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Jersey Number 18
Johnny Long
- Position:
- C
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 190
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Naples, Fla.
- High School/Previous School:
- Barron Collier HS / Pittsburgh
Bio
Honors / Awards
2024 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll2021 ASUN All-Freshman Team
2024 (Graduate Season)
Season: Earned 37 starts behind the plate and appeared in 43 games … Grabbed 22 hits, 12 RBIs and a home run … Finished with a .188 batting average … Had three multi-hit games … Had two multi-RBI games … Reached base safely in 11 straight games … Drew 23 walks and was hit by seven pitches … Had an on-base percentage of .354.
Air Force (2/16,2/18): Made first start as a Bulldog … Went 1-for-5 at the plate with a pair of RBIs. Austin Peay (2/20-21): Drove in a run through three plate appearances. Georgia Southern (2/23,2/25): Finished 2-for-6 with two runs scored in the series. Mount St. Mary’s (2/29,3/2): Scored three runs on the weekend in four at bats with a hit. Southern Miss (3/5): Entered the game behind the plate. Evansville (3/8,3/10): Went 1-for-5 with a pair of runs scored in the series. New Orleans (3/13): Made three plate appearances and grabbed a walk. LSU (3/15-17): Finished 3-for-9 in the batter’s box with a pair of runs scored and an RBI in the series. Memphis (3/19): Scored a run and batted out a hit in two at bats. Texas A&M (3/21-23): Picked up a pair of hits and three walks in eight plate appearances. Samford (3/26): Went 1-for-2 at the plate in the midweek action. Florida (3/29-31): Finished the series with two hits, runs scored and an RBI in 10 at bats. Central Arkansas (4/2): Tied season-high two RBIs … Had a perfect night at the plate going 1-for-1. Georgia (4/5-6): Grabbed a hit and scored a run in the series. Ole Miss (4/12-14): Hit only home run of the season … Finished 2-for-9 at the plate with an RBI and four runs scored. Auburn (4/19,4/21): Picked up a walk through five at bats. Vanderbilt (4/26,4/28): Made six plate appearances on the weekend. Alabama (5/3-4): Drove in 10th and 11th RBIs … Finished 3-for-7 with a run scored in the series. Arkansas (5/10-11): Earned two walks, a hit and an RBI in eight at bats on the weekend.
2023 (Junior Season – Pittsburgh)
Played in 32 games during his second year behind the dish for Pitt, made 28 starts … had 23 hits, 14 runs scores, 12 RBI, eight walks, and two home runs … Hit first home run of season at Stetson (3/4), finished the day 2-3 … Went 2-3 with a home run in win against Virginia Tech (3/26) … Went 3-5 with an RBI single and an RBI groundout at Penn State (3/28) … Recorded third three-hit game of the year in win over California (4/29).
2022 (Sophomore Season – Pittsburgh)
Played in 14 games and made six starts in his first season at Pitt ... Recorded three hits, including a double, to go along with five walks, five RBI and three runs scored ... Doubled for his first hit as a Panther against Lipscomb (2/26) ... Started summer ball action with the Northwoods League's Madison Mallards, playing in eight games before getting the call to the Cape Cod League's Chatham Anglers.
2021 (Redshirt Freshman Season – FGCU)
Appeared in 42 games, making 39 starts ... Hit .289 (37-128) with one home run and 18 RBIs ... Scored 24 runs on the season ... Hit six doubles ... Drew 18 walks and was hit by a pitch six times, while striking out on just 16 occasions ... Caught five would-be base stealers from behind the plate ... 3-for-3 on stolen base attempts ... Drove in a season-high three runs in win at North Florida (April 1) ... Went 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored in win over South Florida (March 12)
2020 (Freshman Season – FGCU)
Appeared in seven games during his rookie campaign, earning the start in five … Made his first collegiate start during the game at Tulane (Feb. 16) … Had his strongest game of the season during the series against SJU (March 7), during which he went three-for-four at the plate with one run … Tallied his first extra-base hit when he doubled against Kent State (Feb. 22) … Totaled 50 putouts and three assists from behind the dish … Threw out one runner during the contest against SJU (March 8) … Batted .250/.300/.286 on the season with three RBI and two runs scored.
High School
Graduated Magna Cum Laude and received the Bright Futures Scholarship from Barron Collier … Played under head coach Charlie Maurer … Played travel with Power Baseball … Earned First Team All-Area recognition in 2017 and 2019 … Was a finalist for the 2019 Naples Daily News Player of the Year … Hit .403 as a senior with seven doubles, four home runs and 23 RBIs.
Personal
Son of John and Norma Long … Has one sibling, Robert.
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