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2019-20 Women's Swimming Roster

Gabriella Johnson

  • Position Breast/Free
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mohnton, Pa.
  • Major Marketing
  • Highschool Governor Mifflin

Biography

* Gabriella is also a member of the volleyball team at Shippensburg.
 
2018-19 CSCAA Division II Scholar All-American
2017-18 CSCAA Division II Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
 
NCAA Individual Competition:
2019 –
100 Breast (19th), 200 Breast (23rd)
 
PSAC Individual Competition:
2-Time PSAC Champion
9-Time PSAC Place-Winner
6-Time All-PSAC Award Winner
2017 – 100 Breast (2nd), 200 Breast (3rd), 200 Free (9th)
2018 – 100 Breast (3rd), 200 Breast (3rd), 200 Free (17th)
2019 – 100 Breast (1st), 200 Breast (1st), 200 Free (7th)
 
PSAC Relay Competition:
10-Time PSAC Place-Winner
4-Time All-PSAC Award Winner
2017 – 200 Medley (3rd), 400 Medley (3rd), 200 Free (7th)
2018 – 200 Medley (3rd), 400 Medley (3rd), 200 Free (10th)
2019 – 200 Medley (5th), 400 Medley (4th), 200 Free (7th), 800 Free (7th)

School Rankings:
2nd in SU history in 100 breaststroke (1:03.04)
2nd in SU history in 200 breaststroke (2:17.71)
9th in SU history in 200 freestyle (1:54.80)
School Record in 200 Medley Relay (1:45.08 in 2018)
School Record in 400 Medley Relay (3:51.42 in 2018)
 
2018-19 (Junior): Won PSAC titles in both breaststroke events at the conference championships and qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championships as part of an exemplary third season…classified as a CSCAA Scholar All-American for her combined work in the classroom and in the pool…finished the conference meet contributing 87 points toward the team score…finished seventh in the 200-yard freestyle and swam on four of SU's five relays at the PSAC Championships…placed 19th in the 100-yard breaststroke at the NCAA Championships, swimming a lifetime best of 1:03.04 that maintained her ranking of second all-time in school history for the event…placed 23rd in the 200-yard breaststroke at the NCAA Championships…served as the team’s pacesetter in both breaststroke events and the 200-yard freestyle.
 
2017-18 (Sophomore): Continued dominance in the breaststroke in her second season with the Raiders, posting All-PSAC finishes in both breaststroke events at the PSAC Championships…finished third in the 100-yard and the 200-yard breaststroke at the conference meet with new collegiate bests that rank her second in school history in both event…posted an NCAA ‘B’ cut in the 100-yard breaststroke…contributed to two All-PSAC and school-record relay finishes in the 200-yard medley relay and the 400-yard medley relay, with each placing third at the conference championships…also contributed to a 200-yard freestyle relay that finished 10th at the conference meet…won the ‘C’ group final in the 200-yard freestyle at the PSAC Championships.
 
2016-17 (Freshman): Made an immediate impact with the Raiders in her debut season with the Raiders, posting All-PSAC finishes in both breaststroke events at the PSAC Championships…finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke and third in the 200-yard breaststroke at the PSAC Championships with times that also rank second and third respectively all-time in school history…won the ‘B’ final of the 200-yard freestyle at the PSAC Championships and established her collegiate best in the event at the conference meet…contributed to a pair of All-PSAC finishes in relays, finishing third with the 200-yard medley relay and the 400-yard medley relay…swam on the 200-yard freestyle relay that placed seventh at the PSAC Championships...posted NCAA ‘B’ cut in the 100-yard breaststroke (41st in D2).
 
Governor Mifflin High School: Earned four varsity letters as a swimmer for the Mustangs under head coach Brady Stauffer ’92, an SU Hall of Famer and NCAA National Champion…exceled in the breaststroke…finished eighth in the state for the 100-yard breaststroke as a senior after winning a district championship in the same event…earned All-State and All-District accolades for her performances…competed at the club level with the Reading YMCA…also thrived in volleyball as a four-year letterwinner…named to the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association (PVCA) All-State ‘AAA’ squad as a senior volleyball player…became the first player in the history of her high school to amass 1,000 career kills…received All-District and All-County First Team honors for her performance on the court…also participated in track & field…was an honor-roll student and a member of the National Honor Society.
 
About Johnson: Full name is Mary Gabriella Johnson…is the daughter of Jan and Theresa Johnson…majoring in marketing while seeking a minor in coaching...has a brother, Jan, and a sister, Rachel…father was a wrestler at Penn State…mother was a swimmer at Penn State.