"Wheelchair basketball has changed my life over the past five years," Brown said to BV.

"For me this sport has become life; it's something I passionately do every day and has become another job for myself - it allows me to be competitive and be the best athlete I can be."

Brown has played in the NWBL, in professional leagues in Europe and captained Victoria to its first ever Kevin Coombs Cup victory in 2018.

"I think having insight from my own experience and the knowledge of the sport allows me to create a stronger insight into change as well as the mutual interest of wheelchair basketball from myself to everyone else in the community," Brown said.

"Playing in Europe for two years also allowed me to see how leagues and clubs were ran in a different country from a different perspective and this is something I hope I can bring in to help Victoria."

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Brown will help grow BV's wheelchair basketball programs through his experience of playing at an elite level on the national and international stage.

"This role allows me to look at the sport from a different perspective being a player and former Basketball Victoria junior athlete," Brown said.

"The key programs I'm excited to go into more depth with is the development and pathways of junior athletes and their guide to playing nationally.

"Also helping to shape the pathway for players of any age to play the sport at a local level and gain the benefits of social inclusion for all athletes as they progress along the pathways within Victoria."

"At the moment we have some exciting opportunities in the works for all Wheelchair Basketball athletes and we are excited to continue to push them to greater levels."

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