Pepperdine University Athletics

RECORD BOOK:
Career:
T-3^rd – 3.37 hitting percentage
Season:
6^th - .365 hitting percentage (2022)
 
AWARDS:
All-WCC first team – 2022, 2020
All-WCC second team – 2021
WCC Freshman of the Year – 2020
WCC Offensive Player of the Week – 9/12/22
WCC Defensive Player of the Week – 2/22/21, 8/30/21
 
PEPPERDINE CAREER: Has played in 288 total sets with the Waves, starting in 76 matches throughout her career … Has produced 2.52 kills/set on an impressive .337 hitting percentage, having amassed 727 total kills … Has posted 60 aces for 0.21 aces/set and 196 digs for 0.68 digs/set … Tallied 254 total blocks, including 24 solo rejections to average 0.88 blocks/set … Has led the Waves in blocks in 36 matches throughout her career, hitting percentage in 34 matches, kills in 14 matches and aces in 11 matches … Posted a career-high .667 hitting percentage with 12 kills on 18 errorless swings against Pacific (10/6/22) and a career-best 17 kills on three occasions, with the last having been against Washington State (9/16/22) … Posted a career-high eight blocks twice, with the last having been at Georgia (8/28/21) … Marked a career-best five aces against LMU (11/11/22).
 
PEPPERDINE 2022: Was named to the U.S. Women’s Collegiate National Team in the summer … One of three Waves to have played and started in all 111 sets of the teams 30 matches played … Third on the team with 2.81 kills/set on a team-best .365 success rate after posting 312 kills with only 80 errors on 636 swings … Second on the team with 0.92 blocks and 0.29 aces per set after totaling 102 blocks with eight solo rejections and 32 aces … Led the team after hitting double-figure kills in 19 matches … Led the team in blocks in 14 matches, hitting percentage in 13 matches, kills in 10 matches and aces in nine matches … Posted a season-high .667 hitting percentage with 12 kills on 18 errorless swings against Pacific (10/6) … Had a season-best 17 kills twice - in four sets against Tulsa (8/26) and in five sets against Washington State (9/16) … Produced a team-high season-best five aces against LMU (11/11) and seven blocks twice – against Cal Poly (9/8) and Saint Mary’s (11/3).
 
PEPPERDINE 2021: Started in 25 matches for the Waves, totaling 96 sets played … Tallied 220 kills on a .304 clip … Second on the team in services aces, delivering 26 … Posted eight matches with double-figure kills … Led the Waves in blocks in 13 matches, aces in nine matches, hitting percentage in eight matches and kills in three matches … Had a season-best 17 kills against Cal Poly (9/12) on a .500 hitting percentage ...  Added a season-best hitting percentage of .636 against Santa Clara (11/20). 

PEPPERDINE 2020: One of six Waves to have played and started in all 81 sets of the squad’s 21 total matches … Second on the team with 0.88 blocks per set … Amassed 2.41 kills per set on a team-high .331 hitting percentage … Led the Waves in hitting percentage in 13 matches, blocks in nine matches, and kills and aces once … Posted double-figure kills in nine matches … Marked a season-high 16 kills at Portland (3/12) and a .588 hitting percentage with 12 kills and two errors on 17 swings against San Francisco (1/27) … Added a season-best eight blocks against Pacific (2/16) … *The 2020 season was played in the Spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
CLUB: Played for Seal Beach 17’s and 18’s, Tstreet 15’s and 16’s and OCVBV 13’s and 14’s throughout the years … With Seal Beach 17’s, helped the squad to qualify for Nationals on two occasions and finished top-11 in the nation … Earned PrepVolleyball’s All-American 3^rd team lists … For Tstreet 15’s, helped her squad finish 3^rd at Nationals in the American Division and earned a spot on the all-Tournament team … Also played at the USAV Youth A1 White in Tulsa, Okla. in 2018.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif. in 2020 … Lettered three seasons for MDHS as a middle blocker and opposite under Head Coach Dan O’Dell in the Trinity League … Throughout her career, played in 355 total sets and collected 822 kills, a .385 hitting percentage, 252 total blocks with 43 solos and eight aces … As a senior, garnered All-State first team, All-CIF first team, All-County first team and All-Trinity League first team honors, as well as UnderArmour All-American third team honors … She was #86 on the Senior Aces list and was a recipient of the Mater Dei Andi Collins Award … As a junior, she earned All-Trinity League second team honors and as a sophomore picked up All-Trinity League second team and a Durango Tournament co-MVP honor … Helped her team to Trinity League Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019, as well as CIF Championship crowns in 2017 and 2018 and a runner-up finish in 2019 … Helped lead her team to State Championship and National Championship crowns in 2018 and were State runners-up in 2017 … Also earned the Academic Excellence Award all eight semesters for maintaining a grade point average of 4.0 and above.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in business administration … Daughter of Gerran and Sarah Brown … Has two siblings, Betsy and Joe … Her father, Gerran, played football at New Mexico and her brother, Joe, rowed at Santa Clara … When asked why she chose Pepperdine, stated: “I chose Pepperdine for its equally excellent academics and athletics, the beautiful view and school and the overall family feeling of being home when I stepped foot on campus.”
 
FAVORITES: Mike Trout (pro athlete) … Los Angeles Angels (pro team) … Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (book) … Mamma Mia (movie) … The Office (tv show) … Surfaces (musical artist) … watermelon (food) … baseball (sport other than volleyball) … baking, crafting, journaling, traveling, hiking, swimming and yoga (hobbies).