Brouwer enters her second year as the assistant coach of the Colorado College women's soccer team. CC went 8-9-1 in 2024, with eight wins being the most since the 2019 season. The cap on the season was a victory in the City For Champions Cup, capped by a 2-1 defeat of the Air Force Academy.
Brouwer came to Colorado Springs before the start of the 2024 season and now has eight years of NCAA Division I coaching experience, having coached numerous current professional players.
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A graduate of Middle Tennessee State, Brouwer was a stellar collegiate goalkeeper, earning the 2015 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year. She helped lead the Blue Raiders to a Sun Belt Conference regular season title in her freshman year and proceeded to start every match for the next three years. As a senior in 2015, Brouwer was named to the All-Conference USA First Team in addition to Defensive Player of the Year accolades after posting a .876 save percentage, second-best in team history, and 113 saves, No. 4 all-time.
After graduating in 2016, Brouwer was the starting goalkeeper for Apollon Ladies F.C. in the 2016 UEFA Women's Champions League in Limassol, Cyprus, and also played professionally in the United States for FC Kansas City.Â
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During her time at Purdue, the Boilermakers compiled a 25-34-10 record, including a 15-4-3 season in 2021, during which the team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
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She joined the Purdue staff in 2020 after serving as an assistant coach for three years at Tennessee Tech University. Brouwer also had a stint at Drake University as a volunteer coach.
