--- title: "Suzy Brookshire begins another Olympic journey with Mexico Oklahoma City; now oldest on Mexico squad" sdDatePublished: "2026-09-15T13:07:00Z" source: "https://www.wbsc.org//news/from-prospect-to-leader-suzy-brookshire-begins-another-olympic-journey-with-mexico" topics: - name: "softball" identifier: "medtop:20001066" - name: "sport event" identifier: "medtop:20001108" - name: "Olympic Games" identifier: "medtop:20001177" - name: "sport achievement" identifier: "medtop:20001301" locations: - "Chiba" - "Tokyo" - "Oklahoma City" - "Clearwater" - "Canada" - "Puerto Rico" - "Mexico" --- Suzy Brookshire begins another Olympic journey with Mexico Oklahoma City; now oldest on Mexico squad From prospect to leader: Suzy Brookshire begins another Olympic journey with Mexico - World Baseball Softball Confederation - wbsc.org From prospect to leader: Suzy Brookshire begins another Olympic journey with Mexico Suzy Brookshire has been down this road before. Almost a decade ago, she joined the Mexican National Team as a teenager, beginning a journey that would take her from a youth world championship to the senior world stage, an Olympic qualifier and ultimately the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Now, at the WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup 2026 Group Oklahoma City, Brookshire finds herself at the beginning of another Olympic cycle. Only this time, her role is very different. “ I was the youngest or the second youngest on the other team. And now I believe I'm the oldest, which is very interesting to me, very odd,” Brookshire said. “I'm not much of a vocal leader. I'm more of a lead-by-example type of player.” Brookshire's first experience with Mexico came at the WBSC Junior Women’s Softball World Championship 2017 in Clearwater, Florida, USA. At 19, she was entering an international environment she was still learning to understand. “ It felt like so long ago now, but that was a very big moment for me,” she recalled. “That was my first event with Mexico and it was essentially my tryout. I was just meeting everybody for the first time, but it was still really fun.” Brookshire hit .409 at the tournament, collecting nine hits, including two home runs, and six RBIs in eight games. It was the first step in a rapid progression through the Mexican programme. A year later, she was part of Mexico's roster at the WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship 2018 in Chiba, Japan, her first senior World Championship. “ That was amazing,” she said. “We had such a good outing there. And we, I feel, really set a precedent for Mexico softball at that event. I was really proud with our performance.” But the defining step came in 2019. At the WBSC Softball Americas Qualifier , Mexico earned its first Olympic softball berth. For Brookshire, the memories remain vivid, particularly because of the way that Mexican team came together when the stakes were highest. “ I am getting chills thinking about it,” she said. “We went out and we beat Canada and we also beat Puerto Rico. We were the outright team that qualified. “ I think back so fondly about that event and how meshed we were and how everything just came together really well.” Brookshire also remembers one particular plate appearance against Canada. With Mexico trailing 1-0 and the bases loaded, she stepped to the plate against Jenna Caira. “ I truly feel like in the moments that I don't realise how big the moment is, is when I do best,” she said. “I remember just working the count and being very intimidated by the pitcher for Canada (Sara Groenewegen). I respected her very much and I just kept battling and battling. “ I was just determined not to strike out. And I wanted to have a productive at-bat because we had bases loaded.” The battle ended with Brookshire drawing a walk to bring home the tying run. Mexico went on to win 2-1, securing their historic first Olympic softball berth and a place at Tokyo 2020. The qualification completed one part of the journey. The Olympic Games themselves would have to wait another year following the postponement of Tokyo 2020. When Mexico finally took the field in Japan in 2021, Brookshire was part of the first Mexican softball team ever to compete at the Olympic Games. “ That was everything we had worked for and everything was culminating for that moment,” she said. “I was so proud and so happy with what we did there and how we performed, and how we always were relentlessly sticking together and working together.” Brookshire also recorded Mexico's first hit in Olympic softball history, against Canada. “ I didn't realise in that moment that it was the first hit in Mexican softball history,” she said. “But yes, I am very proud of myself for that.” Mexico eventually met Canada again in the bronze medal game, losing 3-2 and finishing fourth in its Olympic debut. Brookshire, however, remembers the experience not through the disappointment of narrowly missing a medal, but through what the team accomplished. “ I am completely content with how everything went,” she said. “I am just really proud of our performance and what we represented. And I thought it was a great game. We were in it. We were back and forth. And that's what you want out of a game at that level.” Looking back, Brookshire can now see how much she changed during the four years between her first tournament with Mexico and the Olympic Games. “ It was a long process,” she said. “I feel like I was so young when I first joined the team. I didn't quite understand everything. I didn't understand the gravity of the events we were playing in. “ I was very happy to represent Mexico and to play with that group. It was such a special group. I just made the most out of every single event, every game. And I just carried that forward.” That experience has particular relevance in Oklahoma City. After spending a few years away from the National Team, Brookshire has returned to a Mexican side featuring a new generation of players. Some are now roughly the same age she was when her own journey towards Tokyo began. “ This team is really young,” Brookshire said. “But I was the age of some of these girls when I was on the last team. I think they're all doing really well considering their age. I'm really happy about how the team looks and how we're meshing.” A post shared by Suzy Brookshire (@suezebee) The comparison with the Tokyo generation is not only about age. Brookshire sees another important similarity developing within the group. “ I think this group is all getting along really well, which is important. Very important.” Her perspective has inevitably changed. The teenager who was still discovering international softball in 2017 is now the Olympian carrying the experience of a complete qualification cycle. “ Definitely I need to keep in mind that I am the older person on the team now,” she said. “And I do carry some experience from the old national team. I just need to be mindful of my responsibilities.” Her advice to the younger players is therefore shaped as much by the journey as by its destination. “ Just enjoy these moments,” she said. “We'll always look back on these moments fondly. The times when we're laughing with our team are going to be the moments that we remember. And the moments where maybe you're behind and you come up with a big hit. Those are the type of moments you remember.” The destination this time would be LA28. Mexico's current campaign at the WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup is part of the qualification pathway towards the next Olympics, and Brookshire is playing this week at Devon Park, the same venue that will host Olympic softball in two years. Asked whether she could picture herself returning to Oklahoma City as an Olympian in 2028, Brookshire's answer was immediate. “ Oh yeah. I hope,” she said. “That's the dream.” Categories: Slideshow news , Softball , WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup Group Oklahoma City 2026 , Women's Softball , Women's Softball World Cup Brookshire made her international debut as a teenager in 2017 and four years later represented Mexico at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Now one of the most experienced players on a young Mexican team, she is beginning another journey towards the Olympics.