Since the graduation of back-row mainstays Gabi Mostrom and Hanna Shelton, Wichita State volleyball coach Chris Lamb has been on the hunt for defensive specialists to help the Shockers this season.
After two-plus years of development, Kara Bown, a junior from Lincoln, Neb., has emerged as a viable option for the Shockers on the back row to help support libero Giorgia Civita.
Bown was playing sparingly before, but was thrust into a central role recently and has responded with three straight matches of at least 12 digs and she has increased her production to 2.8 digs per set.