Chesterfield’s Kathryn Johnson Named NETC Female Student Athlete of the Month

Chesterfield’s Kathryn Johnson Named NETC Female Student Athlete of the Month

Chesterfield — Kathryn Johnson is a senior at Chesterfield High, where she earned all-region honors the past two seasons on the volleyball team plus the last four years all region honors with her club volleyball team. In her junior season at Chesterfield, she earned MVP honors and posted the Most Kills, Most Aces, and noted as Perfect Passer. She is looking forward to the start of her senior year volleyball season. 

Volleyball is her favorite sport and she started playing in the 6^th Grade.  While she says volleyball is passion, she admits she “likes to play golf for fun.”

In the classroom she carries a 3.8 GPA and she has a strong desire to play volleyball at the next level.

While uncommitted to any school, she has talked to Mars Hill, Mt. Olive, and has visits planned for Coker and Wingate. The latter, she has already applied for admission.



For all her athletic and academic accomplishments, Johnson has been chosen the NETC Female Student Athlete of the Month.”

This honor is bestowed through a partnership between the Northeastern Technical College and “The High School Sports Report” with the publication communicating with athletic directors at high schools in the counties of Dillon, Marlboro, and Chesterfield, where NETC serves the needs of high school students seeking to earn dual credits in various subjects that can be transferred to colleges after a student’s high school graduation.

The NETC is currently offering over 44 online dual credit courses for the 2025-26 school year to students in the three counties they serve.

Johnson started taking NETC classes as a freshman and is currently enrolled in two dual credit online courses this semester. Courses she already completed include Spanish 101 and 102, Economics 101, Government, and Medical Terminology to name a few. She plans to take two more class next semester.

Johnson’s goal for college is majoring in Nursing and graduating as a Registered Nurse, then continue her studies to become a Nurse Practitioner in Dermatology.

She says she loves the online learning experience through NETC.  Johnson said, “I feel like it’s gotten me a little smarter about the greater challenges of college level classes even though I’m currently taking honors level classes in high school.” Her key to time management with two school schedules, practice, games, and having a social life, she says “pick a day to complete the online class work, that leaves time for high school and sports, which leaves time to fill in with family and friends.”

Johnson said her favorite Chesterfield volleyball memory is from her sophomore year. “CHS went to the playoffs in 2023, we were playing really good and we had a great group of seniors mentoring the underclass players. That sticks with me, this year, I’m a senior and I hope to return that favor as a mentor to the younger players on this team.”