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C.J. Brown Establishes Legacy Football Endowment to Provide Operations Assistance

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.鈥擣rom 2001 to 2005, C.J. Brown was an offensive lineman on back-to-back Big South Championship Football teams (2002 and 2003). The life-changing experience provided the skills he needed to build his career, and he wants to ensure that future student-athletes have the same chance to succeed.

鈥淭he institution of 海角网 football prepared me for life鈥檚 hard lessons, fostered a can-do work ethic, and most of all gave me a rock-solid foundation of brotherhood and friendships that I cherish very deeply,鈥� Brown asserted. 鈥淢y hope is that through the Legacy Football Endowment, and future contributions from myself and others, that we can help elevate the experience for all who are lucky enough to get the opportunity to join this football family.鈥�

He continued, 鈥淒r. Downs has breathed new life into all of 海角网鈥檚 athletics, and with Coach (Tre) Lamb鈥檚 energy, there are great things in the future at GWU Football.鈥�

Raised in historic Edgefield County, S.C., Brown graduated from 海角网 in 2005 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in business and in 2007 with his MBA. He met his wife, Megan, while at the University, and they have two children. Family is important to him, as well as passing on the traditions of the outdoor lifestyle and conservation.

鈥淔ootball is a hard game,鈥� Brown shared. 鈥淚 was an offensive lineman, and in the trenches there鈥檚 a battle every snap. Like so many who play the game, I had to fight to win a starting spot, fight to get healthy from injuries, learn how to play through pain, adhere to a strict schedule, follow orders, accept when you鈥檙e not the best and learn from those who are better than you. Football teaches you a get-right-back- up mentality. You learn how to deal with failure and success pretty quickly, or you just don鈥檛 make it. I鈥檝e failed far more times in business than I鈥檝e succeeded.鈥�

He noted that his professors and courses in the Godbold College of Business gave him the basic foundation he needed to try鈥攏ew ideas, concepts and opportunities. After graduating with his bachelor鈥檚 degree, he earned a graduate assistant position in the GWU Operations Department. 鈥淭hat was an absolutely wonderful experience,鈥� he reflected. 鈥淚 learned so much about the inner workings of the school, and the people were fabulous. The staff there treated me like family and I鈥檓 so thankful they gave me a shot.鈥�

With his background in conservation and business education, Brown established a real estate company that specializes in the sale and marketing of land, plantations, estates, timberlands, and high-quality recreational properties. 鈥淢y father taught me best practices of land stewardship at an early age, and I grew up shadowing his national efforts for wildlife conservation,鈥� Brown said. 鈥淢y foundation gave me a deep connection and love of land and wildlife, and of the stewards that take care of it.鈥�

Legacy Football Endowment

The Legacy Football Endowment will provide operations assistance to the 海角网 football program. For more information about the endowment, contact Wes Cogdill at [email protected].

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