Paris Johnson Class: Sophomore Hometown: San Diego, Calif. High School: San Diego Height: 6-4 Position: Center Experience: 1L

One of the nation's top recruits as a prep, who produced a solid first season in her first campaign on The Mesa ... A force in the middle who contributed immediately ... Extremely skilled with her back to the basket and has good low-block moves ... Two-time San Diego County player of the year ... Sister, Desiree, played for the Aztecs from 2005-07 ... Is an SDSU scholar-athlete.

As A Freshman(2007-08): MWC honorable mention pick after ranking first among league freshmen in both scoring and rebounding ... Only Aztec to garner all-tournament honors twice at the LMU Ayres Hotel Thanksgiving tournament and at the San Diego Surf `N Slam ... Voted the league's top freshman heading into the campaign ... One of three players to start all 31 games ... Led the team in rebounding (6.4/g) and was second in scoring (12.0 ppg.) ... First in the MWC in blocked shots in overall games (1.74/g) and second in league contests (1.56/g) ... Her 54 blocked shots tied for fifth in Aztec season history and are the sixth-most in MWC history (most since 2003) ... Ended up 54th nationally in blocks per game ... The 54 blocks are the most by an Aztec since Michelle Suman had 87 in 1994-95 ... Shot 45.1 percent from the field in 29 minutes per game ... Tallied 20 double-figure scoring outings, including four with 20 or more points ... Led SDSU in rebounding 14 times, in scoring seven times and had three double-doubles ... Logged 16 points, nine rebounds and five blocks in her Aztec debut at Nevada ... Team-high 14 points in her first career home game vs. Southern Utah ... Career-high 27 points and 13 rebounds for her first career double-double versus Indiana St. ... Had 17 points at Cal Poly ... Team-best 14 points and seven boards vs. No. 2 UConn ... Sixth straight double-figure scoring game with 15 vs. Quinnipiac ... Second career game with 25 or more points vs. Western Michigan ... Named MWC Player of the Week for her efforts ... Second double-double with 13 points, 13 rebounds to go with four blocked shots and a career-best four assists at TCU ... Nine boards at No. 20 Wyoming, vs. BYU ... 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists in the win over CSU ... Had 18 points at Air Force, making her first seven shots ... Double-double with 11 points and 11 boards vs. No. 19 Utah ... Scored 20 points and added eight boards, three steals and a pair of blocks against UNLV ... Was 11-for-16 from the field for a team-high 23 points versus Air Force on March 8 ... Scored 17 points on 7-for-13 shooting and pulled down five rebounds in the MWC quarterfinal win over Wyoming ... MWC tournament record six blocked shots in the semifinals vs. TCU, which also ranks fourth in Aztec single-game history ... Had 11 points, six rebounds and two steals against the Lady Frogs ... Team game-high seven boards in the MWC finale ... Ended the tourney with eight blocks.

High School: Lettered four years in basketball at San Diego High School, playing her first three seasons under coach Marlon Wells and her senior year under coach Michelle Mannisto ... 2006 and 2007 San Diego Section High School Player of the Year by the San Diego Union-Tribune ... Second team all-state pick by CalHiSports.com the last two seasons ... Played for the South team in the North-South senior all-star game ... Led the Cavers to a 23-5 record, averaging 21.4 points and 10.7 rebounds as a senior... As a junior, averaged 19.3 points, 13.4 rebounds and 4.8 blocks per game to lead San Diego High to the CIF Division I title ... CalHiSports.com all-Division I team and was named one of the state's top juniors ... Listed as the No. 42 prospect in the country and the No. 15 ranked forward by HoopGurlz.com ... Eastern League Player of the Year as a junior, when she logged single-game highs of 47 points and 22 rebounds ... Starter as a freshman for San Diego High, which finished second at the state tournament and won a CIF section title ... San Diego Union-Tribune's all-academic first team with a 3.75 GPA as a senior.

AAU Team: Played basketball during the summer with Lady EBO under coach Marlon Wells and Robbie Sandoval.

Personal: Paris Fiatamalii Johnson was born June 16, 1989, in Kahuku, Hawaii ... Daughter of Fusi Jones and Sam Johnson ... Has two brothers and a sister ... Sister, Desiree, played for the Aztecs the last two seasons, before graduating this past May ... Broke her leg prior to her senior year in high school, which required a steel rod and screws to mend it, but still returned to play in every game ... Majoring in communications.