as the designated player … Went 5-for-31 at the plate with three runs scored, two doubles, one home run and five runs batted in … Drew four walks and struck out 15 times … Her highlight of the season came in the first BIG EAST series of the season at Butler when she pinch hit in the series finale and crushed a three-run home run for the only runs of the game in a 3-0 victory … Started the game in the flex spot as the right fielder and came to bat in the fourth inning when she hit an 0-1 pitch far over the fence in straightaway center field to help the Wildcats finish off a three-game sweep … Made her collegiate debut as a pinch hitter in the season opener against Notre Dame … Started in right field against the Irish the next day and went 1-for-2 … Had an RBI double and a run scored against Notre Dame to close out the first weekend of the season … In the field had 10 putouts, two assists and one error in 13 chances for a .923 fielding percentage.
 
Club Softball: Played for the Empire State Huskies throughout high school and was a guest player for the Florida Panthers her freshman year in high school.
 
Port Chester High School: Earned a total of 10 varsity letters during her scholastic career, including six in softball from seventh through 12th grades as well as two each in basketball and volleyball … Was a middle hitter on the volleyball team and a center on the basketball team in addition to playing center field and shortstop in softball … Three-time all-state honoree from her sophomore through senior seasons in softball … Earned all-league honors five straight years from seventh grade through her junior season, and was named the League Player of the Year as a junior … Four-time all-section selection … Named to the “Preseason LoHud Nine Who Shine” team three straight years from her sophomore through senior seasons … Winner of her school’s Kathy Federici Award for the best female athlete her senior year … Batted .482 during her varsity career with a .551 on-base percentage, 147 hits, 172 runs batted in, 119 runs scored, 31 doubles, 17 triples and 36 home runs … Achieved High Honor Roll status academically all four years … Three-year member of the Spanish National Honor Society and a two-year inductee to both the National Honor Society and the English National Honor Society … Graduated in the top 10 percent of her class.
 
Personal: Born 3/31/02 in Austin, Texas … Oldest of three children of Jason and DeAnne Ostrowski … Has two younger siblings, Madison and Tyrus … Mother played college softball at Navy and sister is currently on the Villanova roster … Hobbies include spending time with family and friends, including watching her younger siblings play softball and baseball … Coaches softball for age groups ranging from 12u to 16u during the summer … Chose to attend Villanova for the combination of its elite academic and athletic programs … Noted that she would have the opportunity to get an amazing education while competing against the top athletes in the country … Liked that the campus was close enough to home for friends and family to be able to attend games ... Pursuing a Master's in Higher Education with a concentration in Leadership.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2021Freshman

    OF
    5'7"
    14
  • 14

    2022Sophomore

    OF
    5'7"
    14
  • 14

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    UT
    5'9"
    14
  • 14

    2024Redshirt Junior

    UT
    5'9"
    14
  • 14

    2025Redshirt Senior

    1B
    5'9"
    14