Chris Johnson
  • Title:
    Student-Athlete
  • Previous College Sports Played:
    Men's Soccer
  • Graduating Class:
    2006
  • Induction Class:
    2016
Bio

Chris Johnson, a 2006 graduate, was a four-year starter for Morningside's men's soccer team and the most decorated player in the program's history as a three-time first-team All-GPAC performer and a two-time NAIA All-Region and NAIA honorable mention All-America selection. He is the all-time leading scorer in Morningside men's soccer history with career totals of 62 goals, 36 assists, and 160 points as well as the Mustangs' all-time leader with 15 career game winning goals. Johnson's school record totals are 28 goals and 73 points higher than anyone else in school history. Johnson is also Morningside's all-time leading scorer in post-season play with five goals, four assists, and 14 points.

Johnson was the Mustangs' leading scorer in all four seasons of his career, starting as a freshman when he tallied 15 goals and a school-record 12 assists for 42 points to help lead Morningside to a 14-6 record and a school-record .700 winning percentage. Johnson earned first-team All-GPAC honors for the first time as a sophomore when he had school-record totals of 18 goals, 12 assists, and 48 points. He also set the Mustangs' single-game scoring record with two goals and three assists for nine points in an 8-2 win against the University of Mary.

He earned first-team All-GPAC, first-team NAIA All-Region IV, and NAIA honorable mention All-America laurels as a junior when he tallied 13 goals and eight assists for 34 points for a Morningside team that finished 15-8 to set a school record for wins in a season and finished 9-2 in the GPAC to share the league championship with Hastings and Northwestern College. Johnson was also a NAIA honorable mention All-American as well as the GPAC and NAIA Region III Player of the Year as a senior when he tallied 16 goals and four assists for 36 points.