Tom Johnson (lacrosse)

Tom Johnson, born on 18 November 1985 in Vancouver, British Columbia, is a professional lacrosse forward who has played for the Edmonton Rush of the National Lacrosse League and for the Burnaby Lakers of the Western Lacrosse Association. He was selected in the first round, seventh overall, of the 2007 National Lacrosse League entry draft out of Bellarmine University. In his rookie 2008 season he played eight regular season games, scoring eight goals and adding seven assists for 15 points, and he was named NLL Rookie of the Week for a five point game in a 14-6 win over Edmonton on 11 April. In the summer league he was the first round WLA draft pick of the Langley Thunder out of the Junior A Delta Islanders, where he holds the all-time scoring record, and he won the Ed Bayley Trophy as the 2007 WLA Rookie of the Year with 27 goals and 27 assists for 54 points. He later played for the Maple Ridge Burrards.