SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – A few days before Julia Johnson arrived in Oxford, Miss., for her first semester at Ole Miss in August 2017, she jotted down a list of goals. The fifth and final goal on that piece of paper was written in all caps.
NATIONAL CHAMPION.
Johnson can now finally cross that one off.
The Rebels senior and her teammates delivered Ole Miss its first NCAA Championship – in any sport – with a convincing 4-1 victory over Oklahoma State in Wednesday’s match-play final at Grayhawk Golf Club.
“I always believed that we could do this,” Johnson said, “and not a lot of people did.