Huskers Add Golf Newcomer Bream

Nebraska Coach Lisa Johnson has announced the addition of Brooke Bream to the Husker women’s golf roster for the 2021-22 season.

Bream, a relative newcomer to competitive golf, brings a rising game and a familiar name to her freshman season at Nebraska.

“We are excited for Brooke to join the team,” Johnson said. “Brooke is an outstanding athlete, team player and great student. She is relatively new to golf but her game is improving rapidly. Brooke also has ties to the state of Nebraska through her family.”

A high school and club soccer player and a middle distance runner as a track athlete in Arizona, Bream began to focus on golf at the Arizona Country Club when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of her junior track and field season and club soccer competitions.

Bream, who did not play high school golf, made her first competitive appearance on the Junior Golf Association of Arizona (JGAA) Tour in March of 2021, and finished with a modest 174 over two rounds. By early August, she ranked second in the JGAA Player of the Year hunt following her seventh consecutive top-five finish on the tour. She was tied for the JGAA lead with three tournament victories, while adding a pair of runner-up finishes.

A walk-on to the Nebraska program, Bream is the daughter of current Detroit Tigers Vice President for Player Personnel Scott Bream, who is a Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Famer from Millard South. A three-sport star at Millard South, he was drafted out of high school in the second round of the 1989 MLB Draft by the San Diego Padres. Brooke’s mother, Shelly, is also a University of Nebraska graduate.

Brooke Bream began her competitive golf career on the JGAA Tour by tying for 18th at the Desert Mashie Championship at Cave Creek in March. She added a tie for 16th at the Tucson Conquistadores Spring Classic at the El Rio Golf Course (April 24-25) before finishing eighth at Tucson City (June 2-3) with a 161 (78-83). Her scores continued to fall the next week by tying for fifth at the Antigua Milt Coggins Arizona Junior Stroke Play (June 8-9), finishing at 155 (75-80). 

Her performance set up her win at the Thunderbird Junior Classic (June 21-22), and she added a tie for second at the Mesa City Junior/Junior World Qualifier (June 30-31). She added another runner-up finish with a 147 (75-72) over two rounds at the Prescott City Junior Championship (July 7-8), before winning the PING Invitational (July 19-20) at Grand Canyon University Golf Course with a 155 (75-80). Bream added another victory at the Phoenix City Junior Championship (July 22-23) with a single round of 75. 

Bream added a fourth-place showing earlier this week at the Maricopa Junior Championship (Aug. 2-3), her seventh consecutive top-five tournament finish.