Luke Johnston

Photo by: Nicole Maloney

Height:
6-4
Class:
Senior
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)
Honorable mention All-NWPC Tournament (2025)

2025: Served as a team captain ... earned honorable mention All-NWPC Tournament recognition ... played in all 33 games and made 16 starts ... scored 25 goals on the season, getting two goals on five occasions ... had six assists on the season, getting two against LIU (Nov. 1) ... drew 97 ejections with a high of eight against Fordham (Nov. 1) ... had 13 steals, with a high of two each against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Sept. 20) and Fordham (Nov. 1) ... blocked six shots on the season with two against Fordham (Sept. 27).

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
2025	33	25	55	6	13	0-0	97	19	6
Career	115	81	158	17	41	0-0	260	52	15

Career Highs:
Goals: 3, x2 vs. No. 10 Long Beach (9/22/24)
Assists: 2, 2x - MR vs. LIU (11/1/25)
Steals: 2, 7x - MR vs. Fordham (11/1/25)
Ej. Drawn: 8, vs. Fordham (11/1/25)
Blocks: 2, 2x - MR at Fordham (9/27/25)