Baseball: Stone Bridge Transfer Ryan Johnston to Play Next Year at Concord University

Ashburn (Feb. 1, 2011) - Stone Bridge High School senior Ryan Johnston, who transferred this school year from Broad Run where he was an All-District and All-Region DH, has committed to play baseball next year at NCAA Division II Concord University in West Virginia.

Johnston was also named second team Group AA All-State by the Virginia High School Coaches Association.

Concord, under first year coach Andrew Wright, was picked to finish 3rd in 2011 in the reconfigured South Division in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's annual pre-season coaches poll. Wright takes over for Kevin Garrett, who left the dugout to be Concord's Director of Athletics. In Garrett's 15 seasons, he elevated CU from also-ran to perennial power. His teams won a school-record 355 games, along with four division titles and a conference championship in 2001 – Concord's first in 40 years. The Mountain Lions qualified for the WVIAC Tournament in each of Garrett's final 13 seasons and reached the NCAA tournament in 2001, 2008 and 2009.