2019 Water Polo Roster

Maddy Johnston
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Position:
- UT
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Hillsborough, Calif.
- High School:
- Sacred Heart Prep
Features on Maddy
• USA Pipeline Readies Johnston for College Water Polo (MGoBlue.com)
Career Stats
Year | GP | G | A | Pts | EX | DEX | Stl | FB | SPW | SPL |
2018 | 25 | 35 | 14 | 49 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 3 | 16 | 5 |
2019 | 32 | 34 | 30 | 64 | 41 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 57 | 69 | 44 | 113 | 62 | 28 | 45 | 10 | 16 | 7 |
Career Highs
Points: 5 (4x), last vs. Harvard (4/13/19)
Goals: 4 (3x), last vs. UC Davis (2/2/19)
Assists: 3 (2x), last vs. LMU (2/22/19)
Drawn Exclusions: 2 (7x), last vs. USC (1/19/19)
Steals: 4 (2x), last vs. Cal Baptist (3/16/18)
Field Blocks: 1 (10x), last vs. Cal (3/17/19)
At Michigan
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology
• Major is movement science
• Won two CWPA team championships and made two NCAA appearances
• Two-time CWPA Rookie of the Week
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Played in 57 career games with 69 goals, 44 assists and 45 steals
Junior (2020)
• Enters her third year at Michigan
Sophomore (2019)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• Career-high 64 points with 34 goals and 30 assists
• Dished out two assists in the NCAA quarterfinals against No. 3 UCLA
• One goal, one assist and two steals in the CWPA Championship game against No. 15 Princeton
• Matched career highs with four goals and five points against No. 13 UC Davis
• Recorded five points on three goals and two assists against Harvard
• Led the team with seven goals at the Stanford Invitational
• Tallied three goals and two assists against No. 22 Indiana
• Posted two goals and two assists against No. 6 UC Irvine in the 3rd place game of the Triton Invitational
• Three goals and five assists at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• Returned to competition for the first time since missing the final 16 games of her freshman year, scoring four goals at the UCSB Winter Invite
• Posted two goals and four assists during the Wolverine Invitational
• Two goals and two assists at No. 13 Fresno State
Freshman (2018)
• CWPA Champions
• Two-time CWPA Rookie of the Week (Mar. 1, Apr. 5)
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Joined the team as a freshman in 2018
• Appeared in 25 games with 35 goals, 14 assists and 27 steals
• Played in one conference game with a hat trick against No. 13 Indiana to lead the team
• Has won 16 of her 21 sprints on the year
• Six games with three or more goals
• Recorded seven goals, three assists, five drawn exclusions and five steals at the Wolverine Invitational
• Started two games at the UCSB Winter Invite, recording two goals and four steals
• Tallied four goals in a one-goal loss to No. 2 Cal
• Four goals and one assist against Fresno Pacific
• Season highs of three assists and four steals in a win over No. 24 Cal Baptist
• Notched a hat trick in the ninth-place game of the Barbara Kalbus Invitational against No. 15 UC San Diego
• Posted three goals in nonconference wins over Bucknell and Hartwick
• Scored her first collegiate goal in the opener against No. 3 UCLA to go with four steals
• Missed 16 games due to injury
Prep
• Graduated from Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, Calif. (2017)
• Led her team to three straight WCAL Championships and four Central Coast Section (CCS) Division II Championships • NISCA/Speedo Girls first team All-American in back-to-back seasons
• Two-time CCS Player of the Year
• WCAL first team selection final three years
• CCS first team honors last three years and second team honors as a freshman
• Was also on the swimming team, qualifying for state in five events over a three-year span
National Team
• Member of the USA Youth National Team in 2015 and 2016
• Was on the USA Cadet National Team in 2013 and 2014
• Competed at the 2016 Youth World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand, placing fifth
• Gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Kingston, Jamaica
Club Team
• Competed for 680 Water Polo
• Won both the US Club and Junior Olympic Championships in 2017
• 2017 Junior Olympic second team All-American
• 2015 Junior Olympic Champions in the 18U division
• Gold medal at the 2013 14U Junior Olympics, earning first team honors
• Three-time Cal Cup Champions
Personal
• Full name is Madeline Claire Johnston
• Birthday: Jan. 8, 1999
• Born in San Francisco, Calif.
• Parents are Sue and Phil Johnston
• Mother, Sue, played lacrosse at Delaware
• Father, Phil, played soccer at Gordon College
• Has three brothers, Matt, Brad and Luke