2019 Baseball Roster
Colby Brown
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Albuquerque, NM
- High School:
- Albuquerque Academy
- Position:
- IF
Senior (2019): Is a senior in terms of baseball eligibility, but is a junior academically after transferring from the New Mexico Military Institute
Junior (2018):
- Appeared in 44 games, starting 42 at second base
- Fifth on the team with a .321 batting average, including 50 hits, eight doubles, three triples, and two home runs
- Three triples was tied for sixth in the Mountain West Conference
- Also knocked in 33 while scoring 27 runs and drawing 17 walks
- Slugging percentage was .492 while getting on base at a .392 clip
- Second-most assists on the team with 147, finishing with a .983 fielding percentage
- Had 14 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games
- Had the third longest hitting streak on the team with 15 games and fourth longest reached base with 20
- Collected a team single game season-best five hits against UNLV, March 17
- Had two 4-RBI games, including at New Mexico, March 24, and vs. Northern Colorado, May 15
- Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors
2017: Did not play in 2017.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL (NMMI): Played at NMMI in 2015 and 2016…Junior college Athlete of the Year…JC Salutatorian…NMMI baseball coach was Chris Cook.
2016: Played in 30 games, batting .290 with 29 hits and 28 runs scored…missed half of season due to injury…team captain.
2015: Played in 53 games, batting .327 with 53 hits and 27 runs scored…fielded .936.
HIGH SCHOOL (Albuquerque Academy): Four-year letterwinner in baseball and one year in swimming…all-state as a senior…team captain as a junior and senior…three-time all-district and two-time all-metro…Hispanic Merit Scholar…high school baseball coach was Andy Williams…played summer ball for Albuquerque Baseball Academy, coached by Ryan Brewer.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 25…Parents are Ron and Joann Brown…has three older siblings…nicknames are CB, Cheese and Brownie…plans on majoring in political science and minor in Spanish…hobbies are listening to music and spending time with family…began playing baseball at age six…greatest personal moment in sports is clinching regional birth sophomore year at NMMI…something not many people know about him is that he has five nephews…guilty pleasure is dried mango…dream vacation spot is Cancun…favorite role model is Frank Grey from Bremerton, WA…favorite team is the Boston Red Sox…favorite MLB player is Dustin Pedroia…pregame ritual is whatever worked the day before/watch a comedy the night before…enjoys listening to country and punk rock…credits his father as having the biggest impact on his sports/baseball career…favorite quotes: “We ALWAYS bounce back.” – Jared Lujan and NMMI baseball “Set some goals, stay quiet about them, smash the hell out of them, clap for your damn self.” – Justin Munoz.
Why I came to the Academy: “To become the very best version of myself possible and to serve our country.”
