Pacific University Athletics

2019 - Junior Year

• Played in 12 games, started in 12
• 78 total saves
• Recorded 3 shutouts this season

2018 - Sophomore Year

• Played in 16 games, started in 15
• 94 total saves
• Had a season high of 10 saves against Whitworth and Puget Sound

2017 - Freshman Year

• Played in 9 games, started in 8
• Had 32 total saves
• Had a season high of 6 saves against College of Idaho

Prior to Pacific - High School

• Played at Inglemoor for head coach Kent Nelke
• Honorable Mention All-Conference
• Played club soccer for FC Alliance GU98A and Greater Seattle Surf U19 A
• Quarterfinalist at the Donosti Cup
• Two-time State Cup finalist
• Pacific NW Winter Classic finalist

Personal

• Daughter of Yayoi and Stan Brown
• Studying Exercise Science Integrated Physiology, with a minor in Japanese

Getting to Know Saya

• Favorite Movies: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and V for Vendetta
• Favorite Musician: Jack Johnson
• Favorite TV Show: Friends
• Favorite Book: Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
• Favorite Sport to Watch: Soccer
• Favorite Athlete: Nahomi Kawasumi (Seattle Reign FC)
• Favorite Teams: F.C. Barcelona and Seattle Sounders FC
• Favorite Foods: Anything and everything
• Hobbies & Activities: Binge watching Friends on Netflix or playing soccer. Also, deciding whether she wants to go on a spontaneous adventure or take a nap
• Favorite Quote: "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future." - J.R.R. Tokien
• Best Athletic Moment: Being played at forward as a sophomore by her coach as a joke, and scoring two goals in three minutes