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2023 Academic All-ACC
2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2023 (Junior): Saw action in 12 games on the season, making the starting lineup in seven of those … Logged an 8.77 ERA, 3-2 record, and 41 strikeouts on the season with 39.0 innings in addition to six assists from the field … Posted a career-best performance against Tennessee Tech (Feb. 24) with 12 strikeouts in six innings … Threw four scoreless innings against Notre Dame (March 10) … Went four innings with just two hits allowed and four strikeouts in an 11-inning thriller against Clemson (March 24) … Returned to the mound after a few weeks of no action with an injury against then-No. 17 Miami (Fla.) (April 23), allowing just one run on three hits over 2.2 innings and earning a win to close the game … Got his third win of the season against Gardner-Webb (April 29), allowing four runs on seven hits in 2.1 innings of work … Closed his season with a tough loss against then-No. 10 Duke (May 13).
2022 (Sophomore): Made 28 appearances as one of Tech’s main closers … Finished season with a 3-2 record, 8.77 ERA and five saves … Allowed 38 earned runs in 39.0 innings with 30 strikeouts … Made 16 scoreless appearances … Didn’t allow an earned run in the month of February … Pitched 1.0 to close with two strikeouts against Wright State (Feb. 20) for his first save of the season … Picked up his second save with 1.2 innings to close in the second game of the doubleheader against Gardner-Webb (Feb. 26), allowing just one unearned run … Recorded his third save with 1.2 innings of hitless work, including three strikeouts, at Georgia State (March 1) … Earned his first winning decision against Virginia Tech (March 11), despite surrendering two three runs on three hits in 1.0 innings … Put out the fire with a one-out save at North Carolina (April 15) … Also threw 1.1 innings of two-hit, scoreless work at UNC (Feb. 17) to help Tech take the series, getting his second decision of the year … Had one of his best games in the nail-biting 3-1 win over then-No. 3 Miami (April 29), going 1.2 innings of two-hit scoreless work … Earned his third win at Pitt (May 21), allowing just one unearned run in 2.0 innings of two-hit work with two strikeouts … Allowed just one run in 2.1 innings against then-No. 7 Louisville (May 26) in the ACC Tournament … Took the loss in the NCAA Knoxville Regional finale against then-No. 1 Tennessee (June 5).
2021 (Freshman): Appeared in 14 games as a relief pitcher … Recorded the third-lowest ERA among relief pitchers … Finished the year with a 2-0 record and 4.40 ERA, allowing just seven runs in 14.1 innings … Struck out 12 on the year … Made his collegiate debut against Georgia State (March 3) … Pitched a career-long 2.0 innings against USC Upstate (April 6), allowing just three hits … Recorded his first career win with 1.0 innings of two-hit shutout baseball against Georgia State (April 20) … Had his best outing against then-No. 17 Florida State (April 24), going 2.0 shutout innings, striking out four … Picked up his second victory with three key pitches in extra-innings against Louisville (May 27) in the ACC Tournament.
Before Tech: A two-time Perfect Game Preseason All-American (Honorable Mention 2018; High Honorable Mention 2019) … Sat mid-to-high 80s on his fastball in 2018 … Made three all-tournament teams in showcase ball … in 2017-18, combined for 18.2 innings on the mound for Perfect Game … Punched out 20 hitters and allowed just 16 hits for a 1.50 ERA and 1.07 WHIP … Also made 83 plate appearances, finishing with a .250 average … Recorded 18 hits and four doubles for 11 RBI … Stole 17 bases … In 2018-19, pitched a 1.49 ERA through 11 appearances to a 5-1 record … Over 51.2 innings, allowed just 11 earned runs, dealing out 70 strikeouts to just 15 walks … Finished with a .186 opponent’s average in 212 batters faced … Also took 36 at-bats on the year, finishing with a .250 average … Recorded nine hits, one double and nine RBI … Also drew nine walks for a .408 on-base percentage … Made 19 appearances on the mound in 2017-18 at Tattnall Square Academy … Finished with a 4-2 record, 2.15 ERA and one save in 29.1 innings of work … Allowed just nine earned runs and finished with a 3:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio … Also recorded 13 hits and five doubles for 18 RBI … Is the son of the Georgia Tech Hall of Famer and former LA Dodger Kevin Brown, a six-time all-star and two-time ERA title winner … Kevin Brown helped the Florida Marlins to the 1997 World Series before signing the first $100 million contract with Los Angeles in 1998.
