MARQUIS BROWN OF TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY has been named SCAC Men's Track Athlete of the Year for his outstanding performance all year long.

Brown, a freshman from Refugio, Texas, led Texas Lutheran to an overall second place finish in the team's inaugural year as a varsity program. He finished first in both the 200 and 400 meters in times of 22.00 and 49.09, respectively. He was fifth in the 100m with a time of 11.19. Brown also was a member of the winning 4x100 relay which finished in a time of 43.01 and the second-place 4x400 relay that broke the tape in a time of 3:24.71. All of his performances this season have set school records and he currently ranks 25th in the 200 meters and 13th in the 400 meters in all of Division III.

Brown, who was also named Male Athlete-of-the-Meet at the 2015 SCAC championships, becomes the first TLU athlete to earn Track Athlete-of-the-Year honors. He picked up four votes from the coaches while Trinity's Taylor Piske earned the remaining vote.