Meet Aaron Judge's wife, Samantha Bracksieck: She and the New York Yankees star were high school sweethearts and share a love of sports — she also advised another prankster about the NYC Marathon

In October 2022New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge turned heads in the baseball world near the end of this year's season when he hit his 62nd home run. His effort broke the previous record of 61 home runs set by Yankees slugger Roger Maris in 1961.

Just two months earlier, in the offseason, the Yankees announced they had agreed to a new contract with Judge. In the third-largest deal in baseball history, Judge would take home $360 million over nine years.

Aaron Judge prepares to take a swing during batting practice at Yankee Stadium this month. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

At the press conference announcing Judge's new contract, the Yankees announced that he would also become team captain, a position that had been vacant since the team veteran Derek Jeter left in 2014. Judge later revealed that Yankees managing partner Hal Steinbrenner had floated the idea of the captaincy during contract negotiations in November. Although he was courted by other teams, including the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres, Judge said he and his wife, Samantha Bracksieck, decided they had to be “in New York or nowhere.”

Samantha Bracksieck and Aaron Judge at an event during the MLB All Star Game in Los Angeles in 2022. Photo: @thejudge44/Instagram

It was also Bracksieck who gave Judge the advice he needed to close the deal on his new contract. While the couple was on their way to Hawaii to celebrate their anniversary, she suggested Judge call the team and put his cards on the table, telling them he wanted to stay but needed a few more years left on his contract . Steinbrenner quickly agreed – then added that he planned to make Judge Yankees captain.

So what do we know about Samantha Bracksieck, the woman who helped her husband land one of the most lucrative contracts in baseball history?

The couple grew up together

Aaron Judge and Samantha Bracksieck attend the New York Knicks' season opener at Madison Square Garden in October 2023. Photo: @mlb.fits/Instagram

Bracksieck and Judge met at Linden High School in Linden, California and were high school sweethearts. They later attended Fresno State University in California together.

While Judge was busy hitting home runs for the Fresno State Bulldogs, Bracksieck was studying kinesiology. Her focus was on sports injuries, and her master's thesis was on elbow ligament injuries Major League Baseball player.

The couple grew up together

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