Carfora-Brune, Brittney

The big moments for Carfora-Brune, however, were glaring. She is a 2004 graduate of Branford High School, where she was named the New Haven Register Female Athlete of the Year as a senior and later to the GameTimeCT All-Decade Team for 2000-09. She finished with a school-record 1,980 career points, averaging 26 points per game her senior season, and was a McDonald’s All-America nominee and a Street & Smith honorable mention All-American. She was a two-time all-state selection, also earning academic all-state honors, and went on to play at Columbia University, where she was a 3-point specialist.

A 6-foot guard, Carfora was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015, the Branford Sports Hall of Fame in 2016 and the New Haven Tap-Off Club Hall of Fame in 2017. She was honored by the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in the same class as her father, Al Carfora, a 1980 graduate of Quinnipiac University who led the Bobcats to NCAA tournament bids as a junior and senior. Al Carfora, who also coached his daughter, will serve as Brittney’s presenter as she joins the Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.

At Branford, Carfora was a four-year starter for the basketball team and a four-time Southern Connecticut Conference Hammonasset Division all-star. She was also an all-state pick in volleyball, where she led the Hornets to four SCC division titles and to a state semifinal berth as a senior, and earned one varsity letter in track and field. She was a member of Branford’s National Honor Society.

“The most memorable game was when we beat Guilford at home during my sophomore year,” Carfora said. “It was a huge and very special win for us. Guilford was always one of our rivals and a big competitor in our league. It was a night when the stars aligned and we came together as a team for a memorable win.”

Carfora earned a degree in political science from Columbia, finishing her four-year career there with 109 career 3-pointers, leading the nation in 3-point shooting percentage (.519) in 2006-07. She later earned a degree in nursing from Jacksonville University and her Master of Nurse Anesthesia and Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Rosiland Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago. She resides in Danville, New Hampshire.