2015 Baseball Roster
Roster
Scott Johnson
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Wilmington, N.C.
- High School:
- Hoggard HS
2014 at Gardner-Webb: Played and started in all 55 games … Started 54 times at second base and once at shortstop … One of only two men to start every game …Batted .271 with two home runs, a career-high 24 RBI and 10 doubles… Ranked among the team leaders in runs created per nine innings (4.78) … Posted a .310 batting average on balls in play (BABIP) … Set new career-highs with 70 total bases, a .352 slugging percentage and a .354 on base percentage …Tied for the team lead with six sacrifice bunts … Stole eight bases in 10 attempts, also a career-high … Fielded a career-best .961 with only 11 errors in 285 chances … Also set new career-highs in runs scored (26), hits (54), walks drawn (22), times hit by pitch (5) and at bats (199) … Grounded into just two double plays, which is the lowest total of his career… Enjoyed 16 multi-hit games and ended the season by hitting safely in seven of the final nine games … Batted .303 (10-of-33) with four RBI and a .410 on base percentage over the season’s final 10 games … Went 3-for-5 with a double, home run and three RBI at Wofford (2/19) … Batted .438 (7-of-16) over the season’s first four games … Hit safely in 12 of the season’s first 15 games … Went 3-for-5 with a pair of runs scored at Furman (3/8) …Collected five hits in the weekend series vs. the Paladins in early March … Had two sacrifice fly RBI vs. Longwood (4/4)… Had a two-run double vs. Furman (4/5) … Had five hits in the three-game series at UNC Asheville … Went 2-for-4 in the opener (3/21) and combined to go 3-for-9 with two runs and an RBI in the final two games (3/22) … Was 2-for-5 with a solo home run at USC Upstate (4/2) … Went 2-for-4 with two RBI and three runs at Charleston Southern (4/12) …Went 2-for-4 with a double in the finale at Charleston Southern(4/13) … Went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI vs. William& Mary (5/10) Batted .428 in the Big South Conference Tournament (3-for-7) … Went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two walks in the final game vs. Radford (5/22).
2013 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 54 games and made 51 starts, primarily at second base … Batted a career-high .284 with five doubles and 13 RBI … Ranked fourth on the team in batting average … Stole three bases… Fielded a solid .957 with only 11 errors in 256 chances… Ranked seventh on the team with a career-high 50 hits… Scored 18 runs … Ranked second among GWU regulars in fewest strikeouts with 24 … Posted a .333 on base percentage and .313 slugging percentage … Had 14 multiple-hit games … Had a stretch of four consecutive games with two hits from April 23-April 27 … Hit safely in the season’s first five games, including a 2-for-2, three-RBI effort in the opener vs. Dayton (2/15) … Went 3-for-5 with an RBI in his return home to play UNC Wilmington (3/3) … Was 3-for-4 vs. North Carolina A&T (4/13) … Went 3-for-4 with a run scored vs. N.C. Central (5/4) … Went 2-or-3 with a run scored and two RBI vs. Charleston Southern (4/5) …Collected two hits (2-for-3) in the win over South Carolina (4/23)… Went 4-for-10 in two games vs. UNC Asheville.
2012 at Gardner-Webb: One of the Big South Conference's most consistent defensive second basemen …Started 44 games and played in 49 as a true freshman …Batted .263 with 42 hits, eight doubles, one triple and 18 RBI… Stole six bases in seven attempts … Committed just eight errors in 187 chances for a solid .957 fielding percentage… Did not commit an error over his final 29 starts of the season … Ranked second on the team with 103 assists …Turned 28 double plays … Batted .455 when leading off an inning … Had 11 games with two hits … Went 5-for-14 with a pair of RBI in the series vs. LaSalle … Went 2-for-5 with a double and run scored in win over Air Force (3/2) …Went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a steal vs. Valpo (3/3) …Went 2-for-5 with an RBI in the win at No. 4 North Carolina (3/14)… Had a career-best three RBI while going 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored and a double vs. Alabama State (3/16) …Went 2-for-4 with a double and RBI in the win over eventual SoCon champion Appalachian State (4/10) … Heated up in the Big South Conference Tournament … Finished the four games by batting .333 (5-for-15) with four runs scored and three RBI… Went 2-for-5 with a double and three RBI in the win over Radford (5/24) … Went 2-for-4 and scored the game-tying runin the win over Charleston Southern (5/23).
High School: Played at state powerhouse Hoggard (N.C.)High under Coach Jeep Saint Ledger ... One of the top infielders in the Carolinas on the prep level ... A three-time All-Area selection by the Wilmington Star ... Batted a career-high .447 with three home runs and 20 RBI as a senior ... Named first-team All-Conference and second-team All-Area ... Batted .335 with two home runs as a junior ... Batted .417 with a career-high six home runs and 33 RBI as a sophomore ... Batted .317 with a home run while playing with the varsity as a ninth grader.
