She has earned several honours including being named the 2010 Australian Water Polo Female Player of the Year.

[2][4] Her parents believed that she would win an Olympic gold medal in an equestrian event, as she competed in the sport until she was sixteen years old.

[2] She lived in the United States from 2006 to 2008, with the goal of improving the quality of her water polo play so she could qualify for the Olympics.

[18] She briefly played with the Tigers in 2012 before taking a break following their 18 February 2012 game against the Cronulla to attend the national team training camp.

[1] She made her national debut in Montreal at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Australia's 15–2 victory over Germany.

[21] In 2005, she was part of the side that won a bronze medal at the FINA World League Super Finals in Kirishi, Russia.

[22] In the 2007 FINA Water Polo World League Asia-Oceania qualifiers, in Australia's 16–8 defeat of New Zealand, she made eight saves.

[11] In preparation for the Games, her coach Greg McFadden, instructed Brown and every player on the team to sit down for dinner and eat everything on their plate.

[24] She was the last player cut before the 2008 Summer Olympics squad was finalised, right before the team left for Beijing, China.

[5] In May 2010, she was a member of the team that competed at the FINA World League Asia-Oceania zone held in Osaka, Japan and Tianjin, China.

[2] Nevertheless, in April 2011, she attended a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) where the coach was "selecting a team for the major championships over winter".

[27] Brown was part of the Stingers squad that competed in a five-game test against Great Britain at the AIS in late February 2012.