Daniel Johnson

2022 Inductee

A 2013 graduate, Johnson was a multi-year team captain in baseball and football for the Panthers and was a defensive leader who helped Ridgeland to the state football championship game as a senior. The Wendy’s High School Heisman state and regional winner, he was one of six national finalist fo the award out of more than 46,000 applicants. As a senior, he was class valedictorian, in addition to garnering numerous other achievements and earned a full academic scholarship to Washington and Lee University. He was also one of two Georgia representatives in the U.S. Senate Youth Program in Washington where he met President Obama and the Supreme Court Justices.

—Scott Herpst