Fairfield University Athletics

General: Begins her third season with the Stags and is the team’s leading returning rebounder and shot blocker … Enters the campaign with 390 career points and 319 rebounds, as well as 75 blocked shots … Has recorded at least one rebound in 55 consecutive games, dating back to her freshman season … Off The Court: Psychology major … Has participated in the Relay For Life in both of her years at Fairfield … Visited local elementary schools to read to children … 2009-10:  Finished the campaign second on the team in both rebounding, 6.9 a game, and blocked shots, 53 … Appeared in all 34 games the team played, averaging 27.2 minutes an outing … Scored in double digits on 13 occasions, doing so for the first time in her career at St. Francis (NY), tallying a dozen points … Made her first collegiate start against UMKC, equaling a then career-best 13 points, and went on to start 24 of the final 25 games the team played … Posted the first double-double of her career at Marist on January 8, with a then career-best 14 points and a career-high 13 rebounds … Knocked down a career-best eight free throws in the game … Finished the year with 302 points, an 8.9 per game average … Averaged 7.3 points and 10.0 rebounds in 103 minutes of action at the MAAC Championship ... Blocked two shots in title game versus Marist ... Equaled a career-high with 13 rebounds in the semifinal win over Iona ... Pulled down 10 boards and blocked three shots in the quarterfinal victory over Loyola ... Blocked a career-high four shots, and scored 11, in the Stags regular season home finale ... Had her second career double-double at home versus Iona, scoring a career-high 20 ... Made a career-best eight field goals (8-10) in the home victory over Marist … Handed out a career-best five assists, finishing the year with 48, at Iona on February 1 … Was 7-11 from the field at Rider, finishing with 15 points … Netted 11 points, shooting 5-10, with two blocks in the win over IPFW ... Blocked three shots and hauled in four rebounds against Sacred Heart ... Pulled in seven rebounds, and scored three points, at Stony Brook, while blocking three shots ... Hit 6-8 from the floor for 13 points in the home win over Mount St. Mary’s … 2008-09: Averaged 2.9 points and 2.8 rebounds in her 30 games as a rookie at the collegiate level … Shot a team-best 47.8 percent from the floor during the season … Had 45 percent of her rebounds, 38-85, on the offensive glass … Had 13 rebounds in the final four games of the year, including five against Siena in the MAAC quarterfinals … Had six boards, three on the offensive glass at home versus Rider … Started a six-game scoring streak with five points at home versus Marist … Averaged 4.0 boards in home games versus Marist and Canisius … Equaled her career-high with eight points at Rider, shooting 3-5 from the field, in six minutes of action … Pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds, in 18 minutes of play, in a home win over Siena … Scored six points in only five minutes of action at home versus Manhattan, shooting 3-3 from the field … Scored eight points for the first time versus Wagner, while also dishing out a career-high three assists in the win … That scoring effort was the second game in a seven-game stretch in which she shot 10-16 from the field, scoring at least two in each game … Went 3-4 from the field for six points in her first MAAC action at home versus Iona … Shot 3-4 from the field for eight points in 23 minutes of action in two games at the UNC-Asheville Tournament … High School: Earned four varsity letters for the Boxers, scoring over 1,000 points … Served as a team captain as a senior … Named the Player of the Year her junior and senior seasons … Named team MVP as a senior and after earning the team’s best defensive player award as a junior … Named 2007 Brockton Enterprise Player of the Year … A two-time Boston Herald All-Scholastic team selection and was twice selected to the Brockton Enterprise All-Scholastic team … Was selected to the Big 3 Dream Team each year of high school … Personal: Taryn Chanelle Johnson … Is the daughter of Lorraine and Travis Green … Has two brothers and a sister.