Kiana Johnson

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Kiana Johnson
No. 3–BC Minsk
Position Point guard
League Úrvalsdeild kvenna
Personal information
Born (1993-08-23) August 23, 1993 (age 30)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Listed weight63 kg (139 lb)
Career information
High school Whitney Young
(Chicago, Illinois)
College Michigan State (2011–2014)
Virginia Union (2015–2016)
Playing career2016–present
Number3
Coaching career2022–present
Career history
As player:
2016–2017 Forssan Alku
2017–2018 Tapiolan Honka
2018–2019 KR
2019–2021 Valur
2022Societa Sportiva Bocca
2022–2023 Valur
2023–presentBC Minsk
As coach:
2022–2023 Valur (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As assistant coach:

Kiana Johnson (born August 23, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Belarusian club BC Minsk. She played college basketball for Michigan State and Virginia Union, where she was named the NCAA DII Player of the Year in 2016. In 2021 and 2023, she won the Icelandic championship as a member of Valur.

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College career

Johnson started her college career with Michigan State in 2011. She transferred to Virginia Union in 2014 [1] and sat out the 2014–2015 season due to NCAA Transfer Rules. During the 2015–2016 season, Johnson averaged 29.3 points and 8.7 assists, [2] and was named the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament Player of the Year. [3] [4]

Playing career

In 2016, Johnson signed with Forssan Alku of the Finnish Naisten Korisliiga. [5] [3] For the season she averaged 18.9 points and 5.8 assists per game. [6]

She remained in Finland the following season, signing with Tapiolan Honka. [6] In 33 games, Johnson averaged 17.1 points and 5.5 assists per game.

In 2018, Johnson signed with KR of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna. On February 6, 2019, Kiana scored 50 points in a 102–81 victory against Breiðablik along with 16 rebounds and 10 assists. [7] [8] For the season, she averaged 23.2 points, 10.4 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 3.4 steals. [9]

In July 2019, Johnson signed with reigning Úrvalsdeild champions Valur. [10] Valur opened the 2019–20 season by defeating Keflavík, 105–81, in the annual Icelandic Super Cup where Johnson posted 14 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and game-high 6 steals. [11] In the Úrvalsdeild, she averaged 22.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and a league leading 8.2 assists per game. However, the last three games of the season and the whole playoffs were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Iceland with Valur being named Divisional champions (Icelandic: Deildarmeistarar) for having the best record at the time but no national champions were crowned.

On 2 June 2021, she won the national championship after Valur beat Haukar 3–0 in the Úrvalsdeild finals. [12]

After playing for Societa Sportiva Bocca in Venezuela, Johnson returned to Iceland and signed again with Valur in June 2022. [13] During the regular season, she averaged 19.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and league leading 7.9 assists per game. [14] On 26 October 2022, she scored a season high 30 points. [15] On 28 April 2023, she won her second Icelandic championship after Valur defeated top-seeded Keflavík in the Úrvalsdeild finals, 3–1, [16] with Johnson being named the Playoffs MVP. [17]

In September 2023, Johnson signed with BC Minsk of the Belarusian Premier League. [18]

Statistics

College statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2011–12Michigan State3222838.3%33.3%70.5%2.84.01.70.17.1
2012–13Michigan State2523336.3%33.0%81.6%3.44.21.90.19.3
2013–14Michigan State1916038.2%32.7%65.4%2.56.01.20.58.4
2014–15Did not play – NCAA transfer rules
2015–16Virginia Union3190545.6%40.7%82.4%4.78.74.10.229.2
Career107152641.8%11.1%78.6%21.25.82.30.214.3

Source [19]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Virginia Union's Kiana Johnson Named National D-II Player of the Year". HBCU Sports. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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  4. ↑ "Virginia Union's Kiana Johnson learning to leave legacy, on and off the court". Richmond Times-Dispatch . 22 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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  6. 1 2 "Tehotakamies Kiana Johnson tahdittaa Hongan naisten hyökkäystä alkavalla kaudella". tapiolanhonka.fi (in Finnish). 11 September 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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  11. ↑ Anton Ingi Leifsson (29 September 2019). "Vandræðalaust hjá Val gegn Keflavík í Meistarakeppni KKÍ". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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