Naomi Johnson Class: Junior Hometown: Bloomington, Minn. High School: Kennedy Height: 6-3 Position: MB

Chan's Outlook: "Naomi will be moved back to the middle this season, which is a natural position for her. She gives us the size of a Big Ten middle blocker. She's long and tall and can do things at that position for us that we haven't had for a couple of years now. Having Naomi back to where she feels most comfortable will give us a lot more flexibility up front and will allow her to utilize the talents she has."

2008: Appeared in all 31 matches for Northwestern with 14 starts, setting personal bests in kills (153), attempts (423), hitting percentage (.154) and block assists (43) ... Stepped up in a big way against Ohio State (10/3), recording a career-high 16 kills on 33 attempts for a .364 hitting percentage ... Started her first match of the season against Illinois-Chicago (8/29), recording seven kills on 18 attempts, a pair of digs and a solo block ... Registered a pair of kills against Loyola Chicago (8/30) ... Notched a pair of block assists against Cleveland State (9/6) ... Recorded her 100th career kill against Washington State (9/13) ... Set a new season-high with four blocks against fourth-ranked UCLA (9/20) in the finale of the Wildcat Classic ... Killed eight balls on 26 attempts at Iowa (9/27) ... Tied a then season-high with four blocks in the Wildcats' upset of 17th-ranked Illinois (10/17) ... Tied a career-best with seven blocks against Indiana (10/24) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2007: Appeared in 22 matches with 12 starts ... Had three service aces against Iona on 9/8 ... Earned her first-career start on 10/19 against No. 13 Minnesota, recording three aces and a then-season-best five blocks in a five-game win ... Had nine kills in a five-game win over No. 20 Michigan (10/24) ... Blocked a season-best seven attacks in a five-game win at Illinois (11/2) ... Terminated a season-best 10 swings in a four-game win over Ohio State (11/10) ... Hit a season-best .429 (7-1-14) with four blocks in return to her native Minnesota (11/17).

High School: Named to the No. 95 spot on prepvolleyball.com's 2007 "Senior Aces" list ... Named All-State in 2006 ... Earned Star-Tribune and Pioneer Press All-Metro honors in 2006 as well ... 2005 All-Lake Conference honoree ... Team MVP in 2005 ... Played club with the Northern Lights for four years ... Team earned bronze medal at the 2007 Junior Olympics ... Starting middle on the 2006 AAU and USJO national champion 17 open team ... Has a 4.0 GPA and is a National Merit Commended Scholar ... Was home-schooled through the 10th grade before attending Normandale Community College in 11th and 12th grade ... Earned Dean's List honors at Normandale ... Played her high school volleyball at Kennedy in Bloomington, Minn.

Personal: Born Naomi Marie Johnson ... Daughter of David and Karin Johnson ... Plans to major in pre-veterinary medicine.

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