Joanna Wright Class: Sophomore Hometown: Winston-Salem, N.C. High School: RJ Reynolds Height: 5-5 Event: Pole Vault

In 2007-08: Registered a school-record mark of 12 feet, 9 1/2 inches in the pole vault at the ACC Outdoor Championships to earn All-ACC honors with a second-place finish ... Placed 12th in the pole vault at the NCAA East Region Championships with a mark of 12 feet ... Scored at the ACC Indoor Championships in the pole vault with a mark of 11 feet, 11 3/4 inches to finish eighth ... Cleared an indoor season-best mark of 12 feet, 1 1/2 inches in the pole vault at the Rod McCravy Invitational (2/1).

High School: Eight-time letterwinner under track & field coach Jeff George at RJ Reynolds high school ... Won the 2007 Indoor and Outdoor pole vault state championships ... Named 2007 North Carolina State indoor meet MVP ... Competed at the 2006 Nike Indoor and Outdoor meets and the 2007 NSIC meet ... Holds the North Carolina high school indoor pole vault record (12'1") ... Holds high school records in the pole vault, long jump, triple jump, 55-meter hurdles, pentathlon and heptathlon ... National Honor Society.

Personal: Born Joanna Lynn Ohlinger Wright on May 3, 1989 in Highpoint, N.C. ... Daughter of Ron and Amy Wright ... Has an older brother, Andrew ... Father competed in gymnastics at William and Mary from 1977-79 ... Grandfather, Fred Ohlinger, played football at West Virginia from 1954-1956 ... Undecided on major.