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#7 - Clifton Brown
2008-09 Men's Soccer
POS.
D
HT.
5'11"
WT.
170
YR.
Sr.
HOMETOWN
Chillicothe, Ohio
HIGH SCHOOL (PREV. SCHOOL)
Unioto
Clifton Brown
2007: Played in 16 matches, including 12 starts, as a junior for the Crusaders ... fired two shots, including one on frame, at #4/3 Duke Sept. 2 ... registered shots in three consecutive games Sept. 23-Sept. 29 ... tallied first goal since freshman year on Oct. 9 at Western Michigan to tie game midway through second half ... member of Horizon League Academic Honor Roll for the fall semester.

2006: Appeared in all 17 matches for the Crusaders, making 16 starts ... named team’s Most Valuable Player ... assisted on goals Sept. 10 versus Buffalo and Oct. 27 at Western Illinois ... tallied 12 shots on the season, including six on goal ... put two shots on frame Oct. 14 against IUPUI ... also blasted two shots Oct. 21 at UMKC ... named to Mid-Continent Conference All-Academic team.

2005:
Started nine times and appeared in 12 matches as a freshman ... named to Academic All-Conference team ... scored three times on only nine shots (six on goal) ... finished tied for fourth on team in goals and fifth in points ... made first career start in season’s first match, Sept. 2 at Buffalo ... first collegiate goal was a match-winner, scoring in the 53rd minute of Valpo’s 1-0 win October 1 against Centenary ... scored again Oct. 15 at Oral Roberts, one of three Crusader goals in a losing effort ... final tally of the year came Oct. 23, helping Crusaders to a 5-2 victory at Cleveland State.

Prep:
A four-year letterwinner for the Shermans ... twice named an All-Ohio performer, earning First Team honors in 2003 and placing on the Second Team in 2004 ... garnered First Team All-District honors as a junior and senior ... named to National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Midwest Team in 2003 and 2004 ... served as team captain as a junior and senior, earning Most Valuable Player honors each year ... set school’s single-season (23) and career (58) assist records ... played on Ohio’s Olympic Development Program team in 2004 ... earned Unioto’s Merit Award for Academic Excellence ... a member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Clifton is the son of Tom and Hannah Brown ... majors are exercise science and biology ... born April 19, 1987.
W Track Hillsdale Classic Hillsdale, Mich.
May 8 No Team Score
Softball Valpo 1 Chicago, Ill.
May 8 Youngstown State 9
Softball Valpo 3 Chicago, Ill.
May 9 UIC 1
M Track Dr. Keeler Invitational Naperville, Ill.
May 10 No Team Score
Softball Valpo 4 8 inn.
May 10 Cleveland State 3
Softball Valpo 10 Chicago, Ill.
May 10 Wright State 2
Baseball Valpo 0 Chicago, Ill.
May 10 UIC 3
W Track GVSU Last Chance Allendale, Mich.
May 11 No Team Score
Softball Valpo 2 Chicago, Ill.
May 11 Youngstown State 1
Softball Valpo 11 Chicago, Ill.
May 11 Youngstown State 9
Baseball Valpo 5 Chicago, Ill.
May 11 UIC 12
Baseball Valpo 2 Chicago, Ill.
May 12 UIC 5
Baseball Toledo 1 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 14 Valpo 6
M Golf NCAA Regional Championship Columbus, Ohio (The Ohio State University GC)
May 16 13th/13 (309)
Baseball Youngstown State 1 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 16 Valpo 4
M Golf NCAA Regional Championship Columbus, Ohio (The Ohio State University GC)
May 17 13th/13 (617)
Baseball Youngstown State 4 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 17 Valpo 7
Softball Valpo 0 Ann Arbor, Mich.
May 17 #7/8 Michigan 5
M Golf NCAA Regional Championship Columbus, Ohio (The Ohio State University GC)
May 18 13th/13 (927)
Baseball Youngstown State 2 Emory G. Bauer Field
May 18 Valpo 3
Softball Valpo 7 Ann Arbor, Mich.
May 18 Central Michigan 4
Softball Valpo 0 Ann Arbor, Mich.
May 18 California 6
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 23 Horizon League Championship
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 24 Horizon League Championship
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 25 Horizon League Championship
Baseball Valpo Niles, Ohio
May 26 Horizon League Championship