Baseball

Returns healthy following an injury-shortened season … Will continue to provide outstanding defense up the middle, likely making the transition from shortstop to second base … A candidate to bat leadoff … Played for the Columbus All-Americans during the 2008 Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League, starting 24 games and batting .234 (18-for-77) with two doubles and nine RBI against high-caliber competition … 2009: Team’s starting shortstop for first 32 games and primary No. 5 hole hitter before suffering an injury on April 12 … Returned to serve as a pinch runner five times during the finals of the NCAA Div. III Baseball Championships, scoring a run in a win vs. Kean (May 23) … Was the Scots’ sixth-leading hitter with a .354 average, which included three doubles and three triples, and ranked third on the squad in stolen bases with nine … Scored 30 runs and drove in 23 … Batted .583 (14-for-24) over a six-game tear on the spring break trip (March 16-21) … 2008: Selected honorable mention on the All-North Coast Athletic Conference Team … Started all 47 games at short, accumulating a .264 average with 28 runs, 10 two-baggers, four homers, 30 RBI, and 13 stolen bases … Ranked eighth in the NCAC in steals … Season highlight was a two-out, walk-off grand slam during the 13th inning, giving the Scots an 11-8 win over host Rose-Hulman (May 16) in an elimination game at the NCAA Tournament … Doubled twice in three at bats during a 6-1 win vs. Case Western Reserve (April 22) in a game played at Progressive Field … Went 3-for-4 with a double at regional rival Marietta (March 26) … 2007: Had a slow start to his career, getting injured during the Florida trip, but bounced back, steadily earning playing time and eventually starting 11 of the final 13 games … Batted over .400 (.407; 24-for-59) during 22 games played with eight extra base-hits and 11 RBI … Doubled, tripled, and homered, scoring each time in a 14-0 victory over Marietta (April 29) … Prior to Wooster: Named to the All-Ohio Cardinal Conference Second Team as a junior and senior at nearby Orrville High School … Batted .329 over his career with the Red Riders … Recipient of five letters – three in baseball and two in basketball … Personal: Born on May 26, 1988 … Son of Craig and Sandy Johnson, and older brother of Kelley Johnson, a standout for the Scots’ volleyball and softball teams … Majoring in psychology.