Alex Johnson

Position:
Catcher/Infielder
Height:
5-8
Class:
Junior
High School:
Raymore-Peculiar HS
Hometown:
Raymore, Mo.

2010 (Senior)
Leaves Iowa State ranked in the top-10 of numerous categories, including the career leader with 134 runs batted in and 38 doubles ... also ranks second in home runs (26) and third in hits (191) ... played and started all 55 games at catcher ... hit .259 and hit a team-high eight home runs ... drove in team-best 33 runs, becoming the first player in school history to drive in 30+ runs in three different seasons ... posted eight multi-hit games this season and 45 in her career ... recorded seven multi-RBI games in 2010 and 32 in her career ... tied career-highs with three hits and three runs against UT-San Antonio ... drove in four runs in games against Baylor and Houston ... hit a grand slam against the Lady Bears ... doubled twice against UC-Santa Barbara ... was a first-team academic All-Big 12 honoree for the second time in her career.

2009 (Junior)
Played and started 54 games ... hit .258 with seven homers while driving in a team-high 38 runs ... earned second-team All-Big 12 accolades for the second time in her career ... had five homers and 14 RBI in 17 conference games ... 38 RBI was the second-most in a single sason at Iowa State ... became just the second player to go over 100 career runs batted in, joining Ashley Killeen as the only Cyclones to accomplish the feat ... scored a career-best 28 runs ... had a team-high 14 multi-RBI games ... led team with 13 walks ... earned all-tournament team honors at the Sleep Inn Classic ... drove in a season-high five runs in win over Presbyterian ... first-team academic All-Big 12 honoree.

2008 (Sophomore)
Saw action in 54 of the team’s 58 games ... hit .270 and became just the ninth player in school history to drive in 30 runs in a single season, plating 35 ... hit five home runs, three of which were grand slams ... paced the team with 10 doubles while scoring 23 runs ... finished 4-for-4 on stolen bases ... had 11 multi-hit games and tied for the team lead with nine multi-RBI games ... drove in career-high five runs against Southeast Missouri State ... went 3-for-3 with two runs and three RBI against South Dakota State at the Shocker Invitational ... had four RBI against Wichita State and Nebraska ... drove in four runs in a doubleheader at South Dakota State.

2007 (Freshman)
Played in 63 of 64 games as a true freshman, breaking the ISU freshman record for hits (62) and becoming just the second ISU player to record 60+ hits in a single season ... earned second-team all-Big 12 honors ... tied for the team lead with 28 runs batted in ... six homers led the team ... recorded a .479 slugging percentage ... 13 doubles was also a freshman record and tied for the team-high ... hit .320 overall and .294 in Big 12 play, both team-highs ... had 14 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games ... drove in four RBI in win at UMKC ... homered in three straight games, including both ends of the doubleheader at UMKC and against Cal Poly ... her record breaking 46th hit was a fourth-inning double against Northern Iowa ... had a career-high three hits against Purdue ... stole first career base and blasted first career homer against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

High School
Four-time all-conference selection ... earned all-district, all-regional and all-metro honors 2003-05 ... team won conference and district championships 2003-05 and state championship in 2002 ... coached by Bruce Sharp her junior and senior seasons ... played ASA for the Lasers, winning the USSSA Nationals in 2005 and finishing fifth in 2006 ... was MVP and Offensive MVP of the 2005 USSSA World Series tournament ... also earned MVP honors for the Missouri/Kansas All-Star softball game in 2006 ... also participated in basketball, earning four letters.

Personal
Daughter of Rick and Terri Johnson ... has one brother, Horace ... human development and family studies major ... born March 17, 1988.