Maggie Johnson
Assistant Softball Coach

THE Johnson FILE

Hometown: Raleigh, N.C.
Bachelor's Degree/Year: UNC Wilmington/2001
Master's Degree/Year: Boston University/2003
Years at Radford: 5

Contact Phone: 540-831-6585
Contact Email: mjohnson7@radford.edu

Johnson ON FIELD

Coaching

2001-2002

Pender HS (N.C.)

2003-Current

Asst. Coach, Radford

Playing

1997-2001

UNC Wilmington

Profile:

Radford University's hitting has made steady progress in Maggie Johnson's first four years as the Highlanders' assistant coach and hitting instructor. The 2007 season was banner season at the plate for RU. Several Highlanders improved on their previous season's numbers and numerous individual and team hitting records were broken.

For the third straight season, Radford set a new
home run mark (48) in 2007 under Johnson, who is in her fifth season at RU. Along with round trippers, last season was a banner year for the Highlander bats. RU also set school records in batting average (.297), hits (554), doubles (98), runs (320) and slugging percentage (.449).

Along with all the team records, individual marks were obtained. Ashley Carlson (92) and Cassie Rhodes (81) recorded the top two hit totals in school history. Ashley Taylor tied the single-season home run (12) mark and Rhodes tied the single-season triples (7) record.

In 2006, Radford for the second straight year broke the home run record (42) and batted .262, the highest since 1998.

Prior to 2006, no Radford team had hit more than two round trippers in a game. The Highlanders broke the record three times during the month of March, culminating with a five home run effort against Georgetown on March 25, 2006. Two of those came off the bat of Ashley Taylor, tying a 10-year old single-game record, that had only been done twice before.They also set the single-game grand slam record, blasting two at Virginia Tech, on March 1, 2006.

Under her guidance in 2005, the Highlander bats came alive, hitting what was then a school record 32 home runs and posting a .259 batting average.

Johnson was a four-year starter at first base for UNC Wilmington from 1997-2001. While at UNCW, she hit .325 as a senior and was named All Southern Conference Second Team.

Along with her hitting duties, Johnson will work with the outfielders and assist with infield instruction.

As a senior for the Seahawks, she set the school’s career record for home runs. She currently ranks as the all-time leader in putouts and third in RBI.

Johnson entered the coaching profession in 2002 as an assistant coach at Pender High School in Burgaw, N.C. While at Pender, she was the batting coach and worked with the infielders, helping the team to the state 3-A playoffs for the first time in school history.

After Pender, Johnson returned to school, earning her Master of Education in Counseling from Boston University in May of 2003.