Rachel Brown

Height:
5-7
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Lake Zurich
Hometown:
Lake Zurich, Ill.

Career Highlights

2012-13 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2012 All-BIG EAST First Team

2012: Finished with three points in win over St. Bonaventure (8/17), contributing a goal and an assist ...Scored on goal in BIG EAST opener at Pittsburgh (9/13)...Tallied three points against Seton Hall with one goal and one assist (9/21)... Headed a goal on a corner kick in the third minute for her fourth goal of the season against Syracuse (10/14)... Credited with an assit to Lisa Philbin[apos]s goal in a 4-0 victory over USF (10-20)... Named to the All-BIG EAST First Team...

2011: Starter in all 22 games as a center midfielder ... Registered four points on one goal and two assists... Registered a multi-point game with a goal and an assist against North Dakota (9/4) ... Assisted Kerry McBride[apos]s goal in a 3-0 win over Providence (10/7) .. Posted the fifth most shots on the team with 32, putting 12 on goal.

2010:Started in all 24 games ... Registered 12 points (4g, 4a) for the season ... Named to the BIG EAST Championship All-Tournament Team ... Scored MU[apos]s second goal in a 3-2 loss against USF (11/5) in the BIG EAST Championship Semifinals ... Scored the game-winning goal in MU[apos]s 3-0 win over DePaul in the BIG EAST Championship Quarterfinals (10/31) ... Tallied her first career goal in a 2-1 loss at BYU (9/11) ... Scored MU[apos]s first goal in a 2-1 win at Pittsburgh (9/26) ... Provided the game-winning assist of Maegan Kelly[apos] s goal in a 1-0 win over UC Santa Barbara (9/5), and assisted two of Rachael Sloan[apos]s game-winners in a 2-1 win at Georgetown (10/3) and in a 2-0 win over St. John[apos]s (10/22) ... Posted 30 shots, 12 on goal ... Assisted Rachael Sloan[apos]s game-winning goal against Central Michigan (11/12) in the NCAA Championship First Round.

2009:One of three freshman to see action this season. Played in 17 games. Registered four shots for the season at St. John[apos]s and against Villanova, West Virginia and Notre Dame.

Prior to Marquette: Brown played for Lake Zurich High School, helping the team to the state, sectional and regional championship in 2007. She was named the conference newcomer of the year and was a first team all-conference, all-area, and all-state selection. Brown represented the Eclipse Select Soccer Club, winning the Disney Showcase Championship in 2008 and 2009, and the Illinois State Cup championship in 2009. Rachel Brown played with fellow incoming freshmen Carly Smith and Karissa Miller on her Eclipse team. She captained the Sockers FC from 2000 to 2006.

Personal: Brown was born on April 15, 1991 to Randy and Joan Brown. She has two sisters, Katie and Sara, who plays on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women[apos]s soccer team. Brown is an accounting major.