Education
California State University, Long Beach.
California State University, Long Beach.
Born in Portland, Oregon, Brown played basketball for Long Beach State University between 1983 and 1987. As a senior, she set two National Collegiate Athletic Association scoring records—the most points in a single season (974) and the most points in a single game (60). Because the United States. lacked a women"s pro league, Brown played professionally in Europe and Japan for almost a decade.
She played for:
Sidis Ancona (Italy) 1987–1988
Toshiba Yana Gi Cho (Japan) 1988–1992
Faenza Errieti Club (Italy) 1992–1994
Elizur Holon (Israel) 1994–1996
She was selected by the Seattle Reign in the second round of the American Basketball League Draft on June 19, 1996.
A 6"-1" center/power forward, a tenacious rebounder and a strong inside scoring presence, Brown earned Second Team All-American Basketball League honors following the 1996-1997 season. She was assigned to the site of her college success, the expansion Long Beach Stingrays on April 26, 1997.
Before she ever reported to Long Beach, however, Brown signed with the rival Women's National Basketball Association. The Women's National Basketball Association allocated Brown to the Detroit Shock prior to the 1998 season. In her first season with the Shock, she finished second in the Women's National Basketball Association in rebounding, and was named to the 1998 All-Women's National Basketball Association Second Team.
Brown broke the Shock franchise record at Utah on August 10 by grabbing 21 rebounds in a game against Utah (a record which Cheryl Ford tied on June 22, 2003 at Connecticut, and which Ford broke on May 22, 2004 when she snagged 22 boards at San Antonio).
On July 29, 1999, midway through her second Women's National Basketball Association season, Brown was traded, along with Korie Hlede, to the Utah Starzz, for Wendy Palmer and Olympia Scott-Richardson. Brown played only 9 games for Utah, and retired from the Women's National Basketball Association following the 1999 season.
She was also a member of the gold medal winning team for the United States of America at the 1985 World University Games, and the 1986 World Championship team Brown was a member of the Final Four All-Tournament team in 1987, and earned first team All-America honors in 1986 and 1987.