By Ann Miller
Advertiser Staff Writer

Heather Bown RESIDENCE Yorba Linda, Calif. HAWAI'I CONNECTION 1998-99 University of Hawai‘i SPORT USA Women’s volleyball HEIGHT 6 feet 3 POSITION Middle blocker CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • First-team All-American both years in Hawai‘i, lifting Wahine to a top-five ranking, NCAA Regional and WAC Championship each season. Left with five individual records including best career blocking average (1.95) and hitting percentage (.378). • Joined national team a month after her senior season ended and has been starting recently • WAC Player of the Year both seasons • As a senior, led the country in blocking (2.25 per game) - the highest national total in more than six years • Junior year averaged 4.74 kills per game - third best in Wahine history - and 1.69 blocks (fifth best). WAC leader in hitting percentage (.389) and kills per game, second in blocking. • Played two seasons at UC-Santa Barbara • Two-time all California Interscholastic Federation selection at Esperanza High School PREVIOUS OLYMPICS First COMPETITION at Sydney Entertainment Center, unless noted • Sept. 15 vs. China • Sept. 17 vs. Kenya • Sept. 19 vs. Croatia • Sept. 21 vs. Australia • Sept. 23 vs. Brazil (Buring Pavilion) • Sept. 25 quarterfinals • Sept. 26 classifications (Buring Pavilion) • Sept. 27 classifications,semifinals • Sept. 29 medal matches

Tania Brunton RESIDENCE Wellington, N.Z. HAWAI'I CONNECTION ’96 University of Hawai‘i graduate SPORT New Zealand Women’s basketball HEIGHT/WEIGHT 5 feet 11, 130 pounds POSITION Guard CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Starter on New Zealand’s first Olympic women’s basketball team • First foreigner to play Wahine basketball • All-Big West forward helped Hawai‘i to its only conference tournament championship in 1996, leading the team in scoring (19.3 points) and rebounding (8.2). A year earlier, with Brunton and Nani Cockett out with knee injuries, the Wahine were 6-20 • 1996 Jack Bonham Award winner at UH, and National Strength and Conditioning Association All-American • Has played on New Zealand’s national team since 1992 PREVIOUS OLYMPICS First COMPETITION at Sydney SuperDome • Sept. 15 vs. Poland • Sept. 17 vs. South Korea • Sept. 19 vs. Cuba • Sept. 21 vs. USA • Sept. 23 vs. Russia • Sept. 25 classifications, at The Dome • Sept. 26 quarterfinals • Sept. 28 classifications, semifinals • Sept. 29 medal games