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Evan was born into a family of avid sailors and spent much of her earlyyears cruising around Florida and the Bahamas, and became acompetitive sailor at the age of 8. She raced optis' for severalyears, progressing to national and international competitions, inwhich she represented the United States. She became an avid matchracer at age 15 and was ranked as high as 37th in the world in theISAF Women's Rankings. Most recently, she was a member of the UnitedStates Sailing Team and represented the USA in the pre-Olympics inBeijing. At Stanford, she has "had the privelege to sail with someamazing crews including alum Joanna Madsen, current senior CarrieDenning and All-American Kelly McKenna." She is a captain on the 2007/08 team and A-division women's skipper, "and I can't wait for an amazing season!"
Accomplishments:
2004-2005:
1st place B-division Nationals, crew
2005-2006:
7th singlehanded nationals
4th women's nationals, A-division skipper
All PCCSC Team
All-American Honorable Mention
2006-2007:
5th singlehanded nationals
3rd women's nationals, A-division skipper
All PCCSC Team
All-American
Getting to Know Evan Brown
Major: Human Biology
Favorite Movie: Big Trouble
Favorite Book: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Favorite Food: sushi
Parents: Kathryn Whitehead and Gary Brown
Last Updated: November 26, 2007