Athletic Accolades
2016 NCAA champion (high bar)
Three-time All-American (high bar)
2015 Big Ten champion (high bar)
2015 First Team All-Big Ten
2016 Second Team All-Big Ten
Two-time Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner
Team Captain (2015 & 2016)
Personal Bests
High Bar – 15.450
Floor Exercise – 15.200
Rings – 14.950
Parallel Bars – 14.900
2015-16 (Senior Season): NCAA champion and All-American on high bar with a season-best score of 15.200 at the NCAA championships (April 16); also featured on parallel bars … first place on high bar at the NCAA Qualifier (April 15) … claimed a silver medal on high bar with a score of 14.550 at the Big Ten Event Finals (April 2), good for Second Team All-Big Ten honors … competed on high bar (third, 14.350) and parallel bars (14.550) at the Big Ten Team Championships (April 1) … performed on parallel bars and high bar in a tri-meet with Oklahoma and Air Force (March 7) … competed on floor, parallel bars and high bar at the Arnold Challenge (March 1) … represented the Buckeyes at Winter Cup (Feb. 18) … finished third on floor against Penn State (Feb. 13) with a season-best score of 15.000; also competed on parallel bars (14.700) and high bar … tied for second on parallel bars with a personal-best 14.900 and competed on high bar in a dual meet against Michigan (Jan. 30) … competed on parallel bars (team-best 14.600) and high bar at the Cal/Stanford tri meet (Jan. 24) … also contested parallel bars and high bar at the Windy City Invitational (Jan. 17) … Big Ten Sportsmanship Award … team captain.
2014-15 (Junior Season): Earned the second All-America award of his career with an eighth-place finish on high bar at the NCAA event finals (April 11) … competed on rings, parallel bars and won high bar with a 15.150 at the NCAA team final (April 10) … tied for fifth on high bar and competed on parallel bars and rings at the NCAA qualifier (April 9) … Big Ten high bar champion with a season-best score of 15.325 at the Big Ten event finals (March 28) … third place on high bar with a 15.050 at the Big Ten team finals (March 27); also competed on rings and parallel bars … featured on rings and high bar against Oklahoma (March 14) … earned a second-place finish on high bar (15.200) at the Arnold Challenge (March 7); also tied for fourth on rings and parallel bars … competed on rings and high bar vs. Michigan (Feb. 28) … represented Ohio State at Winter Cup (Feb. 19) … featured on rings and parallel bars at Penn State … competed on parallel bars and rings against Illinois (Jan. 24) … represented OSU at the 2014 P&G championships … competed at the 2014 U.S. National Qualifier … First Team All-Big Ten selection … team captain.
2013-14 (Sophomore Season): Earned his first career All-American award with a sixth-place finish on high bar at the NCAA championships … tallied a personal-best 14.950 to finish third on rings in Ohio State’s tri-meet victory over No. 1 Oklahoma and Temple; also placed second on high bar … posted a career-best 15.450 to win the high bar at No. 2 Michigan … scored a personal-best 15.200 in the floor exercise to finish third overall at the Arnold Challenge.
2012-13 (Freshman Season): Competed in six meets for the Buckeyes … opened his collegiate career on rings and high bar against Michigan (Feb. 16) … followed that meet with a first-place finish on high bar (15.20), second-place finish on parallel bars (14.35) and 10th-place finish on rings against Illinois (Feb. 23) … placed first on high bar (15.05) and fourth on parallel bars (14.10) against UIC March 9 … placed 10th overall in the second session at the NCAA Qualifier April 19 with a 14.20 … posted a 14.20 on high bar at the NCAA Team Finals April 20.
Prior to Ohio State: Trained and competed an as all-around gymnast with the OSU Boys Club under coach DeRon McIntyre… Region 5 team member (2010-11) … earned Top 10 finishes at the VISA Championships (2010-11) … finished in second place on floor exercise at VISA Championships (2010) … Region 5 Champion and Ohio State Champion (2010).
Personal: Son of Rich and Jill Johnson … has two siblings, Kayla and Kristin … plans to be a pediatric nurse practitioner after completion of undergraduate studies … lists greatest sports thrill as getting ready to mount the equipment knowing that he’s trained for that moment and it all comes down to the performance.
