| Shannon Brown |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Queen Creek, AZ
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| High School:
Seton Catholic
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| Height:
5-2
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| Birthdate:
10/08/1978
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| Experience:
3L
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| Club Team:
Starfires
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MISSOURI RECORDS HELD:
*Bars — 9.9 vs. Nebraska and Cat Classic, 1999
*Beam — 9.925, Big 12 Championships, 1999
Beam by a Freshman — 9.825 at Iowa, 1997
All-Around by a Junior — 39.1, Big 12 Championships, 1999
* - also MU junior class records.
A two-time qualifer as an all-arounder to the NCAA Regionals and the defending Big 12 Conference co-champion on balance beam ... will be a major player for the Tigers in every event, although she may see less time in the all-around as new Coach Rob Drass seeks to maximize Mizzou’s team scores ... especially strong on bars, beam and floor ... in the last three years, has competed in the all-around 30 times and scored 38.125-or-better 22 times ... her three highest all-around scores have come in the Big 12 meet — 38.775 as a freshman, 38.8 as a sophomore, and 39.1 last season.
JUNIOR YEAR (1999): Ranked 19th in NCAA Region 3 in the all-around and was one of three Tigers to qualify for regional competition in Lincoln, Neb. ... set three Missouri regional records (beam, 9.875; floor, 9.775; and all-around, 38.675) in placing ninth, and second among the six individual all-arounders ... just missed qualifying for the NCAA Championships on beam (by .025) ... tied for the Big 12 Championship on balance beam with Nebraska’s Courtney Brown and Iowa State’s Kelli More, with a school-record score of 9.925 ... tied with teammate Amanda Peterson for 6th at the Big 12 meet in the all-around with a career-best score of 39.1 ... ranked 9th in the region on bars and tied the school record of 9.9 in back-to-back meets against Nebraska and in the Cat Classic ... placed first six times, four on bars and two on beam ... posted career highs in every discipline for the second straight season ... her vaulting best of 9.675 came in the Big 12 Championship and her floor high was 9.85 at SE Missouri State ... her average score of 9.654 on bars led the team.
SOPHOMORE YEAR (1998): Competed in the NCAA Central Regional as an individual all-arounder and placed second among the unattached competitors with a score of 38.45 ... set a MU regional record of 9.75 on beam and tied the school regional record of 9.775 on bars ... placed first five times — on bars (three times), on beam at LSU, and in the all-around at Iowa State.
FRESHMAN YEAR (1997): Led MU in the all-around as a rookie with an average score of 38.353 and ranked 24th in the Central Region ... won the all-around title in win at Iowa with a score of 38.55 ... set a MU freshman record with a 9.825 on the beam at Iowa as the Tigers set a team mark of 49.05.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Competed in the Junior Elite Classics ... Starfires was her gymnastics club ... club coach — Bob Peterson.
PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology ... parents — Marion and Mina Brown ... born Oct. 8, 1978 ... besides gymnastics, enjoys karate.
