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Ashleigh Johnson Named Women Sports Foundation SportsWoman of the Year
October 20, 2016 | Women's Water Polo
Women's Sports Foundation Recap
PRINCETON, N.J. – Senior Ashleigh Johnson has been selected as the Women's Sports Foundation SportsWoman of the Year in the team sport category.
Johnson was honored as the awards event in Manhattan last night as she was the first water polo player to ever win the award. With close to 800 guests, Billy Jean King and Mary Carillo emceed the event as the senior was surrounded by her mother and sister, Chelsea. The Women's Sports Foundation is non-profit organization that is designed to advance the lives of women and girls through sports.
Johnson helped the United States women's water polo team to its second consecutive gold medal at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. In the team's six games in Rio, she allowed just 28 goals, made 51 saves and was named the tournament's top goalkeeper. Johnson was also the first ever African-American to make the U.S. national team.
In her time at Princeton, the Miami native has posted an 81-13 overall mark, turning away 1,062 of the 1,533 shots she has faced en route to a 0.693 save percentage for Princeton. Putting together three of the highest single-season save totals in program history, The 2015 Collegiate Water Polo Association's (CWPA) Player of the Year is already the Tigers' career leader.
PRINCETON, N.J. – Senior Ashleigh Johnson has been selected as the Women's Sports Foundation SportsWoman of the Year in the team sport category.
Johnson was honored as the awards event in Manhattan last night as she was the first water polo player to ever win the award. With close to 800 guests, Billy Jean King and Mary Carillo emceed the event as the senior was surrounded by her mother and sister, Chelsea. The Women's Sports Foundation is non-profit organization that is designed to advance the lives of women and girls through sports.
Johnson helped the United States women's water polo team to its second consecutive gold medal at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. In the team's six games in Rio, she allowed just 28 goals, made 51 saves and was named the tournament's top goalkeeper. Johnson was also the first ever African-American to make the U.S. national team.
In her time at Princeton, the Miami native has posted an 81-13 overall mark, turning away 1,062 of the 1,533 shots she has faced en route to a 0.693 save percentage for Princeton. Putting together three of the highest single-season save totals in program history, The 2015 Collegiate Water Polo Association's (CWPA) Player of the Year is already the Tigers' career leader.
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