Luke Johnston

Photo by: Nicole Maloney

Height:
6-4
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Menlo Park, Calif.
High School:
Sacred Heart Prep

Awards:
NWPC Rookie of the Week (Oct. 24, 2022, Dec. 5, 2022)
CWPA Scholar Athlete (2023)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2023, 2024)

2024: Saw action in 27 games making 13 starts…Tallied 20 goals, 10 steals and 50 drawn ejections…Notched two goals and a drawn ejection in win over No. 18/19 Santa Clara (Sept. 13)...Drew five ejections against No. 1 UCLA (Sept. 20)…Hat trick and three drawn ejections against No. 9/10 Long Beach at MPSF Invite (Sept. 22)…Recorded two goals, one steal, one assist and four drawn ejections against No. 9/11 Fordham (Sept. 27)...Had two goals on two shots in win over No. 15 Harvard

2023: Saw time in 28 games, collecting 13 goals, 11 steals and 45 drawn ejections … Scored twice vs. Wagner (Sept. 9) … Drew four ejections and scored vs. MIT (Sept. 30) … Had three drawn ejections at No. 1 UCLA (Oct. 18) and vs. Pacific (Oct. 20) … Produced four drawn ejections vs. No. 4 Pepperdine … Snagged three drawn ejections vs. No. 6 UC Irvine (Dec. 1) and No. 1 UCLA (Dec. 2) in the NCAA Tournament.

2022: Participated in 27 games, making 17 starts … Led the team in drawn ejections (68) … Added 23 goals for the Tigers … Put up two goals and three drawn ejections vs. Bucknell (Sept. 10) … Drew five ejections vs. No. 17 Fordham (Sept. 11) … Contributed two goals and five drawn ejections at Iona (Oct. 8) … Hat trick at No. 17 Santa Clara (Oct. 21) … Drew five ejections vs. No. 16 Fordham in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 26).

Before Princeton:
Sacred Heart Prep: Senior captain … Three-time WCAL First-Team selection … First-Team California-Hawaii All-American … Team won four straight WCAL and CCS Open Division titles … Squad also won S&R Tournament and S&R Elite 12 Invitational … Unit won the North South crown twice and the Nor Cal Open Division championship … Two CCS first-place Team GPA Award twice … Student Vice President three times … USA Water Polo Academic All-American two times … SHP Academic Excellence Award – Algebra II … Senior Legacy Scholarship Award

Club: Fourth place in Junior Olympics in 2018 … Kap7 Futures WPL 18U D1 Super Finals MVP … Second-Team All-America in 2018.

Personal: Son of Sue and Phil Johnston … Has a sister, Maddy, and two brothers, Matt and Brad … Sister, Maddy, played water polo at Michigan … Mother, Susan, played lacrosse at Delaware.

Career Stats:

Season	GP	Goals	Shots	Assists	Steals	Sprints (W-L)	Ej. Drawn	Ejections	Blocks
2022	27	23	38	1	7	0-0	68	9	2
2023	28	13	27	3	11	0-0	45	8	5
2024	27	20	38	7	10	0-0	50	16	2
Career	82	56	103	11	28	0-0	163	33	9

Career Highs:
Goals: 3, x2 vs. No. 10 Long Beach (9/22/2024)
Assists: 2, at Westcliff (10/13/24)
Steals: 2, 5x - at George Washington (9/8/24)
Ej. Drawn: 6, at No. 20 St. Francis Brooklyn (10/8/22)
Blocks: 2, vs. No. 12 UC Irvine (9/17/22)