April 12, 2007
Missouri women's basketball head coach Cindy Stein announced that RaeShara' Brown of Little Rock, Ark., has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Tigers beginning this fall.
Brown is a 5-8 guard who was named Tournament MVP of the Arkansas Class 6A State Championship last month as she led Parkview HS to its third title in the last four years. She was named All-State all four years and scored over 1,600 points in her career. She was also a Street & Smith's Honorable Mention selection from 2004-06.
"We are very excited to have Rae Rae join our program," Stein said. "The areas that I was most impressed with Rae Rae are her tenacious defense and competitiveness, and her ability to find a way to score. She is a natural leader and her versatility at the guard positions is an asset to how we want to play next year. Rae Rae is also an extremely gifted student and takes academics very seriously.
"I would also like to compliment (Assistant) Coach Matt Daniel for his diligence in recruiting Rae Rae and finding us another outstanding young woman, student and athlete."
Brown becomes the fourth player all-time from Arkansas to sign with Mizzou and the first since Pine Bluff native Debra Williams transferred from Westark CC and played for the Tigers during the 1997-98 season.
This brings Missouri's total number of signees since the fall period to six. The Tigers' initial five-member class was rated the 25th-best in the nation and second in the Big 12 according to Blue Star Basketball.
RaeShara' Brown
5-8, Guard
Little Rock, Ark. (Parkview HS)
Prep: Four-year starter for coach LaHoma Howard at Parkview HS in Little Rock, Ark. ... scored over 1,600 points, grabbed more than 800 rebounds while averaging 2.3 assists and 3.2 steals per game as she led the Lady Patriots to three state championships, four conference titles and a 108-8 record ... four-time All-State and All-Conference honoree to go along with three-consecutive Street & Smith's Honorable Mention plaudits ... named to the All-State Tournament Team as a freshman in 2004 and All-State Tournament MVP last month ... Arkansas Gazette All-Freshman Team in 2004, Second Team in 2006 and First Team in 2007 ... led all players in the 2007 Class 6A State Title Game with 21 points and eight rebounds ... has a cumulative grade point average of 3.9 and has been ranked in the top five percentile of her class all four years at Parkview, which is a arts/science magnet school ... ranked 17th in her class of 300 while a science major at PHS ... Class of 2007 Top 20 Academic Honor recipient who has been nominated for Who's Who Among High School Students and the National Society of High School Scholars ... member of the Beta Club for four years and National Honor Society for three.
Personal: Full name is RaeShara' Diana Brown ... goes by Rae Rae ... born on April 2, 1989 in Little Rock, Ark. ... daughter of Deborah Brown ... has two older sisters (Felisia Lackey, 30, and Lakeisha Carroll, 33) and a brother (Franklin Brown, 21) ... anticipated major at Mizzou include accounting or chemistry.