St. John's University Athletics
Brown Named 2008 NCBWA District II Player Of The Year
6/7/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 7, 2008
QUEENS, N.Y. - Senior pitcher George Brown has been named the 2008 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) District II Player of the Year.
A Louisville Slugger second team All-American, Brown was also named the BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year and was 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 tossed a career-high 89.2 innings, held opponents to a .251 batting average and walked just 12 batters.
Brown finishes his career at St. John's with a 22-3 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 past season and was named to the 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.
The senior was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 27th round (815 overall) of the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
NCBWA District Players of the Year
District I-Jason Buursma (Bucknell)
District II-George Brown (St. John's)
District III-Buster Posey (Florida State)
District IV-Gordon Beckham (Georgia)
District V-Zach Putnam (Michigan)
District VI-Aaron Crow (Missouri)
District VII-Shooter Hunt (Tulane)
District VIII-Xavier Scruggs (UNLV)
District IX-Brian Matusz (San Diego) and Stephen Strasburg (San Diego State)
