2025 Baseball Roster
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Brown, Griffin
Jersey Number 43
Griffin Brown
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 198
- B/T::
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lockport, Ill.
- High School:
- Lockport Township East HS
- Prev School:
- Southwestern Illinois College
Bio
PRIOR TO MSU: Played one season at Southwestern Illinois College and one season at Black Hawk College.
SOPHOMORE (2024): Played one season at Southwestern Illinois College for coach David Garcia ... Helped the Blue Storm to a 37-21 overall record in 2024 ... Hit .327 with a .474 on-base percentage and a .558 slugging percentage ... Tallied 37 hits in 113 at bats with seven doubles, two triples and five home runs ... Added 27 walks and 13 stolen bases ... In the field, posting a .944 fielding percentage with 66 putouts and two assists, and was part of one double play in 72 total chances.
FRESHMAN (2023): Played one season at Black Hawk College for coach Josh Keim ... Helped the Braves to the Arrowhead Conference championship, and the NJCAA Region 4 Division II Sectional championship and finishing in third-place in their third straight appearance in the NJCAA Region 4 Division II Tournament ... Black Hawk finished with a 37-24 overall record and 17-3 in Arrowhead Conference action ... Named to the Arrowhead All-Conference Team ... Played in 59 games, with a .385 average, .500 on-base percentage and a .609 slugging percentage ... Logged 62 hits with 11 doubles, two triples and seven HR, logging 40 RBI, and adding 26 walks and 20 stolen bases ... In the field, registered a .969 fielding percentage with 94 putouts in 97 chances.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year letterwinner at Lockport Township High School for coach Scott Malinowski ... Was a two-time All-Conference selection ... Was team captain in senior season ... Helped the Porters to a 33-4 record his senior season after posting a 23-10 mark as a junior.
PERSONAL: Son of Robyn and Kevin Brown ... Father, Kevin, played baseball as SIU-E, while his mother, Robyn, played volleyball at Illinois-Springfield ... His sister, Lauren, plays volleyball at Webster University ... Also has sister, Keagan ... Lists biggest baseball influence as his entire family because his dad and all his uncles played growing up and his grandfather played professional baseball ... Lists greatest athletic experience as hitting a walk-off grand slam on March 23, 2024 in the Blue Storm’s win over Lincoln Trail ... Majoring in sociology.
SOPHOMORE (2024): Played one season at Southwestern Illinois College for coach David Garcia ... Helped the Blue Storm to a 37-21 overall record in 2024 ... Hit .327 with a .474 on-base percentage and a .558 slugging percentage ... Tallied 37 hits in 113 at bats with seven doubles, two triples and five home runs ... Added 27 walks and 13 stolen bases ... In the field, posting a .944 fielding percentage with 66 putouts and two assists, and was part of one double play in 72 total chances.
FRESHMAN (2023): Played one season at Black Hawk College for coach Josh Keim ... Helped the Braves to the Arrowhead Conference championship, and the NJCAA Region 4 Division II Sectional championship and finishing in third-place in their third straight appearance in the NJCAA Region 4 Division II Tournament ... Black Hawk finished with a 37-24 overall record and 17-3 in Arrowhead Conference action ... Named to the Arrowhead All-Conference Team ... Played in 59 games, with a .385 average, .500 on-base percentage and a .609 slugging percentage ... Logged 62 hits with 11 doubles, two triples and seven HR, logging 40 RBI, and adding 26 walks and 20 stolen bases ... In the field, registered a .969 fielding percentage with 94 putouts in 97 chances.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a two-year letterwinner at Lockport Township High School for coach Scott Malinowski ... Was a two-time All-Conference selection ... Was team captain in senior season ... Helped the Porters to a 33-4 record his senior season after posting a 23-10 mark as a junior.
PERSONAL: Son of Robyn and Kevin Brown ... Father, Kevin, played baseball as SIU-E, while his mother, Robyn, played volleyball at Illinois-Springfield ... His sister, Lauren, plays volleyball at Webster University ... Also has sister, Keagan ... Lists biggest baseball influence as his entire family because his dad and all his uncles played growing up and his grandfather played professional baseball ... Lists greatest athletic experience as hitting a walk-off grand slam on March 23, 2024 in the Blue Storm’s win over Lincoln Trail ... Majoring in sociology.
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