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#37 - Ryan Brown
Elliot Thomas
Class:
Senior
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
Telford, PA
Weight:
220
High School:
Souderton
Position:
Catcher
Bats:
Right
Throws:
Right

2011 Season – Junior
Started 36 of 40 games played at catcher. . batted .291 with 34 hits (3rd on team), including 9 doubles (2nd on team), 3 triples (1st on team) and 4 home runs (T-1st on team). . .drove in 26 runs (1st on team) and scored 26 runs (2nd on team). . .posted .404 on-base percentage (3rd on team) and .521 slugging percentage (2nd on team). . .finished second on team with 61 total bases. . .led team with 13 hit by pitches (setting a career Messiah record in only his second season). . .drew 10 walks. . .posted .969 fielding percentage behind plate. . .provided arguably the greatest moment of the season with a come-from-behind, two-strike, two-out, three-run walkoff home run against rival Elizabethtown University, clinching a playoff spot in the process. . .named First-Team All-Conference catcher.

2010 Season – Sophomore
Started 26 of 27 games played at catcher. . .batted .347 (3rd on team) with 26 hits, including 2 doubles and 2 home runs (T-2nd on team). . .drove in 16 runs and scored 19 runs. . .posted a .451 on-base percentage (2nd on team) and .453 slugging percentage. . .led team with 7 hit by pitches while drawing 8 walks. . .stole 3 bases. . .committed just one error behind the plate for a .993 fielding percentage.

2009 Season – Freshman at Franklin Pierce University
Appeared in eight games as catcher. . .Had 2 at-bats and 2 walks. . .Posted a .500 on-base percentage. . .Handled six chances without an error.

High School
Three-year letter winner, and two-year captain, for Mike Childs at Souderton Area High School … named honorable mention all-league as a sophomore, 3rd team all-league as a junior and 2nd team all-league as a senior … helped guide team to a AAAA State Championship as a junior and also the first round of states as a sophomore in addition to a the second round of districts as a senior … also was a three-year letter winner for the football team ...

Personal
Ryan Alexander Brown was born on June 4, 1989 in Lansdale, PA … son of Kevin and Marcia Brown and brother to Phil, AJ, Tim and Amy … oldest brother, Phil, played baseball at Messiah and was a three-year teammate to head coach, Bryan Engle … Sports Management major who transferred to Messiah after spending a year and a half at Division II Franklin Pierce University …


Brown By The Numbers

Hitting Statistics
YEAR GP-GS AVG AB Runs Hits 2B 3B HR RBI TB Slug % BB HBP K OBP SF SH SB-SBA PO A E FLD%
2011 40-36 .291 117 26 34 9 3 4 26 61 .521 10 13 15 .404 1 2 0-1 183 34 7 .969
2010 27-26 .347 75 19 26 2 0 2 16 34 .453 8 7 10 .451 1 3 3-8 133 17 1 .993
Totals 67-62 .313 192 45 60 11 3 6 42 95 .453 18 20 25 .422 2 5 3-9 316 51 8 .979