Courtney Johnson

Education

Courtney Johnson attended the University of California, Berkeley.

Career

She competed at the 1998 World Championships in Perth, Australia and the 2001 World Championships In Fukuoka, Japan. She competed on University of California, Berkeley"s first Varsity Women"s Water Polo team in 1996. She was coached by soon to be Olympic teammate Maureen Mendoza and led the team to a second-place finish at the Collegiate National Championship Tournament.

Johnson was named the Collegiate National Championship Most Valuable Player.

She was also honored as the MPSF Northern Division, Western Regional Most Valuable Player and National Collegiate Athletic Association First Team All-American. She was named the Daily Californian Female Athlete of the Year.

Johnson was the Most Valuable Player for the California Golden Bears for three-straight years (1994-1996). In 2010 Johnson was inducted in the University of California Hall of Fame.

After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 1996, Johnson attended law school at Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She used her final year of college eligibility and competed on the Duquesne University Swim Team during the 1996–1997 season.

Johnson then transferred to Santa Clara University School of Law where she graduated in 2001. During law school Johnson was the volunteer assistant coach at Stanford University. She was on the coaching staff for the inaugural National Collegiate Athletic Association Women"s Water Polo Championship in 1999.

She served on the United States Olympic Committee AAC Leadership Group from 2004–2008.

Johnson continues to volunteer with the USOC and serves on the United States Olympic Committee Nominating and Governance Committee. She currently works as a Compliance Coordinator of Athletic Eligibility at Saint Mary"s College of California.

Achievements

• She won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.

Membership

She is currently a member of the California State Bar. Courtney Johnson was a member of the United States Olympic Committee Athletes" Advisory Council from 2000–2008. She was a member of the USOC/National Collegiate Athletic Association Joint Task Force in 2004 and a member of the USOC Governance Task Force in 2010.