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2018 Baseball

13 Joel Johnson

13 Joel Johnson

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    195
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Montgomery, Ala.
  • Highschool:
    Eastwood Christian

Summary

Biography

Honors:

  • USA South All-Conference honorable mention (2018)
  • USA South All-Academic (2016-17)
  • USA South Player of the Week (Feb. 8, 2016)
  • USA South All-Academic (2015-16)

Career Game-by-Game Stats: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

2018 (Senior): Started 37 games... Earned All-USA South honorable mention after batting .319 with a team-high 31 RBIs and 27 runs scored... Collected a team-high, and program single-season record, seven triples on the year.. Hit four home runs, which was tied for second on the team... Was 7-for-9 in stolen base attempts... Led the team with nine multi-RBI games... Had a team-best 11-game hitting streak at one point during the season... Finished his career with a .298 batting average, 66 RBIs, 64 runs scored, 19 doubles, seven triples, 10 home runs, and 18 stolen bases in 21 attempts

2017 (Junior): Appeared and started in 38 games, splitting between third base and left field... Batted .308, with 44 hits and a team-high 31 RBIs and nine multi-RBI games... Had a career-high four RBIs in a win at William Peace (Mar. 24)... Had four games with three RBIs... Went on a 15-game hitting streak, had one game without a hit, then resumed the streak for the final six games of the season... Tied for the team-high with five home runs on the season... His first homer of the season was a go-ahead two-run shot in a win over Maryville (Mar. 3)... Hit a three-run homer in a win over Emory (Mar. 18)... Had another three-run homer in a loss at Sewanee (Apr. 11)... Had a .483 slugging percentage... Was 9-10 in steal attempts... Named to USA South All-Academic team for a second straight year

2016 (Sophomore): Played in and started in 19 games... Started the year off strong as he went a combined 6-for-8 with an RBI and four runs scored in a doubleheader sweep at Greensboro (Feb. 6)... Was selected as USA South Player of the Week on Feb. 8 for his performance against Greensboro... Reached base safely in the first nine games of the year and had a five-game hitting streak during that stretch... Hit .237 for the year with a home run, four RBIs and 13 runs... Hit first career home run in a win over Emory & Henry (Feb. 13)... Was limited in the second half of the season due to injury... Earned USA South All-Academic honors

2015 (Freshman): Appeared in six games with two official at-bats... Scored his first career run in an 8-7 win against Averett (April 24)

High School: Attended Eastwood Christian School in Montgomery, Ala. … Was a member of the Warriors’ baseball, basketball, cross country and track and field teams… Won the AISA 2A State Championship in cross country as a senior... Earned second team all-metro honors in basketball, after averaging 12.0 points per game as a senior... Was a nominee for the prestigious Jimmy Hitchcock Award in baseball in 2010

Personal: Parents are Gary and Linda Johnson... Is one of 12 children... Siblings include: Daniel, Rebekah, Jan-Mikael, Benjamin, Sarah, Nathanael, Elisabeth, Leah, Jeremiah, David and Anna... Brother, Daniel, is also a member of the Covenant baseball team... Father, Gary, played center field for Belhaven from 1982-85... Aunt, Lisa Johnson, played softball at Hinds Community College from 1978-80 and later at Mississippi University for Women from 1981-82... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies

Johnson's Single-Game Highs:

At Bats: 6, at Willliam Peace -- Mar 24, 2017; at Piedmont -- Apr 8, 2017
Hits: 4, at Greensboro -- Feb 6, 2016
Runs: 2, 12 times
RBI: 4, at William Peace -- Mar 24, 2017

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2015Freshman

    C/INF
    6'1" 180 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2016Sophomore

    C/INF
    6'1" 185 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2017Junior

    INF
    6'1" 185 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2018Senior

    OF
    6'2" 195 lbs
    13