2023 (Senior Year): Appeared in 28 games making 14 starts in the Spartan infield … On 36 at-bats she recorded eight runs on 11 hits with a triple and two home runs with nine RBI … Tallied a .306 batting average and a .861 on base percentage … One of her two home runs came in the opening game of the 2023 MEAC Softball Tournament against N.C. Central … In the field, she recorded 21 putouts with 17 assists and helped turn two double plays … Drove in four RBI against Stony Brook early in the season on Feb. 24, a game during which she hit a triple and a home run for seven total bases …
2022 (Junior Year): Appeared in 55 games making 50 starts in the Spartan infield … On 110 at-bats she recorded 24 runs on 25 hits with eight doubles and a home run driving in six RBI … Tallied a .227 batting average and a .628 on base percentage … In the field, she recorded 62 putouts with 87 assists and helped turn five double plays on 177 chances …
2021 (Sophomore Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the spring … Played in 27 games and made nine starts, all at third base … Finished the year with 2 hits in 25 at bats with five runs, a home run, three RBI and six walks … Drove in the tying run in the bottom of the eighth with a pinch-hit, RBI groundout on March 6 against Cleveland State, a contest won by NSU in 10 innings … Had a single and an RBI in a game 2 win at Delaware State on April 23 … Hit a solo home run in game 2 on Feb. 21 against Morehead State … Walked twice and scored a run in a game 2 win over Youngstown State on Feb. 27.
2020 (Freshman Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the spring … Competed in 13 games and made five starts on the season before it was shut down due to COVID-19 … Had two hits in 16 at bats with two runs, one double, one home run, one RBI and two walks … Batted 1-for-3 with two runs, an RBI and a walk on March 7 versus Saint Peter’s, hitting her lone home run of the season … Hit a double later in the day in a contest against Delaware.
High School: Member of the varsity softball team at Huguenot High School all four years … Team MVP her sophomore, junior and senior seasons, leading the team in RBI and fielding percentage each time … Had the highest batting average on the team as a senior … Earned first-team All-Conference 20 honors at utility as a freshman in 2016 … The team’s Offensive Player of the Year that season … Also competed on the varsity basketball team all four years … Team MVP as a senior, leading her squad to the semifinals of regional play … Led the team to the state semifinals as a freshman and into the first round of the state playoffs her sophomore year … An ASSIST Regional Senior All-Star Game participant … Member of the National Society of High School Scholars and Beta Club … Named a scholar-athlete of the year by the
Richmond-Times Dispatch.
Club: Competed for the Richmond Storm AAU team from 2015-19.
Personal: Full name is Morgan Briana Johnson … Often goes by Mo … Born on Dec. 26, 2000 … Daughter of Rita and Robert Johnson Jr. … Has one older sister, Nikkia Brown, and one older brother, Robert “Tre” Johnson III … Has two aunts and a cousin who went to NSU … Aunt Sandra was the first African-American to earn a scholarship on the Virginia Tech women’s basketball team … Cousin Cierra Cook plays basketball at Bluefield College … Majoring in chemistry/pre-med … Wants to become a physician’s assistant … Member of the NSU Honors College … In addition to softball also enjoys playing basketball, surfing YouTube and buying and reselling shoes.
