2015-16 at Gardner-Webb: Big South Co-Player of the Week (Nov. 17)
2014-15 at Gardner-Webb: Only Runnin’ Bulldogs to start all 32 games…Scored 9.7 points, hauled down 5.8 rebounds and dished out 2.7 assists per game in her junior season…Arguably is the team’s best defender…Recorded four double-doubles on the season…Led the team in minutes played (1,059)…Third on the team with 106 free-throws made and free-throw percentage (73.6)…Ranked second on the team with 219 rebounds and 86 assists…Led the team with 64 steals was third with 23 blocks…Tied her career-high of eight assists in the victory over Coastal Carolina (1/3)… Also set single game bests for field goal attempts (17), three points made (3) and attempted (6) as well as free-throws made (11) and attempted (14)… Best offensive output for the year was 20 points which came in the home-opener against Montreat (11/18) and at Wofford (11/29)….Had 14 double-figure scoring performances on the season…Scored in double-figures in four of the last five games to end the season.
2013-14 at Gardner-Webb: Appeared in all 30 games and made 23 starts for the Runnin’ Bulldogs during her junior year...Averaged 6.9 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 2.5 assists...Scored a season-high 14 points in the 80-73 victory over Coastal Carolina (2/27/14)...Haled down 13 rebounds in the victory over Winthrop (1/4/14)...Dished out a season-high 8 assists at High Point (2/20/14)...Recorded a double-double of 11 points and 12 rebounds at High Point (2/20/14)...Set a season-high with four steals and five field goal sagainst Campbell
2012-13 at Gardner-Webb: Was named to the Big South All-Freshman Team … Was tabbed the Big South Crons Brand Freshman of the Week three times throughout the season … Played in all 31 games on the season for GWU, starting 15 as a true freshman … Was fourth on the team with 8.3 points per game … Was also third on the team with 5.5 rebounds per game … Led GWU in scoring at 9.9 points per game in Big South Conference play … Led the team with 59 steals on the season … Was second on the team with 67 assists … Was also third on the team with 169 total rebounds … Also recorded 16 blocks on the year … Shot 40.6 percent from the floor overall on the season … Also shot 64 percent overall from the free throw line for the year … Registered four double-doubles on the season … Posted double digit points in 12 different contests on the season … Pulled down double digit rebounds in five different games on the year … Poured in a season-high 22 points in the road win at Charleston Southern … Hauled in a season-high 13 rebounds in the season opening win versus Lipscomb … Posted 11 points and 13 rebounds in the home win over Lipscomb … Totaled 16 points and 12 rebounds at Winthrop and 18 points and 10 rebounds at Radford … Also had 14 points and 11 rebounds in the quarterfinals win over Coastal Carolina in the Big South Championship Tournament … Tallied 18 points in the home win over PC and 15 points in the home loss to Charleston Southern … Totaled a season-high seven steals in the win at UNC Asheville … Also recorded six steals in the win at Charleston Southern and five thefts in the road loss to Coastal Carolina … Dished out a season-high seven assists in the loss at Coastal Carolina … Also totaled six assists in the loss at Radford and five assists in the loss to Liberty in the semifinals of the Big South Championship Tournament … Played 30 minutes or more in 10 different contests on the season … Played a season-high 40 minutes in the overtime loss at Coastal Carolina … Made her first career start in the season opener versus Lipscomb on November 9th.
High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Summers County High School in Hinton, West Virginia ... Was a McDonalds All-American nominee her senior season ... Was also named the Bluefield Daily Telegraph/Pocahontas Coal Association Player of the Year as a senior ... Was also named a Scott Brown Memorial/Beckley Newspapers All-Star selection her senior season ... Was runner up for the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of West Virginia in 2012 ... A four-time First-Team All-State and four-time First-Team All-Conference Team recipient ... Led the nation in scoring her senior year with 36.6 points per game ... Also holds the school record with 49 points in a single game and 27 rebounds in a single game ... Set new school records for career marks in points (1,679), steals (476) and made free throws (490) ... Holds the single season school records in steals (179), made free throws (300), made field goals (301) and rebounds (294) ... Was a key part of Summers County's 105-game winning streak over her four-year career ... Also lettered in volleyball and track & field in which she was a State Champion in both sports ... Also a member of the West Virginia Team Purpose AAU Team.
Personal: Candace Renee Brown was born on November 8, 1993 in Beckley, West Virginia ... Daughter of Ken Harshaw and Lisa Brown ... Has four siblings named Sierra, Jolysa, Ashley and Isaiah ... Majoring in Psychology.
Favorite Bible Verse: Colossians 3:23-24
