KRISTEN BROWN Gets Her Jersey Number Retired
Posted April 11, 2025
KRISTEN BROWN Gets Her Jersey Number Retired
FIRST EVER HONORED NUMBER IN PROGRAM HISTORY
Career Notes: One of the most talented sluggers ever to come through the UNC softball program, she graduates with eight career records and five single-season records, while ranking in the top 10 in the ACC in five career categories • Became the all-time ACC career home run leader (66) on May 20, 2016, with a walk-off home run against Longwood at NCAA Regionals • Leads UNC and ranks third in the ACC in RBIs (204), fourth in slugging percentage (.714) and total bases (469) and ninth in runs scored (181) • Additionally holds UNC career records for walks (106), sacrifice flies (11) and intentional walks (14), while ranking fourth in batting average (.356), third in on base percentage (.452), fourth in hits (234) and seventh in doubles (37) • Set the top-two single-season marks in RBIs and home runs • A two-time NFCA All-American, she became the first-ever softball player to win UNC’s Patterson Medal and the first Tar Heel to earn a place in the USA Softball program.
International/Professional: Invited to the USA Softball National Team Selection Camp on Jan. 2-6, 2016 • Named to the 2016 USA Softball Women’s Elite Team • Selected 24th overall in the NPF College Draft by the Chicago Bandits and signed a one-year deal for 2016.