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Jersey Number 35
Preston Johnson
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 245
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Crystal Springs, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- Copiah Academy / Hinds CC
Bio
Honors / Awards
2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll2022 (Senior Season)
Season: Appeared in 14 games, starting 13 of those...Finished the season with a 3-4 record with a 5.47 ERA in 79.0 innings...Struck out 117, good for best among the pitching staff...Allowed 73 hits and 50 runs (48 earned), while allowing 38 walks...Held opponents to a .241 batting average.
Long Beach State (2/19): Made his only appearance in relief, striking out nine in 4.0 innings of work. Northern Kentucky (2/26): Made his first start as a Bulldog, striking out five and allowing only two hits in 6.1 innings. Princeton (3/11): Worked 6.0 innings allowing two runs on six hits and compiling 10 strikeouts, the first time hitting double digit strikeouts at Mississippi State. Alabama (3/25): Struck out 7 in the win against the Crimson Tide, allowing three runs on five hits. LSU (4/8): Only allowed one run on two hits through 6.0 innings, earning 10 strikeouts. Auburn (4/15): Tallied 12 K's in 7.0 innings of work, a career high, while allowing four hits and two walks. Tennessee (5/20): Made his longest start of the year (7.2 IP), striking out 10 and only walking one.
2021 (Junior Season)
Season: Appeared in 22 games as a reliever for the Bulldogs...Posted a 4-0 win-loss record with a 3.82 ERA in 33.0 innings...Allowed 16 runs (14 earned) on 25 hits, while striking out 50 and issuing 14 walks...Held opposing hitters to a .212 average.
Southern Miss (3/3): Pitched two innings of scoreless relief while striking out six in his first appearance of the season. UL-Lafayette (3/10): Struck out four and allowed just one hit in 2.0 innings. Arkansas State (4/13): Pitched a clean inning in relief, striking out three. Ole Miss (4/16): Through 2.0 innings pitched, struck out four batters and did not allow a run to earn his first win of the season. South Carolina (5/7): Pitched a scoreless inning of relief while allowing a hit in MSU's win over the Gamecocks. Missouri (5/13): Collected six strikeouts and walked one to earn the win in the team’s 5-4 victory. Starkville Super Regional vs. Notre Dame (6/12): Through 2.2 innings pitched, earned the win by collecting two strikeouts, while allowing one earned run on two hits. College World Series (6/20-30): Made three appearances in Omaha, pitching a combined 8.2 innings and allowing two runs (both earned) on six hits and striking out 12 batters...Pitched a season-long 5.0 innings, collecting a season-high seven strikeouts to earn the win in the team’s 13-2 victory vs. Vanderbilt (6/29).
2020 (Sophomore Season – Hinds C.C.)
Awards: Tabbed National Junior College Athletic Association third-team All-Academic Team for maintaining a 3.60-3.79 GAP...Earned Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges Pitcher of the Week honors on February 23 after he struck out 11 in five innings of work.
Season: Made four starts on the mound...Ranked tied for No. 3 nationally in strikeouts (39)...Led the team in games started (4), victories (2), innings pitched (20.0) and strikeouts (39)...Led all qualifying pitchers in ERA (1.80), which ranked No. 10 among pitchers with at least four starts...Posted one quality start...Allowed three-or-fewer runs in all four starts...Walked two-or-fewer batters in all four starts...Struck out seven-or-more batters in three of four starts, including two double-digit strikeout games...Collected victories versus National Park College (2/21) and Delgado C.C. (2/28)...Fanned 14 in a season-best seven innings of work against Delgado C.C. (2/28)...Struck out 11 in five innings of work versus National Park College (2/21)...Owned nine strikeouts in four innings of work at Baton Rouge C.C. (3/7).
2019 (Sophomore Season – Hinds C.C.)
Season: Appeared in 13 games with 11 starts... Led the team in games started (11) and strikeouts (70)...Ranked No. 2 on the team in innings pitched (58.0) and victories (5)...Sat No. 2 among qualifying pitchers in ERA (3.41)...Posted four quality starts...Allowed three-or-fewer runs in 10 of 11 starts...Walked two-or-fewer batters in seven of 13 appearances...Struck out seven-or-more batters in 6 of 13 appearances, including one double-digit strikeout game...Collected victories versus Baton Rouge C.C. (2/20), Arkansas Baptist College (2/27), at Baton Rouge C.C. (3/8), against Jones College (3/27) and versus Meridian C.C. (4/2)...Fanned a season-best 16 batters in a season-high seven innings of work against Meridian C.C. (4/2)...Struck out eight in five hitless innings against Arkansas Baptist College (2/27), walking one...Struck out eight in six innings of work at Baton Rouge C.C. (3/8).
High School
Lettered twice for head coach Terry Bauer at Copiah Academy...Tabbed team captain and team MVP as a senior...Two-time Mississippi Association of Independent Schools all-state pick as a junior and senior...Named MAIS Pitcher of the Year as a senior...Fanned 100 batters as a junior and senior...Missed his freshman and sophomore seasons due to a torn ACL each year...Also lettered twice in football...Finished high school with a 4.0 GPA.
Personal
Born Preston Scott Johnson on March 11, 2000 in Jackson, Mississippi...Son of Leigh and Scott Johnson...Has one older sister, Lauren...Uncles, Bart Evans and Lee Gardner, lettered in baseball at Mississippi College...Grandfather, Ron Evans, lettered in football at Catawba Community College...Cousin, Victoria Allen, lettered in softball at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
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