Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns volleyball libero Lindsay Brown is quickly becoming one of the top defensive players in program history.
The Yorba Linda, Calif., native came to Louisiana as an outside hitter and then switched to libero as a sophomore in the 2008 season.
What she's done has been nothing short of impressive as she has tallied at least 300 digs each season in her career and is currently putting the finishing touches on her second consecutive season with 400-plus digs.
Earlier this season, she became only the second player in the rally scoring era (Erika Castro the other) to surpass 1,000 career digs.
Now she's only 20 digs shy of cracking the all-time program career Top 5.
Brown enters this weekend's matches against Florida Atlantic and FIU with 1,167 career digs. With 21 more, she will pass Priscilla Lima (1,187) into fifth place and put herself on the doorstep of becoming only the fifth player in program history to reach 1,200 career digs.
Brown's track record has placed her on pace to finish with the most career digs in the rally scoring era (currently 1,589 by Erika Castro). This season, she has reached double figures in digs in 24 of the Cajuns' 27 matches and reached 20-plus seven times including her career-best 32 vs. North Texas.
Dating to last season, Brown has posted double figures in digs in 37 of her past 41 appearances on the court.
Career marks are not the only records that Brown is on the verge of reaching. She's preparing to etch her name into the single-season records also.
She has 445 digs this season which surpasses her previous best of 405 set last season.
The rally era best for digs in a season is 497 (Erika Castro in 2007), while the overall program single-season mark is 599 set by Jennifer Autry (1990).
Brown is on pace to finish with 543 which would mark only the fifth 500-plus digs season ever in program history and first since Gina Calegari posted 549 in 1997, and give her the rally scoring era single-season record.
UL Volleyball All-Time Career Digs Top 5
1. 2,043 Nia Kiggundu 1993-96
2. 1,589 Erika Castro 2004-07
3. 1,487 Gina Calegari 1995-98
4. 1,313 Annette Carney 1988-91
5. 1,187 Priscilla Lima 1999-02
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1,167 Lindsay Brown 2007-present
UL Volleyball All-Time Single-Season Digs Top 5
1. 599 Jennifer Autry 1990
2. 566 Nia Kiggundu 1995
3. 564 Nia Kiggundu 1996
4. 549 Gina Calegari 1997
5. 497 Erika Castro 2007
497 Alisa Smith 1985
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445 Lindsay Brown 2009
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