Brooke Vessey Class: Freshman Hometown: Redlands, Calif. High School: Redlands HS Height: 5-2 Position: Driver Birthdate: 12/09/1988 Experience: HS

High School: Lettered four years at Redlands High School, where she was a three-time team MVP ... Also earned CIF Division V most valuable player honors after leading the Terriers to a runner-up finish at the 2007 championships ... A four-time all-CIF and all-league selection ... Named the Citrus Belt League MVP as a sophomore ... Four-year varsity swimmer ... Qualified for the CIF meet in both the 100-yard backstroke and the 100 butterfly in 2004 and 2006.

Personal: Brooke Elizabeth Vessey was born Dec. 9, 1988, in Redlands, Calif. ... Daughter of Jim and Ann Vessey ... Joins older sister, Jamie, on the Aztec water polo team ... Also a member of the SDSU swim team ... Majoring in child and family development at San Diego State with career aspirations to be a trauma nurse.