Ryann Brown

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-8
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Laguna Niguel, Calif.
High School:
Aliso Niguel High School
Prev School:
Princeton

Graduate Season (2025)
Appeared in eight matches • Logged season-high 37 minutes in a single match against Rice • Totaled 149 minutes across the season • Contributed to five shutouts for UNC

At Princeton (2024)
Ivy-league tournament and conference champion • Second Team United Soccer Coaches All-Region • Second Team All-Ivy • Contributed to eight shutouts • Appeared in 18 games with 17 starts

At Princeton (2023)
Missed the season due to injury

At Princeton (2022)
Second Team All-Ivy • Appeared in 13 games with 12 starts

At Princeton (2021)
Appeared in 12 games with four starts • Recorded four assists

High School/Club
Attended Aliso Niguel High School • All-CIF Division 1 Southern California (2018 and 2019) • Played club for Slammers FC • ECNL National Championship Semifinalist with LAFC Slammers (2019)

Personal
Daughter of Omar and Kristen Cuffee-Brown • Siblings Jaden and Dashel Brown • Birthday is February 13 • Pursuing a masters in science management • Father played football at UNC and later in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons • Mother attended journalism school at UNC

Why Carolina?
UNC has always been a major part of my life. I remember attending the soccer overnight camps and always representing the Carolina blue. I am excited to continue my family legacy as a Tar Heel.