University of the Cumberlands Athletics

Johnson earned the male athlete of the week honors after earning NAIA All-American honors and posting a third-place finish at the NAIA National Championships.    Johnson opened nationals with a fall over Ethan Powell of Truett-McConnell.  The junior added a 6-0 decision over Eastern Oregon's Noel Orozco to advance to the semifinals.  After dropping to the consolation bracket, notched a 5-1 decision over Jesse Pryor of Southeastern to advance to the third-place match.  With that matched tied at 1-1, Johnson recorded a take down with 15 seconds remaining for the 3-1 win over  Patrick DePiazza of Cumberland.