BROOK BUCK CAMPBELL

CLASS OF 2024
 

Brook was born on December 31, 1985, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  She grew up with her wonderful family (3 sisters and parents) in Yukon.  Her mom, Gayle, has played tennis ever since she can remember, and it was through being rolled around in a tennis cart while her mom was taking lessons from Tim Ritchie that she first spent time on the tennis court.  It wasn’t until around 12 years old that she decided to commit all her time and energy to tennis, but once that decision was made, she fell in love with the sport and never looked back.

Brook began playing tournaments around 12 years old.  She made it onto the Oklahoma team at the #10 spot to compete within the Missouri Valley section in 12s.  It was during this time that she reached out to Kelcy Tefft to see if she might be able to play doubles with her at an upcoming tournament.  At the time, Kelcy had already committed to play doubles with someone else but that ended up falling through.  Thankfully, that changed the trajectory of Brook’s entire tennis career as she and Kelcy ended up playing doubles together for another decade.

In her junior tennis career, Brook was ranked #1 in the USTA in the 16s, was a 4-time Oklahoma State Champion at number 1 singles, was ranked #11 in the USTA in the 18s, and won 5 USTA national doubles championships with Kelcy (Tefft) Flores. 

She attended the University of Notre Dame on a tennis scholarship and was team captain her senior year, 2007-2008.  Her college awards include: NCAA Division I All American in 2008, National Indoor Doubles Champion 2007, Big East team champions 2008, 2006, and 2005, named to the ITA All-Star team in 2008, Byron V. Kanaley Award and Francis Patrick O’Connor Award at Notre Dame in 2008, ITA Midwest Player of the Year 2007-2008, ITA Sportsmanship Award 2007-2008, and Monogram Letter Winner at Notre Dame 2005 – 2008.  After college, she was the assistant tennis coach at the University of Oklahoma from 2008 – 2011, and earned ITA Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2011.

Brook and her husband, Jack, live in Columbia, Missouri.