Biography
– TWO-TIME FIRST-TEAM ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE SELECTION (2016 AND 2017)
– TWO-TIME SUN BELT CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S LIST SELECTION (2015 AND 2016)
– SUN BELT CONFERENCE ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL (2017)
– TWO-TIME SUN BELT CONFERENCE ALL-TOURNAMENT SELECTION (2015 AND 2017)
– NFCA ALL-SOUTH REGION SELECTION – SECOND TEAM (2016)
– 11-TIME SUN BELT CONFERENCE PITCHER OF THE WEEK – (2015 – TWO TIMES, 2016 – FIVE TIMES, 2017 – FOUR TIMES)
– LOUISVILLE SLUGGER/NFCA PITCHER OF THE WEEK (MAR. 22, 2016)
– TWO-TIME NFCA ALL-AMERICA SCHOLAR ATHLETE SELECTION (2015 AND 2016)
INTANGIBLES
Ranks first at South Alabama in most career strikeouts per seven innings (9.71)
Ranks second at South Alabama in lowest career opponent’s batting average (.174), career strikeouts (701) and career shutouts (26)
Tied for second at South Alabama in career saves (8)
Ranks third at South Alabama in career complete games (52) and career innings pitched (505.1)
Ranks fourth at South Alabama in career wins (51) and lowest career ERA (1.87)
Ranks ninth at South Alabama in fewest career walks per seven innings (2.76)
AT SOUTH ALABAMA
SENIOR SEASON (2018)
Named preseason all-Sun Belt Conference for the third-straight year … Selected to USA Softball’s Top 50 “Watch List” for the 2018 Collegiate Player of the Year award.
JUNIOR SEASON (2017)
Named two preseason All-American teams – FastPitch News Second Team and Madness 2017 Fourth-Team by CollegeSports Madness.com … Selected preseason all-Sun Belt … Named to Justin’s World of Softball “Top-Fifty Watch List” … Rated No. 5 on the FastPitch News Preseason Top-50 Pitchers List … Appeared 33 games, starting in the circle 25 times … Posted a 19-7 record… Recored 21 complete games and 12 shutouts … Her 12 shutouts were fourth-most in the NCAA and also set a new single-season program mark … Ranked second in the Sun Belt in earned run average (1.51) and strikeouts (194) … Her .184 opposing batting average was lowest in the league … Led the SBC in fewest runs allowed (44) and her 39 earned runs allowed were the second fewest in the conference … Also ranked among the NCAA leaders in fewest hits allowed (120 – 28th), ERA (30th), strikeouts (34th) and strikeouts per seven innings (44th) … Named to three different all-tournament teams – Sand Dollar Classic, Mardi Gras Invitational and South Alabama Invitational – during the opening month of the season … Selected as the Sun Belt’s Pitcher of the Week four times during the season (2/14, 2/28, 4/3 and 4/25) … Named First-Team all-Sun Belt Conference … Recorded seven double-digit strikeout performances … Pitched 1.2 innings in relief with three strikeouts in the Jags’ season opener vs. Central Arkansas (2/9) to pick up the save … Won seven of her first eight starts, allowing just three runs against Alabama (2/15) during that 49-inning stretch and striking out 77 batters … Had a season-high 15 strikeouts in a 2-0 complete-game no-hitter vs. Tennessee Tech (2/24) … Went 8.0 innings four times – vs. McNeese State (2/18), vs. Kansas (3/4) at ULM (4/22) and vs. ULM (5/11) in an elimination game in the Sun Belt Conference Championships – earning wins each of those games … Pitched an 8-0 five inning win over Troy (3/29) in Mobile where she allowed just two hits and had 10 strikeouts with no walks … Recorded at least two strikeouts each inning … Also had a 10 strikeout outing against the Trojans (5/7) as she tossed a five-hit shutout in game one of the doubleheader on the final day of the regular season … Missed two weeks of action due to illness, but returned during the ULM series picking up a complete-game win in game two of the series and then retiring all three batters that she faced in the series finale vs. the Warhawks … Her strike out of Cheyanne Lyon for the second out of the inning was the 667th strikeout of her career, moving her past former Jag All-American and current South pitching coach Hannah Campbell (2011-14) for second place on the program’s all-time chart … In her second start vs. ULM in the SBC tourney, Brown again made history as she became just the second pitcher to eclipse the 700-strikeout mark for her career as she had six strikeouts in the win … One of four Jaguars selected to compete on one of two collegiate softball stars teams on the Alabama Stars roster at the Tuscaloosa site against the USA National Softball team during the summer following her junior season … Named to the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2016)
Appeared 38 games, starting in the circle 32 times … Recorded 27 complete games and 11 shutouts … Posted a 20-12 record with a 1.66 ERA … Registered 324 strikeouts in 206.2 innings of work … Struck out 10.97 batters per seven innings – which ranked second in the NCAA – and held opponents to just a .165 batting average … Was third nationally in shutouts, fourth in strikeouts and 11th in hits allowed per seven innings (4.13) … Ended the season ranked in the top 10 in numerous single-season categories – strikeouts (first), strikeouts looking (first), most strikeouts per seven innings per game (first), shutouts (first), games started (T-second), complete games (second), lowest opponent batting average (fourth), appearances (fourth), innings pitched (fourth), wins (T-fifth), saves (T-sixth), lowest ERA (seventh) … Posted 20 double-figure strikeout games and finished with nine two other times … Earned first-team all-Sun Belt Conference honors and was a National Fastpitch Coaches Association all-South Region second team selection … Was selected as the Community Coffee Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week six times throughout the season (2/16, 3/21, 3/28, 4/11, 5/2) … Twice recorded season-high 17 strikeouts – vs. Florida A&M (3/4) and in game one of a doubleheader vs. Troy (5/7) … Recorded no-hitters at Appalachian State (3/26) and vs. Kennesaw State (4/30) and registered her first and the program’s third perfect game in a five-inning, 8-0 win over the Warhawks where she struck out 11 of the 15 batters that she faced … Selected as the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Co-Pitcher of the Week on March 22 after following the two five-inning wins over ULM in which she struck out 18 of the Warhawk batters that she faced and allowed just one hit and one walk in the series … Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List … Selected to the NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete list.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2015)
Appeared in 31 games, starting 19 for the Jags as a true freshman … Posted a 12-5 record with four complete games and three shutouts … Struck out 183 batters in 117.1 innings of work … Held opposing batters to a .175 average … Finished among SBC top-three in opposing batting average, strikeouts and strikeouts looking … Led the Jaguar pitching staff in strikeouts … Voted to Sun Belt Conference all-tournament team after shutting out No. 10 Louisiana in the championship game … Twice named SBC Pitcher of the Week on 2/9 and 3/2 … Set a then school single-season record in most strikeouts per game, mowing down an average of 10.92 every seven innings … Struck out the then third-most batters in USA single-game history on Feb. 22, fanning 15 against Jacksonville at the South Alabama Invitational … Threw a complete-game, one-hit shutout in her first collegiate start vs. Liberty at the Sand Dollar Classic on Feb. 6 … Recorded five total double-digit strikeout performances … Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List … Selected to the NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete list.
AT THEODORE HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered four seasons in softball at Theodore High School in Theodore, Ala. … Left program holding the Bobcats’ record in ERA, winning percentage, strikeouts, strikeouts in a game, innings pitched and home runs … Struck out 31 batters in a 17-inning victory over Saraland as a junior, which was tied for second-most in Alabama High School Athletic Association history … Was a two-time Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 6A all-state selection winning those honors as a senior and as a sophomore … Finished her career with 70 wins, 1,161 strikeouts, a 0.82 earned-run average and 35 shutouts in 677.2 innings pitched … As a senior, had 335 strikeouts in 172.2 innings, 13 shutouts and finished with a 0.51 ERA … Had 429 strikeouts and 16 shutouts in 226 innings of work for a 0.61 ERA … Press-Register all-region first-team selection as a junior … Tied the school record for home runs in a season with 12 as a junior … Also lettered three seasons in volleyball and to seasons in basketball for the Bobcats … Received recruiting interest from fellow Sun Belt members Louisiana and Troy … Played six years of travel ball with the West Mobile Express based in Mobile, Ala. … Helped the Express win the state title and a ninth-place finish at the ASA National Tournament in 2014 … Was a member of the team’s runner-up finish at the 2013 ASA State Tournament … West Mobile finished second at the USFA World Series in 2009 and the 2007 Southern National Championship.
PERSONAL
Devin Michale Brown … Born in Mobile, Ala. … Daughter of Dave and Brandy Brown … Oldest of two children in her family … Has a younger brother, Brandon … Uncle, Josh Anderson, played baseball in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays organization … Hobbies include reading, writing and painting … Lists favorite movie as “Secondhand Lions” … Favorite book is “Little Women” … Favorite food is steak … Lists favorite class as science … Favorite athlete is Jennie Finch … Lists favorite musical artists as Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts … Majoring in art.
