2022 Baseball Roster
Auburn Regional Preview: Elliott Avent on ACC PM
Thursday, May 29
Game Three Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Tuesday, June 11
Game Two Press Conference: Athens Super Regional
Sunday, June 09
Game One Press Conference - Athens Super Regional
Saturday, June 08
Jersey Number 3
Devonte Brown
- Position:
- INF/OF
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 207
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Newnan, Ga.
- B/T:
- R/R
- Major:
- Sport Management
- High School (Last School):
- East Coweta
2022 - Second-Year Senior Season
2021 - Second-Year Junior Season
2020 - Junior Season
2019 - Sophomore Season
2018 - Freshman Season
High School / Prep Career
- 2022 All-ACC Third Team
- Started all 57 games in center field – was one of three players on the team to start every game and the only player to start every game at the same position
- Batted .304 with 70 hits, 12 doubles, two triples, 15 homers and a .570 slugging percentage to turn in his best season at the plate in his NC State career
- Six of his 15 homers were to lead off a game for the Pack
- Led the team in runs scored (68) and walks (50)
- Finished second on the team in home runs, on-base percentage (.433) and slugging percentage, third in hits and doubles, and fourth in batting average
- Turned in 18 multi-hit games, including five three-hit games, and 11 multi-RBI performances
- Committed just two errors in center field to finished with just 10 in his career
2021 - Second-Year Junior Season
- Started all 56 games in right field, was one of three players to start every game on the year
- Batted .252 on the year with 11 doubles and 13 home runs
- Turned in 15 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI outings
- Matched his career-high in hits in the season opener, going 3-for-5 with two RBIs on Feb. 21 vs. Davidson
- Tallied a career-best five RBIs on May 1 at Wake Forest and on June 6 at Louisiana Tech in the NCAA Regional, as he hit grand slams in both of those contests
- His grand slam in the NCAA Regional drove in the go-ahead run that eventually led to NC State advancing the NCAA Super Regional
- Was a part of the ‘#Pack13’ that played in the June 25 College World Series game vs. Vanderbilt
- Was #1 on SportsCenter Top 10 on June 26 after laying out for a line drive in right field in the Vanderbilt game
- Had a career-best two-homer game on June 4 vs. Alabama in the NCAA Ruston Regional
- Held an 11-game reached base streak, including a nine-game hit streak in that time frame, from April 2-18
2020 - Junior Season
- Started all 17 games on the season at third base or right field
- Received a redshirt from the NCAA with the season’s suspension on March 12 and cancellation due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
- Finished third on the team with a .338 batting average and finished second on the squad with 22 hits, six doubles, 19 RBIs and five home runs
- Led the team with a .692 slugging percentage and finished fifth in the ACC in the category
- One of six players on the team to draw double-digit walks with 10
- Had a career-high three hits, including two doubles, vs. James Madison on Feb. 16
- Drove in a career-high four RBIs and tallied a career-best six total bases vs. James Madison on Feb. 16 and Tennessee Tech on Feb. 23
- Finished tied for first on the team with seven multi-hit games, and led the squad with six multi-RBI games
- Held a 13-game hit and reached base streak to start the season
- Named Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week on Feb. 24 after batting .357 with five hits, including a double and three homers, as well as eight runs batted in and a 1.071 slugging percentage the previous week
2019 - Sophomore Season
- Made 32 game appearances and started in 13 of those contests in the outfield
- Batted .286 with 14 hits, including a double and a triple
- Went 2-for-3 vs. Radford on May 4 and 2-for-4 at UNC on May 18
- Batted in a combined five runs on the season
2018 - Freshman Season
- Appeared in 30 games, starting six of those contests
- Made four starts at third base and two at designated hitter
- Turned in a great series against Seton Hall with three hits, highlighted by his first career triple in the series finale
- Scored eight runs and also walked eight times
- Recorded a .343 on-base percentage
High School / Prep Career
- Ranked as the No. 5 shortstop and the No. 30 overall prospect in the state of Georgia for the class of 2017 by Perfect Game
- 2016 Perfect Game Underclassmen High Honorable Mention All-American as a junior
- Ranked nationally by Perfect Game as the No. 55 athlete at the shortstop position, as he also pitched on his East Coweta baseball team
- Led his ECHS Indians baseball team to its fourth straight region title and an overall record of 22-8 in 2016
- As a member of the Home Plate Chili Dogs Searcy summer team, he earned 2015 16U WWBA National Championship and 2015 16U Memorial Day at LakePoint All-Tournament Team honors
- Also played football and was the team’s running back