Lamar University Athletics

2016 Honorable Mention all-southland conference (PItcher)
2016 Southland Conference Commissioner’s honor Roll
 
2016 Season:
• Added to the Stopper of the Year Watchlist
• Seemed to always be in the right place at the right time to start the season, had a 6-0 record and five saves in his first 11 starts.
• Through his first two outings, he had a 1.37 earned run average, in 19.2 innings pitched (had 19 strikeouts and six walks.
• Appeared in a team-high 22 games with two starts, both in Southland Conference play.
• Worked 42 frames out of the bullpen and had a 3.64 earned run average, in league play he pitched 25.1 innings with a 4.97 earned run average.
• Ran through 9.1 innings before allowing his first run of the season, in his sixth game.
• Had 12 scoreless outings.
• Rolled through seven relief innings at Houston Baptist, allowed only two hits and struck out four. Followed that up with 6.1 innings with one run allowed on five hits at Incarnate Word.
• Started a game against Southeastern Louisiana and pitched 5.1 frames with a single run allowed on six hits and three walks, also had his season-high five strikeouts in the game.
• Had three innings against North Dakota State, allowed one hit and a walk with three strikeouts.
• Claims wins over power programs LSU and Texas.
 
Prior to Lamar:
• Pitched in 14 games in 2015 and earned three saves with no decisions.
• Pitched in 16.2 innings.
• Struck out 21 batters with only six walks allowed, averaged 11.34 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Graduate Magna Cum Laude from TJC.
• National Champion.
 
High School:
• State champion in football and regional finalist in baseball.
• Three-time district champion in baseball with district MVP honors his senior year.
• Coached by Greg Branch.
• Four-year letterman and three years in baseball.
• Member of the National Honor Society.
• Graduated with a 3.8 grade point average.
• Teammates with LU’s Jace Campbell and Reid Russell.
 
Personal:
• Son of Ricky and Chris Johnson.
• Two sisters, Sam Woolverton and Julie Moser.
• Born James Mahlon Johnson on June 22, 1993.
• Majoring in exercise science.