Shenise Johnson (born December 8, 1990)[1] is an American basketball player.[2] She was born in Rochester, New York, Johnson went to Rush–Henrietta Senior High School in Henrietta[1] and played college basketball for the Miami Hurricanes at the University of Miami.[3][4] She was drafted by the San Antonio Stars with the fifth overall pick of the 2012 WNBA draft.

Shenise Johnson
Personal information
Born (1990-12-08) December 8, 1990 (age 33)
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight168 lb (76 kg)
Career information
High schoolRush–Henrietta
(Henrietta, New York)
CollegeMiami (Florida) (2008–2012)
WNBA draft2012: 1st round, 5th overall pick
Selected by the San Antonio Silver Stars
Playing career2012–present
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
Number42
Career history
20122014San Antonio Stars
20152019Indiana Fever
2020Minnesota Lynx
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Representing  United States
U18 and U19
Gold medal – first place 2009 U19 Bangkok Team Competition

USA Basketball

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Johnson was named to the USA Women's U19 team which represented the US in the 2009 U19 World's Championship, held in Bangkok, Thailand in July and August 2009.[5] Although the USA team lost the opening game to Spain, they went on to win their next seven games to earn a rematch against Spain in the finals, and won the game 81–71 to earn the gold medal. Johnson scored 9.4 points per game and led the team in steals, with 18.[6]

WNBA

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Johnson was selected in the first round of the 2012 WNBA draft (fifth overall) by the San Antonio Silver Stars.

On March 12, 2015, the San Antonio Stars traded Johnson and their second round draft pick in the 2015 WNBA draft to the Indiana Fever in exchange for the Fever's first and third round draft picks in the 2015 draft.[7]

Career statistics

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College

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Source[8]

Legend
  GP Games 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
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008–09 Miami (Florida) 30 384 38.5 32.3 82.0 7.1 4.1 2.6 1.0 12.8
2009–10 Miami (Florida) 36 685 49.6 39.4 77.3 7.7 4.6 3.1 0.6 19.0
2010–11 Miami (Florida) 33 648 48.8 34.9 84.6 8.3 3.8 3.2 0.8 19.6
2011–12 Miami (Florida) 32 545 45.2 29.8 87.7 8.0 4.4 3.4 0.4 17.0
Career Miami (Florida) 131 2262 46.0 34.5 82.5 7.8 4.2 3.1 0.7 17.3

WNBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2012 San Antonio 34 1 17.1 .364 .412 .854 3.9 1.4 0.8 0.2 1.1 5.6
2013 San Antonio 33 24 27.3 .395 .274 .791 3.9 2.4 1.3 0.2 1.8 11.0
2014 San Antonio 30 1 17.9 .400 .372 .829 3.3 1.4 1.0 0.1 1.1 6.0
2015 Indiana 31 27 26.2 .467 .413 .805 4.9 2.4 1.1 0.2 1.8 10.9
2016 Indiana 29 10 22.4 .410 .359 .938 3.5 2.1 1.2 0.3 1.7 9.8
2017 Indiana 14 13 24.9 .433 .333 .950 3.4 2.5 1.5 0.3 1.3 11.3
2019 Indiana 17 0 12.9 .333 .242 .938 2.1 1.1 0.7 0.1 0.7 4.9
2020 Minnesota 17 4 12.5 .341 .353 .893 1.9 1.2 0.9 0.1 1.2 5.1
Career 8 years, 3 teams 205 80 20.8 .403 .348 .861 3.6 1.8 1.1 0.2 1.4 8.2

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2012 San Antonio 2 0 12.0 .333 .000 .000 3.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 3.0
2014 San Antonio 2 0 8.5 .125 .000 1.000 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 2.0
2015 Indiana 11 11 30.5 .500 .286 .933 4.5 1.5 0.7 0.5 1.2 12.4
2016 Indiana 1 0 22.0 .188 .000 1.000 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 8.0
2020 Minnesota 1 0 3.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 5 years, 3 teams 17 11 23.6 .432 .195 .947 3.6 1.2 0.6 0.3 1.0 9.1

References

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  1. ^ a b "USA Basketball profile". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  2. ^ "WNBA.com: Prospect: Shenise Johnson". Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  3. ^ "Shenise Johnson Profile – HurricaneSports.com – The University of Miami Official Athletic Site". CBS Sports Network. Archived from the original on December 25, 2008. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  4. ^ "Shenise Johnson – Women's Basketball 2011–12 – Lowe's Senior CLASS Award". Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  5. ^ "U19 World's Championship for women Thailand". FIBA. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  6. ^ "USA U19 Women Golden With 87–71 Victory Over Spain". USA Basketball. August 2, 2009. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  7. ^ Fever Acquire Combo Guard Shenise Johnson from San Antonio Archived May 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 6, 2015.