This was Johnson’s MLB debut after spending the last two seasons at various minor league levels in the White Sox organization.
Johnson played at IU from 2010 to 2012 and was named a freshman All-American in 2010 after he hit .312 with 11 home runs, the ninth most of all freshmen in the country.
Johnson also scored 53 runs and drove in 42 RBIs as he started every game for the Hoosiers in his freshman season.
In Johnson’s sophomore season, he hit .335 while leading IU in runs, stolen bases, triples, walks, sacrifice flies and defensive ?assists.
He was named second team All-Big Ten after his sophomore season.
In Johnson’s final season in Bloomington as a junior, he struggled. He started only 20 games and hit .225 over the course of the 2012 season.
He appeared in four games off the bench.
Johnson also hit only one home run during that season before leaving for the MLB Amateur Draft and being drafted in the ninth round by the White Sox.
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