Alisha Lasswell Class: Sophomore Hometown: Kilbride, Ontario, Canada High School: Lester B. Pearson Height: 5-10 Event: Jumps Birthdate: 05/11/1982 Experience: 1V

San Diego’s top returning high jumper, who also competes in the long jump, triple jump and the 800 meters ... one of two Canadians on this year’s Aztec squad along with senior Jennifer Stakiw (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan).

2002 - Placed 12th in the high jump and 13th in the triple jump at the 2002 MWC outdoor meet ... set a career-best of 5-7 in the high jump to claim first place at the SDSU Classic on March 23 …that height is good enough to tie her for 10th-place all-time in the Aztec record book … also took first at the Trojan Classic, clearing 5-5 …turned in top-three performances in the high jump on three additional occasions, as she finished second at the Ben Brown Invitational, tied for second at the UNLV Desert Classic and placed third at the All-Women Invitational … also competed in the long jump, triple jump and 800 meters ... fourth-place in the 800m at the UNLV Desert Classic with a time of 2:23.31 ... cleared an indoor season-best 5-05.75 in the high jump for fourth place at the MWC championships ... earned conference all-academic honors.

High School - Four-year varsity letterwinner at Lester B. Pearson High School in Burlington, Ontario, Canada … team MVP in 1999 and 2000… placed second in the high jump at the Ontario high school championships in both her junior and senior years … placed third in the high jump at the 2000 Canadian junior nationals ... selected for the 2000 Canadian junior national team, which competed against the United States in a dual meet in Montreal, Quebec … four-year member of the honor roll … also played volleyball (middle blocker) and softball (second base).

Personal - Alisha Alexandra Lasswell was born May 11, 1982, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada … daughter of Larry and Ann Lasswell … enjoys singing and songwriting in her spare time and has recorded a CD … has also spent time modeling … majoring in liberal studies … has career plans of becoming a teacher and a musician.