Amirah Johnson                  Hometown: Greenbelt, Md. High School: Eleanor Roosevelt Height: 5-9 Event: XC/Middle Distance Year (XC/In/Out): So./So./So.

Named the 2012 Lady Vol Outdoor Freshman of the Year.

Indoors

• Improved her mile career best again at the SEC Championships, finishing in 4:57.51 in the preliminary round to place eighth in her heat
• Placed fourth in the college division mile at the Tyson Invitational, finishing in 5:00.87...Finished with a time of 12:09.12b in the Distance Medley Relay
• Dropped her mile personal record below five minutes at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge, finishing in 4:59.41, placing 4th
• Ran the 800m at the Virginia Tech Invitational, earning a new personal best of 2:14.81 and finishing third...Placed 12th in the 1000m in a time of 2:57.90
• Kicked off her Tennessee indoor track and field career at the Kentucky Invitational, placing ninth in the mile in 5:10.00...Placed 10th in the 4x400mR with a time of 4:08.24... In the Distance Medley Relay, placed 7th with a time of 12:03.74

Finished in 22:40.1, placing seventh on the team and 128th overall at the 6K NCAA South Regional...Ran sixth on the team and 112th overall at the 6K SEC Championships, navigating the course in 23:29.52...Finished in 62nd place and ninth on the team with a time of 17:06.20 at the 4K Belmont Opener...Competed at the Brooks Paul Short Run, finishing 251st overall and seventh on the team in 23:31...Scored for the team at the 5K Crimson Classic, running fifth on the team and 41st overall, finishing in 18:43.91.

Honors - Named the Outdoor Lady Vol Freshman of the Year...Indoors - N/A...Outdoors - Recorded career bests in two events at the SEC Championships...Turned in a 4:35.34 effort in the 1500m prelims and carded a 2:11.05 readout in the 800m...Logged a time of 4:52.09 to finish in ninth at the UCLA/Washington State Double Dual...Made her Lady Vol debut at the SEC/Big Ten Challenge and ran the 800m and 1500m...Lowered her 1500m mark to 4:45.41 to finish eighth at the Tennessee Challenge...Carded a career-best 4:41.17 to finish ninth in the open 1500m at the Sea Ray Relays...Finished 21st in the preliminary round of the 1500m at the USA Junior Championships.

Was in the scoring five for UT in all six meets...Held down the No. 4 spot at the NCAA South Regional, checking in 123rd overall in 23:27.9 on the 6K course...Scored in fifth position for her team and placed 62nd overall at the SEC Championships in an 6K career best of 22:32.57...Crossed the line fifth for the Lady Vols and 44th overall in 18:49.60 at the 5K Crimson Classic...Ran fifth for the Big Orange and placed 346th overall in a then-career best 6K time of 24:24 at the Brooks Paul Short Run...Placed 11th overall and fourth on the team in 19:29.26 at the 5K Tennessee Invitational...Scored in fifth position and placed 50th overall in a career-best 16:02.81 at the 4K Belmont-VU Opener.

Seven-time state champ on the oval, winning 1600m indoors in 2008, 2009 and 2011 and outdoors in 2009...Swept the 800m crowns indoors and out in 2009 and added a 4x800m victory in 2008...Named to the Prince George's County-Gazette All-Decade Team...Ran a 2:08.6 4x800m split at Penn Relays as a freshman and was on No. 3 all-time sprint medley relay at 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals...All-county all four years...Was 2010 Prince George's County and 4A South Regional champion in cross country.

Born Feb. 15, 1993, in Houston Texas...Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences...Interested in advertising as a major...Parents are Gregory Johnson Sr. and Donna Johnson...Has four siblings: Marcus, Mikaela, Gregory Jr. and Adrienne...Her father was her prep coach.