Illinois Wesleyan senior pitcher Jeff Johnson was chosen as the 2013 D3baseball.com all-Central Region "Pitcher of the Year" and was also named to the ABCA/Rawlings all-Central Region first team. He had a 7-1 record with a 1.71 ERA and struck out a team-leading 73 batters in 84.1 innings. He was a first team all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin choice and was twice chosen as the CCIW "Pitcher of the Week"
A business administration (finance) major at Illinois Wesleyan, he is the son of Bonnie Civins and Jim Johnson.Why you chose Illinois Wesleyan: All the hot chicks… And playing for a National Championship team seemed pretty cool.
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: Any of the Women’s Anatomy courses.
The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: All the media coverage we receive on Sports Center distracts me from my schoolwork.
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? I’ve received a few Bs in my day here at IWU: Psychology as a freshman, Statistics as a sophomore, and Modern Global History as a sophomore.
I’m deathly afraid of ... : Spiders. I Hate spiders.
Worst habit: Saying: “Boaa”
Most expensive traffic ticket: Never had one… Knock on wood!
Language I’d like to learn: English.
The longest I could survive without my cell phone: Idk what I would do with myself if I couldn’t tweet my every thought to all my eagerly awaiting followers.
One word your mother or father would use to describe you: Adorable.
Favorite sports figures: Chazz Michael Michaels in “Blades of Glory”.
My greatest moment in sports was: Being named a third team All-American on D3Baseball.com last year.
The best player I ever faced was: Bruce Maxwell of Birmingham Southern. He was drafted 62nd overall in the MLB draft two years ago and went 0-for-3 against me with one strikeout.
Worst dresser on my team: Definitely not me…
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: Definitely not the Busch Light.
Person I’m dying to have dinner with: Melanie Iglesias (
shown at right). #SMOKE
After 2:00am? – Jack's Pizza
Vegetable I won’t eat: Beetroots. Yuck!
Pepsi or Coke? Root Beer.
Favorite TV show: “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”
Favorite musical group: “The Chainsmokers” produce nothing but Bangerz!
Favorite movie: Too many to name. But, anything with Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington or Mark Wahlberg.
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: The one and only, Drew Sheehan. Kid’s a character.
If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it: “Keeping Up With The Boaa’s”
The person in history I would most like to meet is: Myself in 50 years to tell me what to invent or invest in to become a billionaire.
My dream job would be: Professional athlete… But I play DIII baseball so…
Place I’d most like to live: Scottsdale, Arizona
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: Going to space would be sick… then I saw “Gravity”. So skydiving it is.
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: Game worn jock strap fersure.
Who is the luckiest person in the world? Whoever is dating Melanie Iglesias.
What I miss most about being in the third grade: The innocence.
