Heather Bown

Heather Erin Bown (born November 29, 1978) is a retired 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.

Heather Bown
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	November 29, 1978 Orange, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Spike	119 in (301 cm)
Block	110 in (290 cm)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle Blocker
Current club	Dynamo Kazan
Career
Years Teams 1996-97 1998–00 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 Representing 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 2003 Santo Domingo 2011 Caguas 2007 Winnipeg Pan American Cup 2010 Rosarito & Tijuana Final Four Cup 2009 Lima

Early life and education

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.

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

References

External links

• Heather Bown at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
• Dynamo Kazan player bio (in Russian)
• Heather Bown on Twitter