Rachel Johnson

Photo by: Marquette University

Marquette Soccer vs. DePaul (senior night)

Photo by: Maggie Bean

Photo by: Maggie Bean

Position:
Midfielder/Forward
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Marian
Hometown:
Omaha, Neb.

Honors & Awards
2022-23
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2021-22
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2019
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2018
BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2017
BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2022(Sr.): Played and started in eight matches … Missed majority of season with injury.

2021 (RJr.): Started in all 17 matches … Finished with a career-high in goals (four) and assists (three) … Scored the game-winning goal against UIC (9/9) … Recorded an assist and scored the go-ahead goal in a 3-1 win at Villanova (9/26) … Netted the first goal against St. John’s (10/14) and assisted on Katrina Wetherell’s game-winning goal in a 4-3 victory.

2020-21 (RJr.): Started each of the team’s 10 matches … Finished the season with one goal and one assist … Assisted on second goal in season-opening 5-0 win over Chicago State (2/5) … Scored game-winning goal on lone shot in 3-1 decision over Xavier (3/18).

2019 (RSo.): Johnson started eight of the 17 matches in which she appeared and played 1,135 minutes ... Made first career start at Ball State (9/25) and played 79 minutes .. Recorded an assist for first career point at St. John's (10/10) ... Played a career-high 93 minutes against Michigan (9/1).

2018 (RFr.): Appeared in 11 matches and played 263 minutes as a redshirt freshman ... Made her return from a knee injury suffered in the fall of 2017 in the season opener against Cal Poly (8/16) while playing 18 minutes.

2017 (Fr.): Played in three matches before sustaining a season-ending injury ... Made her collegiate debut in the home opener against No. 2 Stanford (8/18) ... Notched a shot on goal in the shutout win versus Drake (8/25) .. earned medical redshirt.

Prior to Marquette: Johnson earned four letters in soccer at Marian High School in Omaha, Nebraska ... Won state championships in 2014, 2016 and 2017 ... Scored 10 goals as a senior in 2017 and posted a goal and an assist in the 2-0 state title game win over Millard North ... Led Marian to a 15-3 record as a junior in 2016 with seven goals and eight assists ... Named to Nebraska First Team All-State by the Omaha World-Herald during her junior and senior years (2016 and 2017) and received honorable mention in her freshman and sophomore seasons (2014 and 2015) ... Posted four goals and four assists as a sophomore and six goals with three assists as a freshman, while tallying the assist on the match-winning goal in the state title game ... Played club soccer with Gretna Prima and won the 2015 U.S. Youth Soccer National Championship with Gretna Prima 95/96 Green ... Was a member of the U.S. Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program Region II team with fellow signee Kylie Sprecher and competed in the national ODP event in 2015.