Troy University Athletics
2020 Baseball Roster
Roster
Lance Johnson
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 175
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Alabaster, Ala.
- High School:
- Thompson HS
2020 (Senior)
Named to NCBWA’s preseason Stopper of the Year watchlist … Appeared 11 times on the mound, tied with Ryan Fultz for most on the team … Finished the year with 93 career appearances, the third-most among active Division I players … Posted a 2.40 ERA in 15.0 innings of work … Struck out 12 batters compared to allowing just one walk … Fanned a season-high four batters twice on back-to-back days against Northern Kentucky
*Had season cut short after 17 games due to COVID-19
2019 (Junior)
Led the Trojans, and tied for fifth nationally, with 36 appearances which ranks as the second most in a season in Troy history … Recorded a 4-1 record with and 39 strikeouts in 54 innings … Posted a team-best 2.80 ERA ... Allowed just 19 runs all season, tied for first on the team … Registered a season-high four strikeouts in 2.1 innings against App State ... Secured his first win of the year against Central Michigan … Named to the Sun Belt All-Tournament Team after allowing just one earned run and three hits over his six innings at the tournament and finished with five strikeouts ... Earned the win against Little Rock following 2.2 scoreless innings of relief; entered the game with the bases loaded and just one out in the seventh inning; induced a weak ground out and then struck out the next batter to strand all three base runners
2018 (Sophomore)
Made 23 relief appearances - second-most by any Troy pitcher … Posted a 2-1 record with a 4.50 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 26 innings of work … Did not allow a run in 14 outings - with eight of those hitless … Picked up his first win of the year with two innings of one-hit work against UT Martin on opening weekend … Fanned two over two innings of one-hit work to earn the win at Samford … Earned the save against Georgia State after limiting the Panthers to just two baserunners in two innings on the mound … Allowed just two extra-base hits all season, both doubles
2017 (Freshman)
Made 23 appearances out of the bullpen … Posted a 5.11 ERA in 24.2 innings of work with 16 strikeouts … Earned his first career victory at New Orleans on February 25 … Struck out a career-high three batters in 2.2 innings against No. 15 Louisiana … Worked two perfect innings with four total strikeouts in the first two appearances of his career … Did not allow a run in his first six appearances, allowing only four hits over that span … Allowed only two earned runs in a string of eight appearances from April 7 to May 18 … Only gave up more than two hits twice during the season and struck out more than one batter five times
High School
Played four years at Thompson High School in Thompson, Ala. … Helped the Warriors win back-to-back Alabama 6A state championships as a freshman and sophomore … Thompson made it to the state finals as a junior … Named all county as a junior and senior … Went 5-3 with a 2.80 ERA as a junior … Posted a .363 batting average as a junior and a .371 average as a senior … Named the eighth-best right-handed pitcher in Alabama by Perfect Game
Personal
Full name Samuel Lance Johnson … Born May 7, 1998 … Son of Gary and Misty Johnson … Has one brother; Peyton, who played baseball at UAH ... Majoring in global business - general business
