Honors: AVCA Third-Team All-American (2017)...AVCA Honorable Mention All-American (2014, 2015, 2016)...Volleyball Magazine Second-Team All-American (2017)...VolleyMob All-America Honorable Mention (2017)...Volleyball Magazine Third-Team All-American (2016)...PrepVolleyball Honorable Mention All-American (2016)...Senior CLASS Award First-Team All-American (2017)...AVCA First-Team All-Region (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)...MVC Player of the Year (2015, 2016, 2017)...MVC Freshman of the Year (2014)...First-Team All-MVC (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)...MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team (2015, 2016, 2017)...MVC Tournament MVP (2017)...MVC All-Tournament Team (2015, 2017)...CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year (2017)...CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team (2017)...CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team (2016)...CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team (2015, 2016, 2017)...MSU Outstanding Female Athlete (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)...MVC 25-year Team Member (2017)...State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award (2017)...MSU Citizen-Scholar Award (2017)...USA Volleyball Collegiate National Team Europe Tour (2016) - Team USA won Global Challenge...USA Volleyball Collegiate National Team Thailand Tour (2017)...AVCA Sports Imports National Player of the Week (10/17/17)...VolleyMob National Player of the Week (9/12/17, 10/17/17)...League-record 15-time MVC Player of the Week...11-time MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week...MVC Defensive Player of the Week (10/5/15, 10/2/17)...MVC Freshman of the Week (9/15/14, 11/10/14)...Athletics Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)...MVC President’s Council Academic Award (2017-18)...MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18)...MVC Honor Roll (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18)...Dr. Mary Jo Wynn MSU Female Student-Athlete of the Year Award (2017-18)...MVC Dr. Charlotte West Scholar-Athlete Award (2018)...NCAA Woman of the Year top 30 finalist (2018).
Senior/Career Summary
• Became the first player in MVC history to lead the league in kills four times with 4.52 per set as a senior
• MSU's first four-time All-American, capping final season with All-America honors from the AVCA, Volleyball Magazine, VolleyMob and Senior CLASS Award
• Ranked second nationally in 2017 with 574 kills and third with 646.5 points
• Second student-athlete in MSU history to earn CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year honors
• Earned MVC Player of the Week six times for a league-record 15 career honors
• Added MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week six times for 11 career awards
• MVC Player of the Year for third consecutive season, first-team all-MVC for fourth straight year
• Set MVC records for career kills (2,293), attacks (6,610) and matches with at least 10 kills (123)
• Tallied 47 career matches with 20-plus kills
• Finished career second in NCAA history in attacks, 19th in kills, and third with 519 consecutive sets played
• One of 10 players in NCAA history with at least 2,200 kills and 1,500 digs
• Had 28 kills and 32 digs at Drake (10/13), the second 25-kill, 30-dig match in school history
• Ranks third in MSU history with 86 matches of 10 or more digs
• Posted five career 20-kill, 20-dig matches, including four in 2017, an MSU single-season record
• Finished career ranked first in school history in kills and attacks, second in kill average (4.42), third in aces (165), third in sets played (519), and fourth in digs (1,615)
2016 (Junior)
• Earned third consecutive AVCA All-American honorable mention selection, becoming the first MVC player to do so
• Second-team CoSIDA Academic All-American, the first MSU volleyball player to earn Academic All-America status both athletically and academically in the same season
• MVC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, and first-team all-league pick for third straight year
• First player to lead the MVC in kills as a freshman, sophomore and junior, and fourth to lead the league three times overall
• Swatted 604 kills on the year to rank third at MSU and fifth in MVC history for a single season
• Kill total ranked fifth nationally, while she also ranked fifth in the NCAA in total points (681), 13th in kill average (4.54/set) and 15th in points per set at 5.12
• Finished junior campaign ranked second at MSU and eighth in MVC history with 1,719 career kills
• Four-time MVC Player of the Week, bringing career total to one shy of Molly O'Brien's MVC record of 10 such awards
• Scooped 408 total digs for a 3.07 per set average, becoming the sixth player in MSU history with 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs
• Ranked second in the MVC with 46 aces and a 0.35 average
• Logged 23 kill-dig double-doubles
• Had 20 or more kills in nine matches
• Broke her own school record with 1,737 total attacks on the season
• Set a school record begun during her sophomore year with 45 consecutive matches with 10 or more kills, giving her the two longest streaks in school history after a 36-match stretch from 2014-15
• Had 33 kills on Oct. 1 at Drake, the sixth-best total in school history and most since 1998
• Hit .228 on the year, with 14 matches at .250 or higher
• Led MSU in kills 31 times and paced the club in aces on 19 occasions, serving multiple aces 14 times
• Concluded the year ranked second in school history in career kills (1,719), 16th in digs (1,118), first in attacks (4,905), second in  kill average (4.39), and second in career 20-kill matches (34)
2015 (Sophomore)
• Became Missouri State’s first two-time All-American with a repeat selection to the AVCA’s honorable mention team
• Recorded 620 kills to rank second all-time at Missouri State and fourth in MVC history
• Earned MVC Player of the Year honors after leading the league with 4.59 kills and 5.09 points per set
• Hit .236 on the season with averages of 2.95 digs, 0.36 blocks and 0.30 aces per set
• Became the first sophomore in school history to reach 1,000 career kills, doing so Nov. 20 against Evansville
• Notched at least 20 kills in 17 matches
• Tallied 23 kill-dig double-doubles
• Finished the season ranked third nationally in kills and fourth in points (686.5)
• Earned a second consecutive first-team all-MVC nod, was a four-time MVC Player of the Week, and garnered MVC Defensive Player of the Week honors on Oct. 6 after finishing with 20 kills and 21 digs at Wichita State for the school’s first 20/20 match since 2006
• First-team MVC Scholar-Athlete, First-team Academic All-Region pick, and two-time MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week
• Set MSU’s single-season record with 1,726 total attacks
• Completed a school-record streak of 36 consecutive matches with at least 10 kills
• Ended the season ranked second in MSU history with 24 career 20-kill matches, second in career kill average (4.31/set), and 15th in total kills (1,115)
• Had at least 10 kills in 34 of MSU’s 35 matches, leading the Bears 32 times
• Had 26 kills in the MVC Tournament championship match against Wichita State (11/28) on the way to all-tournament honors
• Hit .270 or higher in 13 matches, and served multiple aces on 13 occasions
2014 (Freshman)
• Posted one of the most prolific freshman seasons in MSU history, leading the MVC and setting MSU freshman records with 495 kills and a 3.99 average
• Became the first freshman at Missouri State to earn All-America status as an honorable mention selection by the AVCA
• Also an AVCA first-team all-Region pick, first-team all-MVC selection and the MVC Freshman of the Year
• Averaged 4.50 points and 0.31 aces per set to lead the MVC in both categories, adding 2.52 digs and 0.36 blocks
• Had at least 10 kills in 27 matches, including a streak of 13 in a row to close the season that serves as the longest at MSU since 1997
• Posted seven matches with 20 or more kills, the most in a season since 1998
• Kill total and average ranked sixth and seventh, respectively, on MSU's single season list
• Her 26 kills against Ball State (9/12) and 23 at Kansas State (9/8) ranked as the Nos. 1 and 3 freshman totals in school history
• Ranked third nationally among freshmen in total kills and sixth in average
• Hit .300 or better in eight matches
• Matches with at least 20 kills include 26 vs. Ball State (9/12), 23 at Kansas State (9/8), 21 vs. Wichita State (10/10), 21 vs. Loyola (10/25), and 20 at Loyola (9/26), at Indiana State (11/22), and vs. Illinois State (11/28)
• Recorded at least 10 digs in 14 matches with 12 double-doubles
• Served multiple aces on 10 occasions, with 39 on the season and a high of five against Evansville (11/15)
• Two-time MVC Freshman of the Week and one-time MVC Player of the Week
Background
• One of the most decorated high school players ever to sign with Missouri State
• Named to both the AVCA and PrepVolleyball All-America teams as a senior, as well as earning first-team Academic All-America and third-team club volleyball All-America honors from PrepVolleyball
• Also earned All-America distinction at the Girls' Junior National Championships in 2012 and 2014, helping her club to a fifth-place finish in 2014 at the USA Volleyball event
• Honored as the Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior
• Led Lafayette to three state championships during her career
• Piled up 398 kills her senior year (5.04/set) to go with 66 aces, 52 blocks and 270 digs while hitting nearly .500
• Earned All-America honors from Mizuno and PrepVolleyball following an outstanding junior season in which she led Lafayette with 257 kills, 261 digs and 51 aces while hitting .342
• Lafayette went 40-0 in matches and 80-0 in sets that season for a No. 2 national ranking according to PrepVolleyball
• Earned St. Louis Post Dispatch all-Metro Player of the Year honors in addition to first-team all-state, all-district, all-region, all-metro and all-conference accolades both her junior and senior seasons
• Johnson amassed 329 kills for a 3.83 per set average as a sophomore, including 62 in the state tournament and a championship-match record 24 in the final
• Second-team all-state pick as a sophomore
Personal
• Born June 7, 1996, in Chesterfield, Mo.
• Daughter of David and Maryellen Johnson
• Father played tennis at Baker University and is a member of the school's athletics hall of fame
• Majoring in Cell and Molecular Biology
• NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) representative (July 2015-June 2017), Vice-Chair (July 2016-June 2017)
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