Donovan Brown

Player
Seasons: 2025-26
Number: 10
Position: G
Height: 6' 2“
Weight: 185
Hometown: Bolingbrook IL
High School: Plainfield Central
Prep School: none
Transfer From: Florida Tech
Birthday: ?

At UMass

Verbally committed on 3/31/25.¹⁾ Signed on 4/30/25.²⁾
Official roster page from UMass Athletics

2025-26 Season

Joined the Minutemen for his Senior season.
Get to know video
April '25: Discussed his UMass commitment

Pre-UMass

2024-25 Season

Played at Florida Tech (NCAA D-II) for his Junior season.
Appeared in 29 games, starting in 27.
Led the Panthers with 20.6 points, 3.3 assists, and 37.4 minutes per game. Played all 40 minutes 19 times.
Was first in the Sunshine State Conference in minutes per game, 3rd in scoring average, 12th in free throw percentage (.745), 14th in field goal percentage (.448), 17th from 3 (.363).
Scoring average in the SSC was just ahead of future UMass teammate Isaiah Placide.
Scored 23 and dished 5 vs Spring Hill (11/9).
Led all scorers versus D-I's Richmond (11/25), with 27 points.
Held to 4-15 shooting versus D-I's Ball State (11/26), finished with 14 points, but led FIT with 7 total rebounds, 6 defensive.
Led all scorers versus D-I's Southern Illinois (11/27), but held to 5-18 shooting.
Shot 7-12 from the field against PR-Bayamon (11/29).
Had a tough night (3-12) from the field, but a perfect 12-12 from the line, against North Greenville (11/30).
Had a monster game at Embry-Riddle (12/4), with career highs of 34 points and 15 made field goals.
Stayed hot with 10-17 shooting, and led all scorers with 25 points at D-I's Jacksonville (12/5).
Scored 26 points and dished 6 assists at D-I's FGCU (12/22).
Celebrated the new year with 28 points against Rollins (1/1).
Shot 8-14 at Rollins (2/5), finished with 19 points, and snared 5 rebounds.
Shot 6-10 from 3, 10-15 overall, finished with 28 points, and pulled in a season-high 8 boards against Barry (2/8).
Kept it going in the next two, with 11-21 shooting and 29 points at Lynn (2/12), and then 8-14 and 26 points against Tampa (2/19).
Roster page and stats at FloridaTechSports.com.

In 5 games versus Division-I teams:

Date	Opponent	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	%	3FGM	3FGA	%	FTM	FTA	%	PTS	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	T/O	BLK	STL	PF
11/25/24	vs Richmond	*	40	10	24	.417	3	9	.333	4	5	.800	27	1	3	4	4	4	0	1	1
11/26/24	vs Ball State	*	35	4	15	.267	1	6	.167	5	6	.833	14	1	6	7	3	5	0	1	0
11/27/24	vs Southern Illinois	*	40	5	18	.278	2	6	.333	5	5	1.000	17	0	2	2	1	5	1	1	2
12/5/24	at Jacksonville	*	38	10	17	.588	1	2	.500	4	4	1.000	25	1	4	5	3	2	1	0	1
12/22/24	at FGCU	*	40	8	18	.444	2	6	.333	8	9	.889	26	2	4	6	6	5	0	0	4
Averages		*	38.6	7.4	18.4	.402	1.8	5.8	.310	5.2	5.8	.897	21.8	1.0	3.8	4.8	3.4	4.2	0.4	0.6	1.6

2023-24 Season

Did an in-conference transfer to Waubonsee Community College (JuCo) for his Sophomore season.
Started in every game in the Chiefs' 28-5 season.
Led the team in scoring with 17.0 points per game.
Shot nearly 60% (.598) from 2-point territory, and .330 from 3-point. Shot .783 from the line.
Put up 25-6-5 at Indiana Elite (12/2).
Set his season high with 29 points, and led all scorers, against Elgin (1/18). Also hit 5 threes, rebounded 8 and dished 6.
Hit a season-high 12 field goals and scored 27 points at Oakton (1/23). Also rebounded 6.
Put up 14-11-7, with only 1 turnover, against Wilbur Wright College (2/3).
Shot 5-8 from 3 and scored 22 points overall vs Prairie State (his former team) on 2/6.
Double-double of 28 & 11 at Moraine Valley (2/22). Shot 5-10 from three.
Put up 18-5-6, including 12-16 from the line, at McHenry County College (3/3).
Hit 8 field goals, 7 free throws, and scored 25 points vs South Suburban College (3/9).
Roster page and stats at GoChiefs.com.

2022-23 Season

Donovan Brown roster photo 2022-23 Prarie State

Played at Prairie State College (JuCo) in Illinois for his Freshman season.
Appeared in 29 of the Pioneers' 31 games, started in three.
Fourth on the team in scoring with 330 points, best among the freshmen.
Put up 14-7-4 against Malcom X College (12/13).
Put up 20 points and a season-high 8 rebounds against Waubonsee (1/19).
Scored a season-high 32 points, with a hot 9-14 from three / 11-17 overall shooting performance at Oakton (1/24). Also pulled in 6 rebounds.
Scored 20 points and dished 5 assists against McHenry County College (2/2).
Shot 6-10 from the floor and 6-7 from the line, totaling 20 points, against Morton College (2/9).
Stats from NJCAA.

Stats

Season	Team	Conf	G	GS	MP	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	PTS	PPG	ORB	DRB	TRB	RPG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FO
2022-23	Prairie State	JuCo	29	3	?	?	118	272	.434	46	134	.343	72	138	.522	.518	48	62	.774	330	11.4	18	64	82	2.8	54	16	3	44	35	0
2023-24	Waubonsee	JuCo	33	33	?	?	205	422	.486	58	176	.330	147	246	.598	.555	94	120	.783	562	17.0	23	134	157	4.8	94	40	7	51	32	1
2024-25	Florida Tech	D-II	29	27	1086	37.4	205	472	.434	55	156	.353	150	316	.475	.493	131	173	.757	596	20.6	23	101	124	4.3	96	27	7	98	52	0
Total	Career		91	63	–	–	528	1166	.453	159	466	.341	369	700	.527	.521	273	355	.769	1488	16.4	64	299	363	4.0	244	83	17	193	119	1

Data for Minutes Played in JuCo game logs are incomplete.
Our stats for Brown's Florida Tech season include the Nov. 25-27 games, which FIT counts as exhibitions, but the D-I opponents in those games count as regular games in their stats.

Career Highs

	pre-UMass (with FL Tech unless otherwise noted)
Points	34 - at Embry-Riddle (12/4/24)
Field Goals	15 - at Embry-Riddle (12/4/24)
Field Goals Att.	27 - vs Spring Hill (11/9/24)
3-Point FG	9 - Prairie State at Oakton CC (1/24/23)
3-Point FG Att.	14 - Prairie State at Oakton CC (1/24/23)
Free Throws	12 - North Greenville (11/30/24)
Free Throw Att.	16 - Waubonsee at McHenry County Coll (3/3/24)
Rebounds	11 - Wilbur Wright Coll at Waubonsee (2/3/24)
Rebounds	11 - Waubonsee at Moraine Valley CC (2/22/24)
Assists	7 - Morton Coll at Waubonsee (1/21/24)
Assists	7 - Wilbur Wright Coll at Waubonsee (2/3/24)
Blocks	2 - Barry (2/8/25)
Steals	4 - Harper College at Waubonsee (1/27/24)
Minutes	40 - 17 times, last Palm Beath Atl. (2/26/25)

Pre-College

Attended Plainfield Central HS in Plainfield IL.
2022 All-Area First Team, Illinois All-State Special Mention.
Graduated in 2022.

Personal

Son of Diana Prince-Brown and Donald Brown.

External links

Twitter: @DavidDB2x
Instagram: @yoodonovan

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¹⁾

https://x.com/jakelieberman2/status/1906707367024095467

²⁾

https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/4/30/mens-basketball-massachusetts-basketball-officially-announces-eight-signees-in-the-class-of-2025

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