NATHAN JOHNSON NAMED CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN

Former W&L Track and Cross Country Standout Named to Second Team

DELAWARE, Ohio -- Washington and Lee graduate Nathan Johnson

(Lexington, Va./Rockbridge County) has been named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The

Magazine Academic All-America Track & Field/Cross Country team as

selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America

(CoSIDA).

A Second Team Academic All-America selection and December 2005

graduate, Johnson earned degrees in mathematics and economics and is

currently pursuing a master's degree in mathematics at NC State

University. He is the second W&L athlete to earn CoSIDA Academic

All-America honors this season, joining Courtney Harrison '06, who

earned First Team accolades as an at-large selection just weeks ago.

Johnson was a two-year letterwinner for both the cross country and

track & field programs, serving as cross country captain during his

senior season. Johnson was twice named the ODAC Cross Country Runner of

the Year and ODAC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and he won

the ODAC Cross Country Championship both seasons. He won the 2004 NCAA

South/Southeast Regional and twice qualified for the NCAA National

Championship meet. As a track athlete, he was twice named the ODAC

Co-Athlete of the Year and won the ODAC outdoor 1,500 and 5,000 meter

championship. The ODAC Indoor and Outdoor Scholar-Athlete of the Year

both seasons, he earned CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic

All-America honors last season and received an NCAA Postgraduate

Scholarship this past fall. Additionally, he was named the W&L Senior

Male Athlete of the Year for 2005-06.

With Johnson's selection to the ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-America

team, W&L improved its' all-time total to 42 athletes honored since

1975.

The CoSIDA College Division consists of athletes from all NCAA Division

II, III and NAIA schools across the United States.