2017 (Senior Year): Competed in all 26 matches and made five official starts in addition to seeing time at libero … Named to the Red Flash Classic All-Tournament Team … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll both semesters and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Led the team with 3.42 digs and 0.32 service aces per set … Only player on the team to compete in all 96 sets … Ranked seventh in the MEAC in service aces and ninth in digs per set … Totaled 328 digs, 75 assists, 32 kills, 31 service aces and five blocks on the year … Had the seventh-most digs in a season in NSU history … Ended her career ninth all-time at NSU in digs (637) … Had at least 20 digs in four matches, including 21 three different times … Did it first against Morehead State on Sept. 15 … Also had 21 digs with three assists against Bucknell on Sept. 16 … Later had 21 digs and four assists at Delaware State on Oct. 8 … Started off the year with 20 digs and four assists against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Sept. 1 … Went for 17 digs and a career-high tying six service aces in a win at Lafayette on Sept. 2 … Also had six service aces against Morgan State on Oct. 1 … Transitioned to outside hitter later in the season … Tallied a career-high 11 kills while hitting .333 with 12 digs and three assists at Coppin State on Oct. 27 … Ended the year with eight kills, 16 digs, four assists and a career-best three blocks at Hampton on Nov. 12 … Also had six kills with six assists against Howard on Nov. 3 … Went for 19 digs with three assists and three aces in a win over North Carolina Central on Sept. 8 … Followed that up with 15 digs and five assists versus Charleston Southern on Sept. 9 … Had 17 digs, seven assists and three aces in a triumph over Savannah State on Sept. 22 … The next day, added 19 digs and four assists against South Carolina State on Sept. 23 … Added 15 digs with six assists at Maryland Eastern Shore on Oct. 6.
2016 (Junior Year): Received VaSID Academic All-State honors…Earned MEAC All-Academic accolades…Named MEAC Defensive Specialist of the Week on Sept. 26 … Earned the team’s Rookie of the Year award … Garnered a spot on the Phoenix Classic All-Tournament Team at Elon … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring … Competed in 23 matches and made one start … Started at libero during the season … Led the team with 3.72 digs and 0.33 service aces per set in 83 total sets played … Ranked fifth in the MEAC in digs per set and seventh in service aces … Also stood No. 119 in the nation in aces per set … Totaled 309 digs, 60 assists, 27 service aces, eight kills and one block on the season … Dig total ranks ninth all-time at NSU in single-season records … Had a career-high 24 digs with four assists in a win at Coppin state on Sept. 23 … Tallied 21 digs with two assists and two service aces in a victory over North Carolina A&T on Oct. 12 … The following match, hit a career-best six aces with 15 digs in a triumph at Hampton on Oct. 14 … Posted 18 digs with a career-high eight assists versus Morgan State on Oct. 23 … Also had 18 digs with four assists at Elon on Sept. 9 and 18 digs and two assists against Gardner-Webb on Sept. 10 … In her first match of the season, tallied 13 digs with a season-high four kills in a victory over South Carolina State on Sept. 2 … Contributed 17 digs, two assists and two aces at Maryland Eastern Shore on Nov. 4 and then 16 digs, three aces and two assists in a home win over Hampton on Nov. 6 … Added 17 digs, one kill, one assist and one ace at Morgan State on Sept. 25 to help win the defensive specialist of the week award … Had four service aces with 15 digs in a victory over Delaware State on Oct. 2 and then four more aces at North Carolina A&T on Oct. 4.
At West Virginia (Sophomore Year – 2015): Played in 28 matches and 78 sets on the season … Made 15 starts on the year … Tallied 115 digs, an average of 1.47 per set … Also contributed nine assists, four service aces and one kill … Tallied a season-high 13 digs against Robert Morris on Oct. 7 … Added 12 in a contest against UConn on Sept. 12 … Added three assists at Dartmouth on Sept. 11 … Tallied two service aces with nine digs in a match against TCU on Sept. 30 … Also had nine digs in a win over Marshall on Sept. 15 … Posted eight digs in matches against Oakland on Aug. 28 and at Baylor on Nov. 7.
At West Virginia (Freshman Year – 2014): Played in 18 matches and 41 sets overall … Tallied 69 digs, an average of 1.69 per set … Also added seven assists, two service aces and one kill … Started five matches on the season, including against Texas Tech on Sept. 27 and Marshall on Oct. 1 … Also started the last three matches of the year … Had a season-best 13 digs in a win at Kansas State on Nov. 29 and nine in a win over Baylor on Nov. 22, starting both times … Had 11 digs at Texas Tech and nine the match before against Texas on Sept. 24.
High School: Competed for Kettle Run High School under coach Bri West … Was a three-year captain and four-year letterwinner … Team MVP her senior year … Was named the Female Athlete of the Year by the
Fauquier Times Democrat … Earned the District 27 Player of the Year award as a junior in 2012 and in her senior year in 2013 … Was also team captain of the track and field team … Earned all-region and all-state honors her sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
Personal: Full name is Melvina Lavon Brown … Born on Feb. 22, 1996 … Daughter of Tracey and Robert Russell … Has one older sister, Taniya Grayson, a younger brother, B.J., and two younger sisters, Rebecca and Teresa … Majoring in mass communication … Member of Chi Alpha Sigma sorority…Wants to become a television producer… Enjoys reading, singing, dancing and entertaining friends.
| CAREER HIGHS |
| Kills |
11, at Coppin State (10-27-17) |
| Total Attacks |
34, at Hampton (11-12-17) |
| Hitting Percentage |
.333 (11-3-24), at Coppin State (10-27-17) |
| Assists |
8, Morgan State (10-23-16) |
| Service Aces |
6 (3x), last: vs. Morgan State (10-1-17) |
| Digs |
24, at Coppin State (9-23-16) |
| Block Assists |
3, at Hampton (11-12-17) |
| Total Blocks |
3, at Hampton (11-12-17) |
| Points |
12.0, at Coppin State (10-27-17) |
Brown's Career Stats
| YEAR |
SP |
MP |
K |
E |
TA |
PCT |
A |
SA |
SE |
| 2014* |
41 |
18 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
.500 |
7 |
2 |
12 |
| 2015* |
78 |
28 |
1 |
5 |
13 |
-.308 |
9 |
4 |
18 |
| 2016 |
83 |
23 |
8 |
5 |
45 |
.067 |
60 |
27 |
32 |
| 2017 |
96 |
26 |
32 |
26 |
150 |
.040 |
75 |
31 |
69 |
| Totals |
298 |
95 |
42 |
36 |
210 |
.029 |
151 |
64 |
131 |
| Totals (NSU Only) |
179 |
49 |
40 |
31 |
195 |
.046 |
135 |
58 |
101 |
Brown's Career Stats
| Year |
RE |
DIG |
BS |
BA |
TB |
BE |
BHE |
| 2014* |
11 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2015* |
9 |
115 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 2016 |
30 |
309 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
| 2017 |
37 |
328 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
| Totals |
87 |
821 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
11 |
| Totals (NSU Only) |
67 |
637 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
9 |
* at West Virginia
