2 Joe Johnson
Joe Johnson
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Weight:
    185
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Gansevoort, NY
  • High School:
    South Glens Falls
  • Position:
    D
  • gp
    17
  • p
    26
  • g
    23
  • a
    3
Bio

GENERAL: Majoring in biology…Aspires to become a physician’s assistant…Mentioned that he likes the friendly RSC faculty and staff...Picked being able to stop time as his preferred superpower…Started playing lacrosse in the third grade…Mentioned that he is a big fan of the Indianapolis Colts…Listed steak as his favorite food…Is the son of Todd and Stephanie. 

AS A SENIOR (2025): Received an honorable mention for the USILA All-American Team for the second-straight spring...Selected to play in the USILA Senior All-Star Game...Repeated as a first-team All-Empire 8 Conference selection...Voted a co-captain...Finished the spring with program career records of 112 caused turnovers and 1.84 caused turnovers per-game...Occupies the top-three spots in the RSC single-season record book for caused turnovers and caused turnovers per-game...Concluded his spring ranked second all-time with 254 groundballs...Averaged a school record 4.16 groundballs per-game...Selected for the USILA D3 Team of the Week for the period ending Sunday, March 16...Registered six goals, six caused turnovers, and 19 groundballs in a 3-0 week (3/10, 3/12, 3/15)...Appeared in all 17 contests...Established career highs of 26 points on 23 goals and three assists...Secured 86 groundballs, second-most in a season by a Gator...Ranked fourth in the E8 in groundballs...Caused 32 turnovers, good for third-best in a season by an RSC player...Concluded his spring ranked second in the E8 in caused turnovers...Caused his 100th career turnover at SUNY Geneseo (4/5)...Closed his spring with three of the top-five marks for groundballs in a season by a Gator...Scored four goals in a game twice...Grabbed eight groundballs three times...Caused multiple opponent turnovers in in 12 contests...Made the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Lacrosse Team...Nominated for the College Sports Communicators Academic All-American® Lacrosse Team...RSC Athletic Honor Society Member...Earned a spot on the E8 Presidents' List for the fall and spring semesters...Made the RSC Dean's List for the fall and spring semesters.

AS A JUNIOR (2024): Received an honorable mention for the USILA All-American Team...Voted first-team All-Empire 8 Conference...Made the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Lacrosse Team...Nominated for the College Sports Communicators Academic All-American® Lacrosse Team...Played in all 16 games...Finished the season as the program's career leader with 80 caused turnovers...Ranked second among Gators with 168 career groundballs...Made the (4/16) USILA D3 Team of the Week...Spearheaded the RSC defensive effort as the Gators defeated Utica for the first time (4/13)...Registered six caused turnovers and five groundballs as RSC held the visiting Pioneers scoreless for 25:35 spanning the second, third, and fourth quarters in the 16-7 home win...Closed his spring with 33 caused turnovers, good for second in the E8 and second-most in a season by a Gator...Averaged 2.06 caused turnovers, a program single-season record, and and 4.25 groundballs, good for fourth and fifth respectively in the E8...Totaled eight points on six goals and two assists...Scored three goals vs. Hartwick (4/24)...Corralled nine groundballs vs. Eastern Connecticut (3/12)...Equaled his program single-game record with six caused turnovers vs. Utica (4/13)...Earned a spot on the E8 Presidents' List for the spring semester...Made the RSC Dean's List for the spring semester.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023): Voted third-team All-Empire 8 Conference...Served as a co-captain...Started all 17 games...Totaled three points on two goals and one assist...Led the Gators with 73 groundballs...Caused a program single-season record 34 turnovers...Ranked second in the E8 with 2.0 caused turnovers per-game...Averaged 4.29 groundballs per-game, good for fifth in the E8...Caused a program single-game record six turnovers at SJU-LI (3/18)...Made the RSC Dean's List for the fall semester.

AS A FRESHMAN (2022):  Voted third-team All-Empire 8 Conference...Appeared in 11 games...Scored a goal vs. Plattsburgh State (4/12)...Caused 13 turnovers...Grabbed 27 groundballs...Caused three turnovers at Alfred (4/9)...Secured six groundballs at Keuka (4/16)...Made the Dean’s List. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Played football and lacrosse for the Bulldogs….Earned first-team All-Conference honors in both sports…National Spanish Honors Society Member…National Honors Society Member…Voted class president.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Apr 10 vs. Yards for Yeardley Walk
Apr 12 at Keuka W, 19-11
Apr 16 Utica L, 12-9
Apr 19 SUNY Brockport L, 11-8
Apr 23 at SUNY Poly W, 12-5
Apr 26 at Nazareth L, 28-4
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 17 9
Points 26 14
Goals 23 12
Assists 3 2
Man-up goals 1 1
Man-down goals 0 0
Ground balls 86 39
Turnovers 19 12
Caused turnovers 32 17
Faceoffs 4-12 3-11
Faceoff percentage 33.3 27.3
Shots 61 37
Shooting percentage 37.7 32.4
Shots on goal 42 26
Shots on goal percentage 68.9 70.3
Game Log - Offense
Date Opponent Score g a pts up dn sh sh% sog sog%
Feb 18 SUNY Farmingdale - - - - - - - - -
Feb 26 SUNY Farmingdale L, 19-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 33.3 2 66.7
Mar 1 SUNY Plattsburgh L, 12-9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0.0
Mar 5 Eastern Conn. St. L, 15-9 1 1 2 0 0 1 100.0 1 100.0
Mar 7 Dean L, 11-9 1 0 1 0 0 4 25.0 1 25.0
Mar 10 vs. Curry W, 15-7 2 0 2 0 0 4 50.0 3 75.0
Mar 12 vs. Greensboro W, 16-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 50.0 1 50.0
Mar 15 at Saint Joseph's University, New York - Long Island W, 24-5 3 0 3 0 0 3 100.0 3 100.0
Mar 19 VTSU Castleton L, 17-7 2 0 2 0 0 6 33.3 5 83.3
Mar 22 Alfred L, 14-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 1 100.0
Mar 29 SJFU L, 23-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 1 50.0
Apr 5 at SUNY Geneseo L, 24-5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0.0 1 25.0
Apr 9 at Hartwick L, 23-14 4 0 4 1 0 10 40.0 8 80.0
Apr 10 vs. Yards for Yeardley Walk - - - - - - - - -
Apr 12 at Keuka W, 19-11 4 1 5 0 0 7 57.1 7 100.0
Apr 16 Utica L, 12-9 1 0 1 0 0 2 50.0 1 50.0
Apr 19 SUNY Brockport L, 11-8 1 0 1 0 0 3 33.3 2 66.7
Apr 23 at SUNY Poly W, 12-5 1 0 1 0 0 5 20.0 3 60.0
Apr 26 at Nazareth L, 28-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 33.3 2 66.7
May 23 vs. USILA Senior All-Star Game - - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Defense
Date Opponent Score gb to ct fo
Feb 18 SUNY Farmingdale - - - -
Feb 26 SUNY Farmingdale L, 19-4 7 2 2 1-1
Mar 1 SUNY Plattsburgh L, 12-9 8 0 3 0-0
Mar 5 Eastern Conn. St. L, 15-9 5 3 2 0-0
Mar 7 Dean L, 11-9 6 1 0 0-0
Mar 10 vs. Curry W, 15-7 4 0 2 0-0
Mar 12 vs. Greensboro W, 16-5 7 1 2 0-0
Mar 15 at Saint Joseph's University, New York - Long Island W, 24-5 8 0 2 0-0
Mar 19 VTSU Castleton L, 17-7 2 0 2 0-0
Mar 22 Alfred L, 14-5 2 0 3 0-1
Mar 29 SJFU L, 23-2 1 2 1 0-0
Apr 5 at SUNY Geneseo L, 24-5 6 2 1 0-0
Apr 9 at Hartwick L, 23-14 5 2 2 0-1
Apr 10 vs. Yards for Yeardley Walk - - - -
Apr 12 at Keuka W, 19-11 4 0 3 0-0
Apr 16 Utica L, 12-9 5 1 2 0-0
Apr 19 SUNY Brockport L, 11-8 5 2 1 0-0
Apr 23 at SUNY Poly W, 12-5 8 0 1 0-0
Apr 26 at Nazareth L, 28-4 3 3 3 3-9
May 23 vs. USILA Senior All-Star Game - - - -
gp gs g a pts up dn sh sh% sog sog%
2021-22 11 7 1 0 1 0 0 7 14.3 3 42.9
2022-23 17 17 2 1 3 0 0 10 20.0 4 40.0
2023-24 16 1 6 2 8 0 1 24 25.0 16 66.7
2024-25 17 - 23 3 26 1 0 61 37.7 42 68.9
Total 61 25 32 6 38 1 1 102 31.4 65 63.7

Career Stats: Offense

gp gs gb to ct fo
2021-22 11 7 27 12 13 0-0
2022-23 17 17 73 15 34 2-10
2023-24 16 1 68 20 33 0-0
2024-25 17 - 86 19 32 4-12
Total 61 25 254 66 112 6-22

Career Stats: Defense

gp gs g a pts up dn sh sh% sog sog%
Event
Total 17 - 23 3 26 1 0 61 37.7 42 68.9
Conference 9 - 12 2 14 1 0 37 32.4 26 70.3
Exhibition - - - - 0 0 0 - - - -
Location
Home 9 - 7 1 8 0 0 23 30.4 14 60.9
Away 6 - 13 2 15 1 0 32 40.6 24 75.0
Neutral 2 - 3 0 3 0 0 6 50.0 4 66.7
Result
Wins 5 - 11 1 12 0 0 21 52.4 17 81.0
Losses 12 - 12 2 14 1 0 40 30.0 25 62.5
Month
February 1 - 1 0 1 0 0 3 33.3 2 66.7
March 9 - 10 1 11 0 0 24 41.7 16 66.7
April 7 - 12 2 14 1 0 34 35.3 24 70.6

Splits Stats: Offense

gp gs gb to ct fo
Event
Total 17 - 86 19 32 4-12
Conference 9 - 39 12 17 3-11
Exhibition - - - 0 - 0-0
Location
Home 9 - 41 11 16 1-2
Away 6 - 34 7 12 3-10
Neutral 2 - 11 1 4 0-0
Result
Wins 5 - 31 1 10 0-0
Losses 12 - 55 18 22 4-12
Month
February 1 - 7 2 2 1-1
March 9 - 43 7 17 0-1
April 7 - 36 10 13 3-10

Splits Stats: Defense