Gardner-Webb University Athletics

2013 at Gardner-Webb: Did not play.

High School/Club: Lettered at Sanderson High School in Raleigh, N.C. for two years under head coach Todd Worley … Attended Mission Heights Prep High School his senior season … Played for the Salt Lake AZ Academy U18 Team his senior year, which finished tied with LA Galaxy’s 18U Academy Team for first-place in the Southwest Division of the USSDA … Was also a starter for the Real Salt Lake AZ Elite U18 Team his senior year … TopDrawerSoccer.com 3-star recruit … Totaled 27 career goals and 13 career assists in three years at Sanderson High … Led his team to a No. 1 state ranking his junior season … Scored seven game-winning or game-tying goals his junior season … Was named to the Cap-8 All-Conference Team as a junior … A member of the Real Salt Lake AZ Academy under head coach Martin Vasquez in 2012 … … Was also a member of the Triangle Futbol Club’s ’94 Navy Team for two seasons, where he was a two-year starter and led his team in scoring at the CASL Showcase … Posted the fastest hat trick in MSF Club history with three goals in 18 minutes his junior year … Was a Region III Premier League participant with the Triangle Futbol Club’s ’94 Navy Team … A member of the Real Salt Lake Elite U18 Team that were the Newport Huntington Beach Champions, participated in the Far West Regional League Championship and reached the quarterfinals of the Dallas Cup Championship … Named to the Cap-8 Academic Team as both a sophomore and junior.

Personal: Born Brandon Edward Johnston on January 10, 1995 in Raleigh, N.C. … Son of O.J. Johnston and Laura Lawton … Has three younger siblings in Naomi, Thomas and Riley … Has not yet declared a major.