June 12, 2008

QUEENS, N.Y. - Senior pitcher George Brown has been named a 2008 Pro-Line Athletic/National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) second team All-American. A total of 56 players from 19 different conferences earned All-America status. Brown is one of four BIG EAST players, and the only pitcher, on the list. West Virginia second baseman Jedd Gyorko joins Brown on the second team, while Chris Dominguez (Louisville) and Tyler Kuhn (West Virginia) were named to the third team.

Already this season Brown has been named the NCBWA District II Player of the Year and has been tabbed as 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.