2018 Women's Volleyball Roster

Patience Brown
- Position:
- Middle Blocker
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- University H.S.
- Hometown:
- Bloomington, Ill.
- Prev School:
- Akron
2017
All-MVC Second Team
Finished sixth in the MVC in hitting percentage (.292) … Led the team in blocks per set (.85/set) and finished second on the team in kills per set (2.09/set) … Put down 10-plus kills in four matches, which included a season-best 16 kills in a four-set win at Indiana State (10/27) … Recorded at least one block in 28 of SIU's 29 matches … Blocked a season-high eight in a five-set win over Evansville (9/29) ... Hit .300 or better in 13 matches this season … Recorded an ace in eight matches … Tallied a season-high nine digs to go along with nine kills vs. Bradley (10/21).
2016 (Akron)
Started and played in all 28 of Akron's matches...Led the team in points (302) and blocks (67)...Finished second in kills (242) and kills per set (2.4).
2015 (Akron)
Started in 20-of-22 matches played (80 total sets)…contributed 99 kills (1.24 kills/set), 50 total blocks (0.63 blocks/set), and 126 points…registered a career-high 11 kills and .474 hitting percentage against Bowling Green (Oct.2)…recorded a personal-best seven blocks versus Wright State (Sept. 12).
High School
Helped UHS to back-to-back Corn Belt Conference Championships as a junior and senior (2013-14)...was the only unanimous All-CBC selection as a senior...named Second-Team All-CBC as a junior while helping UHS to a 22-13 record...averaged 2.7 kills/set as a senior.
Personal
Daughter of Darryl Brown and Rhonda Gill...father played football at Illinois State...mother competed in track and field at Illinois State.