Julia Johnson

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Sideline Photos, LLC

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-10
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Greens Farms Academy
Hometown:
Easton, Conn.

Before Princeton
Ranked No. 154 nationally, No. 9 in the Northeast Region, and the No. 35 Defender by Top Drawer Soccer ... took part in the 2021-22 USYNT ID camps ... was a 2021-23 ECNL Northeast Conference first-team honoree and 2024 second-team honoree ... took part in the 2021 ECNL National Selection Game ... at Greens Farms, was the 2022 Most Valuable Defensive Player and 2023 and 2024 team MVP ... was a 2023-24 team captain ... earned 2022-24 first-team All-FAA honors ... 2022-24 All-NEPSAC ... 2022-24 WNEPSSA All-Star ... 2023-24 Connecticut all-state ... 2023 New England Class C Player of the Year ... 2023 All-Scholastic Boston Globe ... 2024 Connecticut Girls Soccer Coaches Association Senior Bowl MVP ... took part in the 2024 High School Senior All-American Game ... earned four-year Greens Farms Academy High Honors and four years of honors as Greens Farms Academy Head of School Distinction ... earned the 10th-grade Citizenship Award and 10th- and 11th-grade Athletic Prize ... was an 11th-grade College Board National African American Recognition Program recipient ... won the 11th-grade Cornell Book Award ... was a four-year School Admissions Ambassador and a three-year Math and Writing Center tutor.

Personal
Both parents, Sydney and Jennifer, are Princeton alums ... Sydney was the 1997 Ivy League men's basketball Player of the Year and went on to serve as Princeton's head men's basketball coach from 2007-11, leading the team to the 2011 NCAA tournament; Sydney began as the head coach of the WNBA's Washington Mystics in 2025 ... brother Jalen is in the Princeton Class of 2026.