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2022-23 Women's Basketball Roster

Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Rishi Yalamarty/UC San Diego

13 Sydney Brown

  • Position Guard/Forward
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Blair Academy
  • Hometown Rexford, N.Y.
  • Major Human Developmental Sciences
  • College Muir

Biography

MEDIA
-Tritoncast podcast
(March 1, 2023)

CAREER
Three-time All-Big West Second Team selection…Three-time Big West All-Academic Team honoree…All-CCAA Honorable Mention and All-Academic Team…Three-time UC San Diego All-Triton Scholar-Athlete Team…Three-time Triton Athletes’ Council (TAC) team representative…Big West Conference Player of the Week…Seven-time UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week…Ranks eighth in the UC San Diego all-time record books for career points (1206) and fifth in career rebounds (717)… Recorded her 1000th career point against CSU Bakersfield (Jan. 14) and her 700th career rebound at UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 25), becoming just the fourth Triton in program history to reach both milestones.

AS A GRAD STUDENT IN 2022-23
All-Big West Second Team and UC San Diego All-Triton Scholar-Athlete Team…CSC Academic All-District Team and Big West All-Academic Team…Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll, Highest Honors...Two-time UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (Jan. 9 and Jan. 16)…started all 30 games…averaged 13.0 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists…led the team in scoring (13.0) and rebounding (7.2)…ranked seventh in the Big West in scoring, second in rebounding, ninth in free throw percentage (.820) and 14th in three-pointers per game (1.2)…Recorded her 1000th career point against CSU Bakersfield (Jan. 14) and her 700th career rebound at UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 25), becoming just the fourth Triton in program history to reach both milestones…Matched her career high with 31 points on Jan. 26 against CSUN during the Lung Cancer Awareness Game which was dedicated in memory of her mother who passed away from the disease…recorded three double-doubles and finished in double-figure points in 21 of 30 games (four games of 20+ points)…All-Big West Preseason Team…Triton Athletes' Council team representative.
 
AS A SENIOR IN 2021-22
Big West Service and Leadership Award recipient…All-Big West Second Team...Big West All-Academic Team...UC San Diego All-Triton Scholar-Athlete Team...UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week on Dec. 20 and Jan. 17...started all 27 games…averaged 12.0 points, 7.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists…led the team in minutes (851), scoring (12.0), rebounds (7.9), free throws (78.8%), second in three-pointers (36)…ranked fourth in the Big West in rebounding, ninth in blocks and 12th in scoring…recorded a team-high seven double-doubles with 19 double-digit scoring efforts and two 20+ point games…scored a season high 25 points and 16 rebounds against Hawaii (Jan. 13)…tallied a season-best five steals against UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 5) and three blocks against Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 22)…Triton Athletes' Council team representative.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2020-21
Named to Big West All-Academic Team... Second Team All-Big West ... Big West Conference Player of the Week (2/22) ... College Sports Madness Player of the Week for the Big West Conference (2/22) ... UC San Diego All-Triton Scholar-Athlete Team selection ... UCSDtritons.com Athlete of the Week (1/4, 2/1, 2/22) ... Appeared in 15 games, starting all of them ... Ranked second in the Big West with 8.73 rebounds per game ... Finished fifth in the conference with a 43.7 field goal percentage ... Ranked sixth in the league averaging 14.27 points per game ... Collected five double-doubles during the season ... Put up a season-high 31 points in UC San Diego's first-ever Division I win (1/2) ... Collected a season-high 16 rebounds at UC Riverside (2/20) ... Had a buzzer-beater in overtime to capture a win for the Tritons at Cal State Fullerton (3/6) ... Led the team in field goal percentage (.437), points (214), points per game (14.3), rebounds (131), rebounds per game (8.7), and blocks (9) ... Team representative on the Triton Athletes' Council (TAC).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2019-20
All-CCAA Honorable Mention ... CCAA All-Tournament Team ... CCAA All-Academic ... Finished 19th in the conference in blocked shots per game (0.6), 22nd in three point field goals per game (1.2), and 24th in rebounding average (5.4) ... Led the team in field goal percentage (.483), three point field goal percentage (.414), and blocks (16) ... Recorded a season-high 23 points at Humboldt State (1/11) ... Appeared in 29 games.

AS A FRESHMAN AT COLUMBIA (2018-19)
Appeared in 25 contests ... Played 191 minutes ... Averaged 2.7 points and 2.1 rebounds per game ... Shot .400 percent from the field and .917 percent (11-of-12) from the free-throw line.

HIGH SCHOOL
2018 graduate of Blair Academy in New Jersey ... Averaged a double-double during both her junior and senior seasons, including 16.1 points and 11.5 rebounds while serving as team captain her senior year ... Captained Blair Academy to its second straight MAPL championship and was a key part of the 2017 team that took home the Prep A State Championship ... Two-time All-Prep State and two-time Mid-Atlantic Prep League First Team selection ... Averaged nearly 30 points in three games during the Prep National Championship Tournament, including a 35-point effort against Carolina Prep ... Lettered for three years in track and was a part of the 4x400m relay that finished fourth in the state in 2016 ... Three-year Scholar Athlete and a member of the National Junior Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Born Nov. 21 in Phoenix, Ariz. ... Daughter of Kristin and Derek Brown ... Has a younger brother Reece ... Father played football at Notre Dame and was drafted in the first round (14th overall) by the New York Giants in the 1992 NFL Draft as a tight end and played eight seasons ... Majoring in human developmental sciences at Muir College ... Favorite basketball memory was coming in fifth at Nationals during high school basketball ... Top UC San Diego memory was winning the CCAA Championship ... Aspires to get her master's degree and become an occupational therapist ... Enjoys going to the beach, yoga, and eating ... Roots for the Raiders and Yankees ... Favorite athletes are LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Candace Parker ... Likes the movies Coach Carter and School of Rock ... Listens to Leon Bridges, Beyoncé, and Kendrick Lamar ... Loves sushi ... Has been a pescatarian for four years.

CAREER HIGHS
Points 31 vs. Cal Poly 1/2/21
FGM 11 vs. Cal Poly 1/2/21
FGA 21 vs. Hawai'i 1/13/22
3FGM 5 vs. Hawai'i 1/13/22
3FGA 11 vs. Hawai'i 1/13/22
FTM 8 vs. Illinois State 11/25/22
FTA 8 vs. San Jose St. 12/3/21
Rebounds 16 Multiple Times -
Assists 6 vs. Hawai'i 1/13/22
Blocks 3 Multiple Times -
Steals 5 vs. UC Santa Barbara 2/5/22

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2019-20Sophomore

    Guard/Forward
    6'0"
    13
  • 13

    2020-21Junior

    Guard/Forward
    6'0"
    13
  • 13

    2021-22Senior

    Guard/Forward
    6'0"
    13
  • 13

    2022-23Graduate Student

    Guard/Forward
    6'0"
    13

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