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Jersey Number 12
Josh Johnson
- Position:
- RHP
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 188
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Caledonia, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Caledonia HS
Bio
CAREER:
Most experienced hurler on the MSU pitching staff ... Solid right-hander who enters his final collegiate campaign with a 14-5 record and 4.86 earned run average in 41 career appearances (26 starts) ... Returning weekend rotation pitcher with 138 career strikeouts in 166-2/3 innings ... Serves as team co-captain with second baseman Jeffrey Rea.
MSU's "Saturday starter" for much of the season, appearing in 16 games, 12 as the starter ... Posted a 4-4 record with a 5.96 earned run average ... Pitched a career-high 71 innings and ranked second on the club with 51 strikeouts, also a career-best ... Earned wins in his first four outings - against Marist College (Feb. 26), Arkansas State (Mar. 4), Arizona (Mar. 11) and Tennessee (Mar. 18) ... Tossed 6-1/3 innings of one-hit, shutout baseball in seasonal debut against Marist College ... Registered a season-high and career second-most eight strikeouts in MSU's 10-4 win over Arkansas State ... Did not allow a run in an impressive career-longest eight-inning start against SEC foe Tennessee (Mar. 18) ... Worked six innings or better in seven of his first nine starts ... Took losses at Alabama (Apr. 1), against Georgia (Apr. 8), in a midweek start at Southern Miss (Apr. 26) and in the regular season home finale against Mississippi (May 20) ... Closed out his junior season with a strong 4-1/3-inning showing against UNC Asheville in the NCAA Clemson Regional ... Struck out six and blanked UNCA over the first four frames ... Finished with a 1-3 record and a 7.35 earned run average in league competition.
Appeared in 12 games, compiling a 5-0 record with a 4.03 earned run average ... Drew six starts in non-conference play, including his first five appearances ... Notched his first win of the year in his second outing, an NBC Classic start against Kansas (Mar. 6) ... Allowed one run on one hit with seven strikeouts and matched a career-high with seven innings pitched in a no-decision start against Memphis (Mar. 16) ... Registered wins in starts against New Orleans (Mar. 23) and Mississippi Valley (May 10) and pitching in relief against Samford (Mar. 13) and Florida Atlantic (June 5) in the NCAA Coral Gables (Fla.) Regional ... Established a career high with 11 strikeouts over 6-2/3 innings against Mississippi Valley ... Worked six innings or better in four of his six starts ... Allowed one unearned in his SEC pitching debut, a 2-1/3-inning relief effort against Auburn (Apr. 9) ... Also worked four innings of relief against Kentucky (Apr. 23) ... In his lone postseason performance registered MSU's final win of 2005 with 1-1/3 innings of scoreless relief in State's 8-4 regional tourney win over Florida Atlantic ... Named to the 2005 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
Made 13 mound appearances as a true freshman, drawing eight mid-week starts ... Compiled a 5-1 record with a 4.06 earned run average ... Totaled 43 strikeouts while issuing but 15 walks in 51 innings, holding opponents to a .232 batting average ... One of two Bulldog rookies named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team by Collegiate Baseball ... Made his MSU debut with a 2.0-inning relief stint against Illinois (Feb. 29) ... Retired all but one of the seven batters he faced and recorded his first strikeout ... Drew the first of his eight starts against Mississippi Valley State (Mar. 3), earning his first win and allowing one unearned run in 6.0 innings ... Picked up a win with 2.0 innings of scoreless, one-hit relief work against Southern Cal (Mar. 14) in the NBC Classic ... Struck out a season-high seven over 4-1/3 innings in a no-decision start against Louisiana-Monroe (Mar. 17) in Jackson, Miss. ... Absorbed his lone rookie season loss against Samford (Mar. 24) ... Worked 5.0 innings with six strikeouts in earning the series-clinching win at Southern Miss (Apr. 7) ... Allowed but one run in six innings and earned his fourth win in 10-2 win over Memphis (Apr. 20) ... Worked a season-longest 7.0 innings and got the win in a 12-2 road win against UAB (Apr. 27) ... Did not appear in any SEC games but did make a brief relief appearance against Mississippi in the Mayor's Trophy Game in Jackson.
Four-year pitching standout for coach Kent Farris at Caledonia High School ... Posted a 5-5 mound record with a 2.50 earned run average and 95 strikeouts as a senior ... First-team Mississippi Association of Coaches All-State and Jackson Clarion-Ledger "Dandy Dozen" selection in 2003 ... Earned Commercial Dispatch All-Area Team honors for the fourth season ... Also hit .413 with three home runs and 29 RBI ... 2003 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American ... Selected to compete in both the Crossroads Diamond Club All-Star Game and the NEMCABB All-Star Game ... As a junior posted an 8-3 record with a 1.18 ERA and 126 strikeouts ... Named to the 2002 all-district team ... Starred for the West Point-based Bryan Packers summer league team ... Helped lead coach Frank Portera's squad to the championship of 2002 American Legion World Series in Danville, Va. ... Named to the ALWS all-tournament team, tabbed as the tournament MVP and named the recipient of the Bob Feller Pitching Award ... Notched an 8-3 record as a sophomore and as a freshman was a member of the 2000 North State championship team ... Member of the National Beta Club, the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and active in CHS's chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Born Joshua Gayden Johnson on October 6, 1984, in Amory, Miss. ... Son of Gayden and June Johnson of Caledonia, Miss. ... Majoring in general business administration.
Most experienced hurler on the MSU pitching staff ... Solid right-hander who enters his final collegiate campaign with a 14-5 record and 4.86 earned run average in 41 career appearances (26 starts) ... Returning weekend rotation pitcher with 138 career strikeouts in 166-2/3 innings ... Serves as team co-captain with second baseman Jeffrey Rea.
2006:
MSU's "Saturday starter" for much of the season, appearing in 16 games, 12 as the starter ... Posted a 4-4 record with a 5.96 earned run average ... Pitched a career-high 71 innings and ranked second on the club with 51 strikeouts, also a career-best ... Earned wins in his first four outings - against Marist College (Feb. 26), Arkansas State (Mar. 4), Arizona (Mar. 11) and Tennessee (Mar. 18) ... Tossed 6-1/3 innings of one-hit, shutout baseball in seasonal debut against Marist College ... Registered a season-high and career second-most eight strikeouts in MSU's 10-4 win over Arkansas State ... Did not allow a run in an impressive career-longest eight-inning start against SEC foe Tennessee (Mar. 18) ... Worked six innings or better in seven of his first nine starts ... Took losses at Alabama (Apr. 1), against Georgia (Apr. 8), in a midweek start at Southern Miss (Apr. 26) and in the regular season home finale against Mississippi (May 20) ... Closed out his junior season with a strong 4-1/3-inning showing against UNC Asheville in the NCAA Clemson Regional ... Struck out six and blanked UNCA over the first four frames ... Finished with a 1-3 record and a 7.35 earned run average in league competition.
2005:
Appeared in 12 games, compiling a 5-0 record with a 4.03 earned run average ... Drew six starts in non-conference play, including his first five appearances ... Notched his first win of the year in his second outing, an NBC Classic start against Kansas (Mar. 6) ... Allowed one run on one hit with seven strikeouts and matched a career-high with seven innings pitched in a no-decision start against Memphis (Mar. 16) ... Registered wins in starts against New Orleans (Mar. 23) and Mississippi Valley (May 10) and pitching in relief against Samford (Mar. 13) and Florida Atlantic (June 5) in the NCAA Coral Gables (Fla.) Regional ... Established a career high with 11 strikeouts over 6-2/3 innings against Mississippi Valley ... Worked six innings or better in four of his six starts ... Allowed one unearned in his SEC pitching debut, a 2-1/3-inning relief effort against Auburn (Apr. 9) ... Also worked four innings of relief against Kentucky (Apr. 23) ... In his lone postseason performance registered MSU's final win of 2005 with 1-1/3 innings of scoreless relief in State's 8-4 regional tourney win over Florida Atlantic ... Named to the 2005 SEC Baseball Academic Honor Roll.
2004:
Made 13 mound appearances as a true freshman, drawing eight mid-week starts ... Compiled a 5-1 record with a 4.06 earned run average ... Totaled 43 strikeouts while issuing but 15 walks in 51 innings, holding opponents to a .232 batting average ... One of two Bulldog rookies named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team by Collegiate Baseball ... Made his MSU debut with a 2.0-inning relief stint against Illinois (Feb. 29) ... Retired all but one of the seven batters he faced and recorded his first strikeout ... Drew the first of his eight starts against Mississippi Valley State (Mar. 3), earning his first win and allowing one unearned run in 6.0 innings ... Picked up a win with 2.0 innings of scoreless, one-hit relief work against Southern Cal (Mar. 14) in the NBC Classic ... Struck out a season-high seven over 4-1/3 innings in a no-decision start against Louisiana-Monroe (Mar. 17) in Jackson, Miss. ... Absorbed his lone rookie season loss against Samford (Mar. 24) ... Worked 5.0 innings with six strikeouts in earning the series-clinching win at Southern Miss (Apr. 7) ... Allowed but one run in six innings and earned his fourth win in 10-2 win over Memphis (Apr. 20) ... Worked a season-longest 7.0 innings and got the win in a 12-2 road win against UAB (Apr. 27) ... Did not appear in any SEC games but did make a brief relief appearance against Mississippi in the Mayor's Trophy Game in Jackson.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Four-year pitching standout for coach Kent Farris at Caledonia High School ... Posted a 5-5 mound record with a 2.50 earned run average and 95 strikeouts as a senior ... First-team Mississippi Association of Coaches All-State and Jackson Clarion-Ledger "Dandy Dozen" selection in 2003 ... Earned Commercial Dispatch All-Area Team honors for the fourth season ... Also hit .413 with three home runs and 29 RBI ... 2003 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American ... Selected to compete in both the Crossroads Diamond Club All-Star Game and the NEMCABB All-Star Game ... As a junior posted an 8-3 record with a 1.18 ERA and 126 strikeouts ... Named to the 2002 all-district team ... Starred for the West Point-based Bryan Packers summer league team ... Helped lead coach Frank Portera's squad to the championship of 2002 American Legion World Series in Danville, Va. ... Named to the ALWS all-tournament team, tabbed as the tournament MVP and named the recipient of the Bob Feller Pitching Award ... Notched an 8-3 record as a sophomore and as a freshman was a member of the 2000 North State championship team ... Member of the National Beta Club, the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and active in CHS's chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
PERSONAL:
Born Joshua Gayden Johnson on October 6, 1984, in Amory, Miss. ... Son of Gayden and June Johnson of Caledonia, Miss. ... Majoring in general business administration.
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