Amanda Johansen
Glen Head, New York
WPLL Champion & All-Star with the Brave
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Personal: Currently works as the associate head coach and defensive coordinator at Hofstra University … graduated from USC in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a minor in sports media studies … earned her Master’s degree in sports management from Mount St. Mary’s in 2017 and has a second Master’s degree in sports science from Hofstra … recognized by the International Society of Sports Nutrition as a certified sports nutritionist … younger sister, Kelly, played lacrosse at USC from 2017-20.
2022 Season: Finished second Athletes Unlimited season ranked seventh in the league with 1,372 leaderboard points … ninth in the circuit with 920 win points and 90 MVP points … also ranked seventh with 362 stat points … scored four two-point goals, which was tied for second in the league … also ranked fourth with 25 ground balls and third with 41 draw controls … closed Week One with back-to-back hat tricks against Team Read and Team Waters … scored two goals, including a two-pointer, with an assist in season finale against Team Glynn … posted back-to-back two-goal efforts against Team Moreno in Week Two finale and Week Three opener.
2021 Season: Joined Athletes Unlimited roster for Week Three after serving as a facilitator during the first two weeks … finished season with 884 leaderboard points in nine games, including three outings with 100 or more leaderboard points … ranked second in the league with five two-point goals … tallied at least one goal in 7-of-9 games, including three two-goal efforts … netted a pair of two-point goals against Team Wood on Aug. 16 along with an assist … registered season-high 176 leaderboard points against Team Arsenault on Aug. 8, scoring two goals, including a two-pointer, with an assist, four ground balls and four draw controls … opened season with 141 points against Team Read on Aug. 6, tallying a goal with three ground balls and three draw controls.
International Experience: Made debut with the United States Senior National Team at the 2018 Fall Classic … member of training team for Team USA’s 2022 World Championship squad.
Other Professional Experience: Scored seven goals with six assists in nine games with the Baltimore Ride during the 2016 United Women’s Lacrosse League season … also spent two years with the Baltimore Brave of the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League, earning All-Star Team recognition twice … tallied nine goals with five assists and 24 draw controls in 2019.
At USC: Four-year letter winner for the Trojans who started all 77 games from 2013-16 … accumulated 134 career goals with 60 assists … posted pair of 40-goal campaigns, including career-best 41 goals as a freshman in 2013 … also tallied 103 career ground balls with 258 draw controls … Third-Team IWLCA All-America selection as a senior … also earned IWLCA All-Region notice four times … named 2013 MPSF Rookie of the Year … garnered First-Team MPSF All-Conference recognition four times … led Trojans in draw controls as a freshman and sophomore … also paced team with 20 caused turnovers in 2015 … posted 22 career hat tricks, including seven games with four or more goals
