Marshall University Athletics
2018 Softball Roster
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Jersey Number 3
Armani Brown
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Cosumnes Oaks HS
- Hometown:
- Elk Grove, Calif.
Bio
2022 (Redshirt Senior)
2022 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2021-22 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 49/45 … Smooth defender in her fifth season, redshirted 2018 freshman season after early injury … Split time between second base and shortstop … Made 17 starts at second, then started final 28 games of the year at shortstop … Finished season with 18 hits, bat .189, 17 runs scored, two doubles, seven RBI and six walks … 5-for-5 stolen bases … Had 63 assists, 37 putouts and four double plays on defense … Finished Herd career tied for 10th all-time in double plays with 19 … 13th all-time at Marshall with 239 career assists … Turned first double play of the year at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 19.) after catching liner at second … 2-for-2 with one run, a walk and stolen base versus Maryland Eastern Shore (March 5), added two putouts and two assists at second … Next game tied career-highs with three hits (3-for-3) and three RBI against Fairfield (March 11), had RBI single in the second and then a 2-run double in the fourth, first hit of the game was 100th of career … Helped turn game-ending double play in the top of the seventh of Herd’s comeback win over Norfolk State (March 11) … Made switch to shortstop for the series against Middle Tennessee (March 25-27) and stayed there rest of the season … Had a single to lead off bottom of the third in game one versus Charlotte (April 1) that helped spark Herd to comeback trailing 3-0, tied the game at 3-3 by the end of the inning and went on to win … Recorded both putouts in long rundown double play in game two against Charlotte (April 2), MU was trailing 9-7 in the top of the sixth, Armani tagged out runner caught between third and home and then tagged runner between second and third to end the inning, Herd went on to extra innings win … Drew a walk and scored the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth at Florida Atlantic (April 8) … Tallied a sacrifice fly for Herd’s only run in game two loss at Florida Atlantic (April 9) … Had a hit, run and a walk in game three victory at Florida Atlantic (April 10) as Herd took the series, added two assists at shortstop … Tallied two hits and scored a run in game one at Northern Kentucky (April 12) … Great play at short in game two at NKU (April 12) with fake throw to first then turn and toss to third for tag on lead runner … Finished FIU series (April 14-16) with eight assists, one putout and no errors on defense … Made two key outs in the bottom of the seventh at WKU (April 22) covering third for a force out and then tracking down a fly ball near the left field line with runners on base to help preserve Herd’s 2-0 game one win … Tied career-high with three RBI in final home game versus UTEP (May 1), 2-run double in the first and then RBI single in the second, also caught throw from Grace Chelemen in center to complete game-ending double play in the fifth … In game three at North Texas (May 8), trailing 5-4, led off top of the seventh with a bunt-single and later scored as Herd put up five runs on the way to the win … Recorded a hit, scored a run and had a sacrifice bunt in Herd’s Conference USA Tournament win over Florida Atlantic (May 11), had another pump fake on a throw to get lead runner out between second and third in the top of the first … Had four assists and two putouts in comeback win over Charlotte (May 12) during C-USA Tournament … Finished Marshall career playing in 174 games with 160 starts, bat .266, 115 hits, 75 runs scored, nine doubles, two triples, 30 RBI, 32 walks, .316 on base percentage, 21 sacrifices, three sac flies and 17-of-22 in stolen bases.
2021 (Redshirt Junior)
2020-21 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 32/24 … Split time at second base with Madison Whitaker in abbreviated season due to COVID-19 … Played parts of two games at shortstop at Middle Tennessee (April 10) and against Florida Atlantic (April 17) … Smooth fielder finished with 61 putouts, 44 assists and just four errors for a career-best fielding percentage of .963 … Turned four double plays … Committed just one error over final 15 games with 69 total chances, good for a .986 fielding percentage … Finished season hitting .246, 15 hits, 12 runs scored, three doubles, one triple and eight walks … Reached base safely in 20 games … Had RBI double in game two against Akron (March 3) along with a run and a walk … Season-best 3-for-3 with a double against Valparaiso (March 7) … Scored two runs in win over Bellarmine (March 28) … Collected two hits, one RBI (in the sixth inning), six putouts and one assist in game two of doubleheader at Middle Tennessee (April 9) … Scored two runs in third game of the series at Middle Tennessee (April 10) … Was 2-of-3, one run scored, three putouts and four assists in series finale at Middle Tennessee (April 11) … Drew two walks in each of first two games of four-game series at FIU (April 23-24) … Recorded third double of the year at Charlotte (May 8) and later scored … Hit lone triple of the year against Charlotte (May 12) in the C-USA Tournament, also tallied seven outs on defense with two putouts and five assists … In Herd career she has appeared in 125 games with 115 starts, batting .287, 97 hits, 58 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples, 23 RBI and a fielding percentage of .952.
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore)
2019-20 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 25/25 … Started every game of the abbreviated season with the remainder of the year being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Steady infielder who keeps mistakes to a minimum … Started the first six games at shortstop before switching back to second base … Reached base safely in 22-of-25 games including 19-straight (Feb. 7-March 4) … Finished season batting .347, 25 hits, 13 runs, seven RBI and three stolen bases … One of seven players on the team batting over .300 … Had nine games with two or more hits … Committed just five errors and had a fielding percentage of .931 … Contributed to four double plays including two at No. 11 Kentucky (March 11) … Began streak of reaching base safely in second game of the year going 2-of-3, one run, one RBI and a stolen base against Bucknell (Feb. 7) … Totaled eight hits at the Chattanooga Challenge (Feb. 14-16) including tying career-high 3-for-3 performance vs. Indiana State (Feb. 16) … Season-best four assists in win over East Tennessee State (Feb. 21) ) and had base hit in the seventh that led to error allowing Blakely Burch to score game tying run and force extra innings … 2-of-3 with one run and a steal against Rhode Island (Feb. 23) … Was 2-for-2 with two runs, one RBI and a sacrifice bunt at Hampton (Feb. 28) … Went 2-of-4 with two RBI in win at Norfolk State (March 1) … Recorded two hits and scored once in game two of Akron doubleheader (March 4) … Drove in two runs at home versus Rutgers (March 7) … Was 2-of-3 with two runs and a sacrifice bunt at No. 11 Kentucky … Has started 91-of-93 games played and a batting average of .296 in her Marshall career.
2019 (Redshirt Freshman)
2018-19 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 62/62 … Played and started in the second-most games in a single season in team history (62), all at second base … Missed just two games … Finished second on the team with 52 hits … Bat .272 for the year with 30 runs scored, four doubles, one triple, 11 RBI, 13 walks and six stolen bases … Led Herd with seven sacrifice hits … Ended season with a .954 fielding percentage with just nine errors in 197 chances … Was a part of six double plays including starting game-ending double play against Portland State (Feb. 10) with game-tying run at the plate … Started double play that ended game against Ohio (Feb. 27) in the fifth inning of 8-0 run-rule victory … Had four or more assists in four games including season-high five in win over EKU (Feb. 15) … Opened the season with a six-game hitting streak and hit .385 during stretch … Recorded season-high three hits in the season-opener against UC-Riverside (Feb. 8) … Had 13 multi-hit games … Hit first double of the year versus EKU (Feb. 15) … Recorded season-high of two RBI three times … First two RBI contest in game three win over Rider (March 3) … Drove in two runs in game two victory over UTSA (March 23) … Plated two runs with first career triple at Middle Tennessee (April 27) … Recorded two hits at No. 20 James Madison (March 27) … Had two hits, scored once and stole a base during win in game three at FIU (April 14) … Scored five runs in doubleheader at Morehead State (April 30) including season-high three runs in game one … Recorded two hits in three-straight games with doubleheader at Morehead State and against Pitt (May 1) … Season and career-high 14-game on-base streak April 14-May 5 … Had two hits and one run scored in regular season finale against Florida Atlantic (May 5) … Drove in a run in the semi-finals of the Conference USA Tournament against Louisiana Tech (May 10) … Recorded final hit of the year in the National Invitational Softball Championship Lynchburg Regional Championship game against Liberty (May 18).
2018 (Freshman)
2018 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2017-18 Conference USA Academic Medalist: GPA 3.75 or better
2017-18 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 6/4 … Missed most of the season due to knee injury and was granted a medical redshirt … Appeared in just six games with four starts, three at second base … Finished with five hits, batting .357, scored three runs, drove in three runs and stole three bases … First career appearance as pinch runner at No. 13 Auburn (Feb. 8) … Entered game against Furman (Feb. 9) to play second, stole a base and scored a run … Recorded first career hit in first start as designated player against Tennessee Tech with RBI single in the top of the seventh … 2-of-3 at the plate in first start at second base against USF (Feb. 16) and scored Marshall’s lone run … Had four-game hitting streak before suffering season-ending knee injury against UMass-Lowell (Feb. 17).
High School: Attended Cosumnes Oaks High School … Played for Lynda Bettencourt and Steve Scott … Former high school teammates are playing college ball at Williamette University, Georgia Tech, Fresno State and Cal-State Northridge … Scholar Athlete award … member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Dec. 16, 1999 … Daughter of Jared and Artice Brown … Has one younger brother, Jared Jr. … Father played quarterback at UNLV in 1994-95 and helped lead the Rebels to a 52-24 Las Vegas Bowl win over Central Michigan, UNLV’s first bowl win in 10 years … Also played in the Arena Football League for the San Jose Saber Cats in 1998 passing for 454 yards on 31 completions and six touchdowns … Chose Marshall because, “the atmosphere at the school and that Marshall had everything I wanted in a college.” … plans to major in biology.
2022 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete: GPA 3.50 or better
2021-22 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 49/45 … Smooth defender in her fifth season, redshirted 2018 freshman season after early injury … Split time between second base and shortstop … Made 17 starts at second, then started final 28 games of the year at shortstop … Finished season with 18 hits, bat .189, 17 runs scored, two doubles, seven RBI and six walks … 5-for-5 stolen bases … Had 63 assists, 37 putouts and four double plays on defense … Finished Herd career tied for 10th all-time in double plays with 19 … 13th all-time at Marshall with 239 career assists … Turned first double play of the year at Coastal Carolina (Feb. 19.) after catching liner at second … 2-for-2 with one run, a walk and stolen base versus Maryland Eastern Shore (March 5), added two putouts and two assists at second … Next game tied career-highs with three hits (3-for-3) and three RBI against Fairfield (March 11), had RBI single in the second and then a 2-run double in the fourth, first hit of the game was 100th of career … Helped turn game-ending double play in the top of the seventh of Herd’s comeback win over Norfolk State (March 11) … Made switch to shortstop for the series against Middle Tennessee (March 25-27) and stayed there rest of the season … Had a single to lead off bottom of the third in game one versus Charlotte (April 1) that helped spark Herd to comeback trailing 3-0, tied the game at 3-3 by the end of the inning and went on to win … Recorded both putouts in long rundown double play in game two against Charlotte (April 2), MU was trailing 9-7 in the top of the sixth, Armani tagged out runner caught between third and home and then tagged runner between second and third to end the inning, Herd went on to extra innings win … Drew a walk and scored the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth at Florida Atlantic (April 8) … Tallied a sacrifice fly for Herd’s only run in game two loss at Florida Atlantic (April 9) … Had a hit, run and a walk in game three victory at Florida Atlantic (April 10) as Herd took the series, added two assists at shortstop … Tallied two hits and scored a run in game one at Northern Kentucky (April 12) … Great play at short in game two at NKU (April 12) with fake throw to first then turn and toss to third for tag on lead runner … Finished FIU series (April 14-16) with eight assists, one putout and no errors on defense … Made two key outs in the bottom of the seventh at WKU (April 22) covering third for a force out and then tracking down a fly ball near the left field line with runners on base to help preserve Herd’s 2-0 game one win … Tied career-high with three RBI in final home game versus UTEP (May 1), 2-run double in the first and then RBI single in the second, also caught throw from Grace Chelemen in center to complete game-ending double play in the fifth … In game three at North Texas (May 8), trailing 5-4, led off top of the seventh with a bunt-single and later scored as Herd put up five runs on the way to the win … Recorded a hit, scored a run and had a sacrifice bunt in Herd’s Conference USA Tournament win over Florida Atlantic (May 11), had another pump fake on a throw to get lead runner out between second and third in the top of the first … Had four assists and two putouts in comeback win over Charlotte (May 12) during C-USA Tournament … Finished Marshall career playing in 174 games with 160 starts, bat .266, 115 hits, 75 runs scored, nine doubles, two triples, 30 RBI, 32 walks, .316 on base percentage, 21 sacrifices, three sac flies and 17-of-22 in stolen bases.
2021 (Redshirt Junior)
2020-21 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 32/24 … Split time at second base with Madison Whitaker in abbreviated season due to COVID-19 … Played parts of two games at shortstop at Middle Tennessee (April 10) and against Florida Atlantic (April 17) … Smooth fielder finished with 61 putouts, 44 assists and just four errors for a career-best fielding percentage of .963 … Turned four double plays … Committed just one error over final 15 games with 69 total chances, good for a .986 fielding percentage … Finished season hitting .246, 15 hits, 12 runs scored, three doubles, one triple and eight walks … Reached base safely in 20 games … Had RBI double in game two against Akron (March 3) along with a run and a walk … Season-best 3-for-3 with a double against Valparaiso (March 7) … Scored two runs in win over Bellarmine (March 28) … Collected two hits, one RBI (in the sixth inning), six putouts and one assist in game two of doubleheader at Middle Tennessee (April 9) … Scored two runs in third game of the series at Middle Tennessee (April 10) … Was 2-of-3, one run scored, three putouts and four assists in series finale at Middle Tennessee (April 11) … Drew two walks in each of first two games of four-game series at FIU (April 23-24) … Recorded third double of the year at Charlotte (May 8) and later scored … Hit lone triple of the year against Charlotte (May 12) in the C-USA Tournament, also tallied seven outs on defense with two putouts and five assists … In Herd career she has appeared in 125 games with 115 starts, batting .287, 97 hits, 58 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples, 23 RBI and a fielding percentage of .952.
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore)
2019-20 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 25/25 … Started every game of the abbreviated season with the remainder of the year being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Steady infielder who keeps mistakes to a minimum … Started the first six games at shortstop before switching back to second base … Reached base safely in 22-of-25 games including 19-straight (Feb. 7-March 4) … Finished season batting .347, 25 hits, 13 runs, seven RBI and three stolen bases … One of seven players on the team batting over .300 … Had nine games with two or more hits … Committed just five errors and had a fielding percentage of .931 … Contributed to four double plays including two at No. 11 Kentucky (March 11) … Began streak of reaching base safely in second game of the year going 2-of-3, one run, one RBI and a stolen base against Bucknell (Feb. 7) … Totaled eight hits at the Chattanooga Challenge (Feb. 14-16) including tying career-high 3-for-3 performance vs. Indiana State (Feb. 16) … Season-best four assists in win over East Tennessee State (Feb. 21) ) and had base hit in the seventh that led to error allowing Blakely Burch to score game tying run and force extra innings … 2-of-3 with one run and a steal against Rhode Island (Feb. 23) … Was 2-for-2 with two runs, one RBI and a sacrifice bunt at Hampton (Feb. 28) … Went 2-of-4 with two RBI in win at Norfolk State (March 1) … Recorded two hits and scored once in game two of Akron doubleheader (March 4) … Drove in two runs at home versus Rutgers (March 7) … Was 2-of-3 with two runs and a sacrifice bunt at No. 11 Kentucky … Has started 91-of-93 games played and a batting average of .296 in her Marshall career.
2019 (Redshirt Freshman)
2018-19 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 62/62 … Played and started in the second-most games in a single season in team history (62), all at second base … Missed just two games … Finished second on the team with 52 hits … Bat .272 for the year with 30 runs scored, four doubles, one triple, 11 RBI, 13 walks and six stolen bases … Led Herd with seven sacrifice hits … Ended season with a .954 fielding percentage with just nine errors in 197 chances … Was a part of six double plays including starting game-ending double play against Portland State (Feb. 10) with game-tying run at the plate … Started double play that ended game against Ohio (Feb. 27) in the fifth inning of 8-0 run-rule victory … Had four or more assists in four games including season-high five in win over EKU (Feb. 15) … Opened the season with a six-game hitting streak and hit .385 during stretch … Recorded season-high three hits in the season-opener against UC-Riverside (Feb. 8) … Had 13 multi-hit games … Hit first double of the year versus EKU (Feb. 15) … Recorded season-high of two RBI three times … First two RBI contest in game three win over Rider (March 3) … Drove in two runs in game two victory over UTSA (March 23) … Plated two runs with first career triple at Middle Tennessee (April 27) … Recorded two hits at No. 20 James Madison (March 27) … Had two hits, scored once and stole a base during win in game three at FIU (April 14) … Scored five runs in doubleheader at Morehead State (April 30) including season-high three runs in game one … Recorded two hits in three-straight games with doubleheader at Morehead State and against Pitt (May 1) … Season and career-high 14-game on-base streak April 14-May 5 … Had two hits and one run scored in regular season finale against Florida Atlantic (May 5) … Drove in a run in the semi-finals of the Conference USA Tournament against Louisiana Tech (May 10) … Recorded final hit of the year in the National Invitational Softball Championship Lynchburg Regional Championship game against Liberty (May 18).
2018 (Freshman)
2018 NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
2017-18 Conference USA Academic Medalist: GPA 3.75 or better
2017-18 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
GP/GS: 6/4 … Missed most of the season due to knee injury and was granted a medical redshirt … Appeared in just six games with four starts, three at second base … Finished with five hits, batting .357, scored three runs, drove in three runs and stole three bases … First career appearance as pinch runner at No. 13 Auburn (Feb. 8) … Entered game against Furman (Feb. 9) to play second, stole a base and scored a run … Recorded first career hit in first start as designated player against Tennessee Tech with RBI single in the top of the seventh … 2-of-3 at the plate in first start at second base against USF (Feb. 16) and scored Marshall’s lone run … Had four-game hitting streak before suffering season-ending knee injury against UMass-Lowell (Feb. 17).
High School: Attended Cosumnes Oaks High School … Played for Lynda Bettencourt and Steve Scott … Former high school teammates are playing college ball at Williamette University, Georgia Tech, Fresno State and Cal-State Northridge … Scholar Athlete award … member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Dec. 16, 1999 … Daughter of Jared and Artice Brown … Has one younger brother, Jared Jr. … Father played quarterback at UNLV in 1994-95 and helped lead the Rebels to a 52-24 Las Vegas Bowl win over Central Michigan, UNLV’s first bowl win in 10 years … Also played in the Arena Football League for the San Jose Saber Cats in 1998 passing for 454 yards on 31 completions and six touchdowns … Chose Marshall because, “the atmosphere at the school and that Marshall had everything I wanted in a college.” … plans to major in biology.
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