2025 Women's Soccer Roster
Brown, Ryann

Jersey Number 12
Ryann Brown
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Laguna Niguel, Calif.
- High School:
- Aliso Niguel High School
- Prev School:
- Princeton
Bio
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.
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.
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