University of South Alabama Athletics

2018: Outdoor— Set career-best marks in the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships long jump (6.75m) and the South Alabama Jaguar Classic high jump (1.96m) … Won the South Alabama Invitational high jump with a 1.84m effort ... Cleared 1.88m to take third place in the event at the University of Mobile Invitational. Indoor— Recorded a personal-best high jump mark of 1.91m to tie for sixth at the South Alabama Jaguar Invitational; finished eighth in the long jump with a 6.61m effort at the same meet … Cleared 1.90m in the high jump at the Commodore Invitational. 

2017: Outdoor— Finished second in the high jump after clearing 1.90m at Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge ... Placed sixth in the high jump at the Tiger Track Classic with a personal-best 1.93m mark. Indoor— Placed 13th in the high jump at the Sun Belt Conference meet; helped South Alabama to a sixth-place finish in the 4 x 400m relay at the same meet ... Placed fifth in the high jump (1.86m) at the South Alabama Invitational ... Set a personal-best mark of 1.90m in the high jump to place eighth in the UAB Blazer Invitational.

2016: Outdoor— Placed third as a member of the 4 x 400m relay team and fourth as a member of the 4 x 100m relay team at the Louisiana Classic.

2015: Redshirted as a freshman. 

High School: Lettered in track and field at Oak Mountain High School in Birmingham, Ala. ... Set school records with marks of 20-9 in the long jump and 6-4 in the high jump ... Was the 2015 AHSAA 7A high jump champion ... Had personal-best time of 49.5 seconds in the 400m dash ... Was a member of the Eagles' cross country team as a freshman and sophomore.

Personal: Full name is Samuel Joel Brown … Born Nov. 25, 1996 in Birmingham, Ala. … Son of David and Barbi Brown ... Has an older brother, Will, and a younger brother, Noah ...Favorite movie is "Hot Rod" ... Favorite book is "The Color of Water" ... Favorite pro sports team is the New York Yankees ... Favorite musical artists are Ben Rector, Taylor Swift, Eminem and Ed Sheeran, among others ... Favorite food is ice cream ... Favorite subjects are drama and chemistry ... Has been on numerous mission trips, most recently to Honduras.

Major: Biology