2018: Started 51 games, 49 in right field and two as the designated player ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Became NU’s everyday right fielder after starting 129 career games in the infield (including playing every pitch of 2016 at second base) prior to her senior season ... Northwestern’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree ... Batted .385 at the season-opening Kajikawa Classic, starting with a 2-for-3 performance against No. 7 Arizona (2/7) ... Was 2-for-3 with an RBI in a win over Indiana, with both of those hits coming during a five-running #B1GCats outburst in the fifth inning (2/10) ... Singled, was hit by a pitch and scored twice in a run-rule victory over St. John’s (2/25) ... Had a stellar Houston Hilton Plaza Classic, batting .462 (6-for-13) ... Finished 1-for-1 with a double and a walk in a walk-off win over Iowa State (3/9) ... Later that day, was 2-for-3 with two runs scored against Penn State ... Finished the weekend by going 2-for-3 with an RBI and a sacrifice in a victory over Lipscomb (3/11) ... Walked twice and rocketed a home run off the top of the wall during a two RBI performance at Indiana (3/17) ... After finishing 2-for-3 in NU’s series-opening win against Minnesota (3/23), clubbed a three-run home run and scored twice in a victory in game two (3/24) ... Was 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs at Illinois, including a successful steal of home (3/28) ... Ripped a game-tying sacrifice fly in an eventual win over Nebraska (4/1) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a double, a sacrifice fly, two RBIs and a run in a run-rule victory over No. 22 Ohio State (4/15) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run at Rutgers (4/21) ... Smoked a bases-clearing, three-run double in a run-rule victory over Michigan State in the semifinal round of the Big Ten Tournament (5/12) ... Reached base in all four games at the NCAA Athens Regional (5/18-5/20).
2017: Started 53 games, 39 at second base and 14 at third base ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Doubled in back-to-back game against No. 10 Arizona and Fordham at the Hillenbrand Invitational (2/11) ... Finished 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored in a run-rule win over N.C. State (2/25) ... Scored twice and drove in a run against No. 3 Florida (3/4) ... Hit .400 in six games at the Santa Clara Round Robin (3/17-3/19), at one point recording base hits in six-consecutive at-bats across three different games ... The centerpiece of that streak was a career-best 4-for-4 performance with a triple and a career high five RBIs in a 10-2 win over Long Beach State (3/19) ... Doubled and walked in a win over No. 22 Wisconsin (3/25) ... Finished 2-for-3 with a walk and a run against UIC (3/29) ... Collected a pair of hits in NU’s series at No. 20 Michigan (3/31-4/2), including a double in game two ... Tripled home two runs in a win over Maryland (4/8) ... Did not register an at-bat in NU’s 8-0 (6) run-rule win over DePaul (4/19), but walked, laid down a sacrifice, was hit by a pitch and scored a run ... Drove in two runs and made a specatcular over-the-shoulder diving catch racing back into the outfield in a win over Purdue (4/23) ... Was 2-for-3 in NU’s opening round win over Purdue at the Big Ten Tournament (5/11).
2016: Started every game at second base ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Went 0-1 in a win against UC Riverside, but scored two runs and laid down a successful sacrifice (2/12) ... Finished 3-for-3 with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored in a massive 22-4 (5) victory against Virginia (2/12) ... Was a perfect 2-for-2 with a walk and a double in a win over Boston College (2/20) ... Later that day, doubled twice, scored twice and drove in a run in a victory at North Carolina ... Singled twice in a run-rule win against New Mexico State (2/26) ... Drove in a run with a sacrifice fly versus No. 8 Georgia (2/27) ... Singled and scored in an extra-inning contest with No. 20 Fresno State (2/27) ... Walked and had an RBI groundout in a win over No. 11 UCLA (2/28) ... Crushed a solo home run against San Jose State (3/5) ... Finished with a pair of hits versus No. 19 Arizona State (3/6) ... Finished with two hits and a career-best four RBIs in a run-rule victory over Quinnipiac (3/18) ... Hit safely in all three games of a series at No. 2 Michigan (3/25-3/27), doubling and scoring in a 13-12 win before going 2-for-2 in the second contest and singling once more in the third ... Doubled and scored in a 10-2 (5) run-rule victory over No. 21 Minnesota (4/3) ... Was 2-for-4 with a run in a win over Iowa (4/9) ... Clubbed a solo home run in the second game of the series with the Hawkeyes (4/10) ... Collected a pair of hits in a doubleheader sweep at Illinois, driving in a run and scoring once (4/13) ... Had two hits including a game-tying, bottom-of-the-seventh home run against Nebraska (4/17) ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI double in a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal win over Ohio State (5/13).
2015: Played in 30 games with 19 starts at second base and two starts as the designated player ... Had five pinch hit appearances, three appearances as a defensive replacement and one pinch running assignment ... In the first game of her career, did not record a base hit against UC Santa Barbara (2/6) but still scored three runs after being hit by three pitches ... Finished 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs in a win over Long Beach State (2/15) ... Collected two hits in the same inning against Wisconsin (3/28) ... Entered early during an eight-run inning as a pinch hitter, singled and scored, then came up later in the frame and singled again ... Drove in a pair of runs with a single and a sacrifice fly at Nebraska (4/18) ... Finished 2-for-4 with three walks in a doubleheader against Illinois (4/22) ... Was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run in the nightcap ... Went 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs against Ohio State (4/25) before scoring a pair of runs in the series final with the Buckeyes (4/26).
High School: Knows how to win, playing for championship programs both in high school and in club ball ... Pacifica won the Empire League all four years of Marquez's career and was ranked No. 1 nationally in 2011-12 ... Played eight years of club ball, the final two with So Cal Athletics, winning the 16u PGF national championship and the prestigious Colorado Fireworks tournament in 2012 before capturing the 18u PGF National title in 2013 ... In the title game of the 18u national championship, Marquez hit a home run in the fourth inning that proved to be the game-winning run ... With Pacifica, was a four-year varsity starter ... Two-time all-league honoree ... Named Empire League Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman ... Senior Scholar Athlete, ranked nationally at No. 62 for high school seniors ... Principal Honor Roll (4.0 GPA) all four years of high school ... Athletic Scholar Award winner as a freshman and junior.
Personal: Born Brooke MoNae Marquez ... Daughter of Jesse and Lisa Marquez ... Older sister, Krystal, played for UC Riverside from 2005-08 where she was the starting centerfielder for four years and MVP as a senior ... Brother, Andrew, played baseball at Long Beach City before joining the military for the United States Coast Guard ... Majoring in communication studies.