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Louisiana softball adds St. Thomas' Brooke Ellestad from transfer portal

cory diaz, lafayette daily advertiser
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While plenty of power returns to Louisiana softball's lineup, it still was in need of some more juice for the 2024 season.

Ragin' Cajuns coach Gerry Glasco and his staff dipped into the transfer portal and landed St. Thomas sensational freshman infielder Brooke Ellestad, she announced via her Twitter page Wednesday.

She comes to Lafayette with two years of eligibility remaining.

Ellestad, a native of Kimberly, Wisconsin, was not only St. Thomas' best hitter for the 2023 season but the lefty also led the Summit League in most offensive categories including batting average (.384), slugging percentage (.629), on-base plus slugging (1.079), hits (58), RBIs (37) and doubles (15).

Those numbers would've stacked up nicely with UL's lineup as her average and double total would've topped the offense, while her slugging percentage would've been fourth on the team behind the Cajun's power hitters in Karly Heath, Lauren Allred and Laney Credeur.

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Ellestad was named the 2022 Summit League Freshman of the Year and it two short seasons, become St. Thomas' top hitter since it joined the Division I level just a couple of years ago.

Louisiana is coming off its first super regional berth in seven seasons, defeating LSU in the NCAA regional round before falling at Washington in the Seattle Super Regional. Glasco led the Cajuns to 50 wins in 2023.

Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers and Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers and Cajuns coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU/UL athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.

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