ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Google Cloud and the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced their 2018 NCAA Division III Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Academic All-America team on Tuesday and for the second year in a row, Augustana's Mitchell Johnson (Pleasant Plains HS, New Berlin, Ill.) has been honored. A second team selection as a junior in 2017, Johnson was named to this year's first team.
 
The son of Paul and Kimberly Johnson of New Berlin, Illinois, Mitchell majored in applied mathematics and business finance and graduated on May 20 with a grade point average of 4.00.
 
Johnson was a team captain in both cross country and track in Coach Paul Olsen's final seasons this year. He was MVP for the Viking harriers in the fall and recorded a ninth-place finish at the CCIW Championships. He was 10th at the conference meet as a junior. He also anchored a winning Augustana effort in the distance medley relay at the CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championships in 2017.
 
In 2014, Johnson earned Viking Most Valuable Freshman honors in cross country. As a sophomore in 2015, he was chosen as Augustana's Most Improved Runner and finished 156th at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships, helping Olsen's bunch to a 20th-place finish as a team. He also won the program's Lincoln Smith Inspirational Award that year.
 
In addition to his Academic All-America recognition, Johnson is a 12-time Academic All-CCIW honoree and won this year's Knut Erickson Award as the Viking male athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average among senior blanket award winners.
 
Johnson and fellow 2018 grad Valeria Melo (Lisle HS, Lisle, Ill.), who was a third team selection in women's track and cross country, become Augustana's 174th and 175th Academic All-America selections all-time—seventh-most of any school in the nation.