Gunnar Brown
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- Sport(s):
- Men's Basketball
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- Years Played:
- 1996-00
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- Year Inducted:
- 2019
Brown was a four-year member of the Bellevue men's basketball team and a consistent award winner for his basketball prowess.
After earning MCAC Freshman of the Year honors during the 1996-97 season, he followed up by being named a back-to-back first team all-MCAC and honorable mention All-American in 1997-98 and 1998-99. His career culminated with him earning 1999-00 honorable mention all-MCAC accolades and the Bellevue University Athlete of the Year Award.
Nearly 20 years after wrapping up his BU career, he remains the Bruins' all-time leader in both three-point field goals made (415) and free throw percentage (86.2 percent). Brown ranks third all-time among Bellevue's leaders with 1,782 points for a career scoring average of 14.7 points per game.
Additionally, he is one of just 13 Bellevue players to accumulate 100 career steals and ranks among the program leaders in field goals made (4th, 552), games played (5th, 121), and free throws made (6th, 263). In 1998-99, he was named to the Omaha World-Herald's NAIA all-Nebraska first team.
Brown ranks both first and second in most three-point field goals made in a season, draining 129 during the 1997-98 season and following that up with 125 more during the 1998-99 campaign. Similarly, he ranks fourth (87.9, 1998-99), fifth (87.5, 1999-00), and sixth (86.5, 1997-98) for single-season free throw percentage at BU.
