Lauren Johnson

Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
Brookwood
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.

2018 (Senior): Competed vault in 12 meets, and bars in eight meets before tearing her Achilles in the practice round of the NCAA Regional in Tuscaloosa... won three event titles on vault against Auburn and Boise State, and at Kentucky... posted season-high score-high 9.925 on vault and 9.825 on bars...led Georgia four times on vault with a 9.850 at Alabama and Arkansas, a 9.9 at Kentucky, and a 9.925 against Boise State.

2017 (Senior): SEC Winter Honor Roll member...Earned All-SEC honors on bars in her first full season competing on the event...Competed on vault and bars in all 14 meets...Won two event titles, both on vault...Season RQS of 9.86 on vault, 9.835 on bars...Season highs of 9.9 on vault and 9.9 on bars...Had arguably her best meet of the season at the SEC Championship in Jacksonville with a 9.85 on vault, 9.9 on bars...Selected to participate in the L.E.A.D. leadership program at UGA.

2016 (Junior): Missed the first half of the season due to injury...Appeared in Georgia’s vault lineup for the final eight meets of the season...Competed on bars four times...Season-best 9.85 on vault, set in her first home meet of the season against Auburn...Career-best 9.775 on bars in the Athens NCAA regional...Matched her season-high on vault in Georgia’s tri-meet at UCLA with Stanford...SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2015 (Sophomore): SEC Academic Honor Roll ... suffered a torn ACL in the preseason and missed the 2015 season ... UGA Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2014 (Freshman): Shared the SEC vault title with a 9.975 in the anchor position in the second competition vault of her career at the SEC Championship. She was a late addition to the lineup ... named recipient of team’s Most Inspirational Performance Award ... scored a 9.9 on vault in the NCAA Super Six ... named to the All-SEC Team and to the All-SEC Freshman Team ... performed exhibition vaults in eight meets, including a 9.9 at No. 5 Utah ... made her debut in the vault lineup vs. No. 13 Arkansas ... performed an exhibition on bars at No. 7 Alabama and vs. No. 20 Kentucky.

Club: Trained at Gwinnett Gymnastics Center in Lilburn, Ga., under Dan Thaxton, Josh Overton, and Sarah Smith ... trained elite for two years ... 2012 J.O. Level 10 national team member (Region 8).

Personal: Born Sept. 9 ... daughter of Aretha Johnson ... Major: Human Development and Family Science