Prior to Stanford

  • Captain of the varsity lacrosse team at the Greenwich Academy (2023)
  • No. 3 ranked team in the NEPSAC with a .75 winning percentage (2022)
  • Team ranked No. 25 nationally by ILWomen (2022)
  • Named USA Lacrosse All-American (2022)
  • Named All-NEPSAC (2022)
  • Named All-NEPSAC Honorable Mention (2021)
  • Earned Mildred Boyd Schoeller Award for top 11th-grade athlete
  • Received the Alan Gilchrist award  for top 10th-grade athlete
  • Twice led team in caused turnovers (2021-22)
  • Led the team in ground balls (2021)
  • In club lacrosse, competed CT Grizzles Lacrosse Club (2018-22), ranked No. 2 in the country
  • Played for 2020 Under Armour CONNY Command Team, winning the national championship
  • Played for the American Select All-Region team for CT (2021-22), finishing second nationally in 2021 and winning the national championship in 2022
  • 2020 Under Armour CONNY Command Team All-Tournament team selection and MVP for the East Super Regional

Personal

  • Parents are Rob and Katie Johnson
  • Has two siblings, Charlie and Henry
  • Charlie plays lacrosse at Duke
  • Mother Katie captained the lacrosse and field hockey at Princeton, as well as on Team USA
  • Grandfather Steve Thurlow played rugby and baseball at Stanford before playing football for the New York Giants and Washington Redskins for six seasons
  • Is interested in management science and engineering
  • Hobbies include politics, coaching lacrosse, field hockey, and basketball
  • Also captained varsity field hockey and basketball, making it to the NEPSAC league semifinal (2021)
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Defense
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