Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame
Eric Johnson - Football and Baseball - (1995-99)
A two-sport standout playing both football and baseball, twice earning football All-America accolades in 1997 and consensus first-team plaudits in 998. Named to Western Carolina's All-20th Century Team in 2000, was a two-time All-Southern Conference selection as a defensive back and one of just five student-athletes in SoCon history to earn first-team all-conference honors in football and baseball in the same year (1998-99). Drafted in the third round by the Cleveland Indians in 1999, played both professional baseball and football, making the Chicago Bears practice squad in 2001. Johnson was selected to the Southern Conference 100th Anniversary Team in 2021.
