Zorina Johnson
Zorina Johnson of Portland, Oregon was three-time Oregon state wrestling champion and four-time finalist for Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School.
The daughter of Lance Johnson and Julia Markley, she will continue her wrestling career at Lehigh University.
After suffering her only loss in the state finals her freshman year, Johnson won 96 matches in a row to finish her career with a 108-1 record. She won Junior Nationals in folkstyle and finished second in freestyle in 2025 and was the first alternate for Team USA at the 2025 U17 World Championships. Johnson finished fourth in folkstyle in 2024 after finishing second in freestyle and third in folkstyle in 2023.
She also lettered three years in boys tackle football earning all-league honors as a linebacker and leading the team in sacks in 2022. Johnson also earned a varsity letter in track in 2023 and was junior varsity team captain in soccer in 2024 and a member of the junior varsity swim team in 2023. She was also a gymnastics state youth champion on the beam.
The valedictorian of her class, she is president and cofounder of Wells Christian Fellowship and a member of the Mock Trial Club, the Science Olympiad Club, the Women In Sports Club, the Sports Leadership Club, and the Spanish Club. Johnson is a Multnomah Athletic Club Scholar Athlete Award recipient while also serving as a statewide representative for the Oregon School Activities Association Student Advisory Committee.
She volunteers as a lifeguard and counselor at Trout Creek Bible Camps, an overnight summer camp with hundreds of attendees each week.
Awards:
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Year
2026
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Award
Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award
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Chapter/Region
West, Oregon
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