Kirk Johnson

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-3
Weight:
180
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Chester Springs, Pa.
High School:
Downingtown

Senior Year (2003): Played in all 17 games, starting 15 times … Tied for the team lead in points and assists … Scored three goals and three assists for nine points … Finished his career as SU’s sixth all-time leading goal scorer (30) … Finished fifth all-time at 0.44 goals per game … Moved into seventh on the SU all-time assists ledger (18) … One of only seven players in school history to average more than 0.25 assists per game (0.27) … Cracked SU’s all-time top five in points (78) … One of five Orange players to average more than 1.0 points per game for their career (1.16) … Scored goals versus St. Bonaventure, Colgate and #22 Connecticut … Had assists against #13 Rutgers, Cornell and Pittsburgh … Named BIG EAST Co-Offensive Player of the Week on October 27 … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring ... BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

Junior Year (2002): Preseason All-BIG EAST … Third on the team in scoring with 14 points … Ranked third on the team with five goals and tied for third with four assists … Eight of his 14 points came during BIG EAST competition … Netted the game-tying goal in the Orangemen's win versus 14th-ranked Rutgers … Played in all 18 games, starting 15 times … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring semesters … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

Sophomore Year (2001): Led the team and ranked second in the conference in overall scoring with 34 points on 13 goals and eight assists … His 34 points rank sixth on the SU single-season scoring list … Recorded the second-highest scoring average in Orangemen history with 2.13 points per game … Was ninth in the nation in points per game (2.13), 14th in goals per game (0.81) and tied for 25th in assists per game (0.5.0) … Most points in a season for an SU player since 1991… BIG EAST’s top scorer during conference play with 23 points on nine goals and five assists … First-team All-BIG EAST selection … Named to the All-New York Region First Team … Named to the Soccer America National Team of the Week on Oct. 24 … Named the BIG EAST Men’s Soccer co-Offensive Player of the Week during that same week … Named the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week on Oct.. 8, Sept. 28 and Sept. 24 … Tallied a hat trick against Providence Sept. 28 … Orangemen’s Offensive MVP … Netted two goals versus both Pittsburgh and Villanova … Had two assists versus Seton Hall …

Freshman Year (2000): Became the first freshman to lead the Orangemen in scoring since Jeff Knittel in 1995 … Tallied 21 points on a team-high nine goals and three assists … Named to the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team … Only SU freshman to start all 19 games … Scored his first career goal versus Marist … Recorded four games with three-or-more points … Scored two goals each versus Providence and Colgate … Netted two game-winning goals, including an overtime score at Army … Only Orangeman to score a goal in three consecutive games (Army, Rutgers, Cornell) … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring.

High School: Tallied 37 goals and 10 assists in his final scholastic season … Netted 64 goals and 26 assists for his career … Captained the team as a senior … Helped the Whippets to back-to-back state championships as a junior and senior … Was the N.S.C.A.A. Pennsylvania Player of the Year … N.S.C.A.A. All-American … Named Most Valuable Player of his conference … Played on the Eastern Pennsylvania and Region I Olympic Development teams.

Personal: Born August 21, 1982 … Son of Harland and Heather Johnson … Majored in english and textual studies.