DAVE JOHNSON

Freshman * All Around

Chicago, IL * St. Rita H.S.

Career/Personal: As a senior, organized St. Rita's first-ever gymnastics team...competed on the still rings, pommel horse and parallel bars after having ACL surgery qualified for the State tournament as a junior, and the only member of the St. Rita gymnastics team, he shared State Champion honors on the floor exercise with fellow UIC teammate Anthony Cirullo, scoring a 9.40. On the still rings, became state champion, and set a new state record of 9.80... David took second at state on the vault and high bar and third on the parallel bars was the IHSA Regional Champion on every event but the pommel horse. The sectional champ on the rings, bars and floor earned Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times Athlete of the Week accolades during the year and was named the St. Rita Mustang of the Month...was active in St. Rita's Peer Ministry, Student Council and French Club and was a member of the National Honor Society plans to major in Exercise Physiology...born March 8, 1979...son of Bruce and Sarah Johnson.

club coaches "CJ" Johnson and Randy Darlin