University of California, Santa Barbara

HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterwinner at Poway High School, where he played every field position except first base and catcher … Hit .326 and earned All-Coastal League First Team honors as a senior … Helped the Titans reach the CIF San Diego Section Division 1 Championship game and the CIF State Semifinals as a junior … Also played basketball.

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PERSONAL
Jake “JJ” Johnson was born Nov. 10, 2006 in San Diego … Son of Debi and Deron Johnson … Has an older brother, Deron Jr., and an older sister, Rylee … Majoring in Communication at UC Santa Barbara … Loves being active and is always trying to do something that involves competition … Roots for the San Diego Padres and New York Yankees … Lists Derek Jeter, Joe Musgrove and Austin Wynns as his favorite athletes … Enjoys lifting weights, going to the beach, skimboarding and surfing, as well as photography and playing pickleball in his free time … Listens to Drake and Bob Marley.