Brooke Struck is a contestant from Survivor: Guatemala.
Brooke's lacking athleticism led to Judd Sergeant turning on the original Nakúms and voting her out.
Profile
Retrieved from CBS.com
Born and raised in Hood River, Oregon, Brooke Struck attended Oregon State University, where she received her bachelor's degree with honors in political science and international studies with a minor in Spanish. After a year of volunteering for AmeriCorps, Struck began law school at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. She received her Juris Doctor degree in May 2005. Struck has lived abroad in both Spain and the U.K.
Struck is very athletic and describes herself as enthusiastic, driven and intelligent, a great problem solver and a creative thinker. She believes these skills and her competitive spirit will make her a useful member of the tribe. Having grown up on a farm in rural Oregon, she frequently went hiking, camping and backpacking. Her motivation for being on the show is to win the game and to prove to herself she has the strength and skills to survive 39 days in the wild.
Struck's hero is her mother, whom she admires for always making others a priority over herself. Struck's father passed away when she was 11 years old, leaving her mom with three young children and a farm to run. Her mother's patience, faith and kindness set the greatest example for how to live life.
Struck's hobbies include skiing, traveling and playing Frisbee with her dog, Toast, who is half golden retriever, half border collie.
Currently single, Struck resides in Hood River, Oregon. Her birth date is July 30, 1979.[1]
Survivor
Brooke started the game on the Nakúm tribe. The first challenge was an eleven-mile hike through the Guatemalan jungle. Brooke's tribe won the challenge, along with a better camp than the rival tribe, Yaxhá. Nakúm lost the first Immunity Challenge, and the men were feeling sick and tired out. Brooke voted with the rest of the tribe to get rid of Jim Lynch, whose injury made him the weakest member.
Nakúm won the next two Immunity Challenges, and Brooke did not do much to stand out. On Day 10, a tribe switch occurred. Brooke stayed on Nakúm with Judd Sergeant, Cindy Hall, and Margaret Bobonich and new Yaxhá members Stephenie LaGrossa, Rafe Judkins, Lydia Morales, and Jamie Newton. The new Nakúm tribe lost immunity, and Brooke was targeted by the former Yaxhá tribe for not being athletic. Meanwhile, the Nakúm women stuck together and targeted Lydia. Judd was the deciding vote, and in the end, he turned on his original tribe and sent Brooke home in a 5-3 vote.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nakúm | 11-Mile Hike | Reward | No | Won |
| Paddle Battle | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 2 | Web Over Water | Reward | No | Won | |
| Dragged Through Mud | Immunity | No | Won | ||
| 3 | Blind Build | Reward | No | Won | |
| Holding Court | Immunity | No | Won | ||
| 4 | Rows and Throws | Immunity | No | Lost | |
| Voted Out, Day 11 | |||||
Post-Survivor
- Brooke is currently married and is the mother of three children.
- Brooke is currently running her own family law firm.[2]
- On January 9, 2010, Brooke attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.
- In 2015, Brooke, along with Joel Klug, Jamie Newton, Jill Behm, Troyzan Robertson, and Nina Poersch, participated in the Durham Warriors Survival Challenge.[3] She finished in 4th place.[4]
Trivia
- Brooke is the youngest woman on the original Nakúm tribe.
- Brooke wound up on Nakúm during the tribe switch by chance, as the remaining Nakúm members had to draw for a buff to even out the tribes.
- In an interview on Survivor Oz, Brooke claimed she formed an early alliance with Danni, Margaret, Cindy, Brandon, and Bobby Jon, and that Judd and Blake would have been the next to go had no tribe switch occurred.
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