The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Men's Basketball signs J'Covan Brown to National Letter of Intent
04.22.2008 | Men's Basketball
AUSTIN, Texas -- Combo guard J'Covan Brown (Port Arthur, Texas) has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball next season at The University of Texas, head coach Rick Barnes announced today. Brown will join the Longhorns for the 2008-09 season.
Brown (6-2, 180), who spent his junior and senior seasons at Port Arthur Memorial High School, is ranked as the No. 40 high school prospect in the nation by Scout.com and the No. 42 prospect by Rivals.com. As a senior at Memorial, he averaged 29.9 points per game while playing in 11 contests.
Brown earned all-state and all-region honors along with first-team All-District 21-5A accolades during his junior year, leading Memorial to a 29-6 record while averaging 27 points, six assists, five rebounds and three steals per game. He posted a career-high 50 points in a non-district game at Spring Westfield HS.
Brown played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Beaumont Kelly High School and led the Bulldogs to back-to-back 6A TAPPS (Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools) state titles. He averaged 25 points, seven assists and six rebounds per contest while earning first-team all-state honors as a sophomore. In his freshman year, Brown averaged 20.3 points, seven assists and four rebounds per game while earning second-team all-state accolades.
