UTEP Miners

Played right guard at Chapin High School as a sophomore and senior ... missed eight games of his junior year with an ankle injury ... second team All-District player ... member of a 12-1 squad that was the district, regional and bi-district champion his sophomore year ... the strongest player on the Chapin team, he bench presses 335 pounds ... coached by Rene Hernandez at Chapin ... standout performer on the Chapin track and field team ... made the regional finals in the shot put and discus with personal bests of 45 feet and 149 feet, respectively ... received the inaugural Ruben Solis Academic Award, named for the former Chapin High School football star who died in a car accident ... full name is Joseph Daniel Brown ... parents are Thomas and Sylvia Brown ... father is a UTEP graduate ... has two brothers and one sister ... born 7/28/91 (El Paso, Texas).