Sports Award Inductees

Brown, Phil

Baseball

Graduation Year:

1971

Bio:

Western Hills

  • Baseball, 3 varsity letters
  • All-PHSL, All-City, 1970, 1971; 4th in city in hitting with .444 avg., 1971
  • Captain senior year
  • Regional runner-up, 1970, 1971
  • Wilson Freight Team, 2nd in Connie Mack World Series
  • Maroon W
  • Hi Y
  • Mr. Western Hills, 1971

University of Cincinnati

  • Baseball 4 years, started 3 years
  • Co-Captain, 1975
  • Qualified for NCAA Tournament, 1974
  • Received "Jimmy Nippert Award" for top student athlete scholar

Bogart's Softball Team; Rocky's Softball Team

Charles Lipps & Sons Softball State Champs, 1984

Avoca Park Softball State Champs, 1990

Cincinnati Softball "Player of the Year," 1984

Columbia Parkway YMCA Youth Program Director, 1984-1992

Coaching Career

  • Head Elder Freshman Baseball Coach, 1994-1997
  • Assistant Elder Varsity Baseball Coach, 1998-present; helped coach 2 state championship teams, 1999, 2005
  • Voted Assistant Coach of the Year by Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association, 2008