University of the Cumberlands Athletics

Johnson earned the male athlete of the week honors after a dominating performance in the 285-weight class, where he captured the conference title.  After earning an opening round bye, Johnson faced Chris Alvizures of Midway and took an early 2-0 lead with a takedown before recording the fall at 2:35 mark to advance.  In the semifinals, the senior matched up with 18^th-ranked Gabe Craig of Campbellsville. Less than a minute into the match, Johnson utilized a two-point take down and turned it into a fall moments later to advance to the championship match.  Johnson than faced #13 Carlos Figueroa for the second-time in less than two weeks and just like their first match-up this was decided by one point.  The Kennesaw, GA native recorded a takedown in both of the first two periods for the 4-3 decision to earn first team all-conference accolades.