Indianapolis -- Youngstown State women's basketball freshman Brandi Brown has been named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer team in a vote of coaches, sports information directors and media representatives from the league.
Brown, a phenom from Pomona, Calif., was the only player in the Horizon League to average a double-double during the regular season with 11.6 points and 10.8 rebounds. She led the league with her 14 double-doubles and 10.8 rebounds per game, and she led all true freshmen in scoring.
Brown finished second in the vote for Newcomer of the Year to Yar Shayok, a redshirt freshman from Detroit who averaged 11.7 points and 9.7 rebounds.
Brown had even better statistics against Horizon League opponents, averaging 12.3 points and 11.3 rebounds. Both of those were tops among all newcomers, and she had 11 of her double-doubles in 18 league contests.
The 5-foot-11 post has already surpassed the previous Youngstown State freshman rebounding record by 75, and she needs 10 points to break the freshman scoring record. Brown is one of only three players in school history to grab 300 rebounds in a season, and she is likely to become the only player in YSU history to lead her team in scoring, rebounding and steals in the same season.
Brown is the fifth Youngstown State player to be named to the Horizon League's All-Newcomer Team since the school joined the conference prior to the 2001-02 season. She joins Jen Perugini (2001-02), Lauren Branson (2004-05), Heather Karner (2006-07) and Tiara Scott (2007-08).
Brown and the Penguins will play at Wright State in the first round of the 2010 Speedway Horizon League Women's Basketball Championship on Monday at 7 p.m.
Courtesy: YSU Sports Information
