2022 Water Polo Roster
Alex Brown
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- GK
- Height:
- 5-11
- Hometown:
- Clayton, Calif.
- High School:
- Carondelet
Features on Alex
• How Basketball Helped Brown Become Water Polo Standout (MGoBlue.com)
Career Stats
| Year | GP | GS | Min | W-L | Saves | GA | GAA | SvPCT | A | Stl |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 54:23 | 1-0 | 15 | 12 | 7.06 | .556 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 14 | 4 | 200:08 | 5-1 | 66 | 35 | 5.60 | .653 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022 | 34 | 31 | 747:00 | 16-8 | 237 | 164 | 7.13 | .591 | 7 | 15 |
| 2023 | 31 | 30 | 894:00 | 26-6 | 327 | 224 | 8.02 | .593 | 12 | 21 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 870:00 | 19-11 | 283 | 232 | 8.53 | .550 | 6 | 16 |
| Total | 114 | 96 | 2754:31 | 59-30 | 928 | 667 | 7.75 | .582 | 30 | 60 |
Career Highs
Minutes: 38:00. 3x last vs. Hawaii (1/20/24)
Saves: 19, 2x, last vs. Hawaii (1/20/24)
Total Shutouts: 3x, last vs. Biola (1/13/23)
Steals: 6, vs. Pacific (3/19/23)
Assists: 3, 2x last vs. St. Francis (PA) (3/5/23)
At Michigan
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• School record holder of Most Saves by a senior (327)
• Two-time CWPA All-Conference Second Team (2023, 2024)
• ACWPC All-Academic team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• Academic All-Big Ten (2022)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2021)
• 9x Defensive Player of the Week: last January 31, 2024
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
Graduate (2024)
• CWPA All-Tournament Second Team
• Tallied 15 saves in the CWPA Championship final against No. 11 Princeton
• Notched 10 saves in a win over No. 20 Harvard in the CWPA Championship semifinal
• Logged 10 or more saves in seven straight starts spanning from Feb. 24 to March 24
• Scored her first career goal against No. 19 Harvard (3/3/24)
• 2x Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 22, Jan. 31)
• Recorded 19 saves in the season opener against Hawaii (1/20/24)
Senior (2023)
• CWPA All-Conference Second Team
• Career high 3 assists against St. Francis (PA) (3/5/23)
• 4x Defensive Player of the Week ( Jan. 16, Jan. 23, Mar. 8, April 18)
• Collected a season high 17 saves against Fresno State (1/21/23)
• Earned her third total shut out of her career against Biola (1/13/23)
• Appeared in 31 out of 33 games this season
Junior (2022)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Defensive Player of the Week: February 14, March 7
• Made a career-high 19 saves against No. 6 Hawaii
• Went 16-8 overall, starting 31 out of 35 games
• Played 736 minutes collecting 237 total saves
• Earned a .591 save percentage, including a shutout over Pomona-Pitzer (2/12/22) and against Mount St. Mary’s (3/20/22)
Sophomore (2021)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Made a career-high 10 saves in 16 minutes of play in a victory over Bucknell
• Played 32 minutes against No. 1 Southern California, making eight saves
• Saw action in eight minutes during the CWPA Championship game against Bucknell, making two saves
• Made eight saves and had an .889 save percentage in a win over No. 25 St. Francis (Pa.)
• Also had seven saves and an .875 save percentage against St. Francis later in the season
Freshman (2020)
• ACWPC All-Academic team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Earned her first collegiate start and win against Iona at the Wolverine Invitational, making nine saves with six goals allowed, one steal and one assist
• Played in three games at the Wolverine Invitational, stopping 14 of 22 shots in 48 minutes of action
• Three saves and one goal allowed against No. 22 Bucknell
• Made her collegiate debut against No. 21 Wagner in the Michigan Invitational, making one save in 4:04 minutes
• Appeared in the final 2:19 minutes against No. 11 UC Davis at the Stanford Invitational
• End of the season was canceled prior to conference play due to the COVID-19 illness
Prep
• Graduated from Carondelet High School in 2019
• Competes with Diablo Alliance Water Polo Club
• Attends Carondelet High School in Concord, Calif.
• Three-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American
• 2019 Senior Athlete of the Year
• Runner up at the NCS Division 2 championships her junior year and was named to the all-section first team
• Four-year water polo captain
• Holds the Carondelet single-season block record (302) and career block record (1066)
• Four-time EBAL All-League selection
• Team MVP as a junior and defensive MVP her first two seasons
• First team All-American at Water Polo Junior Olympics in 2015 and 2017 and honorable mention All-American in 2016 and 2018
• 2017 silver medalist at the Junior Olympics and US Club Championships
• Named Goalkeeper MVP at the 2017 US Club Water Polo Championships
• Also on the basketball team, winning division titles in all four seasons and setting the school's career (1,030) and season (302) block records.
Personal
• Full name is Alexandra Brown
• Born in Walnut Creek, Calif.
• Birthday: December 19, 2000
• Parents are Andrew and Angela Brown
• Has one sister, Gabby
Why Michigan
"I choose Michigan because of the overwhelming scene of the community I felt when I stepped on campus. I also believe that Michigan will push me and provided me with the most opportunity to grow in all aspects of my life."
Why Water Polo
"I started water polo in 5th grade. I loved playing goalie and that is what got me hooked. Along with my position, I also meet so many of my best friends through water polo and they kept me playing."
