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Amaya Brown

Position

G

Height

5-11

Class

RS-Sr.

Hometown

Albuquerque, N.M.

Previous School

Florida State

REDSHIRT SENIOR (2022-23): Started all 34 games… averaged 25.6 minutes per game, 9.0 points per game, 5.6 rebounds per game, 1.3 assists per game, 1.2 steals per game… scored in double figures in 16 games with three double-doubles (Houston, San Jose State and Utah State)…multiple steals in 11 games with at least one steal in 23 games with a season-high five at Nicholls… set career highs in points (18 at Colorado State), three-pointers (four at Colorado State), rebounds (11 against Houston), steals (five at Nicholls), field-goals made (seven against NAU) and made free throws (eight against Houston)… second on the team in rebounds and third in steals and blocks…. named to the MW All-Academic Team.

REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2021-22 at Florida State): Appeared in 11 games and averaged 5.1 minutes per game… shot 41.7 percent from the floor, going 5-for-12.

JUNIOR (2020-21 at Florida State): Redshirted.

SOPHOMORE (2019-20 at Florida State): Appeared in 13 games, averaging six minutes a game.

FRESHMAN (2018-19 at Florida State): Appeared in 20 games with three starts (against St. John’s, Duke and Louisville)… averaged 3.1 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game… averaged 15.7 minutes per game…  tallied four points, three rebounds and two steals in 21 minutes at UNC… recorded three steals and had eight points vs. Jacksonville… career-best 10 points, five rebounds and one assist in 19 minutes vs. UNF.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Cibola High School… top-100 player according to ESPNW’s Hoopgurlz rankings, and the top player out of New Mexico… two-time New Mexico Gatorade Player of the Year, most recently following her senior season in 2017-18… all-time leading scorer…  2017-18 American Family Insurance ALL-USA New Mexico Girls Basketball First Team, averaging 20.6 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.8 steals per game as a senior… 2015-16 American Family Insurance ALL-USA New Mexico Player of the Year honors, averaging 18.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.2 steals and 2.8 assists… set a state single-season record with 345 rebounds… led Cibola High to a 25-1 record and a berth in the quarterfinals of the Class 6A state tournament as a sophomore in 2015-16.

PERSONAL: Born Feb. 2… parents are Catina and Greg Brown… father played basketball at UNM from 1992-94.