Hard worker and hustler who willed her way into last year’s starting lineup ... will see time at shooting guard and small forward ... will provide veteran leadership ... southpaw shooter made jump from jayvee to varsity after freshman season ... As a junior: Appeared in 25 games, including nine on the starting line during Lindsey Bradt’s absence ... scored career-high seven points by knocking down two 3-pointers in the game’s first two minutes on Feb. 12 at Southern Connecticut ... snagged a career-best seven boards during the next game on Feb. 17 at Green Mountain ... scored first 16 career points on the road before hitting two field goals and a free throw versus Pace on Feb. 25 ... shot 3-of-7 (42.9 percent) from beyond the arc ... As a sophomore: Saw action in nine games off the bench ... As a freshman: Played on the junior varsity team ... High School: Played four years of basketball under coach Elaine Clement-Holbrook at Oliver Ames High ... helped her team win the Hockomock Championship in 1998 and the South Sectional Championship in 1999 and 2000 ... averaged 9.0 points per game as a senior ... was named to the all-tournament team at the Walpole Tournament ... a National Honor Society member ... also ran track, and played four years of varsity soccer ... member of two state champion soccer teams ... Personal: Christine Marie Johnson was born on May 10, 1982 ... daughter of Leonard and Mary Johnson ... uncle, Bob Johnson, is a member of the Bentley College athletics hall of fame after playing baseball there ... uncle, Tom Manning, played basketball at Division III Tufts University ... Health & Fitness editor of The Defender, the Saint Michael’s student newspaper, during the first semester of her senior year ... journalism and mass communications major.