Heather Bown

Heather Bown
Personal information
Born	(1978-11-29) November 29, 1978 Orange, California, United States
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Spike	301 cm (119 in)
Block	290 cm (110 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle Blocker
Current club	Dynamo Kazan
Career
Years Teams 1996-1997 1998–2000 2000–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012-13 UC Santa Barbara University of Hawaii Teodora Ravenna Volley Bergamo Volley Modena Santeramo Sport Airone Tortolì Vini Monteschiavo Jesi Eczacıbaşı VitrA Azerrail Baku Dynamo Kazan
National team
2000–2012  United States
Medal record Women's volleyball Competitor for the  United States Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team World Championship 2002 Germany Team World Cup 2011 Japan Team 2003 Japan Team 2007 Japan Team Grand Prix 2001 Macau Team 2010 Ningbo Team 2011 Macau Team 2012 Ningbo Team 2003 Andria Team 2004 Reggio Calabria Team NORCECA Championship 2001 Santo Domingo Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team 2011 Caguas Team 2007 Winnipeg Team Pan American Cup 2010 Rosarito & Tijuana Team Final Four Cup 2009 Lima Team

Heather Erin Bown (born November 29, 1978) is a volleyball player from the United States, who played as a middle-blocker. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she finished in fifth place with the USA national team. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Bown made her third straight Olympic appearance in Beijing, helping Team USA to a silver medal.

She currently plays for Dynamo Kazan.

Early life and high school

Bown was born in Orange, California, and calls Yorba Linda, California home. She graduated from Esperanza High School in Anaheim where she was a three-year letterwinner. She was named all-CIF twice and played club volleyball for NIKE Ichiban that won the Junior Olympics in 1996.

College

Bown attended University of California, Santa Barbara, for two seasons, where her squad advanced the NCAA regional finals in 1997. In her sophomore campaign, she was named to the all-Big West first team after finishing the season ranked ninth nationally in hitting percentage (.384).

She transferred to the University of Hawaiʻi in 1998 where she was named an American Volleyball Coaches Association First Team All-American and was the 1998 and 1999 WAC Player of the Year. In 1998, she ranked first in the WAC in hitting percentage (.389) and blocking (1.69) and led the team in kills in 24 matches. She had a career-high 30 kills vs. BYU-Hawaii. As a senior in 1999, she repeated as the WAC Player of the Year and repeated as an AVCA First Team All-American. In 1999, she led the nation with 2.25 block per game and posted 411 kills, 230 blocks and a .364 hitting percentage for the year.

Awards

Individuals

• 2001 NORCECA Championship "Best Spiker"
• 2008–09 CEV Challenge Cup "Best Blocker"

Clubs

• 2008–09 CEV Challenge Cup – Champion, with Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi
• 2011 Turkish Cup – Champion, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA

External links

• Team USA player bio
• Dynamo Kazan player bio (Russian)

United States women's volleyball squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Silver Medalists 1 Nnamani 2 Scott-Arruda 3 Haneef-Park 4 Berg 5 Sykora 6 Davis 7 Bown 9 Joines 10 Glass 11 Mow-Santos 12 Willoughby 15 Tom Coach: Lang Ping

2008 USA Olympic Volleyball Team (Men's beach, Women's beach and Men's indoor - gold medals, women's indoor - silver medal) Qualification Men's indoor Women's indoor Men's indoor Lloy Ball Sean Rooney David Lee Richard Lambourne Reid Priddy Ryan Millar Riley Salmon Tom Hoff Clay Stanley Kevin Hansen Gabe Gardner Scott Touzinsky Women's indoor Ogonna Nnamani Danielle Scott-Arruda Tayyiba Haneef-Park Lindsey Berg Stacy Sykora Nicole Davis Heather Bown Jennifer Joines Kim Glass Robyn Ah Mow-Santos Kim Willoughby Logan Tom Men's beach Phil Dalhausser Todd Rogers Jake Gibb Sean Rosenthal Women's beach Nicole Branagh Elaine Youngs Misty May-Treanor Kerri Walsh Jennings Coaches Hugh McCutcheon Lang Ping