Joelle Johnson

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Indian Creek School
Hometown:
Bowie, Md.

PERSONAL: Born Jan. 17, 2007 in Annapolis, Md. ... parents are Deborah and Eric Johnson ... has a younger sister, Malaya ... father played basketball at Georgetown ... 2025 graduate of Indian Creek School in Crownsville, Md. ... captained the golf team and led the squad to two MIAA C Conference championships ... was the the No. 1 player and the only female on an otherwise all-boys team (played from the boys' tees) ... two-time MIAA C Conference Athlete of the Year ... C Conference Golfer of the Year in 2023 and all-conference in 2023 and 2024 ... was the No. 1 ranked girls player in the state of Maryland in 2025 and was ranked No. 3 in the Maryland Women's Player of the Year standings in 2024 ... won the Peggy Kirk Bell Open Championship and broke the tournament record by shooting 8-under-par over 54 holes ... won two Peggy Kirk Bell events and had three top-3 finishes from September 2023 to May 2024 ... runner-up at 2024 Maryland Girls Junior Amateur ... placed T-15th at the Mack Champ Invitational, an event that invites the top minority youth players in the nation ... in the summer of 2025 played in the Junior PGA Championship at Purdue's Birck Boilermaker GC and shot 74-71-79 ... made the first cut from 156 players down to 60 ... began playing golf in Switzerland, where she lived for eight years ... won a junior tournament on the Evian Resort GC, which hosts an LPGA major championship.