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Jersey Number 27
Brett Johnson
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- First Base
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 235
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Charlottesville, Va.
- High School:
- St. Anne's-Belfield
- Major:
- Education
Career Highs
Runs: 3, 5x, vs. Delaware, 3/24/17
Hits: 5, VMI, 4/12/16
RBIs: 8, 2x, vs. UNC Asheville, 2/25/17
Steals: 1, 5x, vs. Hofstra, 5/13/17
2017 as a redshirt senior:
- Third Team All-CAA
- CAA All-Academic Team
- Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (Feb. 27)
- CAA Player of the Week (Feb. 28)
- Preseason All-CAA
- JMU's premier power threat, Johnson led the Dukes with 11 home runs, 42 RBIs and a .583 slugging percentage
- Collected a .301 average, 11 doubles, 32 runs and 28 walks
- 3-6 with three home runs and eight RBIs in the 25-9 win over UNC Asheville [2/25]
- 3-5 with a home run and two RBIs in a 9-8 loss at Old Dominion [3/7]
- 4-7 in a doubleheader sweep of Coppin State with a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored [3/10]
- 7-16 across four games against NJIT, helping the Dukes to three wins with a double, two home runs, three runs and nine RBIs [3/17-19]
- Athletic Director's Scholar Athlete Award (Fall '16, Spring '17)
2016 as a redshirt junior:
- Third Team All-CAA
- Started 54 out of the team's 55 games with a .328 batting average, the third-highest average on the team
- Led the Dukes in home runs (7), hits (63) and total bases (100)
- Second on the team in on-base percentage (.429), slugging percentage (.521) and doubles (14)
- Tallied 33 runs scored and 38 RBI
- Went 5-for-5 with two doubles and a homer for two runs and three RBI in an 11-10 walk-off win over VMI [4/12]
- 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and three runs in a 15-4 win over Hofstra [5/19]
- 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI in a 9-3 win over College of Charleston [9-3]
- Dean's List Spring 2016
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
2015 as a redshirt sophomore:
- Dean's List Fall 2014
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete Award
- Played in 48 games, including 42 starts, hitting .274 and slugging .488
- His eight home runs were tied for the most by a Duke, while his 41 RBI were second most on the team
- Hit a walk-off three-run home run in a 9-7 win over Minnesota [3/13]
- Recorded an enormous eight RBI in a 15-13 win over George Mason [4/21], including a three-RBI triple and a three-run home run
- 2-4 with a triple, a walk, three runs and three RBI in a 23-7 win over Hofstra [5/10]
2014 as a redshirt freshman:
- Made collegiate debut in middle game of ECU series after redshirting true freshman season in 2013
- Picked up first collegiate RBI with a double and a walk in St. John's middle game
- First career game with two hits with an RBI in loss at Virginia Tech
- Fourth multiple-hit game of the season by going 2-for-3 at Longwood
2013 as a freshman:
- Redshirted true freshman season
- Played as a member of the Elkton Blue Sox in the Rockingham County Baseball League
Before JMU:
- Played for Alan Swanson at St. Anne's-Belfield in Charlottesville, Va.
- Three year letter winner in both baseball and basketball for the Saints
- Named team captain for both baseball and basketball his senior year
- Finished in the top 10 in school history for average, home runs and runs batted in
- Helped his team win the 2011 VISAA Division 1 state championship
- Also played football as a freshman
- Was on his high school's dean's list throughout all of high school
Personal:
- Son of Teri and Phil Johnson
- Would like to open a sports facility that provides training for younger children and children with special needs
- Has aspirations to work in the front office of a Major League Baseball team
- Enjoys basketball, golf, cooking and bowling
- Uncle, Bill Howard, was an All-American at Springfield College
- Majoring in education with a minor in middle education
- Volunteers with Habitat for Humanity
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