Johnson (Carmel, Indiana) and Charlton (Nassau, Bahamas) are only the second set of underclassmen (freshman/sophomore) to win the Purdue Athlete of the Year awards in the same year. In 2003, Chris Fleeger (wrestling) and Andrea Hillsey (softball) won the awards as sophomores. Johnson joins fellow diver David Boudia (2009) as the only freshmen to ever be selected as a Purdue Athlete of the Year.
Johnson and Charlton will now represent the Boilermakers in the voting for the Big Ten Conference Athlete of the Year awards. The Big Ten awards will be voted on by a panel of conference media and announced by the conference office Tuesday or Wednesday (June 23-24) of next week.