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Jen Brown-Mascari - Ball State (field hockey):
Jen Brown-Mascari was part of the class that helped Ball State to a four-year 70-19-2 overall record. During her collegiate career, her Cardinals teams went undefeated in MAC play with a record of 45-0, won four MAC Championships and appeared in three NCAA Tournaments, including two final-eight appearances.
As a midfielder, Brown set school and MAC records in goals scored with 80 and total points with 193. She started in all 91 games during her career and was a 1994 All-MAC Second Team selection and was named MAC Freshman of the Year in 1994. Brown was a three-time All-MAC First Team selection (1995-97) and was named 1996 MAC Player of the Year.
Her senior year in 1997, Brown was named Woody Hayes National Female Scholar Athlete and Indiana’s NCAA Woman of the Year, an All-America First-Team selection. She was named a two-time All-America Second Team selection (1995 and 1996) and a three-time All-Midwest Region First-Team honoree (1995-97).
Brown was a three-time Academic All-MAC selection, was twice named MAC Commissioner’s Award for academic excellence, selected as the 1997 Presidential Award for academic excellence, named GTE At-Large Academic All-District V selection (1996, 1997) and three-time National Academic Squad honoree (1995, 1996, 1997).
Since her graduation, Brown has taught and coached at both Culver Military Academy and Guerin Catholic School. She was named the 2002-03 Ball State Alumnus Softball Coach of the Year and was inducted into the Ball State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.
Brown graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in physical education and currently resides in Indianapolis, Ind., and is married to husband, Tom, and the couple have three children.
