David Brown Class: Freshman Hometown: Anaheim Hills, CA High School: Mater Dei Height / Weight: 6-3 / 185 Position: Guard Birthdate: 09/30/1992 Experience: HS

High School
David Brown earned four varsity letters in basketball for the Monarchs at Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, Calif.) under Coach Gary McKnight ... served as a team captain his junior and senior seasons (2010-11) while earning first-team All-Trinity League honors in 2011 and second-team plaudits in 2010 ... Mater Dei HS won the Trinity League title all four years (2008-11) of Brown's prep career and won two California Division II State Championships (2008 and 2011) and two CIF Southern Section Division II titles (2008 and 2010) while he was on the squad ... his senior year (2011), the Monarchs were 32-3 and 9-1 in Trinity League play, while he averaged 6.2 points, 4.3 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game ... he tied the Mater Dei HS single-game record in steals last year when he recorded nine in a win against Savanna High School (Anaheim, Calif.) ... the Monarchs finished the 2011 season ranked No. 4 nationally and No. 1 in the state ... helped MDHS to a 32-2 overall record and a 10-0 league mark his junior year (2010) while averaging 3.2 points, 1.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.0 steals per game ... Mater Dei lost in the state semifinals 71-63 to eventual champion Westchester ... the Monarchs finished the 2010 season ranked No. 8 nationally and No. 2 in the state ... his sophomore season (2009), Mater Dei was 31-2 and 10-0 in league action as the Monarch's finished the year ranked No. 3 in the state and No. 12 in the nation ... he averaged 1.3 points, 0.9 assists and 0.8 rebounds per game in 2009 ... as a freshman (2008), he played sparingly on the State Championship team that ended the season ranked No. 3 in the state and No. 8 nationally.

Personal
Full name: David Thomas Brown ... born in Placentia, Calif., on Sept. 30, 1992 ... parents are Thomas and Melissa Brown ... has one younger sister, Allison ... chose to walk-on at UCLA because of the university's academic and athletic prestige and he loves living in California ... lists winning the State championship in 2011 as a senior at Mater Dei HS as his biggest athletic thrill in his career ... lists the Phoenix Suns' star Steve Nash as the athlete he most admires ... is majoring in economics.