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Brooke attended Baylor High School, where she was a four-time High School Individual State Champion, and played on five State Championship winning teams. At the time, she held the record for the lowest 18-hole score and lowest 36-hole score, and today she is still tied for the most consecutive state wins in TSSAA division history. She is now an inductee in the Baylor Sports Hall of Fame. 

She, also, was the youngest inductee into the Tennessee Women’s Golf Hall of Fame at the age of 17.

At the University of Alabama, she was a three-time All-American. She helped lead the Tide to their first SEC Conference victory in 2011. She led the Tide to winning their first NCAA National Championship in 2012, while she individually finished runner-up in the National Championship. She was the SEC Female Athlete of the Year in 2012, the first golfer to be awarded this in SEC history. She won the Honda Sport Award for the 2011-12 season, which is given to the number one ranked female collegiate golfer. She was the top-ranked collegiate player in Golfweek rankings during her parts of her Junior and most of her Senior year. She was also awarded the Roy F. Kramer Award her senior year, which is given to the top female student-athlete in the SEC conference amongst all sports. 

In addition to her recognitions for play on the course, Pancake was also noted for academic achievement, holding a 4.0 GPA her entire collegiate years. She was awarded the Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award (2011 and 2012), the Elite 89 Award (2010), SEC Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2010, 2011 and 2012) and NGCA Scholar Athlete (2010, 2011 and 2012). After the 2012 season, Pancake was recognized as the Capital One Academic All- American of the Year, the top student-sportsperson for her senior year. She was both the first athlete from Alabama to be recognized with this award, and the first female golfer from any school to win this award. She was also selected for the NCAA Top 10 Award, the NCAA awards this honor to ten athletes (male or female) that show elite success in their sport, the classroom, and within the community. She was also inducted into The Thirty One (XXXI) in 2012, which recognizes women for their distinguished character and significant, influential contributions made on the University’s campus, in the community, and within the state and nation. 

After college, she represented her country on the United States Curtis Cup Team in Scotland, with the best record on the US team that year. And then made her professional debut at the 2012 US Women’s Open right after returning from Europe. She made it through professional qualifying school during her first attempt, and has been competing full time on the LPGA since her rookie year in 2013. She had a strong presence on tour and it wasn’t until Covid that she and her husband decided they wanted to establish a stronger home presence for their growing family. During this time, she co-founded, Back9Coaching, with Chas Narramore to help the next generation of golfers. 

She now resides in Chattanooga with her husband, Derek Rende, and children, Lucy, Jackson, and Palmer.