We posted pics of 25-year-old Magic baller Dwight Howard with his new girlfriend earlier.  And it may have been the first time WE have seen her.  But we hear they've been a couple for about a year.

Deets on his new chick inside...

Meet Christine Vest.  We're told the hot baller has been dating her for about a year now.  And they have plenty of things in common.

23-year-old Christine put her 5'11 height to good use and played college basketball at California State in Chico, CA.  And she also appealed to his Christian loving side...she says she loves to sing gospel music.  We all know how Dwight used to talk constantly about how important the Bible and his religion was to his life when he first entered the league.

Ms. Vest is from Winnetka (part of L.A.), CA and is trying to embark on a singing career.  Here's some pics of the pretty lady:

She just joined twitter a couple weeks ago so no juicy nuggets about Dwight have been dropped...yet.

Here's a couple vids of her singing for her Youtube fans:

By the way, Christine says she plans to have a career working with children...you know...if this singing thing doesn't work out.