4 Softball Letters

2 Volleyball Letters

2 Basketball Letters

1st Team All-Ohio - 2003

1st Team NWOAL - 3-times

6 school softball pitching records

Sterling Award Winner - 2005

Defiance College Athlete of the Year - 2009

Justine Johnston is a 2005 graduate of Wauseon High School. While at WHS, Justine earned a total of 8 varsity letters, 2 in both volleyball and basketball and 4 in softball.  She was a Sterling Award winner and received the Triple W Award twice. Justine attended Defiance College and earned a degree in Sports and Recreational Leadership.

Justine was definitely known for her dominance on the pitcher's mound.  In her softball career at WHS, she broke six individual school records and all of them are still standing.  She owns the lowest ERA for a season and a career at 0.448 and 0.781, respectively.  In her senior season, she struck out 239 batters for the most strikeouts in a season. She also holds the record for the most strikeouts in a career with 684.  In the 610 innings Justine pitched for WHS, she won 63 games, which are both school records.  She was 1st Team NWOAL three times along with being named to 1st Team All-District and All-Ohio in 2003.

While at Defiance College, Justine graduated Magna Cum Laude, made the Dean’s List all four years, and was also an NFCA Academic All-American Scholar Athlete for three years.  She broke the record twice for season wins with 18 and 19 in her junior and senior years.  She broke the career strikeout record with 412 and the career wins record with 66.  While winning three conference championships, she helped her team make it to the Division III NCAA Final Four in 2008 and 2009.  Justine was recognized as the Defiance College Female Athlete of the Year and the HCAC Female Athlete of the Year in 2009.

Justine is a territory manager for a national distribution company and was recently recognized as the top salesperson of the year.  Justine added, “ I would first like to thank God who made this all possible. I also would like to thank my family for their continuous support throughout my sports career. There is not a game I can’t remember a crowd there cheering me on. But, I will forever be most grateful to the man who was always there to catch every pitch and encourage me to live each moment as if it were a 3-2 count. This one's for you, Dad!”