Amelia Brown

Photo by: Brad Rempel

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Midfielder
High School:
Crossroads FLEX
Hometown:
Cary, N.C.

2023 | SOPHOMORE
Academic All-Big Ten
• Started 10 matches, appearing in 17 playing a total of 812 minutes
• Assisted Megan Nemec's second goal against the Niagara Purple Eagles (Aug. 17)
• Played a season high 89 minutes in Minnesota's win over Marquette (Aug. 27)

2022 | FRESHMAN
• Appeared in 15 of Minnesota’s 19 matches, with 10 starts
• Recorded her first career start against Indiana (Sept. 22)
• Scored her first collegiate goal at No. 23 Wisconsin (Oct. 2), was a header off a corner kick
• Tallied eight shots on the season, seeing a high of two against No. 8 Rutgers and matched it at No. 6 Michigan State

HIGH SCHOOL
• Did not participate in prep soccer due to playing with NC Courage ECNL Academy, led by first-team coach Sean Nahas
• Rated as a three-star prospect according to TopDrawerSoccer.com
• Played 10 matches during the summer of 2022 with the NC Courage U23 team in the USL W League
• Was a US Soccer Training invitee from 2016-19 and was an invitee to the ODP National Training Camp in 2018
• Ranked as an IMG Top 50 Midfielder for 2022 and was in the IMG Top 150 for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022
• Named a Top 10 South Atlantic Region player in 2022
• Landed on the DA Summer Showcase Best XI in 2018

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Chucky and Melanie Brown
• Has two sisters, Izzy and Abigail, with Izzy being a teammate on the Gophers soccer team
• Father, Chucky, is currently the head men's basketball coach at NCAA Division II Saint Augustine's University
• He played basketball at NC State and won an ACC Championship before playing in the NBA for 13 years winning an NBA Championship with the Houston Rockets
• Plans on majoring in communications at Minnesota
• "I chose the University of Minnesota for many reasons. The campus is beautiful, the athletic facilities are incredible, the school spirit is contagious, and the coaching staff is top notch! I am thrilled to be a Golden Gopher!"