Scott Johnson

Photo by: Timothy Hughes

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Parker, Colo.
Squadron:
04 Fightin' Fourth
High School:
Legend

JUNIOR YEAR | 2019: Competed in four meets...opened the season with a victory at the Air Force Open...clocked a four-mile time of 20:39.0 to win that meet by more than 10 seconds...clocked a season-best 8K time of 24:22.4 to finish as the Falcons’ No. 2 runner at the Bill Dellinger Invitational (42nd of 143 runners)...also scored for Air Force at the Nuttycombe Invitational (24:44.7, 122nd)...recorded a 10K time of 32:50.4 at the NCAA Mountain Regional (77th)...earned the team’s Character and Leadership Award...academic all-conference selection...Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

SOPHOMORE YEAR | 2018: Participated in six competitions, including all three postseason meets...posted a career-best 8K time of 24:28.8 at the Nuttycombe Invitational (103rd)...finished 70th out of 234 runners at the Pre-National Invitational (24:51.9)...earned a top-25 finish at the Mountain West Championships (25:32.4, 23rd)...finished 40th out of 115 runners in 10K debut at the NCAA Mountain Regional (30:23.0)...clocked a time of 31:22.3 at the NCAA Championships (179th)...opened the season with a 24th-place time of 15:58.8 at the Wyoming Invitational (5K course)...academic all-conference selection...Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

FRESHMAN YEAR | 2017: Competed in three meets...earned a top-40 finish at the 127-runner Rocky Mountain Shootout (39th), after posting an 8K time of 27:23.0...finished 35th at the Woody Greeno Invitational (8K time of 27:19.9)...opened the season with a 5K time of 16:14.1 at the Colorado State Invitational...Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

MAJOR TRACK AND FIELD HIGHLIGHTS: Two-time all-conference selection...finished third in the mile at the 2019 Mountain West Indoor Championships and was a member of the 2020 distance medley relay that finished second...named Mountain West Athlete of the Week after winning the mile at the Air Force Invitational...ran on the 4x1600-meter relay that won the 2018 Drake Relays...ran on two relays that impacted the program’s top-three at the 2019 Relays – second-fastest 4x1600-meter time (16:40.31), third-fastest 4x800-meter time (7:30.15).

HIGH SCHOOL: Legend High School...named Athlete of the Year as a senior...three-time MVP of the cross country team (2013, 2014, 2015)...two-time recipient of the cross country team’s Titan Award for Team Leadership (2015, 2016)...also received that honor from the track team in 2016...named Underclassmen Athlete of the Year in 2016...served as president of senior class...valedictorian.

PERSONAL: Full name is Scott Andrew Johnson...nickname is “Bambi”...son of Steve and Joy Johnson...has one younger brother, Ryan, who is a sophomore on the Air Force cross country team...majoring in operations research...also earning a minor in French...future plans include serving as an intelligence officer in the Air Force...serving as Operations Flight Commander during the Fall 2020 semester...named to the Superintendent’s List for excellence in military, academic and athletic performance during each of his first six semesters at the Academy...hobbies include playing with crawdads, tailgating for the annual Puppy Bowl, listening to Christmas music all year round and finding the answer to the question, “what is life?”...huge fan of Joey “Jaws” Chestnut...completed an online academic class (History 300) over the summer...has wanted to attend the Air Force Academy since he was six years old...member of Cadet Squadron 04.