Kyle Johnson named MW Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Air Force graduate Second Lieutenant Kyle Johnson has been named the Mountain West Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, according to an announcement from the league today.

Johnson is the first football player to earn the honor and ninth Falcon overall. He is the first since swimmer Jinan Andrews earned the female honor in 2017-18 and first male winner since swimmer Eric Robinson in 2010-11.

Johnson graduated from the Academy in April and earned a commission as part of the inaugural class to the United States Space Force. His first assignment is to attend Harvard's Kennedy School to obtain a master's degree in public policy. In addition to earning the Mountain West honor, Johnson was also named the Colorado Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the National Football Foundation, Colorado Chapter.

Johnson graduated with a 3.93 grade point average with a major in business management. He was Air Force's Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the top academic honor a cadet-athlete can earn from the Academy. He ranked 14th in his graduation class and 10th in order of merit, which includes academics, athletics and military training.

He earned the Defender of the Nation Award earlier this season by the Charlotte Touchdown Club for excellence in academics and athletics. He was a second-team all-Mountain West selection and finished second on the team in total tackles with 82. He also had 5.5 tackles for loss and an interception return for a touchdown. Johnson earned the team's Brian Bullard Award, which is the highest honor a football player can receive and represents the player that is unselfish and gives 100 percent in every area.

Air Force capped a historic season with a 31-21 win over Washington State in the Cheez-It Bowl Dec. 27 in Phoenix, Ariz. The win gave Air Force an 11-2 overall record. The Falcons closed the season with an eight-game winning streak, the second longest active streak in the nation behind only defending national champion LSU's 16-game streak. Air Force was ranked in the final national polls for the first time since 1998, as the Falcons finished 22nd in the Associated Press and 23rd in the USA Today Coaches poll.

Past Air Force Winners
Jinan Andrews, women's swimming, 2017-18
Rebecca Esselstein, women's track and field, 2014-15
Eric Robinson, men's swimming, 2010-11
Abigail Rogers, women's gymnastics, 2008-09
Blair Leake, women's swimming, 2006-07
Matt Karmondy, men's swimming, 2005-06
Delavane Diaz, volleyball, 2003-04
John Dayton, men's swimming, 2002-03

Kyle Johnson named MW Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Players Mentioned

Kyle Johnson

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