Background
Bown was born in Orange, California, and calls Yorba Linda, California home.
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Bown was born in Orange, California, and calls Yorba Linda, California home.
Bown attended University of California, Santa Barbara, for two seasons, where her squad advanced the National Collegiate Athletic Association regional finals in 1997. In her sophomore campaign, she was named to the all-Big West first team after finishing the season ranked ninth nationally in hitting percentage (384).
She transferred to the University of Hawaiʻi in 1998 where she was named an American Volleyball Coaches Association First Team All-American and was the 1998 and 1999 Women's Army Corps Player of the Year. In 1998, she ranked first in the Women's Army Corps in hitting percentage (389) and blocking (169) and led the team in kills in 24 matches.
She had a career-high 30 kills versus
Brigham Young University-Hawaii. As a senior in 1999, she repeated as the Women's Army Corps Player of the Year and repeated as an AVCA First Team All-American. In 1999, she led the nation with 2.25 block per game and posted 411 kills, 230 blocks and a.364 hitting percentage for the year.
She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Bown made her third straight Olympic appearance in Beijing, helping Team United States of America to a silver medal.
She currently plays for Dynamo Kazan.