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2024 MIT Men's Volleyball Roster

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23 Phillip Johnson

  • Position M
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chandler, Ariz.
  • High School Hamilton

Biography

Career Highs
Kills 12 vs. Regis (MA) (3/09/24)
Assists 2 at Stevenson (1/27/24)
Hitting Percentage 1.000 Three Times - Most Recently vs. Dean (3/6/24)
Service Aces 3 at Wentworth (1/28/23)
Digs 5 at Kean (3/25/2)
Block Solo 3 at St. John Fisher (3/29/24)
Block Assists 8 at Elmira (3/31/23)

Accolades: 
- UVC Academic All-Conference (2022, 2023, 2024) 
- UVC Honorable Mention All-Conference (2024) 
- AVCA All-Region (2024)
- CSC Academic All-District (2024)

2024: 
- Team Captain  
- Played in 77 sets, recording 149 kills, a .423 hitting percentage, 30 digs, 13 aces, and 84 blocks 
- Posted six double-digit kill matches  
- Led the team in block solos (17), block assists (67), total blocks (84), and blocks per set (1.09) 
- Finished second in the UVC and tenth nationally in hitting percentage (.423) 
- Ranked sixth in the UVC and ninth nationally in blocks per set (1.09)

2023:
- Appeared in 91 sets
- Recorded 104 kills, 13 aces and 34 digs
- Led the team with 91 blocks

2022: 
- Saw action in 13 matches during the season
- Finished with 43 kills and six aces
- Tallied 15 block assists

2021:
- Season Canceled due to COVID-19
Favorite Sports Memory:
- Reverse sweeping our high school rival two seasons in a row

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Reverse sweeping NYU to make the UVC playoffs

Off the Court at MIT:
- Majoring in aerospace engineering
- Minoring in computer science
- Space Systems Lab UROP with the Tumbledock project
- Space Systems Lab - SpinAp Project
- Northrop Grumman GNC Intern
- Aerospace Corporation Internship
- Social Chair for Theta Tau

High School:
- A 2020 graduate of Hamilton High School
- Earned four varsity letters in volleyball
- All-CUSD First team
- All-Premier Region Second team
- National Honor Society
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Club:
- AZ Feat

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021First Year

    6'5" 0 lbs
  • 23

    2022Sophomore

    M
    6'5" 190 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2023Junior

    M
    6'5" 190 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2024Senior

    M
    6'5" 190 lbs
    23