Brooklynn Fischer picked up some more hardware in her second season with the Missouri Baptist softball team.

The Montgomery County graduate played a key role in the Spartans’ historic season in 2025, and that caught the attention of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Fischer was named to the NAIA Softball All-America Third Team for the second year in a row, making her the first MoBap player to earn multiple All-America selections. Last year, she was named second-team all-American from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

Fischer’s all-around play was a big reason she earned another all-American honor. At the plate, she hit .426 with nine home runs, 56 RBIs, a .691 slugging percentage and a .492 on-base percentage. On the mound, the lefty won 21 games, struck out 146 batters and finished with a 2.43 earned run average.

Fischer helped the Spartans win a school-record 46 games, capture their first American Midwest Conference title and record their first NAIA Tournament win in school history.

“I couldn’t have done it without my teammates,” Fischer said. “This year, I don’t think I have ever played on a team like this before. We’re more like family than anything. We worked together to get this far. I give all of my credit to them because I wouldn’t have been able to get the awards and everything without them.”

Fischer had a pair of nine-game winning streaks on the mound. She had a 13-game hitting streak in April and finished as MoBap’s top hitter for the second year in a row.

Fischer shared pitching duties with senior Taylor Whitehead, a Wood River, Ill., righty who also won 21 games.

“Taylor really helped out, too, on the mound,” Fischer said. “We definitely split games well. When I wasn’t doing the best, she carried (the load). When she wasn’t doing her best, I carried. We were a good duo.”

The Spartans finished 2-2 in the NAIA Opening Round Tournament at Oklahoma City. They won their first two games before losing the next two to host-Oklahoma City University.

In MoBap’s 8-2 win over William Carey (Miss.) in the first game of the tournament on May 12, Fischer hit a three-run homer and pitched a complete game victory.

“It was nice to know that I contributed a little bit and helped the team out,” the New Florence resident said. “It was pretty cool.”

MoBap, which finished with its fifth consecutive winning season, qualified for nationals by winning the AMC regular season title. It also won the conference tournament championship with a 4-0 record.

“I definitely thought that we were going to make the big tournament,” Fischer said. “My coach (Ted Leigraf) just talked to me a week or two ago and said our record was like the second-best record in NAIA with wins and losses. I thought that was pretty cool. The first team was the national champions. It definitely made us feel good. We lost only two girls this past year, so we’re basically keeping the same team. We lost two big important people, but hopefully we can pick that up and get a little farther this year than we did last year.”

Fischer transferred to MoBap in 2024 after a year at Quincy University.
After two years with the Spartans, she hit .428 with 17 home runs, 103 RBIs at the plate and won 35 games and has a 2.00 ERA on the mound.

Next spring, she’s looking forward to playing with her younger sister, Aliviah, in her senior year at MoBap. Aliviah, who graduated from MCHS in May, was a two-time all-state performer for the Wildcats.

“I’m definitely excited to play with my sister,” said Fischer, who graduated from MCHS in 2022. “Hopefully, she can carry on. But I think she will be just fine. She will probably beat me in all of my stats. That’s what she usually does. I’m excited to see how she does. When I’m done, I’ll be excited to keep watching her.”

Also in 2026, Fischer will be part of a large senior group that includes Grace McGinnis, Jacie Dees, Jenna Achs, Allison Leigraf, Miranda Ladson, Alexi Sanchez and Camryn Kessler.

“I love working with them,” Fischer said. “They’re all very hard working. It’s easier to click with them and be on the same level. Since we’re playing together, we all kind of know what to do. We all work well together.”

Fisher, who is majoring in physical education, plans to graduate from MoBap in the fall of 2027.