Brown Earns All-Big 12 Honor

Lincoln - Nebraska junior Elli Brown earned first-team All-Big 12 honors in voting by the conference coaches, the league office announced on Thursday.

The native of Meridian, Idaho owns eight top 10 tournament finishes this season, including a third-place finish at last week's Big 12 Championships in Waco, Texas.

Brown, who earned the first All-Big 12 award of her career, is a three-year starter in Nebraska's lineup. She posted a career-best tie for second this season with a then-career-low 216 at the Bronco Invitational in her home state during the fall.

She added a third-place finish at the 2007 Big 12 Championships in Waco, Texas - the second-best finish ever by a Husker at the Big 12 Tournament. Brown closed her 54 holes at the league tournament at 225 (77-74-74) to finish four strokes behind 2007 Big 12 champion Amanda Costner from Kansas and just one stroke back of 2006 Big 12 champ Ashley Knoll from Texas A&M.

Brown closed the regular season with a career-best tournament score of 213 to lead NU to a team title at the Mountain View Collegiate. She produced rounds of 72, 71 and a career-best matching 70 in the final round.

Brown leads the Huskers with a 75.72 stroke average on the season. Along with her success on the course, Brown earned second-team academic All-Big 12 honors as a junior, while earning a spot on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll during the fall.

2007 All-Big 12 Women's Golf Team

• Elli Brown, Nebraska, Jr.
• Amanda Costner, Kansas, Sr.
• Ashley Knoll, Texas A&M, Sr.
• Allison Martin, Baylor, Sr.
• Hannah Burke, Baylor, Fr.
• Danielle McVeigh, Texas A&M, Fr.
• Sarah Bradley, Oklahoma State, Fr.
• Pernilla Lindberg, Oklahoma State, So.
• Karin Kinnerud, Oklahoma State, So.
• Lauren Johnson, Texas A&M, So.
• Kelly Jacques, Oklahoma, Jr.

Big 12 Player of the Year

• Ashley Knoll, Texas A&M, Sr.

Big 12 Newcomer of the Year

• Hannah Burke, Baylor, Fr.
• Danielle McVeigh, Texas A&M, Fr.

Big 12 Coach of the Year

• Jeanne Sutherland, Texas A&M