Stella Johnson (basketball)

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Stella Johnson
Personal information
Born (1998-07-11) July 11, 1998 (age 26)
Denville Township, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight158 lb (72 kg)
Career information
High school Morris Catholic
(Denville, New Jersey)
College Rider (2016–2020)
WNBA draft 2020: 3rd round, 29th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2020–present
Position Point guard
Career history
2020 Chicago Sky
2020–2021 Washington Mystics
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× MAAC Player of the Year (2019, 2020)
  • 2× First-team All-MAAC (2019, 2020)
  • Second-team All-MAAC (2018)
  • MAAC All-Rookie Team (2017)
  • NCAA season scoring leader (2020)
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Stella Johnson (born July 11, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Rider Broncs. [1]

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Career

Despite playing on a top-tier Amateur Athletic Union team, Johnson was unranked and not recruited by major college teams. She was recruited by and enrolled in Rider University of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), whose women's basketball team had never made the NCAA tournament. [2] [3] In her four seasons with the Rider Broncs, she was named MAAC Player of the Year two times and led the team to its first postseason appearance in the 2017 Women's National Invitation Tournament. [1] At the end of the 2019–20 season, she was the only active Division I player to record 2,000 points, 700 rebounds, 400 assists and 300 steals. [2]

She was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2020 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury, with the 29th overall pick. She was waived by the Mercury before the start of the season, but was signed by the Chicago Sky on June 29, 2020. [4] On July 28, she made her WNBA debut in a win over the Los Angeles Sparks. [5] On August 12, she was waived by the Sky. [6] On August 13, the Washington Mystics signed Johnson after they were issued an emergency hardship waiver. [7]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader

WNBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2020 Chicago 401.5.000.000.0000.50.00.30.00.00.0
2020 Washington 5218.8.485.6431.0002.02.41.00.40.89.2
2021 Washington 605.2.375.4001.0000.50.30.00.20.82.0
Career2 years, 2 teams1528.7.452.5791.0001.00.90.40.20.63.9

College

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
 TO  Turnovers per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high * Led Division I
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2016–17 Rider 333226.750.630.476.94.52.22.80.62.79.9
2017–18 Rider 313133.645.340.072.76.23.22.50.93.016.0
2018–19 Rider 323233.245.137.771.95.74.42.50.83.418.8
2019–20 Rider 303037.147.032.980.47.63.82.90.84.6*24.8
Career12612532.546.636.076.16.03.42.70.83.417.2
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Stella Johnson – Women's Basketball". Rider University Athletics. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Weiner, Natalie (April 17, 2020). "Stella Johnson is the WNBA Draft's best Cinderella story". SBNation.com. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  3. ↑ Megdal, Howard (February 24, 2020). "The Indefatigable Stella Johnson Is WNBA-Ready". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  4. ↑ Spruill, Tamryn (June 23, 2020). "Stella Johnson rises into the Chicago Sky". Swish Appeal. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Los Angeles vs. Chicago – Game Recap – July 28, 2020". ESPN.
  6. ↑ "Sky Waive Stella Johnson". Chicago Sky. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Mystics sign Stella Johnson". Washington Mystics. August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Stella Johnson College Stats". Sports-Reference . Retrieved July 7, 2024.
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