St. John's University Athletics
Brown Earns Louisville Slugger Second Team All-America Honors
6/3/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 3, 2008
QUEENS, N.Y. - Senior pitcher George Brown has been named a Louisville Slugger second team All-American as selected by the Collegiate Baseball newspaper. Brown is one of three BIG EAST players selected as Cincinnati second baseman Josh Harrison also earned second team honors, while Louisville third baseman Chris Dominguez was a third team selection.
The BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year, Brown was also an All-BIG EAST first team selection. The lefty finished the season with a 9-1 record and was a perfect 9-0 in the regular season. Brown compiled a 2.91 ERA in a career-high tying 14 starts and added a career-high 59 strikeouts. The lefty also tossed a career-best 89.2 innings and held opponents to a .251 batting average. Brown also walked just 12 batters all year.
Brown finishes his career at St. John's with a 22-3 career record. The lefty ranks tenth in the all-time record books with 22 career wins and also ranks tied for fifth with nine victories in a single season.
The senior lefty earned BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honors twice this season and was named to the weekly honor roll once. An accounting major with a 3.47 GPA, Brown also earned ESPN The Magazine second team Academic All-America honors and first team Academic All-District honors.
View the Louisville Slugger All-America teams as selected by the Collegiate Baseball newspaper here.
