Marcus Brown Season 2011-12

Career Highlights • MEAC Champion, Outdoor Shot Put (2011) • MEAC Champion, Indoor Shot Put (2011) • All-ACC, Indoor Shot Put (2013) Clemson Highlights• Ranks fifth in Clemson history in the indoor shot put & seventh in the outdoor shot put. 2012-13 Highlights • Red-shirted the outdoor season • ACC runner-up at the indoor conference meet in the shot put, he put together a career-best mark of 57’6.25” • His mark moved him to fifth in Clemson’s all-time record books for the indoor shot put 2011-12 Outdoor Highlights • Fifth-place finisher at the ACC Championships in the shot put with season-best mark of 56’9.5” • Qualified in the shot put for the NCAA East Preliminary Round • Had team’s top mark in the discus, 156’10” at the Jim Click Shootout 2011-12 Indoor Highlights • Fifth-place finisher at the ACC Championships in the shot put with season-best mark of 56’11.5” • Also competed at ACCs in the weight throw, finishing ninth • Best weight throw mark on the season was a personal best, 56’1” at the Tiger Paw Invitational 2009-11 Highlights (at Maryland-Eastern Shore) • Won gold medal in the shot put at the 2011 MEAC Indoor and Outdoor Championships, with a top throw of 56’5.75″ (17.21m) at the indoor meet in February • Took home 2011 MEAC runner-up honors in the 35-pound weight throw indoors • Performed well at the 2011 Florida Relays with a mark of 55’0.75″; he finished third in the university division at the prestigious meet • Finished sixth at the IC4A Championships in the shot put in 2011 • MEAC Rookie-of-the-Year in 2010; won conference’s discus crown as a freshman • Two-time team MVP for the Hawks Quince Orchard High School Highlights • Earned all-state, all-country and Washington Post All-Metropolitan honors • Two-time team MVP, he was also the Washington Post Athlete-of-the-Year as a high school senior • Won three state championships, two in the shot put and one in the discus • Earned three varsity letters in track & field and two in football • Helped football team to 2007 state championship at the AAAA level and track team to 2008 crown Personal • Born 5/11/91 • Majoring in psychology • Has four brothers and was born in Washington, D.C. • Transferred to Clemson after two years at Maryland-Eastern Shore and enrolled mid-year in 2011-12 Best Collegiate Marks • Shot Put – 57’6.25”/17.53m • Discus – 162’4”/49.48m • Weight Throw – 56’1”/17.11m