Courtney Johnson

Courtney Johnson was a water polo player who won silver medals with the US team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 1999 Pan American Games. She also competed at the World Championships in 1998 and 2001.

Johnson attended U Cal Berkeley, playing on their first women’s varsity water polo team in 1996, and graduating that year. She then attended Duquesne University Law School and competed on their swim team during the 1996-97 season. She eventually transferred to Santa Clara University Law School, graduating in 2001, during which time she served as an assistant coach at Stanford. Johnson later passed the California State Bar.

Johnson has also worked in sports administration, serving on the US Olympic Committee Athlete’s Advisory Council from 2000-08, and on their Executive Committee from 2004-08. She worked in NCAA Compliance at Saint Mary’s College of California for four years and served two years as executive director of operations for the California Magic Soccer Club.