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Mike Johnson is one of the best defenders ever to wear a Saxon men's lacrosse uniform. After transferring to AU from Washington College, he earned All-American honors twice as a member of the Saxons: honorable mention in 1992 and Third Team in 1993.
In 1993, his senior year at AU, he scored 13 goals, an incredible number for a defenseman. Johnson was an integral part of the Saxon teams that played in the NCAA championship tournaments in 1992 and 1993.
His biggest thrill as an AU student-athlete came in a pair of one-goal home losses in 1993. The first, when Alfred was 9-0 and ranked third in the country, came against top-ranked Hobart, 9-8. The second, in the regular season finale, was a 15-14 loss to second-ranked Ohio-Wesleyan. Hobart and Ohio-Wesleyan would go on to meet for the national title. AU fell to Nazareth in the first round of the NCAA playoffs to finish the season 12-3.
“Those losses (to Hobart and Ohio Wesleyan) demonstrated just how close we were to being the best in Division III my senior year,” Johnson said.
Johnson received a bachelor's degree in history from AU in 1993. A native of Waterloo, Johnson is single and lives in Manhattan. He is a senior project manager with the National Development Council.
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