Ashleigh Johnson

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Class:
Senior
High School:
Ransom Everglades
Hometown:
Miami, Fla.

At Princeton
2017: CWPA All-Conference First Team … CWPA Championships All-Tournament First Team … Finishes career as the Princeton’s all-time leader in saves (1,362) and 100 career victories … Earned CWPA Defensive Player of the Week 19 times in her career … Went 22-4 this season with a .693 save percentage … Collected 300 saves, the fourth highest in a single-season in program history … Four-time CWPA Defensive Player of the Week … Picked as AAU Sullivan Finalist ... Won first 11 starts … Led the team with 54 steals … Scored four goals this season, two as a goalie … Added 16 assists … Began senior season with 10 saves vs. Iona (Feb. 4) … Stopped 11 shots, stole two passes, had an assist and scored a goal vs. No. 21 Wagner (Feb. 5) … Allowed one goal vs. George Washington (Feb. 12) … Went on a streak of five straight games of at least 10 saves (Feb. 12-Mar. 4) … Thwarted 10 shots vs. No. 19 Harvard in a 7-6 victory (Feb. 25) featured on ESPNU … Followed that performance with season-best 19 saves vs. No. 19 Harvard the next week (Mar. 3) … Sent away 18 shots vs. No. 21 Wagner (Mar. 4) … Consecutive outings with 16 saves vs. No. 12 San Diego State (Mar. 18) and No. 6 Arizona State (Mar. 18) … Held No. 22 CSU-Bakersfield to three goals and came up with 18 saves (Mar. 19) … Back-to-back 15-save games vs. Pomona-Pitzer and No. 15 Long Beach State … Recorded at least 10 saves against three straight CWPA opponents (Apr. 8-9) … Riffled in a goal vs. No. 17 Hartwick (Apr. 9) … Helped take down Bucknell in the first round of the CWPA Championships (Apr. 28) with 16 saves … Stopped 12 shots vs. No. 7 Michigan in the CWPA Championship Game (Apr. 30).

2015: Second-team All-ACWPC All-America selection… CWPA Player of the Year and first team honoree… six-time CWPA Defensive Player of the Week… recorded 329 saves, good for third on the program’s single-season charts… went 22-5 with a 0.709 save percentage… also collected 14 assists and 47 steals… made double-digit saves in 16 appearances… had 20 saves against Long Beach State (Feb. 14)… set a program record with 22 stops against George Washington (Mar. 28)… matched her own record with 22 saves in the NCAA fifth-place game against UC-Irvine (May 10)… her 22 saves set an NCAA single-game record and her 50 saves in three NCAA games also set a new tournament benchmark.

2014: ACWPC honorable mention All-America selection… first-team All-Southern pick… six-time Southern Division Defensive Player of the Week… Southern Division Player of the Week (Apr. 28)… started 29 of her 30 appearances… logged 883:35 minutes and posted 28-2 overall record… stopped 367 of the 521 shots she faced en route to a .704 save percentage… also had seven assists and 43 steals… made double-digit saves on 20 occasions… 367 stops was a single-season program record… posted a school record 20 saves in the season opener against Wagner (Feb. 8)… had 18 stops versus Iona (Feb. 8)… recorded 17 stops against Harvard (Mar. 2)… posted 19 saves versus Iona (Mar. 8)… tallied 17 saves against Harvard (Apr. 12)… nabbed a career-high seven steals against Hartwick (Apr. 26).

2013: ACWPC All-America third-team selection... Southern Division Rookie of the Year and first-team selection... Eastern Championship Rookie of the Tournament... Southern Division Player of the Week (Feb. 13)... Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 13, Feb. 20, Mar. 21 and Apr. 18)... Rookie of the Week (Feb. 13)... only player to ever be named Player, Defensive and Rookie of the Week in the same week in CWPA history... started all 32 games and posted a 28-6 record... tallied 953:49 minutes between the posts... had 366 saves, a .668 save percentage, 22 assists and 47 steals... made 10 saves or more on 19 occasions... had 19 stops versus then-No. 4 Cal in career debut, adding two steals (Feb. 8)... made 18 saves in wins versus Harvard (Feb. 9) and Brown (Feb. 22)... nabbed six steals, added eight saves and two assists versus Cal State Monterey Bay (Mar. 22)... made 16 saves and only allowed two goals in 16-2 win over GW (Apr. 13)... recorded 14 saves versus UC-San Diego in fifth-place game.

Before Princeton
Ransom Everglades: A 2012 graduate of Ransom Everglades High School... four-year letterwinner and starter... helped guide the Raiders to three consecutive Florida State Championships... earned All-Dade honors throughout career... also competed in swimming, earning all-county honors twice.

US Senior National Team:
2016: Selected as AAU Sullivan Semifinalist ... Helped the national squad to the 2016 FINA World League Super Final Title ... Led USA to Gold Medal at 2016 Summer Olmypics ... Named Women Sports Foundation SportsWoman of the Year ...Picked as espnW IMPACT25 honoree ... Named Swimming World Magazine's Women's Water Polo Player Of The Year for second straight season

Named Swimming World Magazine Female Water Polo Player of the Year… garnered Outstanding Goalkeeper honors at the 2014 FINA World Cup… named Player of the Tournament at the 2014 Kirishi Cup.

US Junior National Team: Helped lead Team USA to FINA World Championship and Pan America Championship gold medals in 2015… started in goal at 2013 FINA Junior World Championships ... named Goalie of the Tournament and guided Team USA to gold ... invited to USA Water Polo's Futures 50 Classic.

Other Club/National Team Experience: Played club water polo for the Gulliver Riptides for seven years... was an All-America honorable mention selection at the U-18 Junior Olympics in 2010 and 2011... was a member of the U.S. Youth National Team Selection Camp in 2010 and the Youth National Team in 2011.

Personal: Full name is Ashleigh Elizabeth Johnson, born on Sept. 12, 1994... sister Chelsea plays with the Tigers... has three brothers: Blake, Julius and William... enjoys reading ... undeclared major.

Career Stats

Season	GP	Minutes	Record	GA	Saves	Save %	Assists	Steals
2013	32	953:49	28-6	182	366	.668	22	47
2014	30	883:35	28-2	154	367	.704	7	43
2015	27	771:54	22-5	135	329	.709	14	47
2017	28	726:43	22-4	133	300	.693	16	54
Career	117	3336:01	100-17	604	1362	.693	59	191