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Jersey Number 12
Destini Brown
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- McComb, Miss.
- High School:
- Parklane Academy
Bio
Conference USA All-Conference First Team (2019, 2021, 2022)
Conference USA All-Freshman Team (2018)
Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2017-18)
2021 (Senior): Selected as a Conference USA First Team All-Conference honoree following a stellar 2021 season … Started all 49 contests she competed in … Led Conference USA in stolen bases (35) and stolen bases per game (0.71) and finished the season ranked in the top-10 in the NCAA in both categories … Led Southern Miss with an OPS of .906 and finished her senior season with the most runs (43) and triples (3) of any Golden Eagle … Was strong defensively for Southern Miss, racking up 66 putouts, seven of which came against Jacksonville State on Feb. 27 … Recorded multiple hits in 11 contests, including two three-hit performances … Racked up two home runs and four RBIs in three plate appearances against Mercer on March 14.
2020 (Junior): Earned a start in all of her 22 appearances as a Golden Eagle…Marked a .232 batting average (13-for-56)…Tallied 14 runs, 13 hits, 12 RBI’s, seven stolen bases, two home runs, and two doubles…Recorded a four RBI game against Southern University (2/12/20), while adding two runs, two stolen bases, and a home run to her name…Against Jackson State (2/22/20), marked a .333 batting average, three hits, two runs, two RBI’s, and a home run.
2019 (Sophomore): Started 51 of the 52 games she competed in as a sophomore…Held a .362 batting average from a 51-for-141 mark at the plate…Led the team in multiple categories; batting average (.362), runs scored (52), hits (51), walks (39), on base pct. (.505), stolen bases (24), and was tied for first in home runs (nine) and total bases (87)…Ranked second on the team in slugging pct. (.617) and fourth on the team for runs batted in (26)…Started the season with a five game hitting streak and had a batting average over .500, totaling seven total hits, three RBI’s, two doubles and a home run…Against McNeese, tallied a 4-for-5 game with four RBIs, three runs, a home run, and a double…Finished the season with 13 multi-hit hit games.
2018 (Freshman): C-USA All-Freshman Team selection … Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2017-18 academic year … Started in all 55 of the Golden Eagles’ contests as a true freshman … Made all 55 starts as an outfielder … Went 49-for-147 at the plate, notching a .333 batting average … Recorded three doubles, two triples, five home runs, 22 runs batted in, 30 runs scored, 71 total bases, 17 walks, nine hit-by-pitches, seven sacrifice bunts, a .483 slugging percentage and a .434 on-base percentage … Stole 15 bases in just 17 attempts for a stolen base percentage of .882 … Defensively, recorded 81 putouts and a .976 fielding percentage … Led the team in runs scored, home runs, stolen bases and stolen base attempts and was tied as the team leader in total bases, hit-by-pitches, games played and games started … Also ranked top five on the team in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, hits, sacrifice bunts, plate appearances, triples, walks, runs batted in, stolen base percentage, plate appearances, fielding percentage and putouts … Recorded her first collegiate hit and multi-hit game versus UT Arlington (2/10) … Notched the first home run and multi-home run game of her Southern Miss career versus Southern University (4/10) … Recorded career-high three hit game twice, versus Saint Louis (3/2) and in game two of the double-header at UTSA (4/21) … Tallied a career-high four RBI game in game two of the double-header at UTSA (4/21) … Notched a career-high four stolen bases in game one of the double-header versus UTEP … Posted a career-long hitting streak (2/13-2/18) … Recorded a career-high two home runs, twice versus Southern University (4/10) and in game two of the double-header at UTSA (4/21).
High School: Lettered in softball all four years at Parklane Academy (McComb, Miss.) ... Helped lead the Pioneers to the MAIS AAAA Softball State Championship in 2015 ... Named First Team All-Conference 2014-2017, 2017 All-Star MVP, and 2017 Conference Player of the Year during her high school career ... Along with starting all four years in center field, she also lettered and started in basketball ... Was a part of the State All-Tournament Team and named First Team All-Conference while playing basketball.
Personal: Full name is Destini Moniki Brown ... Born on May 12, 1999 in McComb, Miss. ... Daughter of Adrian and T. Lynette Brown ... Has two brothers, Adrian and Quartez ... Majoring in bio-medical sciences.
Destini's Favorites
Conference USA All-Freshman Team (2018)
Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2017-18)
2021 (Senior): Selected as a Conference USA First Team All-Conference honoree following a stellar 2021 season … Started all 49 contests she competed in … Led Conference USA in stolen bases (35) and stolen bases per game (0.71) and finished the season ranked in the top-10 in the NCAA in both categories … Led Southern Miss with an OPS of .906 and finished her senior season with the most runs (43) and triples (3) of any Golden Eagle … Was strong defensively for Southern Miss, racking up 66 putouts, seven of which came against Jacksonville State on Feb. 27 … Recorded multiple hits in 11 contests, including two three-hit performances … Racked up two home runs and four RBIs in three plate appearances against Mercer on March 14.
2020 (Junior): Earned a start in all of her 22 appearances as a Golden Eagle…Marked a .232 batting average (13-for-56)…Tallied 14 runs, 13 hits, 12 RBI’s, seven stolen bases, two home runs, and two doubles…Recorded a four RBI game against Southern University (2/12/20), while adding two runs, two stolen bases, and a home run to her name…Against Jackson State (2/22/20), marked a .333 batting average, three hits, two runs, two RBI’s, and a home run.
2019 (Sophomore): Started 51 of the 52 games she competed in as a sophomore…Held a .362 batting average from a 51-for-141 mark at the plate…Led the team in multiple categories; batting average (.362), runs scored (52), hits (51), walks (39), on base pct. (.505), stolen bases (24), and was tied for first in home runs (nine) and total bases (87)…Ranked second on the team in slugging pct. (.617) and fourth on the team for runs batted in (26)…Started the season with a five game hitting streak and had a batting average over .500, totaling seven total hits, three RBI’s, two doubles and a home run…Against McNeese, tallied a 4-for-5 game with four RBIs, three runs, a home run, and a double…Finished the season with 13 multi-hit hit games.
2018 (Freshman): C-USA All-Freshman Team selection … Named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2017-18 academic year … Started in all 55 of the Golden Eagles’ contests as a true freshman … Made all 55 starts as an outfielder … Went 49-for-147 at the plate, notching a .333 batting average … Recorded three doubles, two triples, five home runs, 22 runs batted in, 30 runs scored, 71 total bases, 17 walks, nine hit-by-pitches, seven sacrifice bunts, a .483 slugging percentage and a .434 on-base percentage … Stole 15 bases in just 17 attempts for a stolen base percentage of .882 … Defensively, recorded 81 putouts and a .976 fielding percentage … Led the team in runs scored, home runs, stolen bases and stolen base attempts and was tied as the team leader in total bases, hit-by-pitches, games played and games started … Also ranked top five on the team in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, hits, sacrifice bunts, plate appearances, triples, walks, runs batted in, stolen base percentage, plate appearances, fielding percentage and putouts … Recorded her first collegiate hit and multi-hit game versus UT Arlington (2/10) … Notched the first home run and multi-home run game of her Southern Miss career versus Southern University (4/10) … Recorded career-high three hit game twice, versus Saint Louis (3/2) and in game two of the double-header at UTSA (4/21) … Tallied a career-high four RBI game in game two of the double-header at UTSA (4/21) … Notched a career-high four stolen bases in game one of the double-header versus UTEP … Posted a career-long hitting streak (2/13-2/18) … Recorded a career-high two home runs, twice versus Southern University (4/10) and in game two of the double-header at UTSA (4/21).
High School: Lettered in softball all four years at Parklane Academy (McComb, Miss.) ... Helped lead the Pioneers to the MAIS AAAA Softball State Championship in 2015 ... Named First Team All-Conference 2014-2017, 2017 All-Star MVP, and 2017 Conference Player of the Year during her high school career ... Along with starting all four years in center field, she also lettered and started in basketball ... Was a part of the State All-Tournament Team and named First Team All-Conference while playing basketball.
Personal: Full name is Destini Moniki Brown ... Born on May 12, 1999 in McComb, Miss. ... Daughter of Adrian and T. Lynette Brown ... Has two brothers, Adrian and Quartez ... Majoring in bio-medical sciences.
Destini's Favorites
- Favorite Food: Cheese Spaghetti
- Favorite Movie: Courageous
- Favorite Pro Team: Dallas Cowboys
- Favorite TV Show: The 100
- Favorite Book: Fahrenheit 451
- Favorite Pro Athlete: Andrew McCutchen
- Hobbies: Hunting, fishing and loving every day
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