Brown can provide the Aggies with another starter … Also has experience as a relief pitcher … Brings a sense of solid academics to the Aggies after spending three seasons with Austin Peay … Has a variety of pitches, including a great change-up that should help the Aggies going into the CAA … Made the Dean’s List at Austin Peay in the fall of 2021 and earned a spot on the Athletics Director’s Honor Roll in fall of 2018-2021 and the spring of 2019 and 2021.
Austin Peay: Made 20 appearances with five starts, posting an 8.08 ERA, 40 strikeouts and 13 walks in 49 innings pitched … He had a 3-6 record with three saves … Made 15 appearances with 13 starts and posted a 6.04 ERA during the 2021 season … He went 4-2 with 49 strikeouts in 70 innings pitched … Austin Peay won five straight games with him as the starter from March 26-April 23 … He was 3-0 in that stretch … Austin Peay went 8-5 in his starts during the season … He struck out a career-high nine batters in a win over Murray State on May 20 … Sat out the 2020 season with an injury … In 2019, made 14 appearances out of the bullpen with a 7.52 ERA, 16 strikeouts and 11 walks in 20.1 innings pitched.
High School: Played high school baseball at Springfield under head coach James Pope … Earned All-Robertson County honors all four years and secured a spot on the all-district 10-AAA his final three seasons … As a junior and senior, he was selected to the District 10-AAA all-tournament team … He struck out 78 batters in 59 innings as a junior.
Personal: Full name is Luke Joel Brown, and he is the son of Amy and Robert Brown … He has an older brother, Ryan … He was born on Oct. 7, 1999 … Member of the Goodlettsville Baseball Little League Team that represented Southeast Region and won the 2012 United States Little League World Series championship … Posted two wins in the 2012 LLWS, including in the US championship game, and went 6-for-12 at the plate in the tournament.
