One university that was still interested in Johnston was Stanford. And Johnston was interested in Stanford.

"I had a great trip out there, and I really though that I'd found my school," she says.

It was Johnston's parents who emphatically urged her to at least look at Harvard. She took their advice.

"It was then that I realized the California scene wasn't for me," says Johnston, remembering her visit to Cambridge. "I could really see myself here at Harvard."

Johnston has assimilated into the Harvard program with the same ease she shows on the field. As a biological anthropology major, Johnston has two classes with labs this fall and is late to practice some days as a consequence. But this doesn't faze a disciplined Johnston.

"I just have to work that much harder on my own," she says. "I want to be as graceful and mistake-free as possible. I'm not a reckless player."

"Robin has the desired combination of being strong on the ball with the ability to move around players as well," Wheaton says.

Flash back to last week's game against Boston College. An Eagle player, in a display of poor sportsmanship, hits Robin in the head during play. Instead of retaliating in kind, Johnston skillfully outmaneuvers her opponent the next several times she has the ball.

"I want to emphasize the sometimes forgotten beauty of athletics," Johnston says. "A weakness of mine is that I'm not always as aggressive as I should be."

She's been aggressive enough. Johnston put any lingering doubts about her scoring ability to rest in the Crimson's season opener against Columbia, tallying four times in less than one half of playing time.

Since then, Johnston has cooled off, but her effort against the Lions was rewarded by an Ivy Player of the Week award. If she resumes her torrid scoring clip, All-Ivy honors await her.

And if you know anything about Robin Johnston, that wouldn't be a surprise.