Johnny Fitzgerald

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-7
Weight:
140
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Tallahassee, Fla.
High School:
Leon

2023: Appeared in 16 games for Akron, including earning seven starts...netted a goal on the campaign, while rating second on the squad in assists (4) and third in points (6), on the strength of 10 shots, with three coming on net...tallied his lone goal of the season in a victory over Niagara (Aug. 24)...earned assists on both goals in a 2-0 win over Northern Kentucky (Oct. 3)...added assists versus Niagara (Aug. 24) and No. 11 Florida International (Sept. 11).

2023 ACCOLADES: Named an Honorable Mention selection on the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week (Aug. 28).

2022: Appeared in all 20 games for Akron, including 16 starts...recorded four goals and one assist for nine points on the strength of 24 shots, with 12 falling on net...netted game-winning goal in 2-0 triumph past Michigan State...also tallied goals versus No. 18 Florida International, VCU and Western Michigan...posted assist in 3-3 draw at No. 3 Pittsburgh.

2022 ACCOLADES: Second-Team All-MAC honoree...Academic All-MAC selection...Academic All-Ohio.

2021: Appeared in all 18 games for the Zips, including earning 15 starts...registered a trio of goals, while adding six assists on the strength of 14 shots, with six falling on goal...recorded the game-winning tally in a 3-0 victory over Robert Morris (Sept. 3)...connected on a pair of goals, including the game-winner in the 16th minute in a 4-0 win past Cleveland State (Oct. 26)...tallied a pair of assists in Akron’s 7-1 triumph over Wright State (Aug. 26)...also added assists versus No. 3 Pittsburgh (Sept. 6), Yale (Sept. 25), Georgia Southern (Oct. 7) and Penn State (Oct. 13)...rated sixth in the MAC in assists per game (.333).

2021 ACCOLADES: Academic All-MAC selection.

2020: Appeared in nine games for Akron, including eight starts...tallied an assist at Western Michigan (April 18) and finished the campaign with six shots, with one falling on net.

2020 ACCOLADES: Academic All-MAC selection.

2019: Appeared in six matches, including a pair of starts for the Zips...didn’t record a shot for Akron in his rookie campaign...made his collegiate debut at Pittsburgh (Sept. 16) before earning starts versus Cornell (Sept. 28) and Butler (Oct. 8).

PRIOR TO AKRON: Gained valuable playing experience with the Barca Academy which is part of the FC Barcelona Residency Academy in Arizona...was a member of the Real Salt Lake Academy playing alongside current Zip Sam Tojaga...helped his U15/U-16 squad earn a third-place showing at the United States Development Academy National Championships in 2017 as well a traveling with the Olympic Development Program Region three team to Argentina in 2016.

PERSONAL: Majoring in mechanical engineering...son of Paul and Jennifer Fitzgerald.