Texas State Recruit Prestin Brown Selected To Play On USA Junior National Team

Brown is one of 45 graduating high school players selected to play on the team

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May 21, 2009

Texas State signee Prestin Brown has been selected to play for USA Football's 2009 Junior National Team which will compete in the sport's first junior world championship this summer. The 6-3, 242-pound defensive end from Grand Prairie High School is one of 45 graduating high school seniors soon to enter 32 college football programs who will play on America's first national team in the sport comprised of players aged 19 and under.

USA Football, an independent non-profit and the sport's national governing body on youth and amateur levels, has built America's first Junior National Team in the sport to compete in the eight-nation, four-continent 2009 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Junior World Championship in Canton, Ohio, from June 27-July 5. National football teams from Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and Sweden have qualified to join the United States to pursue the sport's first world championship on the international junior level (19 and under).

USA Football's Junior National Team is led by CHUCK KYLE, head coach of Cleveland St. Ignatius High School, who has led his Wildcats to 10 of Ohio's past 21 state titles, including two USA TODAY "national championships."

"Prestin Brown is a good, smart football player who has all the qualities, both athletically and academically, that we look for when we recruit student-athletes at Texas State," Texas State head coach Brad Wright said. "He was named First-Team All-District and First-Team Academic All-District during his senior year while playing for Coach Gary Bartel (of Grand Prairie High School).

"We are extremely proud to have Prestin selected to play for USA Football's Junior National Team and we're honored to have him represent Texas State in Canton."

Named first-team all-district in football and an academic all-district selection, Brown starred on the gridiron while also earning letters in wrestling and track in each of the past three years. The strong-side defensive end is a National Honor Society member.

 

 

With national football federations in existence worldwide for decades, IFAF, the sport's international federation, was created in 1998 to organize and further develop the game through global cooperation and competition. All IFAF Junior World Championship games will be played in Canton's historic Fawcett Stadium, home of the NFL's annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, adjacent to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Action kicks off on Saturday, June 27, and continues on Wednesday, July 1 and Saturday, July 4, before the Championship Game on Sunday, July 5.

All-day general admission IFAF Junior World Championship tickets are $10; reserved tickets to all 12 tournament games are $50 and are available at www.jwcfootball.com and via phone at 1-800-574-5874.

All-inclusive travel packages to Canton with tournament game tickets are available at www.usafootball.com/jwc/tickets or by calling 1-888-310-4255 (Continental U.S. and Canada).