Classroom:Brown is an engineering psychology major and is on target to graduate in May 2008. Upon graduation, he hopes to serve in the Adjutant General branch of the U.S. Army. His civilian career goal is to work in human resources.
Character:West Point is an institution known for stressing character traits such as high character and integrity. There is an honor code in place that forbids lying, cheating, stealing or tolerating any of those offenses. Brown internalized this code from his first day as a New Cadet going through Cadet Basic Training. He has continued to uphold a high standard of honesty, integrity and high personal character in the classroom, on the court and in his dealings with other people. In the summer of 2007, West Point chose Brown to act as a Platoon Leader during Cadet Basic Training. He was in charge of teaching the high moral standards and integrity to a new crop of New Cadets. He constantly counseled and mentored the New Cadets to make sure they were developing and understood what was expected from them. Another aspect of Brown’s character is his work ethic and persistence. He has put on twenty pounds since his freshman year of college because he has worked tirelessly in the weight room to get stronger. His work has also extended to the basketball court where he has worked to become one of the most lethal scorers in the Patriot League. However, Brown's path through West Point has had some struggles. In his sophomore season, he started experiencing foot pain at the beginning of the year. He continued to play through the pain, but his pain turned out to be a stress fracture in his foot. Brown missed eight games while his foot healed, but he refused to adopt a negative attitude during the process. When he returned to the lineup, he picked up right where he left off before the injury. This is an example of a driven individual who overcame an injury to be an even better player.
Competition:A preseason All-Patriot League choice, Brown was Army's top scorer in 2006-07 at 16.9 points per game, which also rated third-best in the conference. He led the team in field goals (179), field goals attempted (429), three-pointers (87) and three-point attempts (214). Brown entered his senior season ranked fourth on the Army all-time three-point list with 150 career makes. He is now only the third Army player to ever make 200 career three-pointers and has moved into 17th place on Army's all-time scoring list with 1,170. He was a second-team All-Patriot League pick in 2006-07 despite only starting five times. He was named to the All-Metropolitan Third Team by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association and was a two-time Patriot League Player of the Week . He finished third on the Black Knights’ single-season three-pointers made list with 87, and was also fourth on the single-season three-pointers attempted ledger with 214. He led the Black Knights in scoring a team-high 19 times, scoring in double figures in 26 of the 31 games he played. Brown was named to the John Thompson Foundation Classic all-tournament team after averaging 19.3 points per game during the weekend event hosted by Missouri. He also led the team in scoring as a junior at 14.3 points per game. Brown has embraced his current leadership role as captain of the Army basketball team. He has the unique ability to lead by raising his voice to get his point across and also by pulling a team member aside and calmly explaining the problem to him. He has mentored his younger teammates by explaining the ideas that Coach Crews is teaching. He also made sure the rest of the team conducted themselves in a respectful manner when the New Jersey Nets visited West Point. His teammates responded to his leadership and represented West Point in a very professional manner and made the visit a huge success.