Bio
Fully recovered from 2001 fall knee surgery and will battle for a position on the attack this spring...an intelligent player whose boost in mobility helps his chances of earning significant playing time.
AT UMBC: Led UMBC with three goals and two assists in the 2002 exhibition game vs. Keio University (Japan)...red-shirted last spring after undergoing knee surgery in the fall...earned a great deal of action in 2000, playing in ten games and starting five on attack...scored his first career goal vs. U. Mass and added an assist...also had helpers the next two games vs. Carolina and Towson.
BACKGROUND: An outstanding athlete who possesses excellent size and a great feel for the game...a member of the 1999 Bay State Team...suffered a torn ACL prior to his senior season at Eastern Tech...six of his Maverick teammates have gone on to compete at the Division I level...Brian’s father, Larry, lettered in lacrosse at Drexel, and his brother, Doug, competed at Essex CC...chose UMBC because it “had my major (Visual Arts/Digital Imaging), I liked the campus and it had the strongest lacrosse program”...a member of the National Honor Society while at Eastern Tech...also earned varsity letters in golf and basketball...plays the drums in a band called “Exempt”..majoring in Visual and Performing Arts....also enjoys weight lifting...son of Susan and Larry Johnson...born February 23, 1982.
