2019 Women's Volleyball Roster
Browne, Makenna
Jersey Number 9
Makenna Browne
- Position:
- Defensive Specialist/Libero
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Conifer HS
- Hometown:
- Conifer, Colo.
Bio
• 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 2025 Highlights
Wednesday, April 02
Oregon State Volleyball: Highlights vs Oregon
Friday, September 27
Oregon State Volleyball: First Practice 2019
Saturday, August 10
2010 Spike Out Cancer
Thursday, April 11
