00 Meaghan Johnson
00 Meaghan Johnson
Height: 5-3
Year: 2012
Hometown: Portland, Maine
High School: Cheverus
Position: Goalkeeper
Major: Nursing

MONK CONFESSIONS

Accolades:

All NAC: 1st Team (2010, 2011)
NAC Defensive Player of the Year (2011)
NAC All- Tournament (2011)
NFHCA Senior Game (2011)
NFHCA All- Region: 1st Team
NFHCA All- America: 3rd Team
ECAC Defensive Player of the Week: 10/4/2010
NAC Player of the Week: 9/4/2010, 10/4/2010

2011: Made 19 starts in goal for the Monks…recorded career-bests in minutes played (1393:03), goals allowed (19), goals against average (0.95), saves (142), save percentage (.882) and shutouts (6)…her 2011 totals for minutes, shutouts, GAA and SV% all rank as SJC single-season records…notched 13 wins for the fourth consecutive season…became the first Monks field hockey player to earn All-America honors with a National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Third-Team nomination…also collected First Team All-NAC honors for the second consecutive season and was selected as the NAC Defensive Player of the Year…garnered NFHCA All-Region First Team honors…participated in the NFCHA Senior Game, the first SJC player to do so…posted 16 saves in 1-0 losses to University of New England and University of Southern Maine on September 14th and 22nd, respectively…made a season-high 18 stops in a loss to Colby on October 18thplayed brilliantly in a 2-1 penalty-strokes loss to Husson University with 12 stops in the NAC Championship on November 5th…closed out her career as the program’s all-time leader in shutouts (17), victories (52), minutes (5166), goalkeeper games (74), and goals against average (1.23)…also ranks second in program history in saves (442) and save percentage (.829).

2010: Made 18 starts in goal for the Monks…racked up 1191:49 minutes of playing time between the pipes…allowed 22 goals and made 117 saves…posted a 1.29 goals against average and a .842 save percentage with a pair of shutouts and a 13-4 record…collected First Team All-NAC honors…named as the NAC Player of the Week on September 20th and October 4th…also garnered ECAC DIII New England Region Defensive Player of the Week honors on October 4th…made a career-high 20 saves in a win over Castleton on October 3rd…made 19 stops in a victory against Husson on September 25th…required five stops in a season-opening shutout versus Framingham State on September 2nd…started 41 consecutive games in net for the Monks before teammate Jackie Goodell earned the starting nod against Plymouth State on October 26th…closed out her junior season as the program’s all-time leader in shutouts (11) and victories (39) and is tied for the lead in goals against average (1.34)…also ranked second in program history in goalkeeper games (55), minutes (3773) and saves (300) and fourth in save percentage (.806).

2009: Started all 18 games for the Monks…led the North Atlantic Conference in goals-against average (1.29) and shutouts (4)…her GAA also qualifies as a new program single-season record…recorded a .786 save percentage with 88 saves and 24 goals allowed…posted shutouts against Thomas (9/19), Wheelock (10/1), Salve Regina (10/12) and Salem State (10/15)…made 14 saves in 4-3 victory over Castleton on October 17…tied her own program record with 13 wins in a season…her 26 career victories is the highest total in SJC career history and her 1.36 GAA through two seasons ranks second all-time at St. Joe’s.

2008: Played and started in 19 games as a freshman for the Monks...Tied for first in the North Atlantic Conference for shutouts with three in 2008...Led the North Atlantic Conference with a 1.29 goals against average...leads Saint Joseph's College with 13 career wins and is second in career minutes with 1283...first in games played as a goalkeeper in a single season with 19...first in single season minutes played with 1283.

Personal: Daughter of Paula and Gary Johnson...born on October 31, 1989...lists favorite athlete as Sidney Crosby...biggest athletic thrill was playing in the MGIHA state game...majoring in Nursing.

CAREER STATISTICS