2019 Women's Volleyball Roster
Jersey Number 9
Makenna Browne
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist/Libero
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Conifer HS
- Hometown:
- Conifer, Colo.
• 2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
OREGON STATE
2019 (SENIOR)
OREGON STATE
2019 (SENIOR)
- Played in 11 of the first 12 matches of the season as the Beavers’ primary defensive specialist
- Registered a career-high 14 digs at Northern Colorado (9/19)
- Recorded eight digs at Indiana (9/6)
- Notched seven digs against Yale (9/6)
- Suffered a season-ending injury in the Pac-12 opener against Oregon (9/26)
- Registered a career-high three aces at Colorado State (9/20)
- Tallied a career-high four assists against New Mexico (9/13)
- Played in 29 out of 32 matches
- Established a role as a serving specialist
- Tallied 13 service aces, sixth on the squad
- Recorded her first career service aces against Ole Miss and Iowa State (8/25)
- Notched a career-high two aces against Seattle (9/18) ... repeated the feat at Arizona State (10/28) and against Colorado (11/18)
- Set a career-high with five digs at Portland State (8/31)
- Recorded four digs in two other matches
- Credited with her first career kill at Arizona (10/26)
- Earned Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team honors
- Played in seven sets in four matches
- Recorded two digs against Washington State while filling in for an injured teammate
- Registered three digs and an assist on the season
- Voted by her teammates as the squad’s Weight Room Warrior Award
- Played in two matches, and two sets total
- Totaled one dig
- Three-year letterwinner for head coach Cindy Tadlock
- Started three years at libero
- Named all-conference three consecutive seasons
- Served as team captain for two years and earned the Conifer MVP award
- Finished first in the league in digs
- Named to the Prep Volleyball Drew Team in her Spokane Club tournament
- Lettered two years in track
- Born Sept. 1, 1998 in Wheat Ridge, Colo.
- Daughter of Calisse and Steve Browne
- Has two sisters, Jessica and Kristin, and one brother, Eric
- Majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology with a pre-med option in OSU’s Honors College and a minor in chemistry
- Enjoys hiking, painting, photography, hammocking and community service in her spare time
- Was on highest Honor Roll while at Conifer High School. Also named Academic All-State
- Favorite athlete is Natalie Hagglund
- Chose Oregon State because “I took a tour of the campus and immediately knew it was my dream school. Everything felt right. I then proceeded to talk to the volleyball coaching staff and was inspired. They made me believe that with enough hard work playing at such a high level as possible.”
- Participated in the Beavers Without Borders trip to the Dominican Republic in June 2018
Oregon State Volleyball 2026
Tuesday, March 31
Oregon State Volleyball 2025 Highlights
Wednesday, April 02
Oregon State Volleyball: Highlights vs Oregon
Friday, September 27
Oregon State Volleyball: First Practice 2019
Saturday, August 10
