Feature Stories: 11/3/11 in Cardinal Clubhouse
As a Senior in 2011: Played in 64 sets as a middle blocker ... was 2-0-2 with a dig in the win over Notre Dame (9/2) ... posted four kills and tied her career-best with seven blocks at USC (9/24) ... went 7-0-8 (.875) with a career-high tying seven blocks versus Arizona (10/2) ... went 4-0-5 (.800) with two blocks and a dig in the win over WSU (10/14) ... tallied a season-high three digs to go with four blocks against No. 2 Washington (10/15) ... posted four kills and five blocks at Arizona (10/21) ... tallied four kills and five blocks in the win over USC (10/28) ... had three kills and five blocks in the win at Utah (11/5) ... recorded a season high 10 kills on a .368 hitting percentage with six blocks at Washington (11/11) ... hit a season high .500 (6-1-10) at WSU (11/13) ... tied her season high with 10 kills against Oregon (11/20) ... compiled five kills and eight blocks in two NCAA Tournament matches ... CoSIDA/Capital One First Team Academic All-America and First Team All-District VIII ... Pac-12 All-Academic First Team.
2011 Match-By-Match Statistics
As a Junior in 2010: Appeared in 54 sets at middle blocker, starting 15 matches, before suffering a season-ending knee injury versus UCLA on Nov. 5 ... led the team and was fifth in the Pac-10 with 1.13 blocks per set ... averaged 1.56 kills per set with a season-best .268 attack percentage ... put down her second career ace versus Oregon (10/2) ... registered a season high nine kills at USC (10/8) and at UCLA (10/9) ... totaled a career high nine blocks at UCLA (10/9) ... hit a season-best .571 (8-0-14) against Washington (10/15) ... recorded a season high three digs versus Cal (10/22) ... CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Third Team Academic All-American and First Team All-District VIII ... Pac-10 All-Academic First Team selection.
2010 Match-By-Match Statistics
As a Sophomore in 2009: Appeared in 109 sets for the Cardinal, making 22 starts ... finished third on the team with 0.82 blocks per set and fourth with 1.70 kills per set ... registered five double-digit kill matches ... recorded a career high 12 kills versus Denver (8/30) and matched that at Oregon (10/17) ... had a career high 31 attempts at Oregon State (10/16) ... hit a career-best .636 (7-0-11) against Weber State on (9/11) ... recorded her first career service ace at Cal (9/25) ... totaled five or more blocks seven times ... registered a career high seven blocks at Arizona (11/20) ... selected to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Second Team All-District VIII ... earned Second Team Pac-10 All-Academic honors.
2009 Match-By-Match Statistics
As a Redshirt Freshman in 2008: Appeared in 10 sets for the Cardinal ... contributed kills at Washington State (10/3) and at Arizona State (11/7) ... tallied five blocks on the year, including two against Arizona State (10/12) and one in her first career NCAA Tournament appearance against Albany (12/5).
2008 Match-By-Match Statistics
As a Freshman in 2007: Did not appear in competition for the Cardinal ... redshirted her first season on The Farm.
High School: A 2007 graduate of Monte Vista High School in Danville, Calif. ... spent freshman and sophomore years at Springfield High School in Holland, Ohio ... lettered three years in volleyball, missing final prep season due to a thumb injury ... captained the squad as a junior ... listed as one of the 2006 PrepVolleyball Top 100 Senior Aces (No. 16) ... named to the 2006 Volleyball Magazine Top 25 Underclassmen list ... part of Volleyball Magazine's Underclassmen to Watch list in 2004 and 2005 ... earned Volleyball Magazine Scholar-Athlete of the Month award in October 2006 ... named to PrepVolleyball's Class of 2007 Top 50 Recruits list in 2005 ... a two-time Tri-Valley Herald Prep Award recipient ... named to the East Bay Athletic League First Team in 2005 ... named to PrepVolleyball's Soph 79 in 2004 ... the Toledo Blade Super Sophomore in 2004 ... earned Northern Lakes League honors as a freshman and sophomore ... was honored on the District 7 (Ohio) First Team in 2003 and 2004.
Club Competition: Competed in the 2006 and 2007 USA Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships, leading her Vision Volleyball Club to a fifth-place open finish both years... played for three clubs due to family moves: Sports Performance (Illinois), Toledo Volleyball Club (Ohio) and Vision Volleyball Club (California) ... helped teams qualify (or double-qualify) for Junior Olympics Open Division each year, winning various national qualifiers and tournaments.
National Team Experience: A USA Youth and Junior National Team member from 2004 to 2006 ... led Team USA in blocking en route to the 2004 NORCECA gold medal in Puerto Rico ... attended the 2004 USA Holiday Camp and was trained by former Olympic and National Team Coach Toshi Yoshida and former Olympian Tara Cross-Battle.
Personal: Daughter of William and Barbara Browne ... Phi Beta Kappa and with University Distinction in Spring 2011 with a major in political science and a minor in psychology ...member of Psi Chi Psychology Honors Society ... currently working towards her master's in sociology ... considering a career in business, law or athletics ... brother, Scott, played Army Volleyball for four years at the United States Military Academy at West Point and just finished a year-long deployment to Afghanistan as a platoon leader ... enjoys shopping, movies, working out, reading, music and traveling ... full name is Stephanie Lauren Browne.
| Kills | 12, 2X, last at Oregon (10/17/09) |
| Attempts | 31, at Oregon State (10/16/09) |
| Aces | 1, 2X, last vs. Oregon (10/2/10) |
| Digs | 4, 3X, last at California (9/25/09) |
| Assists | 1, 3X, lastat Utah(11/5/11) |
| Blocks | 9, at UCLA (10/9/10) |
| Hitting Percentage | .636 (7-0-11), vs.Weber State (9/11/09) |