| Brooks Godwin |
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Joined the squad as a non-scholarship player in October of 2008.
High School
A 2008 graduate of Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem ... Played for coach Andy Muse, the brother of Wake Forest assistant Mike Muse, at Mount Tabor ... Named All-Central Piedmont Conference in 2007-08 after helping lead the Spartans to the state quarterfinals ... Mount Tabor finished 26-4 and won the conference regular season and tournament championships ... Team captain as a senior ... Received the team's Mr. Defense Award ... Named first team All-Forsyth County and received the team's Coaches Award as a junior ... Shot 59.8 percent from the floor as a junior and 55.3 percent as a senior ... Lists career game-highs as 36 points and 19 rebounds ... High school teammate of 2009 Deacon signee C.J. Harris and 2009 Yale recruit Mike Grace ... Earned two letters in basketball and three in baseball ... Three-year starter at catcher ... As a senior, helped the Spartans advance to the second round of the NCHSAA 4-A Baseball Tournament ... Member of the National Honor Society, an AP Scholar and a three-time North Carolina Scholar-Athlete ... Volunteered with the Red Cross and a member of the College Park Baptist Youth Group.
Personal
Given name is Benjamin Brooks Godwin ... Son of N'Earl and Robin Godwin ... Mother works in the Wake Forest Sports Medicine Department and played volleyball for the Demon Deacons ... In addition to his mother, a number of relatives have played college athletics ... Grandfather played football, wrestled and competed in track & field at VMI ... Uncle played football at Georgia Southern, while his great uncle played football at the University of Arkansas ... Aunt played volleyball at Presbyterian College ... Born March 7, 1990, in Winston-Salem, N.C. ... Major is undeclared.
