University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2017 Softball Roster
Brown, Victoria
Jersey Number 32
Victoria Brown
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- La Porte, Texas
- High School:
- Clear Lake HS
- Prev School:
- Arkansas
Bio
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2016)
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2013)
2017 (Senior)
Appeared in four games, all in relief…yielded just three hits and held foes scoreless over 3-2/3 innings of work…helped close out a shutout in three of the four appearances…did not allow a hit and struck out four combined over the final two relief efforts…worked the final inning on opening day vs. Iowa State to close out freshman Alyssa Denham’s first career victory…notched a season-high three strikeouts during inning of relief vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Mar. 5…final appearance of her career came in Game 1 vs. Coastal Carolina on Apr. 29...held Coastal hitless and preserve Alex Stewart’s shutout that moved the Cajuns within a win of the Sun Belt Conference championship.
2016 (Redshirt Junior)
Returned to action after missing entire 2015 season (knee injury) … posted a 3-0 record and limited foes to 10 earned runs over 26 2-/3 innings … nine of 11 appearances came in relief, including final eight outings … worked two-plus innings in six of the last seven appearances, and eight of 11 overall … yielded just one extra base hit, and four hits total in eight innings, in her two starts (Ball State, Alcorn State) … recorded 20 strikeouts, reaching the benchmark for the third time in her career and increasing her career total to 93 … allowed only six walks and issued just two walks over her final 16 innings in the circle … started and won the season opener in Gulf Shores vs. Ball State … posted a career-high 10 strikeouts and tossed her first career no-hitter in a start vs. Alcorn State (Feb. 28) … the 10 strikeouts vs. Alcorn State were tied for the second-highest output by a Cajuns pitcher in 2016 (Kylee Jo Trahan vs. Rutgers on Feb. 26 and Alex Stewart vs. Texas A&M on May 22) … hurled four innings of scoreless relief over two appearances at Georgia State … escaped a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the fifth inning of Game 2 at GSU on April 9 with only one inherited runner scoring …pitched scoreless relief the final two innings and was credited with the win after the Cajuns erased a 5-4 deficit in the seventh inning on a two-run home run by DJ Sanders … matched her season-high relief innings total by pitching three innings in Game 2 of the Saturday doubleheader at No. 1 Florida (April 16) and the series finale at Georgia Southern (May 1) … earned the save in her first career NCAA Tournament appearance on May 20 at Lamson Park, pitching the final two innings after Boston University had trimmed the lead to 7-4.
2015 (Junior)
Did not play due to injury.
2014 (Sophomore)
Posted a 6-1 record with a 2.79 ERA in 13 appearances and four starts on the season … struck out 33 batters while giving up 36 hits, 17 earned runs and 17 walks in 42.2 innings … held opponents to an average of .217 … recorded a career-high seven strikeouts in a complete game against ULM (5/9) in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament semifinals … helped the Ragin’ Cajuns to a doubleheader sweep on the road over No. 14 Baylor (4/22), throwing 4.0 scoreless innings with two strikeouts while allowing three hits and two walks … allowed zero runs on just two hits with five strikeouts in 5.0 innings against UT Arlington (4/26).
2013 (Redshirt Freshman)
Went 9-2 with a 3.79 ERA (37 ER, 68.1 IP) and 40 strikeouts in 21 appearances (13 starts) … recorded one save … became the Cajuns’ number two starter midway through the season … tossed one complete game against Louisiana Tech (3/13) ... tossed 9.1 innings in a ten inning game against Western Kentucky (5/11), starting the game, exiting for two outs and then reentering to finish the game … made her collegiate debut in relief against Lipscomb (2/9), tossing 3.0 innings and picking up her first career save … won her first game, picking up a relief win against Mississippi Valley State (2/15) ... won her first career start, beating Hofstra (2/23), tossing 4.0 innings and allowing just two runs on six hits and picking up a season-high four strikeouts.
Prior To Louisiana (Arkansas)
Redshirted at Arkansas for the 2012 season before transferring to Louisiana.
High School
Three time letterwinner at Clear Lake High School in Houston, Texas … led Clear Lake High School to a berth in the 2011 Texas Class 5A state playoffs to end her senior campaign … she was named first team all-district and most valuable player as a junior with the Falcons … earned second team all-district honors as well as a first-place ranking for the lowest ERA by the Houston Chronicle … in the summer of 2006, she was the youngest participant to try out for the U.S. Olympic Team.
Personal
Born on April 12, 1993 in La Porte, Texas … daughter of Timothy Brown and Monica Jimenez … has two sisters, Jaquie Jimenez and Destinee West … a sociology major.
Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll (2013)
2017 (Senior)
Appeared in four games, all in relief…yielded just three hits and held foes scoreless over 3-2/3 innings of work…helped close out a shutout in three of the four appearances…did not allow a hit and struck out four combined over the final two relief efforts…worked the final inning on opening day vs. Iowa State to close out freshman Alyssa Denham’s first career victory…notched a season-high three strikeouts during inning of relief vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Mar. 5…final appearance of her career came in Game 1 vs. Coastal Carolina on Apr. 29...held Coastal hitless and preserve Alex Stewart’s shutout that moved the Cajuns within a win of the Sun Belt Conference championship.
2016 (Redshirt Junior)
Returned to action after missing entire 2015 season (knee injury) … posted a 3-0 record and limited foes to 10 earned runs over 26 2-/3 innings … nine of 11 appearances came in relief, including final eight outings … worked two-plus innings in six of the last seven appearances, and eight of 11 overall … yielded just one extra base hit, and four hits total in eight innings, in her two starts (Ball State, Alcorn State) … recorded 20 strikeouts, reaching the benchmark for the third time in her career and increasing her career total to 93 … allowed only six walks and issued just two walks over her final 16 innings in the circle … started and won the season opener in Gulf Shores vs. Ball State … posted a career-high 10 strikeouts and tossed her first career no-hitter in a start vs. Alcorn State (Feb. 28) … the 10 strikeouts vs. Alcorn State were tied for the second-highest output by a Cajuns pitcher in 2016 (Kylee Jo Trahan vs. Rutgers on Feb. 26 and Alex Stewart vs. Texas A&M on May 22) … hurled four innings of scoreless relief over two appearances at Georgia State … escaped a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the fifth inning of Game 2 at GSU on April 9 with only one inherited runner scoring …pitched scoreless relief the final two innings and was credited with the win after the Cajuns erased a 5-4 deficit in the seventh inning on a two-run home run by DJ Sanders … matched her season-high relief innings total by pitching three innings in Game 2 of the Saturday doubleheader at No. 1 Florida (April 16) and the series finale at Georgia Southern (May 1) … earned the save in her first career NCAA Tournament appearance on May 20 at Lamson Park, pitching the final two innings after Boston University had trimmed the lead to 7-4.
2015 (Junior)
Did not play due to injury.
2014 (Sophomore)
Posted a 6-1 record with a 2.79 ERA in 13 appearances and four starts on the season … struck out 33 batters while giving up 36 hits, 17 earned runs and 17 walks in 42.2 innings … held opponents to an average of .217 … recorded a career-high seven strikeouts in a complete game against ULM (5/9) in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament semifinals … helped the Ragin’ Cajuns to a doubleheader sweep on the road over No. 14 Baylor (4/22), throwing 4.0 scoreless innings with two strikeouts while allowing three hits and two walks … allowed zero runs on just two hits with five strikeouts in 5.0 innings against UT Arlington (4/26).
2013 (Redshirt Freshman)
Went 9-2 with a 3.79 ERA (37 ER, 68.1 IP) and 40 strikeouts in 21 appearances (13 starts) … recorded one save … became the Cajuns’ number two starter midway through the season … tossed one complete game against Louisiana Tech (3/13) ... tossed 9.1 innings in a ten inning game against Western Kentucky (5/11), starting the game, exiting for two outs and then reentering to finish the game … made her collegiate debut in relief against Lipscomb (2/9), tossing 3.0 innings and picking up her first career save … won her first game, picking up a relief win against Mississippi Valley State (2/15) ... won her first career start, beating Hofstra (2/23), tossing 4.0 innings and allowing just two runs on six hits and picking up a season-high four strikeouts.
Prior To Louisiana (Arkansas)
Redshirted at Arkansas for the 2012 season before transferring to Louisiana.
High School
Three time letterwinner at Clear Lake High School in Houston, Texas … led Clear Lake High School to a berth in the 2011 Texas Class 5A state playoffs to end her senior campaign … she was named first team all-district and most valuable player as a junior with the Falcons … earned second team all-district honors as well as a first-place ranking for the lowest ERA by the Houston Chronicle … in the summer of 2006, she was the youngest participant to try out for the U.S. Olympic Team.
Personal
Born on April 12, 1993 in La Porte, Texas … daughter of Timothy Brown and Monica Jimenez … has two sisters, Jaquie Jimenez and Destinee West … a sociology major.
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