Will Johnston

An overhead shot of Will Johston facing a defender

Will Johnston screams out the offense while dribbling up the court

Will Johnston steps back for a jumpshot vs GW

Will Johnston is introduced during starting lineups

Will Johnston drives by his Old Dominion defender

Will Johnston shoots a three-pointer in front of the Gardner-Webb bench

Will Johnston attempts a left-handed layup vs Southern Virginia

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-3
Weight:
185
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Sydney, Australia
High School:
Perkiomen School (Pa.)/Loyola Marymount

GRAD STUDENT (2025-26)
• One of three Spiders to start all 32 games ... led UR with 27.5 minutes per game
• 9.7 points per game (third on team), 2.2 assists per game (second on team)
• Led UR with 58 three-pointers (19th in A-10) ... 37.4% three-point shooting ranked 17th in A-10 (min. 100 attempts)
• Four games with 20 or more points (tied for most on team)
• Led UR with 86.9% free throw percentage (sixth highest in a season in program history)
• Led UR with a season-high 24 points in win at St. Bonaventure on Jan. 7 (scored all 24 points in second half)
• Signed with Spiders on April 4, 2025 as the first member of Richmond's 2025 transfer class

SENIOR (2024-25 at LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)
• Served as team captain
• Scored 11.9 points per game, third most among LMU players
• Led team in assists per game (3.2), three-point percentage (37%), and free-throw percentage (88%)
• 4th in West Coast Conference, 31st in D-I in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.59)
• 6th in WCC with 68 three-pointers made

JUNIOR (2023-24 at LOYOLA MARYMOUNT)
• Scored 11.1 points per game, fourth most among LMU players
• Led team in three-pointers (65, tied for eighth in WCC), steals (20), and free-throw percentage (82%)
• 2nd on team in minutes played (896)

SOPHOMORE (2022-23 at UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY)
• Scored 14.5 points per game, fifth in the Western Athletic Conference
• Shot 44% from three-point range, 11th highest in Division I among those with at least 150 three-point attempts
• 10th in WAC with 3.6 assists per game

2020-22 at SOUTH GEORGIA TECH
• Prepped two seasons at the junior college in Americus, Georgia
• Averaged 17.6 points in 2021-22 and 14.3 points in 2020-21

HIGH SCHOOL
• Moved from Australia to finish his high school career at Perkiomen School in Pennsburg, Pa.
• Led Perkiomen to the 2020 PAISAA state semifinals