In Carroll men's basketball history, there has only been one team to make the NAIA National Semifinals, and that team had just one senior, a 6-foot-6 senior from Helena High grad. 

In Andy Brown's senior year as a Bengal, he averaged 18.9 points and nine rebounds to lead the Class AA in scoring. After being highly recruited, he chose to stay at home in Helena and play for coach Gary Turcott. 

Brown came to Carroll during the most successful run in Carroll history, some of the greatest players in school history played during the stretch, including J.D. Solomon, Shane Gamradt, Kirk Stiles, Jeff Hays, Sinan Gular and Gary Lynch.  All of those players made an impact on the Carroll record book, but none of them were named the Frontier Conference MVP.

In Brown's freshman year, made an immediate impact. He contributed off of the bench, including a 14-point, 5-rebound performance against Montana Tech. The Saints made the trip to the NAIA National Tournament for the second-consecutive time where they fell to Science & Arts (Okla.) 68-61 in the first round. The Drovers went on to win the national title by averaging nearly 98 points a game the rest of the way. 

During his sophomore year, Brown was moved inside to the forward position where he excelled. He set the school record for field goal percentage at 70.3 percent, hitting 104-148 from the field. The Saints again made the trip to NAIA tournament where again they fell in the first round to LEE (Tenn.) 68-58.

The 2003-04 season started with a bang for the Saints, going 14-2 in the first 16 games but the Saints struggled down the stretch, going 7-8 in conference and galling to Montana Western 81-72 in the Frontier Conference tournament. It would be the only season that Brown didn't play in the NAIA National Tournament. 

Brown started every game for the Saints and averaged 11.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. He again led the Saints in shooting percentage at 55.6 percent, shooting 157-223 from the field. He received honorable mention all-conference honors. 

The bad taste of a subpar season was fresh in their minds to start the 2004-05 season and again started hot, winning 12 of their first 15 games, including a 76-75 win over Idaho State. Unlike the previous season, the Saints would keep the momentum going through conference play. 

Carroll dropped their first two conference games and didn't lose until the Frontier semifinals. After a disappointing 108-91 loss to Western in the Conference tournament, the Saints entered the NAIA championship with more to prove. 

The Saints dropped Concordia California 85-72 in the opening round. Brown scored 14 points on 5-11 shooting to help guide the Saints. In the second round, the Saints squeaked by Oklahoma City 66-65 Brown scored a team-high 14 points and added eight rebounds to lead the way in the win. 

In the round of eight, the Saints led wire-to-wire to earn the 67-57 win. Brown put up a game-high 19 points and seven rebounds to again lead the Saints in the win. The Saints made the first trip to the NAIA semifinals for any team from the Frontier Conference. 

After leading at the half, the Saints fell to John Brown University (Ark) 73-60, but the accolades didn't end for Brown. 

He was named the Frontier Conference MVP for the first time since Guy Almquist received the honor in 1996-97 and an NAIA Second-Team All-American. 

In the classroom, Brown also made an impact. The Biology major co-authored a report in the journal Northwestern Naturalist about the Alaskan Wood Frog with Carroll biology professor Grant Hokit. 

Brown resides in Helena.

He will be honored with the other inductees in at the Hall of Fame brunch Saturday Oct. 7 at 8:30 a.m. Tickets are still available for purchase here.