2022 Baseball Roster
Max Johnson
- Position:
- IF
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Freshman
- B/T:
- S/R
- Hometown:
- Mason, Ohio
- High School:
- Mason
2022 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 11 games with 10 starts ... Started games at shortstop (9) and second base (1) ... Reached base safely in 6 of 11 games played ... Drew at least one walk in five games ... Made collegiate debut at Cincinnati (4/20) in a start at shortstop ... Owned a season-best three-game reached base streak from April 23-26, which included his season-high two-game hitting streak.
at Cincinnati (4/20): Made collegiate debut in a start at shortstop ... Walked three times and scored one run ... Walked in the second and eighth inning ... Walked and scored a run in the ninth inning. Nebraska (4/22-24): Started all three games at shortstop ... Chipped in a sacrifice bunt in the series opener ... Singled and scored in the second inning of the middle game in the series ... Reached base twice in the series finale ... Doubled to drive in two runs in the fourth inning ... Walked in the sixth inning ... Reached on a fielder’s choice and came around to score in the eighth inning. vs. Butler (4/26): Walked and stole one base in a start at shortstop. at Illinois State (4/27): Started at shortstop. Illinois (4/29-5/1): Started the first two games of the series at shortstop ... Reached base twice in the series opener ... Walked in the fourth inning ... Singled in the ninth inning ... Reached base in three of four plate appearances in the middle game of the series and scored twice ... Walked in the fifth inning ... Was hit-by-pitch and came around to score in the seventh inning ... Singled and scored in the eighth inning. at Michigan (5/6-8): Started the middle game of the series at shortstop. at Louisville (5/10): Started at second base. Minnesota (5/13-15): Entered as a defensive replacement ... Drove in one RBI with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly.
Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Curt Bly at Mason High School, where he was a four-year letterwinner … Rated the No. 13 prospect and No. 2 shortstop in Ohio by Perfect Game … Invited to the Perfect Game National Showcase and Junior National Showcase … Helped MHS to the 2018 Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I state final four as a freshman … Guided to the Comets to three Greater Miami Conference titles … Tabbed All-Central Region by Perfect Game as a junior and senior … Tabbed Underclass All-American by Perfect Game as a sophomore … Selected first-team all-state as a senior … Garnered first-team all-district, all-city and all-Greater Miami Conference his final prep season … Second-team all-conference and all-city as a sophomore … Also lettered twice in basketball … Helped the basketball team to a pair of OHSAA state tournament sectional titles … Son of Kara and Gus Johnson … Born on July 27, 2002 … Has two younger brothers, Grady and Drew … Father, Gus, lettered in basketball at Ohio University … Grandmother, Sally Johnson, lettered in swimming at Bowling Green … Uncles, Scott Johnson (Miami (Ohio)) and Travis Lutz (Ohio State), lettered in football Cousin, Jeremy Ebert, lettered in football at Northwestern and was selected in the seventh round of the 2012 NFL Draft Cousin, David Williams, lettered in baseball at Xavier … Intended major is sports marketing and management.
