Taylor Lawson Class: RS Sophomore Hometown: Berkeley, Calif. High School: St. Mary's HS Experience: SQ

High School: A three-sport athlete at St. Mary's HS, competing in cross country, basketball and track & field ... named the Cal-Hi Sports 2010 Division IV Athlete of the Year ... placed second at the Division IV NCS cross country meet and was the No. 1 runner on state qualifying teams three times ... finished 17th at the state Division IV meet as a senior ... in track, recorded her best 300-meter hurdles at NCS Meet of Champions (43.79). ... helped her school's 4x100 relay finish sixth at the state meet, while the 4x400 was 12th at the state championships ... has a career best of 56.77 in the 400 ... will run the 800 at Cal ... started at point guard on the St. Mary's basketball team that finished as the state runner-up in 2010 ... received the Sportsmanship Award for the championship game. Personal: Born June 15, 1992, in Berkeley, Calif. ... mother is Gia Kramer and father is James Lawson ... mother was a gymnast at UC Davis, while her father ran track and played football for the Aggies ... has four younger siblings ... undeclared major.