Lydia Johnson

Class:
Senior
Position:
OPP
Height:
6-3
Hometown:
Edmonton, Alberta
High School:
Ross Sheppard

Junior (2025)
• CSC Academic All-District Selection
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in 103 sets across 30 matches with 17 stats
• Tallied 183 kills on a .298 hitting percentage with her kills ranking fifth on the team
• Recorded 65 blocks ranking third on the team averaging 0.63 per set
• Registered six matches with double-digit kills with a high of 14 twice
• Tallied nine kills on a .529 hitting percentage along with 5 blocks in five-set win over Rutgers (Nov. 7)
• Recorded six blocks along with eight kills in match against Northwestern (Oct. 16)
• Hit .545 with 14 kills on 22 swings adding six digs and three blocks in a win over No. 10 Minnesota (Oct. 1)
• Co-led Michigan in kills with 10 and added two blocks against Michigan State (Sept. 27)
• Tallied eight kills with one error on 14 swings with two blocks in sweep over Notre Dame (Sept. 19)
• Hit. 818 with nine kills on 11 swings adding two blocks in win over Central Michigan (Sept. 17)
• Recorded 10 kills on a .450 hitting percentage in a win over Virginia (Sept. 13)
• Registered 14 kills on a .414 hitting percentage in a match against Virginia (Sept. 12)
• Recorded 8 kills and 3 blocks in a win over Southern Indiana (Sept. 7)
• Tallied 12 kills hitting .611 along with 2 blocks in win over Marshall (Sept. 6)
• Registered 5 kills and 3 blocks in a win over Florida Atlantic (Sept. 5)
• Hit .400 with seven kills and added three blocks in three-set win over Eastern Michigan (Sept. 2)
• Recorded 13 kills with no errors on 22 swings and 3 block assists in win against Cincinnati (Aug. 31)
• Tallied four kills on 13 swings, adding two blocks in win over Wake Forest (Aug. 30)

Sophomore (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in five matches and 12 sets
• Recorded 11 kills, six blocks and two digs over the course of the season
• Tallied 6 kills in a win against Akron (Sept. 13)

Freshman (2023)
• Appeared in 14 matches, playing in 41 sets
• Tallied 49 total kills, 14 service aces and 23 blocks
• Recorded 5 kills with a .364 hitting percentage against Minnesota (Oct. 11)
• Recorded 7 kills with a .429 hitting percentage against Michigan State (Sept. 22)
• Tallied 6 kills and 3 service aces in a win against North Carolina (Sept. 8)
• Reached a career-high 9 kills against Colorado State (Sept. 2)
• Recorded 7 kills and a career-high 7 aces and 5 blocks against Sacred Heart (Aug. 26)
• Made her career-debut against Sacred Heart (Aug. 26)

Prep
• Ross Sheppard High School
• 2020 Alberta Summer Games Champion
• 2023 Provincial Club Champion
• 2023 Provincial Club All-Star
• 2022 National Excellence Program
• 2021 National Excellence Program
• Member of U18 Canadian Youth National Team
• Member of U19 Canadian Youth National Team
• Played in the 2022 and 2023 Pan America Cup for Canada U-19 team
• Represented Canada at U18 World Championships 2021
• Nationally ranked swimmer until 2018
• City and Provincial High School High Jump Champion - 2021, 2022
• Earned Honors with distinction from 2017-2023
• Highest Academic Achievement Award from 2017-2022

Club
• Pandas Volleyball Club
• Team Alberta Volleyball

Personal
• Lydia Maren Johnson
• Daughter of Gina Zsombor and Greig Johnson
• Father played volleyball at University of Alberta
• Has one brother, Owen
• Brother, Owen, plays Volleyball at Macewan University in Edmonton
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology, majoring in Movement Science