Before Brown: Was a two-year varsity water polo player and swimmer at Newport Harbor High School ... Also a member of the Newport Beach Water Polo Club where he was a four-time Junior Olympic participant with his team ... As a varsity swimmer he was primarily a distance swimmer, swimming the 200 and 500 freestyle ... Qualified for Sunset League finals in these events and was also s four-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American with honors (4.0 +) as well as traveling to Hungary and Croatia for international training and competition.