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2001-02: Will go down as one of the best post players in ASU school history ... finished her career as ASU's career leader in field goal percentage, knocking down 56.2 percent of her attempts in her two seasons at ASU (349-621) ...helped ASU to two of its most successful seasons in school history ... highlights from the last two seasons included a share of the 2001 Pac-10 Championship, the 2002 Pac-10 Tournament Championship, back-to-back 20 wins seasons (including a school-record 25 wins in 2001-02) and ASU's first back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 19 years ... was drafted by the WNBA's Portland Fire in the fourth round of the 2002 WNBA Draft (second pick in the fourth round and the 50th overall selection) ... led the Sun Devils in rebounding at 6.6 rebounds and is second on the team in scoring at 12.4 points per game, both for the second straight year ...ranked eighth in the Pac-10 in rebounding, 12th in scoring and third in offensive rebounds ... won the team's rebounding award at the season-end banquet ...finished second in the Pac-10 in field goal percentage, knocking down 55.5 percent of her attempts (177-319) ... scored a season-high 21 points vs. USC on Feb. 14, knocking down 10-of-14 attempts ... had 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting in ASU's win over Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the Sun Devils' first postseason win in 19 years ... knocked down 7-of-7 attempts in ASU's win over Chicago State on Dec. 13 and turned in an 8-for-9 outing in ASU's 14-point victory at Oregon on Jan. 6, which was ASU's first win at McArthur Court in nine years ...turned in six double-doubles this year and 11 in her ASU career ...recorded her third double-double of the year at USC on Jan. 19 with 16 points and 11 rebounds and had the first back-to-back doubles of her career Feb. 7 at Washington State (13 points, 10 rebounds) and Feb. 9 at Washington (13 points, 12 rebounds) ...turned in double figures in scoring in all but eight games this season ...a 2002 honorable-mention All-Pac-10 selection after earning first-team accolades as a junior ...earned Pac-10 All-Tournament honors after averaging 13.3 points and 6.7 rebounds and knocking down 62.1 percent of her shots (18-29) to help lead ASU to its Pac-10 Conference Tournament Championship ...pulled down a career-best 12 rebounds twice this year and four times in her career, most recently Feb. 9 at Washington ... earned all-tournament honors at the 2001 Paradise Jam and was named the MVP of the 2001 ASU Holiday Classic ... scored 1,334 points and pulled down 645 rebounds in her career counting her two seasons at the University of Colorado.
2000-01: Turned in one of the best seasons in school history in her first year after sitting out as a Division I transfer from Colorado... one of the best centers in the Pac-10 ... led the team in rebounding and was second in scoring despite being double-teamed almost every possession ... warned first-team All-Pac-10 Conference honors ... one of four Sun Devils to start all 31 games ... led the Sun Devils and finished sixth in the Pac-10 in rebounding at 7.0 boards per game ... ranked second on the team and eighth in the Pac-10 in scoring with 14.8 points per game ... ranked third on the team with 28.3 minutes played ... scored 460 total points which ranks 10th in ASU single-season charts ... turned in double figures in scoring in all but three games ... scored nine points in two and eight in the other ... had five games with 20 points or more ... led the Sun Devils in scoring in 13 games and in rebounding in 19 games ... ranked 20th in the country and third in the Pac-10 in field goal percentage, hitting 57.0 percent from the field ... her 57.0 clip ranks third all-time in ASU's single-season list and is first on the Sun Devil career charts ... set the school single-season record with 213 free throw attempts ... also ranked sixth in the league with 2.9 offensive rebounds per game ... had a team-high five double-doubles and missed a double-double by one rebound on six more occasions ... fell one rebound short of a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds vs. Texas-San Antonio on Nov. 18 in the first game of her Sun Devil career ... posted her first double-double at ASU with 23 points on 10-of-17 shooting and 10 rebounds in ASU's Nov. 25 win at Hawaii ... named Pac-10 Player of the Week on Nov. 27 after leading ASU to wins in its first four games and a runner-up finish at the Asahi Rainbow Classic in Honolulu ... earned all-tournament honors at the Wahine Rainbow Classic and the ASU Holiday Classic ... turned it up a notch in Pac-10 play to lead the Sun Devils in scoring (15.4 ppg) and rebounding (7.4 rpg) ... had four double-doubles in Pac-10 action ... led the team with 22 points and 11 rebounds vs. Washington on Jan. 11 ... tied a Pac-10 record and set the ASU mark with a perfect 10-of-10 night from the field for 23 points vs. UCLA Feb. 17 ... turned in a career-high 25 points in ASU's NCAA Tournament game vs. LSU on March 16.
1999-00: Redshirted after transferring from the University of Colorado.
At Colorado: Recorded 46 blocks in her two seasons at Colorado, including 29 as a freshman in 1997-98 ... started nine games for the Buffaloes in 1998-99, playing in all 29 contests and averaging 14.7 minutes ... averaged a team third-best 8.0 points to go along with 3.3 rebounds as a sophomore ... led the team with 15 double-figure scoring games ... notched two double-figure rebounding games and posted two double-doubles ... in the Buffaloes' three postseason games (in the Big 12 Conference Tournament and the WNIT), paced the squad with 9.7 points and shot a team-best 52.0 percent from the field (13-of-25) ... started 13 games as a freshman in 1997-98, pacing the team in scoring three times ... was inserted into the starting lineup in the fifth game of the season as a freshman ... scored 16 points and grabbed seven boards ... received the starting nod in 12 more contests, averaging 22.5 minutes, 7.9 points and 4.1 rebounds ... was named CBS's Chevrolet Player of the Game on Jan. 4, 1998, at No. 13 Illinois ... scored 11 points and posted four blocks vs. the Illini.
High School: A 1997 graduate of William J. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs ... the 1997 Colorado Springs Player of the Year and a first-team all-state selection ... two-time MVP for Palmer ... also lettered three years in volleyball and two years in track and field as a high jumper ... captained the basketball and volleyball squads as a senior ... lists the highlight of her prep career as defeating then-unbeaten and defending state champion Doherty, the cross-town rival, by 10 points her junior year ... in addition to Arizona State and Colorado, was also recruited out of high school by New Mexico, San Diego State and UC Santa Barbara.
Personal: Will earn her degree in interdisciplinary studies (communications and business) in May of 2002 ... 2002 Maroon & Gold Scholar-Athlete ... would like to one day host her own television cooking show ... the daughter of Melvin Johnson and Tamara Johnson ... hobbies include shopping, poetry and sleeping...born Dec. 15, 1978, in Houston, Texas ... full name is Melody Marie Johnson.
CAREER BESTS
POINTS 25 vs. LSU, 3/16/01
FIELD GOALS 10 three times (last vs. USC, 2/14/02)
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 17 twice (last vs. Washington, 1/11/01)
3-POINTERS NA
3-POINT ATTEMPTS 2 vs. Missouri, 2/9/99*
REBOUNDS 12 four times (last at Washington, 2/9/02)
ASSISTS 3 twice (last at Wyoming, 12/9/98)*
STEALS 3 six times (last vs. Stanford, 3/4/02)
BLOCKS 3 vs. Rutgers, 12/2/01
MINUTES 36 vs. LSU, 3/16/01
* at the University of Colorado
