
Year: | 2010-2013 |
Hometown: | Thousand Oaks, CA |
High School: | Thousand Oaks HS |
Major: | Economics - Accounting and Psychology |
College: | Claremont McKenna |
On Court: Played on varsity team all four years
in high school, helping captain the team to a CIF championship in
2009 while playing number one doubles...named Most Valuable
Player in Marmonte League and placed on the Ventura All-County
Team in 2008...ranked as high as #50 in the Boys 18 Division in
USTA Southern California section...as a
freshman...reached the singles quarterfinals (losing to
teammate Mikey Lim) at the ITA West Regionals to finish the fall
season ranked #25 in the west...went on to have the best single
season winning percentage in Stags Tennis history, going undefeated
in sixteen (16) spring dual matches, with only one loss in the
quarterfinals of the Ojai Valley Tournament...played primarily at
#5 and #6 singles, but also played three matches at #3 and one at
#1...lost only two total sets in spring dual match play...had wins
against regional ranked players Andrew Giuffrida (#2 from Cal
Lutheran) and Kyle Anderson (#25 from Linfield), both at the Ojai
Valley Tournament...did not lose a set in five matches at #5
singles during NCAA team championships...finished the season ranked
#23 in the west in singles, with a staggering 21-2 overall
record...earned an ITA West Region Rookie of the Year
nomination for his performance...went 2-3 in doubles, playing with
Wong, Crandall, and Cahill...as a sophomore picked
up right where he left off from year one, advancing to the singles
final of the ITA West Regionals as the 11th seeded
player...defeated 2nd seed Giuffrida of Cal Lutheran in the Round
of 16, teammate Ron Wu in the quarters, and then 7th seed Koenig of
UC Santa Cruz in the semis, before falling to 5th seed Ballou of
Cal Lutheran in the final...his 5-1 record at the tournament earned
him a fall national singles ranking of #13 and a west region
singles ranking of #3...partnered Ellis for one match at the ITA
West Regionals, where the pair lost to top seeds Ballou and
Giuffrida of Cal Lutheran in the first round...began spring season
for the Stags at #2 singles and #3 doubles (with Brockett)...won
first four singles dual matches before losing first of his career
at UCSD on March 3, breaking a consecutive dual match win streak of
19...moved to the #3 singles spot with teammate Robbie Erani's
return to the lineup in early April...again finished the season
very strong, winning 10 of his last 11 matches and staying unbeaten
in NCAA team play...will be remembered for his incredible win at
Santa Cruz to clinch the West Regional, saving six match points
from 1-5 down in the third set...earned 1st Team All-SCIAC honors
for his unbeaten record against conference opponents...ended 2011
with a 23-9 singles record and a national ranking of #31 and #10 in
the west...went 2-2 in doubles, playing with Ellis, Brockett, and
Cahill...as a junior entered the USTA / ITA West
Regionals as the 6th seed and proceeded to advance all the way to
the final, with wins over 2nd seeded Meyer of Pomona-Pitzer and 5th
seeded teammate Warren Wood in three sets in the semis...lost to
teammate and top seed Alex Lane in the final, but became the first
Stag ever to reach consecutive West Regional singles
finals...earned a #12 national and #4 west region singles ranking
for the fall...got off to a slower start than usual in the spring,
playing at the #2 and #3 singles spots for the first six weeks of
the season...hit his stride in April, winning nine of eleven
matches and reaching the quarters of the Ojai...finishing the year
at #5 singles, he was undefeated in May, with two wins at SCIACs, a
win at NCAAs, and two other unfinished matches at NCAAs...won more
than twenty singles matches for the third straight year with a
21-12 mark...went 1-0 in doubles playing with Chien...as a
senior made fall debut at USTA / ITA West Regionals, where
he was 2-1 in three singles matches and 0-1 with partner Matt Ellis
in doubles - his worst Fall ITA performance during his CMS
career...entered the spring season with 67 career singles wins,
placing him 17th all-time in program history...hit the ground
running in February, playing #3 singles on opening day and dropping
only two games...playing every singles position between #3 and #6,
Johnson was only 3-4 through the beginning of spring
break...from March 19 through the NCAA team final
he was 16-3, with losses coming to Chow of Williams (twice) and
Wiechert of Pomona-Pitzer in the Ojai...finished 2013 with a
singles record of 21-8, completing four straight seasons of twenty
plus singles wins...his 3-2 doubles record with partners Pereverzin
and Ellis, pushed him over the .500 threshold for his career at
8-7...completes CMS Stags Tennis career with a singles record of
86-31 (.735), placing him eleventh all-time in matches played
(117), fifth all-time in career wins (86) and tenth all-time in
career winning percentage (.735)...along with
teammate Alex Lane, Johnson is one of two CMS Tennis Wall of
Fame inductees (1st Team All-SCIAC and 3.0+ career GPA) from
the class of 2013
Personal: Robert Day Scholar who held several
positions at CMC, including project manager at the Rose Institute
of State and Local Government, career consultant at the Career
Services Center...also worked at the Financial Economics Institute
and the Student Investment Fund...Vice President of the Psi Chi
National Honor Society...ITA Scholar-Athlete all four years ,
earning the third highest GPA among all CMS student-athletes...also
earned COSIDA All-District Academic honors for his academic acumen,
as well as the 2013 Hank Krieger Award, given to the CMS
student-athlete demonstrating exceptional athletic excellence,
academic excellence, and leadership...Valedictorian for Thousand
Oaks High School Class of 2009...dad, Nels Johnson, is a CMC alum
(Class of '72).