2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster
Kirsty Brown
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Amador Valley HS
- Hometown:
- Pleasanton, CA
2020-21 -- Started all 24 games, averaging a career-best 6.4 points & 5.6 rebounds while playing 23.4 minutes per game ... recorded three double-doubles on the season, including a 12 point, 13 rebound effort against UC Davis on Feb. 26 ... scored a career-high 15 points on Jan. 22 against UC Irvine ... led the Mustangs in offensive rebounds for the season with 65 ... earned Big West All-Academic honors for the third straight year ... enters the season having made 102 career appearances as a Mustang.
2019-20 -- On Feb. 6 against Hawai’i, recorded a pair of season highs, as she scored 12 points and had 2 steals ... also converted five field-goal attempts on Feb. 15 facing Cal State Fullerton ... secured a season-best 8 rebounds at UC Davis on Feb. 12 ... averaged 3.0 points on 44.7-percent shooting overall, to go with 2.6 rebounds ... had her fifth career multi-block game on Jan. 11 at UC Santa Barbara ... played in 27 games as a junior ... for a second consecutive year, earned Big West All-Academic Team status along with Conference Commissioner’s Honors academically ... enters her senior year having made 78 career appearances for the squad ... in addition, attended the NCAA Career in Sports Forum held in late May, as one of four Cal Poly student-athletes selected to represent the university at the virtually-hosted sessions.
2018-19 -- Averaged 2.8 points & 3.1 rebounds as a sophomore, seeing 13.4 minutes per game in her 27 appearances ... made three starts (vs. Illinois, Eastern Washington and Saint Mary’s) ... scored a then-career-high 11 points against Pepperdine on Nov. 24 in Mott Athletics Center ... had two blocks on both Nov. 14 at Fresno State and Nov. 24 vs. the Waves, at the #ShareSLO Holiday Beach Classic ... secured season-high six boards on Nov. 23 against the Fighting Illini & on Feb. 14 at CSUN ... made the Big West All-Academic Team, in addition to earning Conference Commissioner’s Highest Honors academically.
2017-18 -- Played in 24 games as a true freshman, backing up the Mustangs’ starters in the post during her debut collegiate season ... led the squad in blocks-per-40-minute rate, at 1.5 ... rejected a season-high 2 shots during the 52-50 Big West win against Hawai’i on Feb. 1 ... in her 6.7 minutes per game, averaged 1.5 points along with 1.5 rebounds ... season-highs for minutes (28), scoring (6) and rebounding (9) came amid the 87-82 overtime victory at UC Riverside on Jan. 4 to open conference play.
Prep -- As a senior center for Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton, helped lead the Dons to the 2017 North Coast Section Division 1 playoffs, averaging 10.8 points, 13.3 rebounds and 3.1 blocks ... ranked fourth in the NCS in rebounding average, as well as No. 1 in the East Bay Athletic League ... following the 2016-17 season, was chosen as a Bay Area News Group and San Francisco Chronicle All-Area honorable mention, in addition to earning All-EBAL accolades in each of her final two seasons ... as a junior, won AVHS’ Team MVP honor after being named Most Improved Player as a sophomore; was a team captain for three straight years ... also competed in track & field, advancing to the overall 2017 CIF State Championship meet in the 300-meter hurdles, with a school-record performance of 44.60 seconds; ultimately placed 17th at the state finals after winning section and league titles ... also high-jumped as a senior, clearing 5-foot-2 to win the league championship ... played one year of water polo for the Dons ... in addition to earning the school’s 2017 Athlete of the Year award, was an eight-time Scholar-Athlete.
Personal -- Graduated in June 2020 in Kinesiology, completing her program in just 3 years; now continuing on pursuing an MBA in the Orfalea College Of Business ... also visited Long Beach State and Nevada; chose Cal Poly because she “loved the team, atmosphere and educational opportunities.”
