Kalani Brown (born March 21, 1997) is an American professional
basketball
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player for the
Dallas Wings of the
Women's National Basketball Association
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(WNBA) and for
Hatayspor
Hatayspor Kulübü, known as Atakaş Hatayspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in Antakya, Hatay Province.
History
Hatayspor was founded on 23 July 1967. In July 2020, the team achieved promotion to t ...
. She has received multiple honors during her playing career, and was named an All-American by the
Women's Basketball Coaches Association
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The organization was formed in 1981, with the goal of addressing the needs of women's basketball coaches.
The mission of the WBCA ...
(WBCA) following the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
Personal
Brown is the daughter of DeJuna (Dee) and former NBA veteran and champion with the
Boston Celtics,
P. J. Brown.
She has two sisters, Briana and Whitney, and a brother, Javani. Both of her parents played for
Louisiana Tech University
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, and her mother was an assistant coach at Salmen High School. In December 2018, Salmen retired Kalani Brown's number.
In 2015, she was named a
McDonald's All-American
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during her senior year at the school. At Baylor, she majored in communications studies.
Baylor statistics
Source
References
External links
Baylor Lady Bears bio
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1997 births
Living people
All-American college women's basketball players
American women's basketball players
Atlanta Dream players
Basketball players from Louisiana
Baylor Bears women's basketball players
Centers (basketball)
Los Angeles Sparks draft picks
Los Angeles Sparks players
McDonald's High School All-Americans
People from Slidell, Louisiana