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At ASU: Talented, athletic guard who joins the Sun Devil basketball team after a sensational rookie year on the track and field squad...two-time track All-American who won the 2004 NCAA title in the heptathlon...was also the Pac-10 Track and Field Newcomer of the Year last year and finished 12th at the U.S. Olympic Trials over the summer...will compete in both sports this year...has a great jump shot and should help the Sun Devils in rebounding and defense...brings a championship mentality and determination to the court...will compete in both basketball and track this season...two-time Maroon & Gold Scholar-Athlete.
ASU Track: Won the 2004 NCAA heptathlon title, ASU's first NCAA title since 1996...placed second in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships last year...earned two All-America honors for her national finishes...competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials, finishing 12th in a very competitive field...scored 5,807 points on her way to upsetting the defending NCAA champion...also won the Pac-10 Championship in the heptathlon one week before winning the conference high jump crown and placing eighth in the 100m hurdles...selected as the 2004 Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year and Pac-10 Athlete of the Week (May 10)...ranks highly on several event lists for ASU...seventh all-time in the 100m hurdles (13.52), sixth in the high jump (1.77m) and second in the heptathlon (5,807 points)... opened her collegiate career in stellar fashion by winning the pentathlon at the Boise State/Holiday Inn Invitational with 4,044 points...at that meet, won all five individual events (60m hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800m run)...helped lead the women to wins over Arizona and Northern Arizona at the Double Dual by winning the individual high jump and 55m hurdles while placing second in the long jump and running the third leg of the winning 4x400m relay team.
High School: A 2003 graduate of Yuma (Ariz.) High School...was one of the most decorated athletes in Arizona high school history...won 14 state titles in track and field...won gold four times in the high jump and long jump while winning state titles in the 100m hurdles and triple jump three times...won the title in all four events in her sophomore and senior seasons...holds state records in the 100m hurdles (13.60) and the high jump (6-00), setting both in her senior season...established the hurdle mark as a sophomore before breaking it as a junior and then again as a senior...three-sport standout who lettered four times in track and field, basketball and volleyball...was a four-time first-team All-Metro Region selection in all three sports...earned honorable mention All-Arizona accolades in basketball as a senior...was the Yuma Daily Star's Athlete of the Year in 2003...earned Arizona's Gatorade Athlete-of-the-Year honors in 2003 for her performances on the track...from 2000 through 2003, was named the team captain of both the volleyball and basketball teams... averaged 17.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.6 steals, 2.4 assists and 1.1 blocks per game en route to earning Metro Region MVP honors as a junior...averaged 20 points and eight rebounds per game as a senior...earned Track and Field News High School All-America honors in 2002...won the young women's heptathlon at the 2003 Junior Olympic National Championships and at the 2001 Youth Athletics nationals which qualified her for the World Youth Championships.
Personal: Is undecided on her major...the daughter of Earl Johnson and Beth Knapp...has a sister, Jessica, and a twin brother, Jermyn... hobbies include music, shopping and swimming...born in September of 1984, in San Jose, Calif. ...full name is Jacquelyn Kate Johnson.
