Steve Brown

Steve Brown

Class of 2010
Inducted in 2022

Steve Brown ’10 finished his career by earning All-America honors in the 110-meter hurdles in men’s track & field.  As a sophomore, he was second in the 110-meter hurdles as OWU won the All-Ohio outdoor title and won All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors with a third in the 110-meter hurdles as OWU won the NCAC outdoor championship.  As a junior, he won the NCAC title in the 55-meter hurdles with a :07.66 as OWU repeated as NCAC indoor champion.  At the NCAA Division III championship meet, he placed ninth in the 55-meter hurdles.  Outdoors, he won the 110-meter hurdles with a meet-record time of :14.73 and helped the 400-meter relay team to a third-place finish and All-Ohio status to help OWU win the team title.  At the NCAC outdoor championship meet, he won the 110-meter hurdles in :14.84 and helped the 400-meter relay team to a second-place finish as OWU defended its conference championship.  His senior year, he won the 55-meter hurdles in a meet- and OWU-record :07.59 to help OWU win the indoor All-Ohio title, then won the 55-meter hurdles in :07.65 as OWU won its third straight NCAC title.  He competed at the NCAA Division III championship meet, placing 18th in the 55-meter hurdles.  Outdoors, he won the 110-meter hurdles in :14.48, setting meet and OWU records, to help OWU win the team title.  At the NCAC championship, he was second in the 110-meter hurdles and fourth in the 200-meter dash, helping OWU win its third straight title.  He won All-America honors with a third-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles in a school-record :14.28 at the NCAA Division III championship.  He was named USTFCCA Great Lakes Regional Track Athlete of the Year.  He was a 3-time NCAC individual champion and a 5-time All-NCAC honoree, and was a member of 1 NCAC champion relay team and 2 All-NCAC relay teams as well as a 3-time All-Ohio individual champion and a 5-time All-Ohio honoree, and was a member of 2 All-Ohio relay teams.  He was part of 6 conference championship teams and 4 All-Ohio championship teams.  He also lettered in football for 3 years and won the Jay Martin Award as OWU’s top senior male student-athlete.